Firm Profile > VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners > Minsk, Belarus
VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners Offices
76A MASHEROVA AVE, 4TH FLOOR
220035 MINSK
Belarus
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VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners > The Legal 500 Rankings
Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 1
Tatiana Emelianova heads the practice at VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners and delivers ‘timely, adequate and succinct’ advice. Her team acts on bilateral and syndicated loans, trade finance and project finance arrangements and also advises on regulatory matters. Among its recent workload, it acted for JP Morgan, Sberbank CIB and Renaissance Capital on a eurobond placement by a Belarusian corporate issuer and advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on a $10m loan provided to Minsk Transit Bank. Emelianova and associate Marina Khomich are praised for their ‘quick turn-around time and availability around the clock’.
Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 2
VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners fields 'a highly qualified professional team with great knowledge of local legislation’. Tatiana Emelianova leads on M&A matters while Svetlana Dashuk and Konstantin Mikhel respectively handle corporate and commercial mandates. Recent work highlights include acting for China Development Bank on the registration of its representative office in Minsk and assisting The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee with the procedures for foreign donation provisions. Other clients include construction and telecoms companies.
Dispute resolution Tier 2
The ‘wonderful, community-minded and excellent’ practice at VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners is headed by the ‘proactive and always one-step ahead’ Olga Nikolaeva. In recent work, the team represented a high-profile client in relation to a potential appeal of a decision by the Belarusian Football Federation. Senior associate Tatyana Pozdneeva is ‘highly competent’ and ‘very knowledgeable’. The client roster also includes companies from the technology, FMCG and retail industries.
Intellectual property Tier 2
The team at VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners is ‘responsive, meticulous, reliable and client oriented’. Its areas of expertise include IP registration, domain names registration and assignment, and licensing as well as enforcement. It has a core focus on the IT sector and frequently assists with IP issues related to software and firmware development, mobile applications and games publishing. Practice head Tatiana Emelianova is acting for The Procter & Gamble Company on counterfeit imports and also recently drafted and registered licensing agreements for LC Waikiki.
Real estate and construction Tier 2
Ekaterina Zabello leads VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners’ practice, which has particular expertise in construction disputes and contractual issues. She is currently acting for Royal Group Companies Management, a UAE-based conglomerate, on the proposed construction of a multi-functional complex in Minsk. The team is particularly active in the technology, FMCG and retail industries and recently advised LC Waikiki on the leasing of retail space at a prominent Belarus shopping mall.
VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners > Firm Profile
The firm: VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners Law Office was founded in 1990 as the first private law practice in post-Soviet Belarus. The firm was established by two lawyers, Liliya Vlasova and Natalia Kozyrenko, under the name ‘Law Laboratory’. In 1996 it was renamed Vlasova & Partners.
Since 1990, it has developed into a full-service and top-tier law firm within the market, and played an integral part in the development of the private sector in Belarus. It has provided legal support to numerous large state-owned companies during their privatisation.
On 12 April 2007 Vlasova & Partners merged with Mikhel & Partners to become Vlasova Mikhel & Partners. This successful merger resulted in the firm achieving further international recognition and higher ratings year on year, awarded by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus and the business media.
After the 2013 reform of the legal profession in Belarus, the firm started to operate under the brand VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners.
Today VMP is one of the leading full-service law firms in Belarus and is highly rated by international legal directories such as –
- Chambers Global
- Chambers Europe
- IFLR 1000
- Legal 500 EMEA
- Best Lawyers
The VMP team consists of 21 people, including 17 lawyers.
VMP is a local advisor to many of the leading international law firms and renowned independent law firms throughout Europe, America and the Middle East.
Areas of practice: VMP’s core practice areas include banking and finance, M&A, corporate, commercial, investments, employment, dispute resolution, tax, IP, advertisement, and real estate and construction.
VMP provides large state-owned and private businesses, including banks and other financial institutions, construction companies and telecommunication companies with legal advice and guidance. The firm’s clients include EBRD, Unicredit Bank Austria AG, Sberbank of Russia, Alfa Bank, Raiffeisen, Uralkali, Hewlett Packard, Kronospan, Turkcell, GMC Global Energy, Herbalife, Johnson&Johnson, Procter & Gamble, UPS, Samsung, SNA EUROPE, Wargaming, EPAM, LC Waikiki, GTECH, DTEC Engineering & Consulting GmbH and Deutsche Structured Finance GmbH, among others.
Every year we advise on over 500 projects for more than 250 clients. Many of our projects and deals are new and unique for Belarusian legal practice.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising | Ekaterina Zabello | ||
| Banking and finance | Tatiana Emelianova | ||
| Commercial | Konstantin Mikhel | ||
| Corporate | Svetlana Dashuk | ||
| Dispute resolution | Olga Nikolaeva | ||
| Employment | Svetlana Dashuk | ||
| Employment | Olga Nikolaeva | ||
| Investment agreements | Ekaterina Zabello | ||
| Intellectual property | Tatiana Emelianova | ||
| Mediation | Liliya Vlasova | ||
| Mergers and acquisitions | Tatiana Emelianova | ||
| Real estate/construction | Ekaterina Zabello | ||
| Tax | Konstantin Mikhel |