Contract Law

Contract law practice is aimed at providing legal assistance in the drafting of various civil law contracts, their legal review, and other matters related to the conclusion, amendment, performance, and termination of contracts.

Legal Assistance in Respect of the Following Agreements:
— Sale and purchase agreements (including agreements governed by the general provisions of the Civil Code, retail sale, supply of goods, supply for state needs, energy supply, contracting of agricultural products, sale of real estate, sale of an enterprise as a property complex);
— Exchange (barter) agreements;
— Gift agreements (including charitable donations);
— Agreements for the provision of gratuitous (sponsorship) assistance;
— Agreements for the provision of foreign gratuitous assistance;
— Annuity agreements (including perpetual and life annuities);
— Life maintenance with dependency agreements;
— Lease agreements (including leases under the general provisions of the Civil Code, rental agreements, lease of vehicles with or without crew, lease of capital structures (buildings, constructions), isolated premises or parking spaces, lease of other immovable property, lease of an enterprise as a property complex, financial lease (leasing));
— Residential tenancy agreements;
— Works (contractor) agreements (including general construction contracts, consumer works contracts, contracts for design and survey works);
— Research and development agreements;
— Paid services agreements (including audit, medical, social, educational, tourism, accounting, legal, and other services);
— Passenger and cargo carriage agreements (with or without baggage), including by road, air, rail, and other modes of transport;
— Loan agreements (including oral loans evidenced by a receipt);
— Credit agreements;
— Factoring agreements (financing against assignment of monetary claims);
— Bank deposit agreements;
— Current (settlement) bank account and escrow account agreements;
— Storage agreements (including general storage, warehouse storage, storage of valuables in a bank or non-bank credit and financial institution, safe deposit box agreements, storage by transport organizations, cloakroom storage, hotel storage, sequestration of disputed property);
— Insurance agreements (including compulsory and voluntary insurance of life, health, property, and liability);
— Agency agreements (mandate);
— Commission agreements;
— Trust management of property agreements;
— License agreements (including open licenses);
— Agreements on assignment of exclusive intellectual property rights;
— Franchise agreements (complex business license agreements);
— Simple partnership agreements;
— Shareholders’ agreements and agreements on the exercise of participants’ rights in LLCs and ALCs;
— Agreements on contributions of participants not resulting in an increase of the charter capital;
— Shared construction participation agreements;
— Mixed agreements (agency, dealership, etc.);
— Unnamed (innominate) contracts;
— Agreements structured as public contracts, preliminary contracts, third-party beneficiary contracts, option contracts, contracts of adhesion;
— Other types of contractual obligations.

Areas of Legal Assistance:
— Drafting of civil law contracts;
— Legal review of contracts for compliance with legislation and the client’s interests, identification of hidden risks and unjustified provisions;
— Legal audit of contractual practice of a business entity (Legal Due Diligence);
— Counterparty due diligence (including within Legal Due Diligence);
— Termination of contracts and unilateral withdrawal from performance;
— Representation before courts and other state authorities in contractual matters;
— Participation as legal counsel in negotiations with counterparties;
— Other forms of legal assistance in the field of contract law.

Types of Legal Assistance:
— Oral legal consultations on contractual matters;
— Preparation of written legal opinions on civil law contracts;
— Drafting of statements of claim, applications, complaints, and other procedural documents;
— Drafting of civil law contracts and other legal documents;
— Representation of clients before courts and other state authorities;
— Legal assessment of documents and contractual practice within an organization;
— Other forms of legal assistance.

The effectiveness of legal assistance in contract law is further supported by my academic experience teaching the course “Civil Law” at the Educational Institution “Law College of Belarusian State University.”

I am currently preparing a PhD dissertation in Law (specialization 12.00.03 — Civil Law, Business Law, Family Law, Private International Law).
My academic research focuses on agreements for the provision of gratuitous (sponsorship) aid.