Automotive
PROCTOR serves importers and distributors of cars, dealer networks and manufacturers of automotive components. The key legal issues of the industry are distribution relations with global carmakers, the customs value of cars and components, warranty obligations and recalls, and the localisation of component production in Ukraine.
Why PROCTOR
A dealer or an importer in relations with a global manufacturer is almost always the weaker party, until a solid legal position stands behind it. PROCTOR negotiates distribution and dealer agreements, protects dealers when contracts are terminated and conducts customs disputes over the value of cars and components.
We also support service campaigns and recalls, consumer disputes and production localisation projects, from industrial parks to contracts with global OEMs.
Lines of work
- Distribution and dealer agreementsNegotiating terms with global carmakers, protecting dealers when agreements are terminated, competition law aspects of selective distribution.
- Customs clearance and reliefsCustoms value of cars and components, preferential origin, challenging adjustments, excise duty matters, relief on the import of electric vehicles.
- Warranty obligations and recallsLegal support of service campaigns and recalls, consumer disputes, liability for damage caused by defective products.
- Localisation of component productionStructuring the production of automotive components in Ukraine, industrial parks, investment incentives, contracts with global OEMs.
Practices for the industry
The teams of PROCTOR that run matters in this sector.
Competition law and government relations (GR)A practice for companies whose main risk comes from the state as regulator: merger clearances and investigations by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, support during inspections and defence against administrative pressure, and, as a premium layer on top, influence over the rules of the game through lawmaking and advocacy.
Corporate law and M&AThe flagship transactional practice: the legal foundation for owning, running and selling a business. It covers M&A deals, corporate structuring and the protection of owners' interests, together with adjacent areas - employment relations with staff and senior management, and the personal wealth matters of business owners (private clients).
Customs law and international tradeA single product for importers and exporters: from structuring the foreign trade contract to defence against adjustments of the customs value. One client context - goods crossing the border.
Dispute resolution and enforcementThe full cycle of protecting a client's interests in a dispute: national courts of every jurisdiction and instance, international commercial and investment arbitration and, above all, turning a judgment won into money actually recovered.
Tax practiceA standalone practice with the strongest lead generation potential: protecting a business from additional tax assessments, blocked tax invoices and pressure from the tax authorities, together with the lawful optimisation of the tax burden.
Clients from the industry
