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The key legal risks of the industry that we cover: the land bank and land share lease agreements, exports of grain and oilseeds, state regulation of the agricultural market and criminal law pressure on the owners of agricultural companies.",{"url":77,"alt":78,"width":79,"height":80,"sizes":81},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F67\u002Fagrobusiness.webp","Комбайн на пшеничному полі на світанку",1584,672,{"thumb":82,"card":86,"wide":90},{"url":83,"width":84,"height":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F67\u002Fconversions\u002Fagrobusiness-thumb.webp",300,127,{"url":87,"width":88,"height":89},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F67\u002Fconversions\u002Fagrobusiness-card.webp",800,339,{"url":91,"width":79,"height":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F67\u002Fconversions\u002Fagrobusiness-wide.webp",{"slug":93,"title":94,"excerpt":95,"preview":96},"automotive","Automotive","PROCTOR serves importers and distributors of cars, dealer networks and manufacturers of automotive components. 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The legal work is built at the intersection of the regulatory requirements of the National Bank of Ukraine, credit relations, financial monitoring (AML) and the recovery of non-performing loans (NPL).",{"url":128,"alt":129,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":130},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F73\u002Fbanks.webp","Світлий хол офісної будівлі",{"thumb":131,"card":133,"wide":135},{"url":132,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F73\u002Fconversions\u002Fbanks-thumb.webp",{"url":134,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F73\u002Fconversions\u002Fbanks-card.webp",{"url":136,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F73\u002Fconversions\u002Fbanks-wide.webp",{"slug":138,"title":139,"excerpt":140,"preview":141},"content-creators-and-educational-technology-edtech","Content creators and educational technology (EdTech)","We work with bloggers, influencers, online schools and educational platforms. The key legal issues of the segment: contracts with platforms and advertisers, taxation of income from YouTube, Instagram and Patreon, protection of author courses from leaks, public offer agreements of online schools and registration of a personal brand as a trade mark.",{"url":142,"alt":143,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":144},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F80\u002Fcreators.webp","Зал із кільцевим світлом і кріслами",{"thumb":145,"card":147,"wide":149},{"url":146,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F80\u002Fconversions\u002Fcreators-thumb.webp",{"url":148,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F80\u002Fconversions\u002Fcreators-card.webp",{"url":150,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F80\u002Fconversions\u002Fcreators-wide.webp",{"slug":152,"title":153,"excerpt":154,"preview":155},"defence-and-military-industry","Defence and military industry","PROCTOR supports manufacturers of weapons, defense tech companies and suppliers to the Defence Forces. The most dynamic sector of the economy with special regulation: licensing in the defence industry and clearances for access to state secrets, defence procurement and contracts with the Ministry of Defence, export control, dealings with Brave1 and structuring of foreign investment in the Ukrainian defence industry.",{"url":156,"alt":157,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":158},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F87\u002Fdefence.webp","Складальний цех військової техніки",{"thumb":159,"card":161,"wide":163},{"url":160,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F87\u002Fconversions\u002Fdefence-thumb.webp",{"url":162,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F87\u002Fconversions\u002Fdefence-card.webp",{"url":164,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F87\u002Fconversions\u002Fdefence-wide.webp",{"slug":166,"title":167,"excerpt":168,"preview":169},"energy","Energy","PROCTOR supports companies in generation (thermal, nuclear and renewable), distribution, supply and trading of electricity and gas. 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A sector with high licensing requirements and a special tax regime: licensing of the gambling business, taxation of GGR and winnings, restrictions on gambling advertising, AML and verification of players.",{"url":184,"alt":185,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":186},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F86\u002Fgambling.webp","Ігровий зал казино з неоновим світлом",{"thumb":187,"card":189,"wide":191},{"url":188,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F86\u002Fconversions\u002Fgambling-thumb.webp",{"url":190,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F86\u002Fconversions\u002Fgambling-card.webp",{"url":192,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F86\u002Fconversions\u002Fgambling-wide.webp",{"slug":194,"title":195,"excerpt":196,"preview":197},"hospitality-and-leisure","Hospitality and leisure","PROCTOR supports hotels, restaurants, tour operators and entertainment venues. The key legal issues: franchises and management agreements with international hotel operators (HMA), lease of locations and alcohol licences for the restaurant business, licensing of tour operators and liability for the tourist product.",{"url":198,"alt":199,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":200},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F85\u002Fhospitality.webp","Зал ресторану в готелі",{"thumb":201,"card":203,"wide":205},{"url":202,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F85\u002Fconversions\u002Fhospitality-thumb.webp",{"url":204,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F85\u002Fconversions\u002Fhospitality-card.webp",{"url":206,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F85\u002Fconversions\u002Fhospitality-wide.webp",{"slug":208,"title":209,"excerpt":210,"preview":211},"information-technology","Information technology","PROCTOR works with product and service IT companies, software developers and start-ups. The key legal topics of the industry are Diia.City residency and gig contracts, rights to code and software licensing (SaaS, EULA), venture rounds (SAFE, convertible notes), ESOP for teams and the international scaling of an IT business.",{"url":212,"alt":213,"width":79,"height":80,"sizes":214},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F77\u002Finformation-technology.webp","Ряди серверних стійок у дата-центрі",{"thumb":215,"card":217,"wide":219},{"url":216,"width":84,"height":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F77\u002Fconversions\u002Finformation-technology-thumb.webp",{"url":218,"width":88,"height":89},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F77\u002Fconversions\u002Finformation-technology-card.webp",{"url":220,"width":79,"height":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F77\u002Fconversions\u002Finformation-technology-wide.webp",{"slug":222,"title":223,"excerpt":224,"preview":225},"insurance","Insurance","We support insurance companies, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries. The industry has been through a regulatory reset under the supervision of the National Bank of Ukraine: new solvency and corporate governance requirements under the Law on Insurance, insurance products and rules, insurance disputes and the insurance of war risks.",{"url":226,"alt":227,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":228},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F74\u002Finsurance.webp","Скляний хмарочос знизу вгору",{"thumb":229,"card":231,"wide":233},{"url":230,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F74\u002Fconversions\u002Finsurance-thumb.webp",{"url":232,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F74\u002Fconversions\u002Finsurance-card.webp",{"url":234,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F74\u002Fconversions\u002Finsurance-wide.webp",{"slug":236,"title":237,"excerpt":238,"preview":239},"machinery-and-shipbuilding","Machinery and shipbuilding","We work with manufacturers of equipment, machinery and components and with shipbuilding enterprises. The specifics of the industry are long production cycles, contracts with advance payments and bank guarantees, international manufacturing cooperation, export control and certification of products under the technical regulations of Ukraine and the EU.",{"url":240,"alt":241,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":242},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F69\u002Fmachinery.webp","Виробничий цех із мостовим краном",{"thumb":243,"card":245,"wide":247},{"url":244,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F69\u002Fconversions\u002Fmachinery-thumb.webp",{"url":246,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F69\u002Fconversions\u002Fmachinery-card.webp",{"url":248,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F69\u002Fconversions\u002Fmachinery-wide.webp",{"slug":250,"title":251,"excerpt":252,"preview":253},"media-and-advertising","Media and advertising","PROCTOR serves media holdings, online publications, advertising agencies and production companies. The legal work sits at the intersection of media regulation (the Law on Media, the National Council), advertising law, copyright in content and defamation disputes over the protection of business reputation.",{"url":254,"alt":255,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":256},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F79\u002Fmedia.webp","Порожній знімальний павільйон зі світлом",{"thumb":257,"card":259,"wide":261},{"url":258,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F79\u002Fconversions\u002Fmedia-thumb.webp",{"url":260,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F79\u002Fconversions\u002Fmedia-card.webp",{"url":262,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F79\u002Fconversions\u002Fmedia-wide.webp",{"slug":264,"title":265,"excerpt":266,"preview":267},"metals-and-mining","Metals and mining","PROCTOR supports steel mills, mining and ore processing enterprises and ferroalloy plants. This is the industry with the highest capital intensity and export orientation, sensitive to special subsoil use permits, electricity and transport tariffs, environmental regulation and preparation for CBAM.",{"url":268,"alt":269,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":270},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F68\u002Fmetallurgy.webp","Розливання розплавленого металу в цеху",{"thumb":271,"card":273,"wide":275},{"url":272,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F68\u002Fconversions\u002Fmetallurgy-thumb.webp",{"url":274,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F68\u002Fconversions\u002Fmetallurgy-card.webp",{"url":276,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F68\u002Fconversions\u002Fmetallurgy-wide.webp",{"slug":278,"title":279,"excerpt":280,"preview":281},"natural-resources","Natural resources","We support oil and gas production, water use, forestry and the extraction of construction materials. The basis of the legal work is the permit system of subsoil use: special permits, auctions, production sharing agreements, rent payments and the environmental obligations of extraction projects.",{"url":282,"alt":283,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":284},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F72\u002Fnatural-resources.webp","Кар’єр із серпантинними дорогами",{"thumb":285,"card":287,"wide":289},{"url":286,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F72\u002Fconversions\u002Fnatural-resources-thumb.webp",{"url":288,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F72\u002Fconversions\u002Fnatural-resources-card.webp",{"url":290,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F72\u002Fconversions\u002Fnatural-resources-wide.webp",{"slug":292,"title":293,"excerpt":294,"preview":295},"pharmaceuticals-and-healthcare","Pharmaceuticals and healthcare","PROCTOR supports manufacturers and importers of medicines, distributors, pharmacy chains, private clinics and laboratories. This is a hyper-regulated industry: state registration of medicines and medical devices, licensing and GMP\u002FGDP, advertising and promotion of medicines, public procurement by the Ministry of Health, clinical trials and medical practice.",{"url":296,"alt":297,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":298},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F76\u002Fpharmaceuticals.webp","Коридор фармацевтичного виробництва",{"thumb":299,"card":301,"wide":303},{"url":300,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F76\u002Fconversions\u002Fpharmaceuticals-thumb.webp",{"url":302,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F76\u002Fconversions\u002Fpharmaceuticals-card.webp",{"url":304,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F76\u002Fconversions\u002Fpharmaceuticals-wide.webp",{"slug":306,"title":307,"excerpt":308,"preview":309},"private-equity","Private equity","PROCTOR serves private equity funds, venture funds and family offices, supporting the full investment cycle, from structuring the entry into capital (SHA, options, SAFE, convertible notes) and due diligence of portfolio companies to supporting exits and protecting the rights of a minority investor.",{"url":310,"alt":311,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":312},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F75\u002Fprivate-equity.webp","Переговорна з довгим столом і краєвидом на місто",{"thumb":313,"card":315,"wide":317},{"url":314,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F75\u002Fconversions\u002Fprivate-equity-thumb.webp",{"url":316,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F75\u002Fconversions\u002Fprivate-equity-card.webp",{"url":318,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F75\u002Fconversions\u002Fprivate-equity-wide.webp",{"slug":320,"title":321,"excerpt":322,"preview":323},"public-sector","Public sector","We support state enterprises, public authorities, international donors and technical assistance projects. The legal work requires an understanding of public law: corporatisation of state companies and supervisory boards, public procurement in Prozorro, privatisation and post privatisation obligations, international assistance projects under the rules of donors.",{"url":324,"alt":325,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":326},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F88\u002Fpublic-sector.webp","Будівля державної установи вночі",{"thumb":327,"card":329,"wide":331},{"url":328,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F88\u002Fconversions\u002Fpublic-sector-thumb.webp",{"url":330,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F88\u002Fconversions\u002Fpublic-sector-card.webp",{"url":332,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F88\u002Fconversions\u002Fpublic-sector-wide.webp",{"slug":334,"title":335,"excerpt":336,"preview":337},"real-estate-and-construction","Real estate and construction","PROCTOR supports developers of residential and commercial real estate, construction companies, investors in income producing property and management companies. The key areas: full cycle development projects under the new legislation on future real estate objects, commercial real estate deals, construction contracting and FIDIC, industrial parks and compensation for destroyed property (eVidnovlennia).",{"url":338,"alt":339,"width":79,"height":80,"sizes":340},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F83\u002Freal-estate.webp","Незавершений поверх будівлі з краєвидом на місто",{"thumb":341,"card":343,"wide":345},{"url":342,"width":84,"height":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F83\u002Fconversions\u002Freal-estate-thumb.webp",{"url":344,"width":88,"height":89},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F83\u002Fconversions\u002Freal-estate-card.webp",{"url":346,"width":79,"height":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F83\u002Fconversions\u002Freal-estate-wide.webp",{"slug":348,"title":349,"excerpt":350,"preview":351},"retail-and-consumer-goods-fmcg","Retail and consumer goods (FMCG)","We serve retail chains, distributors, manufacturers of consumer goods and e-commerce business. The legal work covers supply contracts with chains and retro bonuses, the rules of online sales and marketplace offers, consumer protection and inspections by the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, franchising and private label contract manufacturing.",{"url":352,"alt":353,"width":79,"height":80,"sizes":354},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F84\u002Ffmcg.webp","Порожні стелажі торгового залу",{"thumb":355,"card":357,"wide":359},{"url":356,"width":84,"height":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F84\u002Fconversions\u002Ffmcg-thumb.webp",{"url":358,"width":88,"height":89},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F84\u002Fconversions\u002Ffmcg-card.webp",{"url":360,"width":79,"height":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F84\u002Fconversions\u002Ffmcg-wide.webp",{"slug":362,"title":363,"excerpt":364,"preview":365},"telecommunications","Telecommunications","We support mobile and fixed line operators, internet providers and infrastructure operators. A regulated sector supervised by the National Commission for Electronic Communications: authorisation of activity, radio frequency spectrum licences, access to infrastructure, interconnection and roaming, protection of subscriber data.",{"url":366,"alt":367,"width":99,"height":100,"sizes":368},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F78\u002Ftelecommunications.webp","Вежа мобільного зв’язку в сутінках",{"thumb":369,"card":371,"wide":373},{"url":370,"width":84,"height":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F78\u002Fconversions\u002Ftelecommunications-thumb.webp",{"url":372,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F78\u002Fconversions\u002Ftelecommunications-card.webp",{"url":374,"width":99,"height":100},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F78\u002Fconversions\u002Ftelecommunications-wide.webp",{"slug":376,"title":377,"excerpt":378,"preview":379},"transport-and-infrastructure","Transport and infrastructure","PROCTOR supports logistics operators, ports, rail and road carriers and terminals. The legal work covers international carriage (CMR, SMGS, maritime law), port concessions and relations with the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, contracts with Ukrainian Railways, public private partnership and permit matters of road carriers.",{"url":380,"alt":381,"width":79,"height":80,"sizes":382},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F81\u002Ftransport.webp","Колона вантажівок на трасі",{"thumb":383,"card":385,"wide":387},{"url":384,"width":84,"height":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F81\u002Fconversions\u002Ftransport-thumb.webp",{"url":386,"width":88,"height":89},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F81\u002Fconversions\u002Ftransport-card.webp",{"url":388,"width":79,"height":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F81\u002Fconversions\u002Ftransport-wide.webp",{"data":390},[391,402,412,422,432,442,452,461,471,480,489,499,509],{"slug":392,"title":393,"excerpt":394,"topics":395,"icon":396,"group":401},"accounting-services","Accounting services","A practice for companies that put their accounting outside: bookkeeping, payroll and HR records, preparing and filing reports, restoring accounts, and dealings with the State Tax Service. The accountants work in one team with the tax lawyers.","Bookkeeping, payroll and HR, preparing and filing reports, restoring records, representation before the tax service",{"url":397,"alt":398,"width":399,"height":399,"sizes":400},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F65\u002Fbookkeeping.svg","Калькулятор і журнал обліку",52,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},"non_legal",{"slug":403,"title":404,"excerpt":405,"topics":406,"icon":407,"group":401},"audit","Audit","An independent check of the figures and documents of a business: audit of financial statements, tax and legal due diligence, counterparty checks and internal investigations. A report you can take to a bank, an investor or an owner.","Audit of financial statements, tax and legal due diligence, counterparty checks, internal investigations",{"url":408,"alt":409,"width":410,"height":399,"sizes":411},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F66\u002Faudit.svg","Документ під лупою",51,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":413,"title":414,"excerpt":415,"topics":416,"icon":417,"group":421},"banking-and-finance-law","Banking and finance law","A practice for financial institutions and for businesses that raise finance: credit and security documentation, regulatory compliance with the National Bank of Ukraine, fintech and currency regulation. Positioned on the side of lenders and of the financial sector.","Credit and security agreements, NBU compliance, AML, fintech",{"url":418,"alt":419,"width":399,"height":399,"sizes":420},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F59\u002Fbanking.svg","Будівля банку з колонами",{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},"legal",{"slug":423,"title":424,"excerpt":425,"topics":426,"icon":427,"group":421},"competition-law-and-government-relations-gr","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.","AMCU clearances, investigations, public procurement, defence against state pressure",{"url":428,"alt":429,"width":430,"height":399,"sizes":431},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F62\u002Fantitrust.svg","Люди на подіумі",50,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":433,"title":434,"excerpt":435,"topics":436,"icon":437,"group":401},"consulting","Consulting","A practice for owners deciding what the configuration of their business should be: structuring companies and groups, tax planning, risk assessment, support for management decisions and investment projects. Work on the business model as a whole, not on an isolated question.","Structuring businesses and groups, tax planning, risk assessment, support for management decisions and investment projects",{"url":438,"alt":439,"width":440,"height":399,"sizes":441},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F64\u002Fconsulting.svg","Схема з людей",60,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":443,"title":444,"excerpt":445,"topics":446,"icon":447,"group":421},"corporate-law-and-ma","Corporate law and M&A","The 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).","M&A deals, due diligence, holdings, corporate disputes between owners",{"url":448,"alt":449,"width":399,"height":450,"sizes":451},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F54\u002Fcorporate.svg","Рукостискання",31,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":453,"title":454,"excerpt":455,"topics":456,"icon":457,"group":421},"criminal-law-compliance-and-sanctions","Criminal law, compliance and sanctions","The flagship business defence practice, built on the logic of \"before, during and after a crisis\": prevention of criminal law and sanctions risk (compliance), defence during searches, proceedings and investigations (White Collar Crime), and work on the consequences - from lifting asset freezes to delisting.","Searches, article 212 proceedings, seizure of assets, compliance, sanctions work",{"url":458,"alt":459,"width":410,"height":399,"sizes":460},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F57\u002Fcriminal.svg","Наручники",{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":462,"title":463,"excerpt":464,"topics":465,"icon":466,"group":421},"customs-law-and-international-trade","Customs law and international trade","A 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.","Customs value, UKT ZED classification, customs offences, foreign trade contracts",{"url":467,"alt":468,"width":469,"height":399,"sizes":470},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F56\u002Fcustoms.svg","Ящик із митними ярликами",54,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":472,"title":473,"excerpt":474,"topics":475,"icon":476,"group":421},"dispute-resolution-and-enforcement","Dispute resolution and enforcement","The 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.","Commercial disputes, debt recovery, arbitration, real enforcement of awards",{"url":477,"alt":478,"width":399,"height":399,"sizes":479},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F58\u002Fdisputes.svg","Суддівський молоток",{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":481,"title":482,"excerpt":483,"topics":484,"icon":485,"group":421},"intellectual-property-and-data-protection","Intellectual property and data protection","Protection of the intangible assets of a business: brands, technology, content and trade secrets - plus the lawfulness of personal data processing and legal readiness for cyber incidents. A natural pair for technology and consumer companies.","Trademark registration, IP disputes, personal data, GDPR and cybersecurity",{"url":486,"alt":487,"width":399,"height":399,"sizes":488},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F63\u002Fintellectual-property.svg","Документ із печаткою",{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":490,"title":491,"excerpt":492,"topics":493,"icon":494,"group":421},"real-estate-construction-and-land","Real estate, construction and land","A practice built around the main tangible asset of a business: commercial real estate deals, construction permitting, development projects and the full range of land matters - from the agricultural land market to the land banks of agricultural companies.","Commercial property, development, land law, disputes over assets",{"url":495,"alt":496,"width":497,"height":399,"sizes":498},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F61\u002Freal-estate.svg","Лупа над будинком",49,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":500,"title":501,"excerpt":502,"topics":503,"icon":504,"group":421},"restructuring-and-insolvency","Restructuring and insolvency","A separate practice for insolvency crises, deliberately kept apart from banking to avoid the conflict of \"creditor against debtor\" built into it. We work on the side of debtors, of creditors and of investors buying assets out of insolvency.","Insolvency, financial rehabilitation, subsidiary liability, fraudulent transactions",{"url":505,"alt":506,"width":507,"height":399,"sizes":508},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F60\u002Frestructuring.svg","Будівля банку з доларом на фронтоні та зламаними колонами",47,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"slug":510,"title":511,"excerpt":512,"topics":513,"icon":514,"group":421},"tax-practice","Tax practice","A 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.","Tax audits, appeals against assessments, unblocking tax invoices, transfer pricing and CFC rules",{"url":515,"alt":516,"width":517,"height":399,"sizes":518},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F55\u002Ftax.svg","Декларація з калькулятором",48,{"thumb":40,"card":40,"wide":40},{"type":520,"data":521},"page",{"key":522,"slug":65,"alternates":523,"title":525,"excerpt":40,"template":526,"poster":527,"content":40,"blocks":543,"meta_title":544,"meta_description":545,"updated_at":546},"questions",{"en":65,"uk":524},"pytannia-i-vidpovidi","Questions and answers","hub",{"url":528,"alt":529,"width":530,"height":531,"sizes":532},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F97\u002Fquestions.webp","Розмова інженера й керівника у виробничому цеху",2560,478,{"thumb":533,"card":536,"wide":539},{"url":534,"width":84,"height":535},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F97\u002Fconversions\u002Fquestions-thumb.webp",56,{"url":537,"width":88,"height":538},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F97\u002Fconversions\u002Fquestions-card.webp",149,{"url":540,"width":541,"height":542},"https:\u002F\u002Fadmin.proctor-law-company.com\u002Fstorage\u002F97\u002Fconversions\u002Fquestions-wide.webp",1600,299,[],"Questions and answers - PROCTOR law firm","Short answers from lawyers to the questions business asks most often about tax, contracts, inspections, courts and protecting assets.","2026-08-28T18:52:18+00:00",{"data":548,"filters":1379},[549,557,565,573,581,589,597,605,613,621,629,637,645,653,661,669,677,685,693,701,709,717,725,733,741,749,757,765,773,781,789,796,804,812,820,828,836,844,852,860,868,876,884,892,900,908,916,923,930,937,944,951,958,966,973,981,988,996,1004,1012,1019,1027,1035,1043,1051,1059,1067,1075,1083,1091,1099,1107,1115,1123,1131,1139,1147,1155,1163,1171,1179,1187,1195,1203,1211,1219,1227,1235,1243,1251,1259,1267,1275,1283,1291,1299,1307,1315,1323,1331,1339,1347,1355,1363,1371],{"id":550,"question":551,"answer":552,"practices":553,"industries":555,"legal_fields":556},1,"How does an acquisition deal run?","\u003Cp>First a letter of intent and an NDA, then due diligence, which sets the final price and the list of the seller’s warranties. Next comes the sale agreement with its closing conditions, merger clearance where required, and closing itself, with payment and the transfer of the corporate rights. After closing there is still a transition period and the parties’ post-closing obligations.\u003C\u002Fp>",[554],{"slug":443,"title":444},[],[],{"id":558,"question":559,"answer":560,"practices":561,"industries":563,"legal_fields":564},2,"What does legal due diligence of a company cover?","\u003Cp>The corporate history and title to the shares, title to the assets, key contracts and liabilities, litigation and enforcement proceedings, tax exposure, employment, permits and intellectual property. The result is a report where every risk is ranked by likelihood and cost and each one has a remedy: fix it before the deal, cover it by a warranty, or take it off the price.\u003C\u002Fp>",[562],{"slug":443,"title":444},[],[],{"id":566,"question":567,"answer":568,"practices":569,"industries":571,"legal_fields":572},3,"How long does deal support take and what drives the fee?","\u003Cp>A small single-company deal takes a few weeks; a transaction involving a group, real estate or a regulator’s clearance takes a few months. The fee depends on the scope of due diligence, the number of jurisdictions and how many documents are drafted from scratch. We fix the budget stage by stage, so the client sees the price before the work starts.\u003C\u002Fp>",[570],{"slug":443,"title":444},[],[],{"id":574,"question":575,"answer":576,"practices":577,"industries":579,"legal_fields":580},4,"What does a lawyer do during a tax audit?","\u003Cp>Checks that the audit was ordered and admitted lawfully, controls the scope of documents requested, drafts the replies and records the procedural violations that later work in court. The key point is the objections to the audit report: that is the stage where part of the assessment is removed before any notice is issued at all.\u003C\u002Fp>",[578],{"slug":510,"title":511},[],[],{"id":582,"question":583,"answer":584,"practices":585,"industries":587,"legal_fields":588},5,"Can an assessment be reduced before going to court?","\u003Cp>Yes, and it is the cheapest route. Two instruments work here: objections to the audit report with the documents the inspectors ignored, and an administrative complaint to the tax service within ten working days. In practice part of the episodes falls away at that stage, and what reaches the court is a smaller and better prepared case.\u003C\u002Fp>",[586],{"slug":510,"title":511},[],[],{"id":590,"question":591,"answer":592,"practices":593,"industries":595,"legal_fields":596},6,"When is a tax audit of the business worth ordering?","\u003Cp>Before a sale or an investment round, when the business model or the group structure changes, after a change in the law, and always before a scheduled inspection you know about in advance. The point is to find the exposure while it can still be fixed by an adjusting return, rather than when it has already become an assessment with penalties.\u003C\u002Fp>",[594],{"slug":510,"title":511},[],[],{"id":598,"question":599,"answer":600,"practices":601,"industries":603,"legal_fields":604},7,"What to do about a customs value adjustment decision?","\u003Cp>The goods can be released against a guarantee so business continues, while the decision is challenged: first before customs with additional evidence of the price, then in court. Case law in this category mostly favours the importer where the price is backed by the contract, the invoice, the payment and the transport documents, and the overpaid duties are refunded.\u003C\u002Fp>",[602],{"slug":462,"title":463},[],[],{"id":606,"question":607,"answer":608,"practices":609,"industries":611,"legal_fields":612},8,"How is a customs tariff classification challenged?","\u003Cp>The position is built on the characteristics of the goods: technical documentation, an expert opinion, the classification practice for similar goods. To avoid arguing after import, it is worth obtaining an advance customs ruling on classification: it binds the authorities and removes the risk of additional duty.\u003C\u002Fp>",[610],{"slug":462,"title":463},[],[],{"id":614,"question":615,"answer":616,"practices":617,"industries":619,"legal_fields":620},9,"What does authorised economic operator status give?","\u003Cp>Simplified customs formalities: fewer checks, priority clearance, access to simplified procedures and to your own storage sites. In exchange the company has to prove financial stability, transparent accounting, a secure supply chain and a clean compliance record, so preparing for authorisation usually takes several months.\u003C\u002Fp>",[618],{"slug":462,"title":463},[],[],{"id":622,"question":623,"answer":624,"practices":625,"industries":627,"legal_fields":628},10,"How should compliance be built to remove criminal risk?","\u003Cp>The minimum is counterparty screening before a deal, sanctions screening, written policies on gifts and payments, a clear split of signing authority and staff training. The system works when decisions leave a trail: it is the documents that show the company acted in good faith when this has to be proven to investigators or to a bank.\u003C\u002Fp>",[626],{"slug":453,"title":454},[],[],{"id":630,"question":631,"answer":632,"practices":633,"industries":635,"legal_fields":636},11,"What to do when a counterparty is placed under sanctions?","\u003Cp>Stop payments and shipments and establish whose sanctions list it landed on: Ukrainian, EU, US or UK. Then assess the grounds for terminating the contract, the fate of money already paid and the secondary sanctions exposure of your company and its banks. Record the decision and the checks in writing.\u003C\u002Fp>",[634],{"slug":453,"title":454},[],[],{"id":638,"question":639,"answer":640,"practices":641,"industries":643,"legal_fields":644},12,"How to act when a criminal case is opened against the company?","\u003Cp>Appoint a single point of communication, bring in an attorney and get access to the case file: without it the defence is built blind. In parallel a position on documents and servers is prepared, attachments on assets and accounts are lifted and the investigator’s actions are challenged. Public communication is agreed with the lawyers, because a comment to the media becomes evidence too.\u003C\u002Fp>",[642],{"slug":453,"title":454},[],[],{"id":646,"question":647,"answer":648,"practices":649,"industries":651,"legal_fields":652},13,"What is assessed before a claim is filed?","\u003Cp>Three things: the legal prospects in the light of Supreme Court practice, the evidence already in hand, and the defendant’s solvency. The fourth is the economics of the dispute: the court fee, expert reports and time. Where there is nothing to recover from, interim relief, attachment of assets or the debtor’s insolvency proceedings often beat a straightforward claim.\u003C\u002Fp>",[650],{"slug":472,"title":473},[],[],{"id":654,"question":655,"answer":656,"practices":657,"industries":659,"legal_fields":660},14,"How long does litigation in Ukraine take?","\u003Cp>The first instance in a commercial case usually takes three to six months, the appeal another two to four, and cassation longer still and not available in every case. Expert examinations, counterclaims and stays extend that, so the schedule is planned with a margin while work on securing future enforcement runs in parallel.\u003C\u002Fp>",[658],{"slug":472,"title":473},[],[],{"id":662,"question":663,"answer":664,"practices":665,"industries":667,"legal_fields":668},15,"What to do when a judgment is not being enforced?","\u003Cp>The writ goes to a state or private enforcement officer, and from there everything depends on how active the creditor is: tracing assets and accounts, attachment, enforcement against shares and receivables. Where the debtor is stripping assets, the tools are challenging those transactions, insolvency proceedings and a claim for the director’s subsidiary liability.\u003C\u002Fp>",[666],{"slug":472,"title":473},[],[],{"id":670,"question":671,"answer":672,"practices":673,"industries":675,"legal_fields":676},16,"What to do when the bank blocks an account or a payment?","\u003Cp>The reason is usually financial monitoring: the bank cannot see the economic sense of the transaction or the source of funds. The working route is a written request for the ground of the suspension plus a document pack: the contract, primary records, proof of the source of funds, an explanation of the payment structure. If the bank holds its position, the decision is challenged before the National Bank or in court.\u003C\u002Fp>",[674],{"slug":413,"title":414},[],[],{"id":678,"question":679,"answer":680,"practices":681,"industries":683,"legal_fields":684},17,"How should a loan and its security be structured?","\u003Cp>Security is matched to the asset: a mortgage over real estate, a pledge of equipment or of goods in turnover, a pledge of corporate rights, an owner’s guarantee. Every encumbrance is entered in the relevant register, otherwise it fails against other creditors. Covenants deserve separate attention: breaching them is what gives the bank the right to accelerate the loan.\u003C\u002Fp>",[682],{"slug":413,"title":414},[],[],{"id":686,"question":687,"answer":688,"practices":689,"industries":691,"legal_fields":692},18,"How is a cross-border payment made without breaching the rules?","\u003Cp>Check whether the transaction falls under the restrictions in force, prepare a full document pack for the bank, and watch the settlement deadlines for exports and imports set by the National Bank. Missing them triggers penalties, so undelivered goods or an unreturned prepayment are closed in time: by a refund, an amendment to the contract, or a formal extension of the deadline.\u003C\u002Fp>",[690],{"slug":413,"title":414},[],[],{"id":694,"question":695,"answer":696,"practices":697,"industries":699,"legal_fields":700},19,"When is restructuring better than insolvency?","\u003Cp>When the business is operationally alive and the problem is only the payment schedule: an agreement with creditors on deferral, instalments or debt conversion then preserves the company and the value of its assets. Insolvency fits where the debt burden can no longer be serviced, or where a creditor needs the procedure as a recovery tool.\u003C\u002Fp>",[698],{"slug":500,"title":501},[],[],{"id":702,"question":703,"answer":704,"practices":705,"industries":707,"legal_fields":708},20,"What does insolvency mean for the director and the owner?","\u003Cp>Two things: the challenging of transactions made before the case was opened, and subsidiary liability for the debtor’s obligations where it is proven that they drove the company into insolvency. Criminal exposure comes on top. That is why management’s position is prepared in advance: evidence of what caused the insolvency and of the business rationale for every contested transaction.\u003C\u002Fp>",[706],{"slug":500,"title":501},[],[],{"id":710,"question":711,"answer":712,"practices":713,"industries":715,"legal_fields":716},21,"How does a creditor recover money through insolvency?","\u003Cp>Claims are filed within the set period after the opening of the case is announced, otherwise the creditor loses its vote and its place in the queue. After that the work runs through the creditors’ committee: overseeing the insolvency officer, challenging assets that were stripped out, valuation and sale of property. Often it is the prospect of subsidiary liability, not the auction, that brings the money back faster.\u003C\u002Fp>",[714],{"slug":500,"title":501},[],[],{"id":718,"question":719,"answer":720,"practices":721,"industries":723,"legal_fields":724},22,"What should be checked before buying a property?","\u003Cp>Title and the full chain of transfers, encumbrances and attachments, pending litigation, whether the actual use matches the designated purpose of the land, the commissioning documents and the technical file. For land, add the boundaries and the category in the state cadastre. Every gap in that list is a future dispute with a third party.\u003C\u002Fp>",[722],{"slug":490,"title":491},[],[],{"id":726,"question":727,"answer":728,"practices":729,"industries":731,"legal_fields":732},23,"How is the designated purpose of a land plot changed?","\u003Cp>Through planning documentation and a decision of the competent authority: a land management project is drawn up, agreed, approved by the council’s decision, and the change is entered in the cadastre and the property rights register. The timeline depends on the community and the land category, and the biggest risk is a conflict with the master plan, which is worth checking before buying the plot.\u003C\u002Fp>",[730],{"slug":490,"title":491},[],[],{"id":734,"question":735,"answer":736,"practices":737,"industries":739,"legal_fields":740},24,"What to do when construction is halted by an order?","\u003Cp>First establish the ground: the order must state a specific violation and cite the rule. Then two parallel routes - remedying the violation where it is real, and challenging the order together with an application to suspend it so the schedule does not collapse. The penalties for unauthorised construction cost far more than getting the paperwork right in time.\u003C\u002Fp>",[738],{"slug":490,"title":491},[],[],{"id":742,"question":743,"answer":744,"practices":745,"industries":747,"legal_fields":748},25,"When does a deal need merger clearance?","\u003Cp>When the parties’ figures exceed the statutory thresholds for asset value or turnover. Closing without the clearance you needed brings a heavy fine and the risk that the deal is invalidated, so the thresholds are tested while the deal is still being structured and the clearance period is built into the closing timetable.\u003C\u002Fp>",[746],{"slug":423,"title":424},[],[],{"id":750,"question":751,"answer":752,"practices":753,"industries":755,"legal_fields":756},26,"What to do when an antitrust request or inspection arrives?","\u003Cp>Answer on time and precisely: failing to provide information and providing false information carry separate fines, sometimes larger than the penalty in the main case. Before replying, work out which market and which conduct are being examined, align the position across the group, and review the internal correspondence that usually ends up being the evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>",[754],{"slug":423,"title":424},[],[],{"id":758,"question":759,"answer":760,"practices":761,"industries":763,"legal_fields":764},27,"What is GR and how does it differ from pulling strings?","\u003Cp>GR is systematic, transparent engagement between business and the authorities: taking part in public consultations and working groups, preparing positions and analysis on draft acts, communicating through associations. It runs on open procedures and documents, so it creates no corruption exposure and works over a longer horizon than personal arrangements do.\u003C\u002Fp>",[762],{"slug":423,"title":424},[],[],{"id":766,"question":767,"answer":768,"practices":769,"industries":771,"legal_fields":772},28,"How is a trade mark registered?","\u003Cp>First a search for similar marks, then an application listing the Nice classes, formal and substantive examination and, if no objections come in, registration with a certificate. The procedure usually takes over a year, accelerated examination is available for a fee, and rights count from the filing date, so file before the brand launches.\u003C\u002Fp>",[770],{"slug":481,"title":482},[],[],{"id":774,"question":775,"answer":776,"practices":777,"industries":779,"legal_fields":780},29,"Who owns code or design made to order?","\u003Cp>By default the author, not whoever paid. Economic rights pass to the company only under a written contract: with employees through the contract and work-for-hire paperwork with remuneration, with contractors through an assignment in the contract and the acceptance act. Without those documents the company can neither sell the product nor defend it.\u003C\u002Fp>",[778],{"slug":481,"title":482},[],[],{"id":782,"question":783,"answer":784,"practices":785,"industries":787,"legal_fields":788},30,"What does lawful processing of personal data require?","\u003Cp>A legal basis for each purpose of processing, a readable privacy policy, contracts with the vendors that process data for you, and technical and organisational safeguards. If any customers are EU residents, GDPR requirements come on top: a basis for cross-border transfers, data subject rights, and a short deadline for responding to an incident.\u003C\u002Fp>",[786],{"slug":481,"title":482},[],[],{"id":450,"question":790,"answer":791,"practices":792,"industries":794,"legal_fields":795},"What does legal consulting at PROCTOR include?","\u003Cp>It is work on the system rather than on a single document: an audit of legal risks, structuring the group and the ownership of assets, building the contract model and internal policies, supporting the owner’s management decisions. The deliverable is not spoken advice but a set of solutions with a plan for putting them in place.\u003C\u002Fp>",[793],{"slug":433,"title":434},[],[],{"id":797,"question":798,"answer":799,"practices":800,"industries":802,"legal_fields":803},32,"How does consulting differ from a one-off consultation?","\u003Cp>A consultation answers the question you asked; consulting first checks whether that was the right question. It means going into the business, working with documents and figures, several solution scenarios with the risk and cost of each, and support while they are implemented. Hence the different format: a project with stages rather than an hour of conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>",[801],{"slug":433,"title":434},[],[],{"id":805,"question":806,"answer":807,"practices":808,"industries":810,"legal_fields":811},33,"How does work with a legal adviser start?","\u003Cp>With an intake meeting where we establish the task and the risks, signing an NDA where needed. Then the scope, the timeline and the budget are fixed in a contract, so there is no open-ended bill. The format is matched to the task: a one-off project, a retainer for day-to-day questions, or support for one specific deal.\u003C\u002Fp>",[809],{"slug":433,"title":434},[],[],{"id":813,"question":814,"answer":815,"practices":816,"industries":818,"legal_fields":819},34,"What does outsourced accounting cover?","\u003Cp>Bookkeeping and primary documents, payroll and tax calculation, filing with the tax authority, statistics and the funds, VAT work and the registration of tax invoices, and handling requests from the authorities. Management reporting for the owner is added where needed.\u003C\u002Fp>",[817],{"slug":392,"title":393},[],[],{"id":821,"question":822,"answer":823,"practices":824,"industries":826,"legal_fields":827},35,"Who is better off outsourcing than hiring an in-house accountant?","\u003Cp>Companies with moderate document flow, seasonal businesses and those just starting out: instead of a salary, a workplace and software you pay for volume. The second argument is the cost of error: an outsourcing partner carries contractual liability and does not go on holiday in the middle of a reporting period.\u003C\u002Fp>",[825],{"slug":392,"title":393},[],[],{"id":829,"question":830,"answer":831,"practices":832,"industries":834,"legal_fields":835},36,"What to do about the previous accountant’s mistakes?","\u003Cp>Start with an inventory of the books: reconcile balances, settlements with counterparties and the tax authority’s data, check the registered tax invoices and the filed returns. The errors found are corrected by adjusting returns before any inspection: fixing them yourself costs far less than an assessment with penalties.\u003C\u002Fp>",[833],{"slug":392,"title":393},[],[],{"id":837,"question":838,"answer":839,"practices":840,"industries":842,"legal_fields":843},37,"Who is required to have their financial statements audited?","\u003Cp>Public interest entities first of all, plus large and medium-sized companies under the criteria of the accounting law. An audit is also required by banks when lending, by investors before taking a stake and by parent companies for consolidated reporting. Whether you meet the criteria is checked every year against the previous year’s figures.\u003C\u002Fp>",[841],{"slug":403,"title":404},[],[],{"id":845,"question":846,"answer":847,"practices":848,"industries":850,"legal_fields":851},38,"How does an audit differ from a tax inspection?","\u003Cp>In its purpose and its consequences. An audit is carried out by an independent auditor at the company’s request to confirm the reliability of the statements and show the weak spots in the books; its report is read by banks, investors and the owner. A tax inspection is state control that ends in a report and an assessment. An audit done in time often removes the grounds for the second one.\u003C\u002Fp>",[849],{"slug":403,"title":404},[],[],{"id":853,"question":854,"answer":855,"practices":856,"industries":858,"legal_fields":859},39,"How do you prepare for an audit?","\u003Cp>Put the primary documents and contracts in order, take stock of assets and liabilities, reconcile settlements with counterparties, and prepare the accounting policy and breakdowns of the material line items. Appoint one person responsible for talking to the auditor: most delays come not from hard questions but from documents that were never handed over.\u003C\u002Fp>",[857],{"slug":403,"title":404},[],[],{"id":861,"question":862,"answer":863,"practices":864,"industries":865,"legal_fields":867},40,"How can a land bank be protected from losing lease rights?","\u003Cp>Check that every lease and emphyteusis is entered in the property rights register, that the plot boundaries match the cadastre and that no plot carries two competing contracts. The risk grows when a plot changes owner, so the contracts include a pre-emptive right to a new term and a notification procedure for any sale.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[866],{"slug":73,"title":74},[],{"id":869,"question":870,"answer":871,"practices":872,"industries":873,"legal_fields":875},41,"What should be checked before buying an agri company?","\u003Cp>The land bank contract by contract, the machinery and elevator capacity, loans and any pledge over the future harvest, the tax history and VAT status, permits for storing fuel and crop protection products. State support and subsidies are checked separately: their obligations travel with the company.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[874],{"slug":73,"title":74},[],{"id":877,"question":878,"answer":879,"practices":880,"industries":881,"legal_fields":883},42,"How does an agrarian receipt work and when is it worth using?","\u003Cp>It is a notarised undertaking to deliver a harvest or pay money, secured by the future crop and entered in a register. It gives the farmer financing without a bank loan and the lender a simplified route to enforcement. The risk is in the detail: volume, quality, delivery date and the consequences of a failed harvest must leave no room for interpretation.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[882],{"slug":73,"title":74},[],{"id":885,"question":886,"answer":887,"practices":888,"industries":889,"legal_fields":891},43,"How is a subsoil use licence obtained and kept?","\u003Cp>The licence is granted through an auction or, in the cases the law defines, without one, and it comes with the terms of the subsoil use agreement: volumes of work, deadlines, reporting. The most common reason for losing a licence is not geology but failure to deliver the work programme and to report on time, so both are tracked separately.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[890],{"slug":264,"title":265},[],{"id":893,"question":894,"answer":895,"practices":896,"industries":897,"legal_fields":899},44,"Which environmental requirements most often lead to fines?","\u003Cp>Operating without a valid emissions or water use permit, exceeding approved limits, breaching the rules on waste and tailings storage, and missing an environmental impact assessment where one is mandatory. An inspection starts with the paperwork, so the permit file has to be current before the inspectors arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[898],{"slug":264,"title":265},[],{"id":901,"question":902,"answer":903,"practices":904,"industries":905,"legal_fields":907},45,"How can a company defend against additional royalty assessments?","\u003Cp>The dispute almost always comes down to extraction volumes and the tax base: how the value of the marketable product was set, which losses were counted, whether the right rate was applied. The position rests on primary survey records, laboratory data and a calculation methodology agreed before the audit rather than written after the report.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[906],{"slug":264,"title":265},[],{"id":909,"question":910,"answer":911,"practices":912,"industries":913,"legal_fields":915},46,"How are risks allocated in a long-term equipment manufacturing contract?","\u003Cp>Through clear stages with interim acceptance and payment, a price adjustment mechanism for rising material costs, allocation of the risk of accidental loss and a defined moment when title passes. Testing and conformity criteria are spelled out separately: most disputes here arise not over the deadline but because the parties read \"finished product\" differently.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[914],{"slug":236,"title":237},[],{"id":507,"question":917,"answer":918,"practices":919,"industries":920,"legal_fields":922},"What do localisation requirements in public procurement involve?","\u003Cp>Certain categories of machinery carry a minimum localisation level that has to be evidenced when the bid is submitted. Preparation starts well in advance: proof of the origin of components, cost calculations, getting the product onto the relevant list. A mistake here means the bid is rejected, not that you get a remark.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[921],{"slug":236,"title":237},[],{"id":517,"question":924,"answer":925,"practices":926,"industries":927,"legal_fields":929},"How is design documentation and know-how protected?","\u003Cp>By a trade secret regime inside the company, NDAs with contractors and customers, a clear contract clause on who owns the design and its modifications, and a limit on the customer’s right to pass the documentation to third parties. For some solutions patenting is worth considering, because secrecy gives no protection against independent invention.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[928],{"slug":236,"title":237},[],{"id":497,"question":931,"answer":932,"practices":933,"industries":934,"legal_fields":936},"What should a dealership agreement cover?","\u003Cp>Territory and exclusivity, purchase targets and what happens if they are missed, showroom and service standards, the warranty procedure and how the importer reimburses it, and termination terms including what happens to stock. Be careful with fixed resale prices: that is a direct antitrust exposure.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[935],{"slug":93,"title":94},[],{"id":430,"question":938,"answer":939,"practices":940,"industries":941,"legal_fields":943},"How to handle a customs value adjustment on cars and components?","\u003Cp>Build the price evidence in advance: the contract with the manufacturer’s price list, the invoice, proof of payment, transport and insurance documents, the specification of the trim. The goods are released against a guarantee while the decision is challenged: courts regularly overturn adjustments in this category and the overpaid duties come back.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[942],{"slug":93,"title":94},[],{"id":410,"question":945,"answer":946,"practices":947,"industries":948,"legal_fields":950},"Who is liable for warranty claims and a recall?","\u003Cp>Towards the consumer it is the seller, but how the cost is split between dealer, importer and manufacturer is set by contract: who pays for labour, parts and logistics. A recall campaign also requires a procedure for informing owners and for reporting, so the recall scenario is best written into the contract before it is needed.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[949],{"slug":93,"title":94},[],{"id":399,"question":952,"answer":953,"practices":954,"industries":955,"legal_fields":957},"What permits does building a generation facility require?","\u003Cp>Rights to a land plot with the right designated purpose, urban planning conditions, a grid connection agreement with technical specifications, an environmental impact assessment where required, a construction permit, and, before selling electricity, the regulator’s licence. Projects most often stall at the grid connection, so that is arranged first.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[956],{"slug":166,"title":167},[],{"id":959,"question":960,"answer":961,"practices":962,"industries":963,"legal_fields":965},53,"What should a power purchase agreement cover?","\u003Cp>Volumes and the supply profile, the price formula and indexation, liability for imbalances, the payment procedure and payment security, and the consequences of curtailment by the system operator. Long-term contracts also spell out force majeure and regulatory change: in this sector the rules change faster than the contract runs.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[964],{"slug":166,"title":167},[],{"id":469,"question":967,"answer":968,"practices":969,"industries":970,"legal_fields":972},"What to do about debts and penalties on the electricity market?","\u003Cp>Start with reconciliation: most imbalance and system service charges rest on metering data that is worth checking yourself. Then either challenge the charges or negotiate a restructuring with a payment schedule. Ignoring them is dangerous: non-payment leads to supply restrictions and puts the licence at risk.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[971],{"slug":166,"title":167},[],{"id":974,"question":975,"answer":976,"practices":977,"industries":978,"legal_fields":980},55,"How is a special water use permit obtained?","\u003Cp>An application justifying the abstraction and discharge volumes goes through the permit procedure together with calculations and approvals. The permit is issued for a fixed term and sets limits; exceeding them triggers charges and fines. Renewal is arranged in advance: operating on an expired permit counts the same as operating without one.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[979],{"slug":278,"title":279},[],{"id":535,"question":982,"answer":983,"practices":984,"industries":985,"legal_fields":987},"What do environmental inspectors check at a plant?","\u003Cp>Whether the permits exist and are valid, whether the limits are respected, how primary records and reporting are kept, how waste and hazardous substances are handled, and the condition of treatment facilities. The inspection runs on documents, so what inspectors are shown are logs and calculations rather than verbal explanations, and every report is read with a lawyer before it is signed.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[986],{"slug":278,"title":279},[],{"id":989,"question":990,"answer":991,"practices":992,"industries":993,"legal_fields":995},57,"How is the suspension or revocation of a special permit challenged?","\u003Cp>The procedure is checked first: was a warning issued, was time given to remedy the breach, does the stated ground match the law. Together with the claim an application to suspend the decision is filed, because otherwise production stops until the dispute ends. In parallel, evidence of the work programme and reporting for the disputed period is prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[994],{"slug":278,"title":279},[],{"id":997,"question":998,"answer":999,"practices":1000,"industries":1001,"legal_fields":1003},58,"What does the regulator require to licence a financial institution?","\u003Cp>A transparent ownership structure with disclosed ultimate beneficiaries, the business reputation of owners and managers, a proven source of capital, internal policies, and risk management and financial monitoring systems. The document pack is large, and most refusals come not from capital but from unproven reputation or gaps in the ownership structure.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1002],{"slug":124,"title":125},[],{"id":1005,"question":1006,"answer":1007,"practices":1008,"industries":1009,"legal_fields":1011},59,"How is a financial monitoring system built?","\u003Cp>You need a designated compliance officer, internal rules based on a risk-based approach, customer due diligence and beneficial ownership procedures, a process for detecting and reporting suspicious transactions, staff training and document retention. The regulator does not check the policy on paper but how it works on actual cases.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1010],{"slug":124,"title":125},[],{"id":440,"question":1013,"answer":1014,"practices":1015,"industries":1016,"legal_fields":1018},"How does a bank recover a bad debt and enforce security?","\u003Cp>The route depends on the security: a mortgage allows out-of-court enforcement under the contract or through a notary’s writ, a pledge of movables allows repossession under the registered encumbrance, a guarantee requires a separate claim against the guarantor. In parallel the bank assesses the risk of the debtor challenging the transactions and the prospect of insolvency.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1017],{"slug":124,"title":125},[],{"id":1020,"question":1021,"answer":1022,"practices":1023,"industries":1024,"legal_fields":1026},61,"What to do when the insurer refuses to pay?","\u003Cp>Demand a written refusal with the ground stated: a verbal position is worth nothing in court. Then check whether the event really falls outside the cover, whether the notification deadline was met and whether the required documents were filed. Most refusals are overturned where the insured recorded the event in time and kept the correspondence with the insurer.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1025],{"slug":222,"title":223},[],{"id":1028,"question":1029,"answer":1030,"practices":1031,"industries":1032,"legal_fields":1034},62,"What should be checked in an insurance policy before signing?","\u003Cp>The list of exclusions and how the insured’s duties are worded: that is where most grounds for refusal hide. Then the deductible, the procedure and deadline for notifying a loss, how the loss amount is determined, the payment deadline and the required documents. The insurer’s financial standing and reinsurance arrangements are assessed separately.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1033],{"slug":222,"title":223},[],{"id":1036,"question":1037,"answer":1038,"practices":1039,"industries":1040,"legal_fields":1042},63,"What does the new regulation require of insurers?","\u003Cp>Higher capital and solvency requirements, a transparent ownership structure, risk management and internal control systems, fitness requirements for managers and the actuarial function, and rules on product distribution and customer treatment. For some companies that means raising capital, merging, or leaving the market voluntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1041],{"slug":222,"title":223},[],{"id":1044,"question":1045,"answer":1046,"practices":1047,"industries":1048,"legal_fields":1050},64,"How is an investment into a Ukrainian company structured?","\u003Cp>The choice between an equity stake and a convertible loan, the holding level the investor comes in at and the governing law of the documents are driven by the tax consequences and by how the exit is planned. At the same stage you check whether merger clearance is needed and whether the structure survives currency supervision when money is repatriated.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1049],{"slug":306,"title":307},[],{"id":1052,"question":1053,"answer":1054,"practices":1055,"industries":1056,"legal_fields":1058},65,"What investor protections go into the documents?","\u003Cp>Veto rights over defined decisions, a seat on the supervisory body, warranties and indemnities from the founders, anti-dilution clauses, tag-along and drag-along rights, call and put options, and reporting covenants. What happens if the business plan is missed is spelled out separately: from replacing management to a right to demand a buy-out.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1057],{"slug":306,"title":307},[],{"id":1060,"question":1061,"answer":1062,"practices":1063,"industries":1064,"legal_fields":1066},66,"How is an exit planned?","\u003Cp>The exit route is built in at entry: a sale to a strategic buyer, a buy-out by the partner under an option, a sale of the whole company using drag-along rights or, less often, a public listing. For each scenario the corporate documents, the tax model and the waterfall are prepared in advance, otherwise the exit becomes a negotiation from scratch at the worst possible moment.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1065],{"slug":306,"title":307},[],{"id":1068,"question":1069,"answer":1070,"practices":1071,"industries":1072,"legal_fields":1074},67,"What does bringing a medicine to market require?","\u003Cp>State registration of the product with a registration dossier, proof of manufacturing quality, a licence for manufacture, import or wholesale depending on the company’s role, and compliance with good practice rules. The timelines and the size of the dossier differ for originator and generic products, and that is where delays most often arise.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1073],{"slug":292,"title":293},[],{"id":1076,"question":1077,"answer":1078,"practices":1079,"industries":1080,"legal_fields":1082},68,"What restrictions apply to advertising medicines and medical services?","\u003Cp>Prescription medicines are not advertised to the general public; for over-the-counter products mandatory warnings apply and certain devices are banned: references to recovery cases, images of medical professionals, promises of a guaranteed effect. Medical services may be advertised only where the provider is licensed, and a breach brings a fine and an order.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1081],{"slug":292,"title":293},[],{"id":1084,"question":1085,"answer":1086,"practices":1087,"industries":1088,"legal_fields":1090},69,"How should a clinic handle patient data?","\u003Cp>Health data is especially sensitive, so you need a separate legal basis for processing, medical confidentiality written into contracts and job descriptions, restricted access to records, secure storage and a procedure for answering third party requests. Passing data to vendors, IT services included, is covered by a separate agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1089],{"slug":292,"title":293},[],{"id":1092,"question":1093,"answer":1094,"practices":1095,"industries":1096,"legal_fields":1098},70,"What does Diia.City offer and who is it for?","\u003Cp>Residency brings a special tax regime, gig contracts as an alternative to both employment and contracting with private entrepreneurs, and predictable rules on intellectual property and non-competition. In exchange the company must meet requirements on qualifying activities, headcount and average remuneration, and confirm this every year.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1097],{"slug":208,"title":209},[],{"id":1100,"question":1101,"answer":1102,"practices":1103,"industries":1104,"legal_fields":1106},71,"Who owns the code a developer writes?","\u003Cp>The author, until a contract says otherwise. For in-house developers you need a work-for-hire policy, an employment contract assigning the economic rights and records of the remuneration paid; for contractors, an explicit assignment in the contract and in the acceptance act. This is the first thing an investor or a buyer of the product checks.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1105],{"slug":208,"title":209},[],{"id":1108,"question":1109,"answer":1110,"practices":1111,"industries":1112,"legal_fields":1114},72,"How should an IT company handle personal data of EU customers?","\u003Cp>Establish your role first: controller or processor, because the duties follow from it. Then you need a lawful basis, a data processing agreement with the client, a valid transfer mechanism for data leaving the EU, a record of processing activities, an incident response policy and the breach notification deadlines. Some companies also need an EU representative.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1113],{"slug":208,"title":209},[],{"id":1116,"question":1117,"answer":1118,"practices":1119,"industries":1120,"legal_fields":1122},73,"What is needed to operate as an electronic communications provider?","\u003Cp>The activity starts with an entry in the register of electronic communications providers, while separate resources - radio frequencies and numbering - are granted by separate decisions and for a fee. After that come duties on service quality, reporting and subscriber data protection, and failing them brings the regulator’s orders and fines.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1121],{"slug":362,"title":363},[],{"id":1124,"question":1125,"answer":1126,"practices":1127,"industries":1128,"legal_fields":1130},74,"How is access to infrastructure for network rollout obtained?","\u003Cp>The law on access to construction, transport and energy facilities gives operators a right of access under a contract with the infrastructure owner on non-discriminatory terms and at a regulated price. Where the owner refuses or demands unreasonable terms, the dispute goes to the regulator or the court, so the full correspondence about the access request is kept.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1129],{"slug":362,"title":363},[],{"id":1132,"question":1133,"answer":1134,"practices":1135,"industries":1136,"legal_fields":1138},75,"What to do with law enforcement requests for subscriber data?","\u003Cp>Check the ground: most communications data is disclosed only under an investigating judge’s ruling, and a formal letter is no substitute. The company needs an internal protocol: who receives the request, how the ground is recorded, what exactly is handed over and how that is documented. Over-disclosure of subscriber data creates liability for the operator itself.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1137],{"slug":362,"title":363},[],{"id":1140,"question":1141,"answer":1142,"practices":1143,"industries":1144,"legal_fields":1146},76,"What are the limits of comparative advertising?","\u003Cp>Comparison is allowed where it is objective, concerns material and verifiable features of comparable goods and does not mislead the consumer. Disparaging a competitor or riding on its reputation is prohibited, and claims like \"number one\" need evidence as of the day they are published. Such disputes go to the competition authority, and the fine is calculated from revenue.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1145],{"slug":250,"title":251},[],{"id":1148,"question":1149,"answer":1150,"practices":1151,"industries":1152,"legal_fields":1154},77,"How are rights to creative work made by an agency secured?","\u003Cp>The contract must expressly assign the economic rights to every deliverable - layouts, copy, music, video - and set out the permitted uses, the territory and the term. Rights to stock materials, fonts and music are checked separately: the agency’s licence does not always allow the client to use them commercially. Rights to people’s images are covered by releases.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1153],{"slug":250,"title":251},[],{"id":1156,"question":1157,"answer":1158,"practices":1159,"industries":1160,"legal_fields":1162},78,"What should a brand watch for when working with influencers?","\u003Cp>The commercial nature of the post has to be obvious to the audience, and the claims in it have to be true: liability for misleading advertising falls on the advertiser too. The contract fixes the approval flow, how long the post stays up, the rights to the content created, and what happens if the post is deleted or the creator ends up in a scandal.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1161],{"slug":250,"title":251},[],{"id":1164,"question":1165,"answer":1166,"practices":1167,"industries":1168,"legal_fields":1170},79,"Does an online school need a licence?","\u003Cp>It depends on what you sell. A licence is required for educational activity that leads to a state-recognised qualification. Courses, training and information services without such a document need no licence, but then the contract and the website must not call them education in the legal sense or promise a diploma.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1169],{"slug":138,"title":139},[],{"id":1172,"question":1173,"answer":1174,"practices":1175,"industries":1176,"legal_fields":1178},80,"How is a course protected from piracy?","\u003Cp>Legally: record authorship and the date of creation, secure the rights to materials made by contractors, and prohibit sharing access and recording in the offer. Practically: personalised access, watermarks, download limits. The fastest tool against a pirated copy is a takedown notice to the platform or host backed by proof of rights, not a lawsuit.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1177],{"slug":138,"title":139},[],{"id":1180,"question":1181,"answer":1182,"practices":1183,"industries":1184,"legal_fields":1186},81,"How should the public offer and refunds be set up?","\u003Cp>The public offer on the site has to describe the scope of the service, the access period, the price, the payment procedure and the grounds for a refund. For services supplied remotely it must account for the consumer’s right to withdraw and for calculating the refund in proportion to what has been consumed. The moment of acceptance is captured technically: a checkbox, a payment log, the access date.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1185],{"slug":138,"title":139},[],{"id":1188,"question":1189,"answer":1190,"practices":1191,"industries":1192,"legal_fields":1194},82,"Who is liable for lost or damaged cargo?","\u003Cp>The carrier, from taking the cargo over until delivery, within the limits set by the contract and by international conventions, CMR for road transport among them. What matters most are the entries in the transport documents: remarks on the condition of the cargo at handover, weight, seals. Without them proving the loss is much harder.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1193],{"slug":376,"title":377},[],{"id":1196,"question":1197,"answer":1198,"practices":1199,"industries":1200,"legal_fields":1202},83,"What should a freight forwarding contract cover?","\u003Cp>It has to separate the forwarder’s role: does it arrange the carriage or perform it, because the scope of liability follows from that. Then deadlines, the right to engage sub-carriers, cargo insurance, the documents needed for payment and customs, and liability for demurrage. The right to retain cargo against unpaid invoices is spelled out separately.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1201],{"slug":376,"title":377},[],{"id":1204,"question":1205,"answer":1206,"practices":1207,"industries":1208,"legal_fields":1210},84,"How do concessions work in infrastructure projects?","\u003Cp>A concession involves a tender, a long-term contract with a state or municipal partner and an allocation of risks: who invests, who carries demand risk, how the tariff is revised. Compensation mechanisms for changes in the law and the dispute resolution procedure should be agreed at the outset, because such contracts run for decades.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1209],{"slug":376,"title":377},[],{"id":1212,"question":1213,"answer":1214,"practices":1215,"industries":1216,"legal_fields":1218},85,"What approvals does an air operator need?","\u003Cp>An air operator certificate proving it can fly safely, an operating licence, route and slot approvals, and compliance with maintenance and crew training requirements. Each of these has its own validity period and is maintained through continuous regulatory oversight rather than a one-off inspection.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1217],{"slug":110,"title":111},[],{"id":1220,"question":1221,"answer":1222,"practices":1223,"industries":1224,"legal_fields":1226},86,"What should an aircraft lease cover?","\u003Cp>The type of lease and who is responsible for crew and maintenance, insurance and reinsurance requirements, redelivery conditions, the governing law and arbitration clause, and the mechanisms that apply if the aircraft cannot be operated. For Ukrainian operators wartime risk and airspace restrictions are assessed separately.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1225],{"slug":110,"title":111},[],{"id":1228,"question":1229,"answer":1230,"practices":1231,"industries":1232,"legal_fields":1234},87,"How are aviation assets protected while the airspace is closed?","\u003Cp>On paper first: technical condition and storage records, evidence of preservation measures, correspondence with the lessor and the insurer. Then you assess the grounds for suspending payments under the lease, war risk insurance cover, and the ways of recording losses that future compensation claims will rely on.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1233],{"slug":110,"title":111},[],{"id":1236,"question":1237,"answer":1238,"practices":1239,"industries":1240,"legal_fields":1242},88,"How is a developer checked before investing in a new build?","\u003Cp>Title to the land and its designated purpose, the construction permit, the planning conditions, whether the number of storeys matches the project, litigation and encumbrances, and the scheme the units are sold under. That scheme defines your rights: a sale of a future object, a construction financing fund, or something else.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1241],{"slug":334,"title":335},[],{"id":1244,"question":1245,"answer":1246,"practices":1247,"industries":1248,"legal_fields":1250},89,"What to do when construction is delayed or has stopped?","\u003Cp>First record the delay in writing and check what penalties and termination rights your contract actually gives. What comes next depends on the sale scheme: a claim for the money back with interest, recognition of rights to the unfinished object, joining an investors’ committee, or filing claims in the developer’s insolvency.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1249],{"slug":334,"title":335},[],{"id":1252,"question":1253,"answer":1254,"practices":1255,"industries":1256,"legal_fields":1258},90,"How is title to an apartment in a new building registered?","\u003Cp>Once the building is commissioned and given an address, the developer hands the unit over under an acceptance act, a technical inventory follows, and on the strength of the full document pack title is entered in the property rights register. Delays usually come from unpaid contributions or from a discrepancy between the contract area and the measured one.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1257],{"slug":334,"title":335},[],{"id":1260,"question":1261,"answer":1262,"practices":1263,"industries":1264,"legal_fields":1266},91,"What are the requirements for product labelling?","\u003Cp>Product information is given in Ukrainian and must state the name, composition, producer, storage conditions, shelf life and whatever else the category requires. Food products have separate rules on allergens and nutritional values. Missing or inaccurate information means both a fine and a basis for consumer claims.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1265],{"slug":348,"title":349},[],{"id":1268,"question":1269,"answer":1270,"practices":1271,"industries":1272,"legal_fields":1274},92,"What should a supply contract with a retail chain cover?","\u003Cp>The ordering and acceptance procedure, liability for short delivery, the terms for returning unsold goods, marketing fees and rebates, service level penalties and payment terms. The biggest risk sits in the acceptance documents: goods accepted with remarks often turn into a return or a discount after the fact.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1273],{"slug":348,"title":349},[],{"id":1276,"question":1277,"answer":1278,"practices":1279,"industries":1280,"legal_fields":1282},93,"How is a promotion or prize draw run lawfully?","\u003Cp>You need written rules published before the start, covering the period, the conditions of entry, the prizes and how they are claimed. Taxation of prizes and the withholding agent’s duties, advertising requirements and the processing of entrants’ personal data are handled separately. The draw must not turn into a lottery, which requires a licence.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1281],{"slug":348,"title":349},[],{"id":1284,"question":1285,"answer":1286,"practices":1287,"industries":1288,"legal_fields":1290},94,"What permits does a hotel or restaurant need?","\u003Cp>Registration of the food business and an implemented HACCP system, fire safety and sanitary documentation, licences for retailing alcohol and tobacco, waste removal contracts, and compliance with the rules on playing music and paying royalties. Star classification for a hotel is voluntary.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1289],{"slug":194,"title":195},[],{"id":1292,"question":1293,"answer":1294,"practices":1295,"industries":1296,"legal_fields":1298},95,"What should a hotel management agreement cover?","\u003Cp>The split of roles between owner and operator: who approves the budget, hires staff, answers for brand standards. Then the operator’s fee and how it is tied to performance, the term and the grounds for early termination, capital maintenance obligations, and what happens to bookings and the customer database when the relationship ends.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1297],{"slug":194,"title":195},[],{"id":1300,"question":1301,"answer":1302,"practices":1303,"industries":1304,"legal_fields":1306},96,"How does the tourist tax work for a hotel?","\u003Cp>The hotel acts as a withholding agent: it collects the tax from guests at the rate set by the local council and pays it to the budget by the set deadlines. Rates and the list of exempt categories differ between communities, so they are checked against the specific council’s decision, and the charge is recorded in the check-in paperwork.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1305],{"slug":194,"title":195},[],{"id":1308,"question":1309,"answer":1310,"practices":1311,"industries":1312,"legal_fields":1314},97,"What licences does organising gambling require?","\u003Cp>A licence is issued separately for each activity: casinos, slot halls, bookmaking, online casinos, poker. Supplying gaming equipment and online systems is licensed on top of that. The applicant has to meet requirements on ownership structure, source of funds, reputation and financial guarantees.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1313],{"slug":180,"title":181},[],{"id":1316,"question":1317,"answer":1318,"practices":1319,"industries":1320,"legal_fields":1322},98,"How is gambling business taxed?","\u003Cp>There are two layers: a tax on gambling income at its own rates and the general corporate income tax, while players’ winnings are taxed with the operator acting as withholding agent. Licence fees are paid annually regardless of results. That is why the tax model is worked out before launch, together with the transaction record-keeping requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1321],{"slug":180,"title":181},[],{"id":1324,"question":1325,"answer":1326,"practices":1327,"industries":1328,"legal_fields":1330},99,"What rules apply to gambling advertising and responsible gaming?","\u003Cp>Gambling advertising is limited in time, place and content: it may not address minors or portray gambling as a way to earn money or solve problems, and risk warnings are mandatory. The operator must also run responsible gaming tools: age verification, self-exclusion limits and the register of people barred from play.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1329],{"slug":180,"title":181},[],{"id":1332,"question":1333,"answer":1334,"practices":1335,"industries":1336,"legal_fields":1338},100,"What permits does manufacturing defence products require?","\u003Cp>Depending on the product range: a licence to manufacture and trade in those items, permits for handling explosives, and, for work with classified information, a security clearance and an in-house classified regime unit. Quality system and product accounting requirements come on top and are checked before the first contract.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1337],{"slug":152,"title":153},[],{"id":1340,"question":1341,"answer":1342,"practices":1343,"industries":1344,"legal_fields":1346},101,"How is an export permit for military goods obtained?","\u003Cp>Through state control over international transfers: registration of the exporter, a permit for the specific transaction and confirmation of the end user. The key document is the end user certificate, and discrepancies in it are what most often stop a deal. Violations in this area carry criminal liability.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1345],{"slug":152,"title":153},[],{"id":1348,"question":1349,"answer":1350,"practices":1351,"industries":1352,"legal_fields":1354},102,"What should a contract with a state customer cover?","\u003Cp>The pricing method and how costs are evidenced, advance payment terms and treasury constraints, acceptance of the product with military representation involved, liability for delay, and the grounds for changing deadlines when components come from abroad. Every change is documented in writing: verbal approvals are no help during an audit.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1353],{"slug":152,"title":153},[],{"id":1356,"question":1357,"answer":1358,"practices":1359,"industries":1360,"legal_fields":1362},103,"How are tender results challenged?","\u003Cp>The complaint is filed through the electronic procurement system to the review body within short deadlines counted from the publication of the customer’s decision, and it carries a filing fee. A complaint filed in time blocks the signing of the contract, so the deadline matters more than the strength of the arguments: once missed, it cannot be restored.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1361],{"slug":320,"title":321},[],{"id":1364,"question":1365,"answer":1366,"practices":1367,"industries":1368,"legal_fields":1370},104,"What to do during a state audit of a procurement?","\u003Cp>Assemble documentary support for every stage: the justification of the expected value, the tender documents, the minutes, the contract and every amendment, the acceptance acts and the payments. Objections can be filed against the audit conclusion, and the conclusion itself is challenged in court, which is best done before complying with it stops payments under the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1369],{"slug":320,"title":321},[],{"id":1372,"question":1373,"answer":1374,"practices":1375,"industries":1376,"legal_fields":1378},105,"What anti-corruption requirements apply to a bidder?","\u003Cp>The bidder confirms that no grounds for exclusion apply: corruption convictions of its officers, liability for bid rigging, presence on sanctions lists. Companies whose procurement exceeds the set volume must have an anti-corruption programme and an officer responsible for it.\u003C\u002Fp>",[],[1377],{"slug":320,"title":321},[],[1380,1384,1387,1390,1393,1396,1399,1402,1405,1408,1411,1414,1417],{"slug":1381,"title":1382,"count":1383},"administratyvne-pravo","Administrative law",0,{"slug":1385,"title":1386,"count":1383},"zakhyst-biznesu","Business protection",{"slug":1388,"title":1389,"count":1383},"pryvatni-kliienty","Civil law",{"slug":1391,"title":1392,"count":1383},"komertsiine-pravo","Commercial law",{"slug":1394,"title":1395,"count":1383},"komertsiina-ta-dohovirna-praktyka","Contract law",{"slug":1397,"title":1398,"count":1383},"korporatyvna-praktyka-ta-ma","Corporate law",{"slug":1400,"title":1401,"count":1383},"kryminalnyi-zakhyst","Criminal law",{"slug":1403,"title":1404,"count":1383},"defense-procurement","Defence procurement",{"slug":1406,"title":1407,"count":1383},"vyrishennia-sporiv","Economic law",{"slug":1409,"title":1410,"count":1383},"trudovi-vidnosyny-ta-hr-komplaiens","Employment law",{"slug":1412,"title":1413,"count":1383},"rodynni-aktyvy-ta-spadkuvannia","Family law",{"slug":1415,"title":1416,"count":1383},"podatky-ta-podatkovi-spory","Tax law",{"slug":1418,"title":1419,"count":1383},"white-collar-crime","White collar crime"]