We were amongst the first law houses initiating the new trend for Ukrainian development practice dealing with cooperation between state and municipal authorities and public enterprises, on one side, and private investors, developers and contractors, on the other. We partake in updating the established post-soviet approach in this sphere and guide foreign and national investors through the curliness of often politicized decision-making procedures.
Being highly respected also by the authorities we were attracted to drafting of new laws and regulations, especially in sphere of concessions and public-private partnership, preparation for EURO-2012 football championship and commenting other governmental initiatives in this sphere.
Our extensive experience in the field concerned covers, among others:
Being highly respected also by the authorities we were attracted to drafting of new laws and regulations, especially in sphere of concessions and public-private partnership, preparation for EURO-2012 football championship and commenting other governmental initiatives in this sphere.
Our extensive experience in the field concerned covers, among others:
- initial negotiations with authorities and public companies and structuring the proposed investment;
- drafting letters of intent and preliminary agreements with public companies and authorities;
- drafting tender documentation and assisting in conducting public tenders. Drafting all necessary documentation on public tenders and their results;
- representing investors, developers and contractors in composing and filing tender bids, legal advice to private sector throughout the tender procedure;
- drafting and negotiating private-public contracts;
- structuring joint venture arrangements with public entities, drafting respective documentations, establishment of legal framework and effective cooperation;
- structuring investment relations with local and state authorities, elaboration of private investment protective mechanism of cooperation;
- overall legal advice for concession and other infrastructure contracts, including passing the tendering procedures, drafting any related documentation, assistance in negotiation process, obtaining necessary permits and approvals, title perfection and structuring profit-earning instruments;
- assistance in design and architectural bidding, drafting and negotiating the concept design and general design agreements with public client, establishing framework in adapting the projects to local building rules, licensing and regulatory matters in design, authors supervision, structuring corporate presence of foreign architectural bureaus in Ukraine;
- overall legal support of contractor's framework with public companies and authorities, drafting and negotiating general contractor's, subcontractor's and multi-contractor's agreements, legal escort in obtaining building and construction permits, cooperation with public customer's and architect's supervision, et cetera;
- full-scale legal advice at all stages of PPP project, putting it into operation, sharing the results between public and private participants, transfer of public shares to the balance of public entities, and registration of titles to real estate;
- structuring financial relations with public entitles, proposing tax-efficient ways of cooperation on Ukrainian public projects, et cetera.
We are proud for our vivid progress from common joint venture and investment PPP projects in residential and commercial development to large infrastructure collaborations on airports, stadiums, highways and other facilities of state importance throughout Ukraine without any harm to our private-oriented developments.
We successfully combine real understanding of public sector's approach and market-leading experience in international standards for development, investment and construction, and deliver this added-value service to our clients.