Healthcare reform in Ukraine
Healthcare reform in Ukraine

Healthcare reform continues: on the 30th January the Law No. 2168-VIII “On the State Financial Guarantees of Medical Services to the Population” came into force. The Cabinet of Ministers has 2 more months left in order to handle the issue of the introduction of mandatory…

Criminal proceedings. December 2017. Major innovations
Criminal proceedings. December 2017. Major innovations

“The reaction of professionals regarding the judicial reform is ambiguous, and if changes in civil, economic and administrative processes forced the legal community to split into two camps: “for” and “against”, then changes in the Criminal Procedure Code almost all caused a negative assessment and…

The President approved the Law on Feed Hygiene
The President approved the Law on Feed Hygiene

This Law determines the legal and organizational basis for the production, circulation, labeling and presentation of feeds, the regulation of relations between the executive authorities and operators of the fodder market. The terminology was harmonized with the EU legislation. The corresponding Law “On Safety and…

Courts of the first instance and courts of appeal were reformed
Courts of the first instance and courts of appeal were reformed

On 29 December 2017, the President signed a range of decrees, reforming the courts of the first instance and courts of appeal. Thus, under the Decree No. 449/2017 117 district courts in towns of regional significance were liquidated, and 50 district courts were established instead.…

Got it: witnesses in the commercial court
Got it: witnesses in the commercial court

«The introduction of the institution of a witness can and should serve as a source of a more complete and comprehensive determination of the facts of the case. However, this novel will lead to positive changes only in the case of a clear procedure, an…

SDM Partners ranked at "Market’s Leaders" and "Leaders of the Practices"
SDM Partners ranked at "Market’s Leaders" and "Leaders of the Practices"

According to the domestic legal market research, namely “Market Leaders” and “Leaders of Practices” by Yuridicheskaya Gazeta, SDM Partners has been recognized in the following practices: copyright and IP protection, banking and finance law, corporate and tax law. We congratulate our lawyers as well as…