Market Entry Services and Solutions from S.K.O. Forum Law Firm

S.K.O. Forum law firm was incorporated in 1998. In the past years attorneys of our firm have gained a considerable experience of working with Clients concerning different issues of their business in Ukraine. From the moment of its foundation and until now the firm focuses on assisting foreign and Ukrainian clients in navigating the nuances of laws and avoiding costly legal traps while doing business in Ukraine.

In order to meet the highest standards for our Clients we have developed a legal practice based on a client-oriented attitude, understanding of the operating environment, and an effective technology of project management. We stand out for our ability to deliver prompt, efficient and high quality legal services, to be responsive to the client's diverse needs, to work on tight deadlines. We have built multi-field legal practice to provide comprehensive legal support to our corporate and private clients.

Supporting Market Entry we are playing for our Clients role of Country Business Advisor.

Surveying Markets

Collecting Information The information about markets, markets regulations, and markets players let our Clients to evaluate the market opportunities and plan their activity on Market Entry preparations.

Desk Research Collecting secondary data for our Clients, we let our Clients to evaluate the available information and to set up objectives for primary data collection and criteria for research Agency selection.

Buying Marketing Research Our assistance let our Clients to gain the best quality/price ratio in their primary data collection providing qualitative and quantitative marketing research at Ukrainian market.

Selecting Market Entry Strategy

There are several Market Entry Strategies, recommended to use entering Ukrainian market.

Import We advise our Clients in Ukrainian rules and regulations of export – import operations issues. This let structure deals, negotiate contracts, and protect interests in the most efficient for the business way.

Joint Ventures Building effective partnership at the territory of Ukraine needs precise understanding of restrictions as well as the tools and opportunities, given to business by Ukrainian Legislation.

Greenfield Direct Foreign Investments Even to plan realistic investment projects in Ukraine it is necessary to understand legal grounds and procedures. We assist our Clients to understand and to perform investment projects in Ukraine.

Mergers and Acquisitions Structuring Mergers and Acquisitions transactions, providing Due Diligence procedures and realizing the deals we assist our Clients to minimize the country risk always existing in such complex deals.

Searching Partners

Contractual Partners We assist our foreign Clients to find reliable Ukrainian partners – suppliers of raw materials, ingredients and goods as well as consumers of products, imported to Ukraine.

Representative Partners Dealers and Distributors can be also found in Ukraine with our assistance. We advise and assist our Clients in building effective relationships with representatives and representative partners.

Joint Ventures Partners We assist to find joint venture partners and build effective joint ventures partnership. The appropriate contracts protect interests of foreign Joint Venture partners in Ukraine.

Structuring Partnerships

Understanding Even before negotiations with potential partners we let our Clients to understand legal frame of doing business in Ukraine, evaluate opportunities and risks and select attractive business solutions.

Negotiating Supporting process of negotiations with potential partners, we assist to make the process more efficient and find the solutions, affordable for the potential partners and based on a strong ground.

Contracting We create the contracts, which precisely reflect results of negotiations meet requests of the Ukrainian Legislations and clearly describe the terms and conditions of the partnership.

Studying Feasibility

Feasibility Study We assist our Clients to understand the potential of business offers, including deals, projects and transactions, taking into consideration Ukrainian economical, market and legal environment.

Business Planning We provide business planning according to standards, provided by TACIS or according to standards, provided by our Clients, for businesses and business projects of our Clients in Ukraine.

Business Planning Support We provide informational and advisory support of business planning procedures, provided by our Clients for businesses and business projects of our Clients at Ukrainian markets.

Supporting Negotiations

Advising We advise our Clients before, at the moment of and after the negotiations, taken in Ukraine or in relation of the business of our Clients in Ukraine.

Participation We participating negotiations of our Clients as the member of our Clients’ negotiation team.

Representation We represent our Clients before official bodies, potential and existing partners in projects, deals and complex transactions.

Supporting Business Activity

Advising As part of its corporate law practice, S.K.O. Forum law firm engages in various aspects of labor and employment law. Our expertise in this area includes advising on labor law in Ukraine, drafting of employment contracts.

Representation We represent corporate clients before antimonopoly authorities, the securities and stock exchange commission, tax and customs agencies and other state bodies. We assist our Clients with obtaining employment permits and registration for foreign businesses.

Litigation S.K.O Forum law firm provides a full range of litigation services. We represent our clients before courts of general jurisdiction and commercial courts of first instance, courts of appeal, the Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Court of Ukraine. In addition, we represent our clients before the International Commercial Arbitration at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. We assist our clients in matters regarding execution in Ukraine of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.

Our confidentiality policy

All information given to S.K.O. Forum law firm by Client, unless publicly available or otherwise properly available to S.K.O. Forum law firm ("Confidential Information"), will be held by S.K.O. Forum law firm in confidence and will not, except to the extent required by law, be disclosed to anyone other than S.K.O. Forum law firm's employees or subcontractors without Client's prior approval, or used for any purpose other than those referred to in our agreements.