Lawyer’s analysis: Foreign Direct Investments in Romania in the context of the country rating downgrade (Fitch) (Statistics)
Foreign Direct Investments in Romania: Opportunities, Regulations, and Legal Assistance Foreign direct investments in Romania play an essential role in the country’s economic development, significantly impacting job creation, technology transfer, and the strengthening of key sectors. However, global economic developments and the geopolitical context have influenced the flow of FDI in Romania in recent years. Although a decrease …
Lawyer’s Analysis. Increasing forced dismissals in Europe
How to effectively challenge a dismissal decision through a labor lawyer in Romania? As provided in labor legislation, a legal employment relationship between an employee and an employer is governed by an employment contract in Romania, either an individual work contract in Romania or a collective labor agreement in Romania. The most common type of work contract in Romania is the open-ended employment …
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Tokenisation: Designing wealth structures for a digital future
Private wealth is moving away from traditional formats. As assets shift off paper and into digital form, investors are rethinking how they store and transfer value across borders.
Polygraph in criminal proceedings in Ukraine: an effective means of proof or a dubious tool?
Lie detector in domestic legal realities What do a lie detector and criminal procedure in Ukraine have in common? While pop culture and American television series often portray the polygraph, or so-called “lie detector,” as an indisputable tool for exposing lies, in reality, its use in Ukrainian criminal procedure remains a little-noticed and controversial topic. …
STARTUP INVESTMENT PECULIARITIES: LEGAL ADVICE
Funding early-stage companies with the goal of earning profits after their intensive growth phase has always been a popular financial tool – backing both the wealthiest and, paradoxically, the poorest individuals on the planet.
Legal Strategies for Asset Recovery and Corporate Investigations in Ukraine
Kostiantyn Kryvenko, Counsel, Head of Criminal Law Practice at Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm As Ukraine intensifies its anti-corruption efforts and strengthens the rule of law in the context of EU accession and post-war recovery, legal mechanisms for asset tracing, recovery, and corporate investigations are becoming increasingly sophisticated and effective.
Public Procurement in Ukraine: Strategic Guide for International Suppliers
Oleksandr Fefelov, Partner, Head of Antitrust and Competition Practice at Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm Alina Borovets, Attorney at Law at Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm As Ukraine rebuilds in the face of war and drives forward its EU accession agenda, public procurement stands at the intersection of transparency, accountability, and opportunity. With billions of …
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PERSONAL DATA COMPLIANCE IN UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan’s approach to personal data protection is rapidly evolving in response to the increasing digitalization of its economy. With the expansion of e-commerce platforms, fintech solutions, telecom services, and digital public services, the volume and sensitivity of collected personal data have surged, intensifying the need for robust safeguards.
Current approaches of court practice regarding the recognition of a non-resident’s representative office in Ukraine as a permanent establishment
The status of a representative office of a foreign company directly affects the taxation of the activities carried out by such a representative office in Ukraine. According to the provisions of the Tax Code of Ukraine, a permanent establishment is a fixed place of business through which the business activity of a non-resident is wholly …
Czech High Court on Invalid Representations and Warranties in Share Transfer Agreements: Implications for Slovak Transactional Practice
In a recent decision (7 Cmo 21/2024), the High Court in Prague delivered a landmark ruling on the invalidity of contractual representations and warranties in a share transfer agreement, with significant implications for M&A practice across the CEE region. The case revolved around whether certain boilerplate declarations of the transferor about the status of the …