Tobacco and spirits industry in Ukraine is traditionally well-developed. The natural resources of the county’s South enable a viable vine making business. Production of spirits goods is highly developed as well. Enterprises of this segment produce high-quality products, which are popular both in Ukraine and abroad. The same we may be said for the tobacco industry of Ukraine. To date tobacco industry has been one of the most attractive sphere of investments.  Thus, the amount of foreign investments exceeds 200 million dollars. These investments allowed modernization of production and considerably improved quality of products. The volumes of export of tobacco products continue to grow as well.

Konnov & Sozanovsky's lawyers render legal assistance to the companies of spirits and tobacco industry in the different aspects of their activity, taking into consideration the peculiarities of this industry. We have a considerable experience in providing legal support of foreign economic activity of enterprises and export of products, including conclusion of external economic contracts and representation of clients’ interests of clients in custom and other state bodies of Ukraine. Taking into account the complicated and many-sided nature of companies’ activity in these sectors of industry (raw material supply, manufacturing, distribution of products) our lawyers develop optimal company structures, financial mechanisms, assist in matters of tax planning. Often land-related issues turn to be the important aspects of activities of vine-making companies. Or lawyers’ experience in the field of intellectual property will help to protect rights of companies in intellectual property objects (trade marks, inventions etc.), including in judicial disputes, and also to provide an effective management of such rights. Unique knowledge of our specialists in the area of advertising and media law will help to settle legal questions, arising during product placement.

The tobacco and spirits industry in the Russian Federation is in a stage of reorganization.

To date one of the most critical issues is the possibility of state monopoly institution on the ethyl alcohol turnover. Presently the draft of the Federal Law on State Monopoly Institution on the Ethyl Alcohol Turnover is under consideration of the State Counsel of the Federal Meeting of the Russian Federation. This monopoly would not change the form of property of the market participants and would not nationalize  branch enterprises. The fundamental/primary objective of the state monopoly institution on the ethyl alcohol turnover is regulation of the ethyl alcohol turnover by means of number of the market participants’ regulation as well as their conduct. Formation of the state annual and executive/operations production balances as well as the balances of consumption and control on behalf of the state according to the specified purpose/end use is the basis of such regulation/ regulatory framework.

The tobacco industry in Russia has its peculiarities, characterized by its high level of foreign investment attraction/utilization. Today, two companies with foreign investment compete with each other in the Russian tobacco market. These are the tobacco factory Petro, belonging to Japan Tobacco and the world known British American Tobacco. It is essential to mention that investments allowed the companies to modernise the production and materially increase the products’ quality. The tobacco products’ volume is growing.

Konnov & Sozanovsky’s lawyers render legal assistance to the companies of spirits and tobacco industry in the different aspects of their activity, taking into consideration the peculiarities of this industry. We have  considerable experience in providing legal support of foreign economic activity of enterprises and export of products, including conclusion of external economic contracts and representation of clients’ interests in custom and other state bodies. Taking into account the complicated and many-sided nature of companies activity in these sectors of industry (raw material supply, manufacturing, distribution of products), our lawyers can develop optimal company structures, financial mechanisms, and assist in matters of tax planning. Often land-related issues turn to be the important aspects of activities of vine-making companies, the solution of which is one of our activities’ directions. Our lawyers’ experience in the field of intellectual property will help to protect rights of companies in intellectual property objects (trade marks, inventions, etc.), including in judicial disputes, and also to provide an effective management of such rights. The unique knowledge of our specialists in the area of advertising and media law will help to settle legal questions, arising during product placement in the Russian market.

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