International Commerce
The Arzinger Law Offices team believes that commerce is the force for progress, and international commerce is an art.
Having been mastering their proficiency and best lex mercatoria practices for years, the Arzinger lawyers have accumulated a huge experience in supporting transnational deals that mediate circulation of goods, works, services, information, and intellectual property. In simple words, structuring of complex negotiable structure is what we love and know how to do.
We will help to understand contractual relations and currency control regulations when entering the EAEU market, as well as when making deals with partners in the EU.
Products
Drafting foreign trade agreements
Drafting an attractive and understandable contract for rendering of services, delivery, distribution, commission, service agreement or any other foreign trade transaction is only half the battle.
It is important that the agreement could withstand the litigation and that the mechanics of its execution does not contradict the Belarusian law.
If you have bought goods in the East and are going to resell it to the West without importing it to Belarus, you should check with your lawyers what opinion the law has about it (negative). Or if the counterparty insists on review of all disputes in future in London, we will tell whether you can agree on this.
Drafting foreign trade agreements
Assessment of the international trade business model
Borders and taxation regimes are the two nuances, which cannot be but taken into consideration prior to commencement of trading with foreign partners.
We will examine your business model and highlight all its advantages and disadvantages, so that there are more advantages in it.
The lawyers task is to ensure lawful and clear transboundary movement of commodities and money.
Assessment of the international trade business model
Customs disputes resolution in Belarus
International trade is bound with risks associated with customs procedures for almost any business.
Classification of goods and determination of their customs value often causes of disputes with the customs authorities, the positive resolution of which largely depends on the relevant experience and practice of interaction with government agencies.
We will represent your interests in the customs authorities and protect you from unnecessary financial and time costs as much as possible.
Customs disputes resolution in Belarus
Drawing up of permits and opinions in Belarus
The following permits must be preliminarily obtained for import and sales of a number of commodities, i.e., the quality certificate, the declaration of conformity or another opinion of government bodies. We will help determine the procedures that must be completed with respect to the goods and will ensure interaction with the certification bodies up to obtaining the required documents.
Drawing up of permits and opinions in Belarus
Protection of interests in an anti-dumping investigation
An anti-dumping investigation is a long and multi-stage process, which requires both in-depth deep analysis of the situation at the market for certain goods and knowledge of the law of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Our experts will draw up a statement about the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation, assist in preparation of the comments and filling out a questionnaire for the Eurasian Economic Commission that performs the investigation, and will take part in public hearings on the case on your behalf.
Protection of interests in an anti-dumping investigation
Arrangement of a business in the sphere of electronic commerce in Belarus
There are many nuances behind the variety of e-commerce forms (marketplaces, classifieds, online stores, mobile applications, social media): starting from the requirements for server placement and personal data processing and finishing with the requirements for logistics of goods and design of shipping documents.
We cooperate with companies that are different parts of this chain: payment systems, cloud solutions providers, logistics operators, consumer rights protection societies. This allows us taking a comprehensive look at your business model and suggest ways of its optimization.