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.
Why PROCTOR
A contract to manufacture equipment with a cycle of 18 months is an entirely different legal construction from a one-off supply: milestones, guarantees, acceptance, liability for downtime. PROCTOR structures such contracts so that the manufacturer receives payment and the customer receives working equipment.
We support international cooperation, the localisation of production and CE marking, and we protect design documentation against copying and leakage through employees, covering the full cycle of the legal needs of a machinery business.
Lines of work
- Contracts for the manufacture and supply of equipmentContracts with a long performance cycle: milestones, bank guarantees, acceptance, warranty obligations, liability for downtime.
- International manufacturing cooperationTechnology licence agreements, localisation of the production of foreign brands, tolling schemes, export control over dual use products.
- Certification and technical regulationCompliance with the technical regulations of Ukraine and the EU (CE marking), conformity assessment, market surveillance.
- Protection of design documentationTrade secret regime, patenting of developments, disputes over the copying of products and the leakage of documentation through employees.
- Quality and warranty disputesClaim and court work on product defects, expert examinations, recourse claims against suppliers of components.
Practices for the industry
The teams of PROCTOR that run matters in this sector.
Corporate law and M&AThe flagship transactional practice: the legal foundation for owning, running and selling a business. It covers M&A deals, corporate structuring and the protection of owners' interests, together with adjacent areas - employment relations with staff and senior management, and the personal wealth matters of business owners (private clients).
Customs law and international tradeA single product for importers and exporters: from structuring the foreign trade contract to defence against adjustments of the customs value. One client context - goods crossing the border.
Dispute resolution and enforcementThe full cycle of protecting a client's interests in a dispute: national courts of every jurisdiction and instance, international commercial and investment arbitration and, above all, turning a judgment won into money actually recovered.
Intellectual property and data protectionProtection 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.
Tax practiceA standalone practice with the strongest lead generation potential: protecting a business from additional tax assessments, blocked tax invoices and pressure from the tax authorities, together with the lawful optimisation of the tax burden.
Clients from the industry
