Monitoring an inspection carried out by Financial Investigations Department
Legal support during an unscheduled inspection of the Financial Investigation Department of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus with respect to a major Belarusian grocery retail operator.
Protecting I-Power in a dispute with local authorities
A major company who had concluded an investment agreement with a local executive authority. Our attorneys advised the client on the issues of abrogation of the investment agreement and appealing against non-normative legal acts adopted by local authorities.
A major Belarusian manufacturer and exporter of cabinet-work furniture.
Successful support for the client during an inspection of its financial and business activities with regard to fulfillment of tax obligations (in the amount of ca. $500,000), developing a defense strategy and preparing counter-pleas to the inspection act.
Protection of a major retail chain against MART
Protecting client’s rights in appealing a decision of the anti-monopoly regulator acknowledging client’s actions as a violation of the anti-monopoly laws.
A foreign wine manufacturer
The client, a renowned wine producer, noticed that its Belarusian competitor registered a trademark in Belarus almost identical with a trademark owned by our client. Our attorneys contested legal protection of competitor’s trademark in the Appellate Council under the National Intellectual Property Centre and in the Judicial Board for Intellectual Property of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus
Protecting a major retailer
Legal assistance in maintaining client’s position during an inspection carried out by a prosecuting agency due to an industrial accident.
An international freight hauler
Successful representation in an administrative process, resulting in a return of an earlier impounded vehicle without forfeiture.
Protecting a restaurant chain against MART
Advocacy for client at the stage of appealing against court decision on administrative violation due to infringement of rules of a promotional game. Due to our activities, the sum of financial sanctions for the client was effectively diminished.
Protecting a major retailer from unfair competition
Representation of a major Belarusian retailer in the case involving a violation of fair business competition principles. The project involved many petitions to state authorities, including the anti-monopoly regulator, due to competitors’ violations of business competition laws by way of unfair advertising, in particular violations of rules of promotional games.
Administrative protection for a Serbian client
Our attorneys assisted the client in appealing against a consummated resolution in an administrative case.
Supporting client during an inspection carried out by Financial Investigations Department
Legal support for an unscheduled DFI’s inspection of a major distributor of construction products.
Samsung
Representation of Samsung in a case involving unconscientious activities of an individual that ahd registered Samsung.by domain and used it to place advertising hyperlinks on web-pages of some online stores. REVERA represented Samsung in a judicial proceeding in the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, with the result that the domain was conferred to the client.
A professional participant of securities market
Appeal of a decision of the Ministry of Finance on termination of license.
Sledopyt
A Belarusian dealer of a foreign manufacturer had registered a principal’s trademark in the territory of Belarus. in course of the judicial proceeding, registration of trademark was acknowledged unfair competition. Afterwards, with the participation of REVERA, the client gained the right to the trademark in accordance with an agreement signed by the parties extrajudicially.
Novatech
REVERA’s lawyers secured equal competitive conditions for client’s business on the part of state institutiotns organising bulk purchases. The project involved judicial proceedings contesting tender results due to violation of competition laws and contesting of actions and decisions of tender board.
WGS Handel GmbH
Appealing against a consummated resolution in an administrative case.
Protecting a Kazakhstan hauler
Representation of hauler “Zhibek Trans Zholy” LLC in court in an administrative case under article 14.5 “Failure to declare goods subject to customs declaring procedure”.
A supplier of alcoholic beverages
Successful representation in an administrative process resulting in annulment of forfeiture of proceeds from enterprise’s entire period of activity.
A Czech company, developer of water purification and ecology technologies
Pre-trial settlement of a dispute seeking to protect investments in the Republic of Belarus.
A distributor of medical goods
Comprehensive advising on state purchases of medical equipment, medical goods, pharmaceutical and health food, with account of business specifity.
A major Belarusian bank
Preparing a legal opinion on prospective recovery of damages worth over 3.5 mln US dollars from the Banking Processing Centre, due to failure to prevent fraudulent operations. We evaluated the situation and prepared a legal opinion for the client, specifying all risks and outlooks of legal proceeding, thus allowing the client to choose an optimal technique to protect its rights.
Supplier of PCV window sections
Successful representation in an administrative process resulting in a cancellation of recovery of cost of withdrawn goods.
Protecting “Legenda” company
Representation in an administrative case on customs offence.
The biggest securities operator in the Republic of Belarus
A criminal case was initiated against officials of the biggest Belarusian securities operator on suspicion of evasion of taxes on an especially large scale.
Our counsel managed to decrease the sum of alleged damage by 10 times, and to have the measure of restraint changed from detention to recognisance not to leave.
The investigating authority did not bring a charge, which is quite rate in Belarus in this category of criminal cases. The measure of restraint was changed from detention to recognisance not to leave and pledge of proper conduct.
The suspicion that instigated apprehension and detention was disproved by defence.
At present, a tax inspection of certain corporate matters is being conducted, its findings to provide a conclusive resolution of the criminal case.
A leading Belarusian commercial property compan
Several company officials were charged with a criminal case on suspicion of evasion of taxes on an especially large scale. The alleged evasion scheme included, in preliminary investigation body’s opinion, an arrangement of conditions to distribute proceeds between business entities created in consequence of company’s successive re-organisation.
Due to successful counsel’s activities, suspicions from a number of officials were cleared (the criminal case was terminated in default of component of crime). Also, during the preliminary investigation, the measure of restraint in regard to the main person involved was changed from detention to another (not involving detention). During the preliminary investigation, the defence managed to decrease both the period of alleged crime and the extent of damages: from 6 years to only 1 year, and, consequently, decrease the extent of damages 6 times. Following investigation results, a request for release from criminal responsibility was filed pursuant to art. 88-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
A major Belarusian private pharmaceutical enterprise
A criminal case was initiated against the company owner on suspicion of giving bribes to officials:
• for the purpose of positive expert evaluation with respect to registration of pharmaceuticals
• for the purpose of unhindered realisation of pharmaceuticals in the territory of the Republic of Belarus (p. 2 art. 431 of the Criminal Code, due to recurrence)
In the Republic of Belarus, the ratio of absolutory sentences in such cases is only about 1%.
Due to defence’s activities, the court absolutely acquitted the charged official in one episode. The other episode was re-qualified for p. 1 art. 431 (crime without recurrence).
Period under guard during the preliminary investigation and during the legal investigation was accounted as a partial term for servicing punishment, and on the day of judgment the defendant was released from under guard in the court room.
Representing a foreign private company
We conducted an intracorporate investigation of embezzlement and excess of office power as part of company’s internal audit commission. We prepared an expert opinion.
On the basis of our expert opinion, a criminal case was initiated on suspicion of official crime against former company director, and the claimant was acknowledged as the civil plaintiff in the criminal case.
Successful completion of a criminal case at the stage of preliminary investigation
A former company CEO was facing a criminal on suspicion of official crime due to a major transaction involving purchase of real estate.
Due to our successful protection measures, the criminal case was terminated at the stage of preliminary investigation due to absence of component of crime.
