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According to the new law, companies with the status of small and medium-sized enterprises will have the opportunity to liquidate by submitting just one application. In the application, it will be necessary to confirm that the legal entity has repaid all debts and submitted the necessary reports. Thus, it will…

Lawyers at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum proposed that the law provide for the possibility of initiating bankruptcy proceedings for foreign companies. Within the framework of entrepreneurial activity, companies from Russia often concluded deals with foreign companies. At the moment, these countries are unfriendly. In case of signs of…

The Tax Inspectorate plans to develop and approve new formats of electronic documents in 2023. They are going to introduce new formats of such documents: a transfer act of fixed assets, an invoice for accounting for the movement of stocks, a complaint act, a specification. The use of these documents…

Registration of a legal entity is an event for the opening of a new limited liability company for conducting business. It is generally accepted that entrepreneurs open companies in the place where they live and are going to do business. However, regarding the registration of an LLC in another city, the law says that there is a right to open a company in any city, village, settlement. Thus, there are no legal restrictions. Also, it does not matter for the opening whether the potential founder or director is in the locality at the moment. Moreover, registration of the founder or director at the place of residence is also not important. The only clarification concerns the mandatory availability of a clear and detailed legal address of the future LLC. To register it, it is enough to rent non-residential premises or buy real estate in the location in which the LLC will be opened. In this article we will consider in detail the issues related to the opening of a legal entity in another city.

An association of companies is a form of economic activity that involves the presence of several organizations. The association is necessary to create a single organism for the coordination of their industrial, scientific and other activities, as well as to solve joint economic and social problems. In essence, this is what is called the joint activity of companies.

M&A transactions (mergers and acquisitions) is the process of combining the capital and other assets of two or more companies to consolidate operations and conduct common activities. As a rule, such transactions allow companies to increase their profits by expanding spheres of influence and consolidating the market. Mergers and acquisitions are regulated by the law “On Joint Stock Companies”. A merger is the process of merging two or more companies that form a new legal entity. The newly created company receives all the rights and obligations of other organizations. In this case, liquidation can be implied with the subsequent transfer of assets.

One of the ways to protect a business and its reputation is to create a trademark. In legal practice, this term refers to the method of individualization of goods or companies and individual entrepreneurs. The presence of a registered trademark will allow you to prohibit or allow business rivals, as well as partners, to use a similar brand or a similar designation. Unauthorized use of someone else’s trademark can lead to civil, administrative and even criminal liability. From June 29, 2023, the self-employed, as well as foreigners, will be able to register trademarks without confirming the status of an individual entrepreneur, if they conduct entrepreneurial activities.

In virtue of the service of expedited audit of accounting any organization can carry out a short revision of its accounting statements condition. Such revision usually takes short period and minimal efforts.

Due diligence and compliance are the procedures which are necessary for conducting any business activity. Both concepts are interrelated as they have a goal of avoiding as much as possible any legal and financial risks for the owner of organization or investor.

Today legal entities while carrying out it’s business activities, often face not only conflict situations with contractors, partners and competitors but also disputes within one organization. Such disputes are one of the most widespread in the companies’ sphere of activity and is called corporate disputes.

Mergers and acquisitions of companies (M&A transactions) can be one of the reasons for significant growth for the business and its prospects in the future. However, along with good expectations, it is necessary to take into account the risks of merging a company with another enterprise. In this article, we will take a detailed look at the reasons why companies turn to mergers and acquisitions. It is necessary to know the positive and negative aspects associated with this type of corporate transactions.

Since the introduction of the invalidity of transactions with foreign companies from unfriendly countries without obtaining the permission of the subcommision of the Ministry of Finance, the conditions for obtaining such permission are constantly updated, new conditions are introduced, or old ones are changed. Experts also note that when considering…

Currently, cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more popular. They represent a new payment method that has many advantages, including transaction speed and low fees. Their use will contribute to reducing the dependence of economic turnover participants on global financial institutions. Russian legislators are developing a legislative framework for mining digital…

Opening a business in Russia by citizens of another country is possible in several ways.

Currently, the result of companies’, individual entrepreneurs’ or individuals’ activities can be not only directly tangible assets or services, but also objects of intellectual property. The rights to such objects are called copyrights. By copyright we mean intellectual rights to works of science, literature, art, computer programs and databases. The objects of copyright are books, articles, films, musical works, works of painting, design, photography, etc.

The Ministry of Digital Development has published a draft law on a digital passport, it is planned that the digital version will be equal in legal force to the paper one. This initiative has been repeatedly put forward by various executive authorities, the introduction of this technology has been actively…