ABOUT US
Laudis was founded in 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine. We provide legal services for businesses operating in Ukraine. Our aim is to provide all the necessary support a business requires from establishing a legal entity or representative office, consulting on optimal business taxation to completing daily operational, documentary and advisory support.
Laudis Tax & Legal is a team of professionals united by a passion for our work. The main goal of our business is to bring clients quantifiable added value, combining cost savings and time management. We are inspired by our clients' success and this makes us move forward and improve our own skills.
Practice Areas
Laudis provides wide range of services for business in Ukraine. Our services include:
Corporate law
We provide the wide range of corporate services including setting up a company and Representative Office in Ukraine
Tax consulting
Consulting related to taxation including international transactions
Work permits for non-residents, temporary or permanent residency based on investment into Ukraine
Contractual work
Drafting and analyzing business contracts, including IT services and sale contracts. Drafting of export and import contracts. Analyzing tax and legal risks
IP rights
Registration of trade marks in Ukraine, EU and US; copyright on computer programs
Our Team
We are a team of passionate specialists who cares about business of their clients
Galina Bastieieva
Counsel
Alina Mykolaichuk
Lawyer, immigration and corporate law specialist
Kateryna Timchenko
Managing Partner, Lawyer
Lyudmila Kovenko
Attorney
Daryna Varlam
Attorney
Vlad Grygorenko
Associate
Kateryna Tyhonova
Lawyer
Clients
Blog
Digital nomad в Іспанії
Іспанія приєдналась до ряду країн, що запровадили пільгові податкови умови для цифрових кочевників digital nomads, прийнявши 21 грудня 2022 року закон 28/2022 про сприяння стартапам Закон відкрив нові можливості для проживання та заробітку цифрових кочевників, які приїзжають до Іспанії з країн, що не входять в ЄС. В статті ви дізнаєтесь які умови набуття статусу digital nomad, які документи необхідні. Також ви отримаєте інформацію щодо оподаткування digital nomad за режимом Beckham (24 %), його порівняння з податками звичайного підприємця в Іспанії.
Read moreEmployment of a foreigner without payroll in Ukraine
The law foresees a separate category of foreign workers who perform work on the territory of Ukraine, but do not conclude an employment contract with a Ukrainian employer. This category of foreigners is the so-called "seconded foreign workers". A key feature of seconded foreign workers in Ukraine is that their employment contract is concluded with a foreign, not a Ukrainian, employer. The basis for using the labor of seconded foreigners in Ukraine is a contract under which a foreign employer sends an employee to a Ukrainian company to perform a certain amount of work on the territory of Ukraine.
Read moreChanges in the legal regulation of foreign representative offices in Ukraine
Changes to the requirements for registering a representative office of foreign company in Ukraine from September 2024. - The Ministry of Justice becomes the registration authority and registration is carried out by registrars by analogy with LLCs. - Registration terms are reduced from 60 to 5 days. - New requirements for submitting information on the beneficial owners of registered representative offices. - An individual financial monitoring entity has the right to register.
Read moreImmigration to Ukraine of highly qualified employees in 2023
In 2023, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine of Ukraine approved a list of specialties in need in Ukraine and the qualification requirements for them. These persons have the right to receive a permanent residence permit in Ukraine without waiting for 5 years of residence based on employment. To be eligible for immigration, an work candidate should meet the mandatory requirement set out in the list and, at least one additional requirement. Read more in our article.
Read moreDisclosure of the beneficiary of the foreign counterparty to a bank when paying abroad
This obligation is established by the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine and enshrined in Resolution No. 8 dated January 2, 2019. When opening and using a bank account of a Ukrainian company, banks require to get and update information about the owners of such a company. In some cases, banks began to require information about foreign counterparties from Ukrainian companies. Our attorney Anastasia Soloviova will tell us below about when such a requirement is justified and what list of issues should be discussed in advance with a foreign counterparty.
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