Quarantine and the emergency situation in Ukraine have changed the conditions for doing business. Companies have many additional obligations and compliance control is quite strong. The authorized bodies are increasingly active in filing administrative protocols for violating the quarantine measures. According to the National Police, currently, over 1000 protocols on administrative liability are being filed, and approximately 20 criminal proceedings initiated every week. However, restrictions imposed on business are not always legal. In many cases they appear unreasonably excessive and result in restrictions for competition. The new legal environment generated growing demand on protecting business from over-regulations during quarantine.
In particular, during the seminar, we considered:
- Regulations for business during quarantine and the emergency situation
- Legal assessment on legitimacy of certain types of economic activities at the national and regional levels
- Which anti-epidemic quarantine measures are mandatory for certain types of business?
- How do the controlling bodies perform compliance checks during quarantine and the emergency situation?
- How should companies interact with the controlling bodies?
- Action plan: from challenging the imposed sanctions to getting back to business as usual
Speakers:
Oleksandr Onishchenko, Partner, head of Domestic Litigation, INTEGRITES. Oleksandr is a litigation expert with 20 years of experience. He specializes in commercial and administrative law. Among other matters, Oleksandr provides professional advice on defense strategies in litigation, on bankruptcy and debt recovery. His specific areas of expertise are FMCG, pharmaceutical, agricultural and logistics sectors.
Orest Tsimerman, Senior associate, Domestic Litigation, INTEGRITES. Orest has extensive practical experience in commercial and administrative litigation. Orest advises international and Ukrainian clients from various sectors – banking and finance, manufacturing, mining, science & tech. He has in-depth expertise in disputes with the state bodies, matters related to procurement, restoration of solvency and protection of intellectual property.
