Government relations and protection from state pressure
We support inspections by the State Tax Service, the State Labour Service, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and other bodies, and prepare objections to inspection reports. We obtain licences, permits and approvals and challenge refusals. We build communication with regulators and law enforcement agencies, challenge orders, fines and inaction of the authorities, and counter systemic pressure on business.
Support during inspections by supervisory authorities
Legal support during inspections by the State Tax Service, the State Labour Service, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the State Emergency Service and the environmental inspectorate: control of the grounds and the powers, conduct of staff, objections to inspection reports.
Every state inspection must be carried out within a procedure clearly defined by law.
PROCTOR supports inspections comprehensively, analysing the lawfulness of the grounds for holding them, the powers of the officials, the way the procedural documents are drawn up and the prospects of further administrative or judicial defence.
We help business not only to get through the inspection but also to minimise its effect on the operations of the company.
Obtaining licences, permits and approvals
Support of permit procedures in any field: preparation of documents, interaction with the permit authorities, challenges to refusals and delays.
Representation in relations with regulators
Building systematic communication between a company and the relevant regulators: official submissions, agreeing positions, participation in working groups and consultations.
Challenging acts and inaction of state bodies
Administrative and judicial challenges to unlawful decisions, orders, fines and inaction of the authorities. Recovery of damage caused by state bodies.
Support of communication with law enforcement agencies
Legally precise interaction with the police, the Bureau of Economic Security, the Security Service of Ukraine and the prosecution service: replies to requests, participation of an advocate in procedural steps, protection of restricted information.
Defence against administrative pressure on business
Comprehensive resistance to systemic pressure: complaints to the business ombudsman, public law instruments, strategic court cases, involvement of business associations and the media by lawful means.
How we run a defence against pressure
From the first hour of an inspection to the setting aside of the decision and the lifting of coordinated pressure on the company.
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Response in the first hours
An advocate is in contact from the moment the inspectors appear: checking the grounds and the powers, briefing the staff and recording breaches of procedure.
02
Lawfulness of the action taken
We analyse the order for the inspection, the composition of the commission, the deadlines and the volume of documents demanded. Unlawful grounds take away both the report and its consequences.
03
Objections to the report
We prepare objections to the inspection report with the legal position and the documents and file them in time. Part of the findings is withdrawn by the authority at this stage.
04
Challenge to the decision
We challenge an order, a fine or inaction through the administrative route and in court, where needed with a stay of enforcement for the duration of the proceedings.
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Countering systemic pressure
If several bodies press at once, we add complaints to the Business Ombudsman Council, strategic court cases and business associations, by lawful means.
Formats of defence against pressure
The format depends on whether this is one inspection, one dispute with an authority, or pressure from several bodies at once.
Support during one inspection
An advocate takes the company through an inspection from the order to the report: control of the grounds and the powers, the conduct of the staff and objections to the findings.
A dispute with an authority
We take one matter: a challenge to an order, a fine, a refusal of a licence or the inaction of an authority, through the administrative route and in court, up to the decision.
Standing defence of the company
The team covers every contact of the business with the state: inspections, permits, requests from law enforcement, disputes and resistance to coordinated pressure.
