Commercial Business and Consumer Goods

REVERA lawyers assist clients on all legal issues in the sphere of trade and consumer goods: preparation of documentation on cooperation with distributors and consumers, tax consulting, legal support of advertising campaigns and promotions, execution of contractual relations, consulting on currency and customs issues of a company.

  1. Legal implementation of delivery business models 

    We help elaborate optimal schemes pertaining to process structures, always in compliance with legislative requirements.

    We provide the following services related to delivery processes:

    • We consult on proper legal processes for arranging internal delivery service, formalising personnel files and transportation;
    • We optimise and elaborate agreements with partners;
    • We line up and optimise formalisation of primary accounting documents and other components of document flow;
    • We consult on legislative requirements/restrictions (acceptance of payments in favour of third parties and how to avoid those, nuances of foreign trade and exchange regulations in regard to international deliveries, tax risks/implications (including the risk of being treated as a permanent establishment), quality of goods, requirement for a warehouse in the course of delivery, requirements in regard to acceptance of payment from customers, etc.).
  2. Preparation and review of various contracts: sales and purchase agreements, foreign trade contracts, agent agreements, distribution, etc.
  3. Advice on advertising legislation.
  4. Business structuring.
  5. Consulting on promotion activities: discounts, gift certificates, loyalty programs, advertising campaigns and promotions.
  6. Advice, representation and protection of rights in cases of unfair competition from the side of other market participants.
  7. Preparation and review of lease agreements (including preliminary ones) for business premises, representation of interests in the negotiation process.
  8. Advice on construction of retail and warehouse facilities, full contractual support of relevant projects.

        
                    

Associate Partner, Head of Infrastructure Projects Practice
Head of Promotion and Advertising

Projects

JYSK’s expantion in Belarus
Legal support of a Danish transnational corporation in a project to enter the Belarusian market with the aim of opening 30 stores under the JYSK brand.
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.
AutoPromService
Advising on consumer protection, claims activities, consulting on peculiarities of retail trading in motorcars and spare parts, on anti-monopoly laws.
VEGAS
Consulting services to the client on procedures of business activities in Belarus.
“Sosedi” retail chain
Advising on application of administrative procedures and retail trade rules, advising on matters of corporate, taxation and employment laws.
MartInn (Glera Market, FCJSC)
Consulting on investment laws, permit/authorisation procedures, on the issues of construction of new retail outlets.
A chain of fashion boutiques “Sezony”, “Top”, “Tandem”
Advising on employment law, taxation matters, administrative procedures and retail trade policies.
A major international media company
Consulting a major international media company focusing on sportive events for the purpose of advertising activities in the Republic of Belarus. Consulting comprised preparation of a comprehensive legal opinion describing the peculiarities of advertising goods and services, applicable restrictions and means of individualisation of manufacturers/providers during the hockey world championship 2021.
One of the international leaders in e-commerce
Advising a global virtual trading platform on the implementation of online trading in Belarus. The consultation included preparation of a legal opinion on compliance with legal requirements on trade, advertising and personal data protection.
TeachMeSkills
Comprehensive support for the launch of the operation of an online IT school. In particular, the consulting included the analysis of the model of implementation of activities, drafting of documents formalizing the relationship with clients who are natural persons, and clients who are legal entities, documents for the website.
Delivio
Comprehensive support for the launch of a national food delivery service. In particular, the consulting included full contractual binding of the model: drafting the documents necessary to carry out settlements between the service, restaurants and customers-buyers. The difficulty lies in the fact that in Belarus today there is a ban on the activities of payment agents and acceptance by the service, acting as such an agent, to its own bank account of funds sent by customers to restaurants as payment for orders.
TikTok
Advising the service for the creation and viewing of short videos on the issues of compliance with the requirements of Belarusian legislation on advertising, consumer protection, protection of children's rights to analyze the need to place age tags on content published using the service.
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