Automotive / Machinery
In the last decade the automotive industry has undergone significant changes. Central Europe and Asia, has become a centre for new development for both global car manufacturers and their suppliers at all levels. SDM Partners has responded to this dynamic and rapid development by creating a specialised team of experienced lawyers focusing on the following services.
Services
- Advising on labour issues including mass dismissal, employee stock ownership plans, etc.
- Corporate restructuring
- Drafting and analysing of various commercial agreements (distribution, licensing)
- Legal advise on intellectual property issues (rights, registration and protection)
- Legal support in competition law (merger clearance, distribution, pricing policy)
- Legal support in competition law (merger clearance, distribution, pricing policy)
- Legal support in mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, spin-offs
- Litigation including tax litigation
Projects
- Raw of legal actions for the protection of an automotive producer’s trademarks against infringements in Ukraine.
- Advising a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment on tax planning
- Legal support of an international car manufacturer in the process of buying a large land plot in the Kiev region
- Successful representation of the Ukrainian railway car building works concerning the claims of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on unreasonably high prices considering its dominant position in the market.