Legal support in structuring cross-border contracts with Ukrainian companies: drafting and review, distribution and franchising agreements, complex multi-party transactions and risk allocation. In this section, JVS Law lawyers publish practical guidance on contract architecture, enforceability of contractual terms under Ukrainian law, and typical mistakes foreign counterparties make when entering the Ukrainian market.
Contract Structuring
Ukraine's draft Civil Code No. 15150 moves the conflict-of-laws rules into Book 8 and rewrites them for contracts: a hidden default rule, franchise and distribution pointing the opposite way to…
Contract Structuring
Ukraine's draft Civil Code No. 15150 renames commercial concession as franchising — and little else: no pre-contractual disclosure, no limits on post-term non-compete, no franchisor liability to consumers. Anna Tsirat…
Contract Structuring
What a Ukrainian developer, QA engineer or other IT professional should check before signing a contract with a foreign client, while the work runs on — especially once the written…
Contract Structuring
The Supreme Court has reversed its position three times. Real estate needs notarised spousal consent or the deal falls; for movables a presumption applies and everything turns on the buyer's…
Contract Structuring
Since 19 January 2026 the Ukrainian company register is public again. What you can verify yourself — registration data, ultimate beneficial owners, court and enforcement records, sanctions and tax status…
Contract Structuring
Five works on franchising by Anna Tsirat: a three-hundred-page handbook from 2002, a drafting manual from 2012, and three Ukraine chapters written for international publications. What each one is for…
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