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Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners

16 KUIBYSHEV STREET, 4TH FLOOR, 220029 MINSK

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Within Legal market overview, Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners is a second tier firm,

Stepanovski, Papakul And Partners has a very strong reputation in the market for both 

contentious and non-contentious work, with name partner Valery Papakul heading the corporate side, and name partner Alexander Stepanovski particularly recommended for litigation. Recent highlights included advising on the restructuring of the cable and satellite broadcaster Cosmos TV.

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  • Formation of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan

    Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan will adopt new unified customs tariff and non-tariff regulations from January 1, 2010, and the Customs Union (the “CU”) of the three countries of the Eurasian Economic Community (the “EurAsEC”) will become a reality. The CU Customs Code (the “Customs Code”) is expected to take effect from July 1, 2010 to regulate the resulting integral customs zone.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • Belarus Amends its Investment Legislation

    On 6 August 2009, the President of the Republic of Belarus signed Decree No. 10 On the Creation of Additional Conditions for Investing in Belarus. An investment contract is one of the ways of investing in the Republic of Belarus and enables an investor to obtain State support for an investment project and a waiver of sovereign immunity from suits, cautionary judgments, and enforcement of judgments and/or arbitration awards. Decree No. 10 introduces a new procedure for entering into investment contracts. It allows investors to be granted preferences and privileges under investment contracts, in addition to those granted under existing legislation, and also regulates the privileges to be granted to investors automatically upon execution of investment contracts.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • Belarus Trademark Law Amended

    On July 15, 2009 Belarus passed the Law on the Introduction of Amendments to the Law of Republic of Belarus on Trademarks and Service Marks, which comes into force on January 25, 2010. The rationale behind the amendments is to bring Belarusian law in line with European countries’ laws - to facilitate eventual accession of the country to the WTO, and also to reflect new developments in case law.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • PARALLEL IMPORT: IMPORTANT COURT PRACTICE IN BELARUS

    In May and June of 2007 the Chamber of Intellectual Property Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus examined two similar disputes where Bacardi & Company Limited (Liechtenstein) (the plaintiff), the owner of the trademark “MARTINI”, and two Belarusian companies (the defendants), importing into the Republic of Belarus alcoholic beverages labeled with the said trademark acted as parties to the dispute in question
    - Magisters
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