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
Tetiana Zhyla
IP Specialist
Anastasiia Soloviova
Associate
Clients
Blog
Immigration 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.
Read moreDisclosure of information about beneficiary owners in Ukraine: new rules of 2023
In this article, we set out up-to-date information on the rules for disclosing the ownership structure of companies in Ukraine in 2023.
Read moreTM, which includes "Ukraine". Peculiarities of trademark registration
The designation "Ukraine" and "UA" as part of a trademark is allowed by the legislation of Ukraine, but for this it is necessary to obtain the consent of the permanent body of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT), namely the Commission on the approval of issues on the introduction of the designation, which contains the official name of the state "Ukraine", to the mark for goods and services. To obtain such a permit, the applicant and his activities must meet certain criteria. This is described in more detail in our article by Tatyana Zhyla, a specialist in the field of intellectual property protection.
Read more“Google tax law” in Ukraine. Procedure of registration of foreign company, providing electronic services as VAT payer in Ukraine
“Google tax law” is the simple informal name of the Law on the Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine Regarding Abolition
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