Sorainen Belarus advised Finland’s OpusCapita Group Oy on the Belarusian aspects of acquisition of all shares in jCatalog Software AG (Dortmund, Germany) from its shareholders. Our legal support included, inter alia, review of contractual arrangements between jCatalog Software AG and its local partner, advising on issues related to intellectual property protection, employment relations and tax […]
Sorainen Belarus office assisted Texas Chicken (business of Cajun Global LLC), a U.S.-based chain of fast food restaurants specialising in fried chicken, with establishing of operation of their franchise in Belarus. Work of Sorainen included the review of franchise agreements, advise on the specifics of the local law, and also help in communications with the […]
Sorainen Belarus office advised Facebook, Inc., the world’s leading social network, in connection with its acquisition of Masquerade Technologies, Inc., a Belarus-based developer of the popular mask and face-swapping app MSQRD, recently ranked as top mobile application in App Store across more than 60 countries of the world. Primary adviser to Facebook was Fenwick & […]
Sorainen Belarus office assisted Azumi S.A., a Latin American company involved in the mobile communications business, with registration of the trademark in Belarus, including the overcoming of the provisional trademark refusal. Sorainen Belarus team included partner Maksim Salahub and associate Nadezhda Fomenok.
The first Belarus-operated store of the world-renowned pizza take-out and delivery chain, Papa John’s, has opened in Minsk, the capital city. Sorainen Belarus office assisted with adjusting the client’s franchise and subfranchise agreement to local law requirements, designing the overall legal scheme of local operations and registering the agreements with the local patent authority. The […]