Association of exporters and importers «ZED» in cooperation with «S.K.O. Forum» Law Firm focuses on assisting foreign and Ukrainian clients in navigating while doing business in Ukraine .

In order to meet the highest standards for our Clients we have developed practice based on a client-oriented attitude, understanding of the operating environment, and an effective technology of project management. We stand out for our ability to deliver prompt, efficient and high quality services, to be responsive to the client's diverse needs, to work on tight deadlines.

Surveying Markets
 

Collecting Information. The information about markets, markets regulations, and markets players let our Clients to evaluate the market opportunities and plan their activity on Market Entry preparations.
 

Desk Research. Collecting secondary data for our Clients, we let our Clients to evaluate the available information and to set up objectives for primary data collection and criteria for research Agency selection.
 

Buying Marketing Research. Our assistance let our Clients to gain the best quality/price ratio in their primary data collection providing qualitative and quantitative marketing research at Ukrainian market.

There are several Market Entry Strategies, recommended to use entering Ukrainian market.

Import. We advise our Clients in Ukrainian rules and regulations of export – import operations issues. This let structure deals, negotiate contracts, and protect interests in the most efficient for the business way.
 

Joint Ventures. Building effective partnership at the territory of Ukraine needs precise understanding of restrictions as well as the tools and opportunities, given to business by Ukrainian Legislation.
 

Greenfield Direct Foreign Investments. Even to plan realistic investment projects in Ukraine it is necessary to understand legal grounds and procedures. We assist our Clients to understand and to perform investment projects in Ukraine .
 

Mergers and Acquisitions. Structuring Mergers and Acquisitions transactions, providing Due Diligence procedures and realizing the deals we assist our Clients to minimize the country risk always existing in such complex deals.

Searching Partners

Contractual Partners.  We assist our foreign Clients to find reliable Ukrainian partners – suppliers of raw materials, ingredients and goods as well as consumers of products, imported to Ukraine .
 

Representative Partners. Dealers and Distributors can be also found in Ukraine with our assistance. We advise and assist our Clients in building effective relationships with representatives and representative partners.
 

Joint Ventures Partners. We assist to find joint venture partners and build effective joint ventures partnership. The appropriate contracts protect interests of foreign Joint Venture partners in Ukraine .

Structuring Partnerships

Understanding. Even before negotiations with potential partners we let our Clients to understand legal frame of doing business in Ukraine , evaluate opportunities and risks and select attractive business solutions.
 

Negotiating. Supporting process of negotiations with potential partners, we assist to make the process more efficient and find the solutions, affordable for the potential partners and based on a strong ground.
 

Contracting. We create the contracts, which precisely reflect results of negotiations meet requests of the Ukrainian Legislations and clearly describe the terms and conditions of the partnership.

Feasibility Study. We assist our Clients to understand the potential of business offers, including deals, projects and transactions, taking into consideration Ukrainian economical, market and legal environment.
 

Business Planning. We provide business planning according to standards, provided by TACIS or according to standards, provided by our Clients, for businesses and business projects of our Clients in Ukraine .
 

Business Planning Support. We provide informational and advisory support of business planning procedures, provided by our Clients for businesses and business projects of our Clients at Ukrainian markets.

Supporting Negotiations and Business Activity

Advising. We advise our Clients before, at the moment of and after the negotiations, taken in Ukraine or in relation of the business of our Clients in Ukraine .
Participation We participating negotiations of our Clients as the member of our Clients' negotiation team.
 

Representation. We represent our Clients before official bodies, potential and existing partners in projects, deals and complex transactions. We represent corporate clients before antimonopoly authorities, the securities and stock exchange commission, tax and customs agencies and other state bodies. We assist our Clients with obtaining employment permits and registration for foreign businesses.

Association of Exporters and Importers «ZED»

Tel.: +380 44 455 93 80

Fax: +380 44 455 93 10

Tel.: +380 44 247 45 15

Fax: +380 44 247 45 15

 

E-mail: e.maltsev@skoforum.com