Provision of legal services to foreign companies in Belarus by lawyers and attorneys
Preliminary consultation from a lawyer with 15-25 years of experience
When a foreign company chooses a qualified lawyer in Belarus, it is necessary to decide whether to go to a law firm or to an attorney. At first glance, there are no differences between them, but this is far from the case.
Licensed lawyers (hereinafter referred to as a lawyer) act in the format of a law firm in Belarus. They provide legal services to businesses on debt collection, resolution of all types of business disputes, participate in arbitration courts, resolve corporate issues, prepare all types of legal documents, accompany investment projects, conduct negotiations, and accompany all business activities. Accordingly, they work only with businesses. Private lawyers of law firms, unlike attorneys, do not provide legal services to citizens on family, domestic, criminal, labor issues. Thus, law firms in the Republic of Belarus have a narrow specialization, which is their important competitive advantage. As a rule, private lawyers-licensees are narrow–profile specialists with practical experience and special knowledge in the field of business. Such a lawyer faces and resolves a lot of questions on his business specialization on a daily basis and can tell you the optimal profitable solution.
Belarusian attorneys, in turn, provide legal services on various issues, ranging from labor to criminal. The second important difference between the work of attorneys from law firms and lawyers in Belarus is that when hiring a law firm, the client will be assisted by its entire staff: several lawyers with a narrow specialization, such as construction, supply, transportation, corporate issues, etc., as well as back office. Turning to an attorney in Belarus, the contract is concluded directly with him through the appropriate legal advice in which he works. Therefore, if you need to increase the team of defenders, you will have to conclude several contracts with each attorney. Belarusian legislation does not provide for the maintenance of a personal back office by attorneys. All Belarusian attorneys provide services to clients individually (personally), working as part of legal consultations. The legal advice itself does not provide related services to attorneys' clients.
Thus, depending on the type of issue that has arisen, foreign companies in Belarus can receive legal assistance both individually from a specific belarusian attorney working within the framework of legal advice, and from a belarusian law firm represented by a large staff of lawyers and back office employees.
The law firm "Economic Disputes" is represented by 12 lawyers with various specializations and extensive work experience. We provide all types of legal services for foreign business in Belarus:
- provision of oral or written consultations, explanations, conclusions on legal issues;
- debt collection in favor of foreign customers;
- pre-trial and judicial support of business disputes involving foreign companies on the territory of Belarus;
- full subscription service for organizations with foreign investments;
- international arbitration;
- resolution of corporate issues, M&A, intellectual property protection, IT law;
- development of contracts for foreign and Belarusian businesses;
- settlement of disputes through mediation or arbitration.
Our law firm provides a full range of legal services in Belarus. We work within the highly specialized areas of each of our lawyers, which allows us to provide services to clients most efficiently and promptly. The company's lawyers are fluent in foreign languages (English, Polish) and know not only Belarusian, but also foreign legislation.
