The merger of law companies: the results of the first 6 months of work.

“Stepanovski, Papakul & partners” LLC after the merger with “Vashkevich, Sapego and Khrapoutsky” LAC became and still is the biggest national legal company in the Republic of Belarus.

The backbone of the company is the team of Belarusian lawyers who approved themselves as the leading experts of Belarusian law, who know Belarusian mentality and have more than 15 year working experience with Belarusian and foreign investors. There are 22 lawyers in the team, 16 of them have certificates of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, 5 of them are recommended as the leading Belarusian lawyers by the international legal guides, particularly Chambers Global.

The company and the lawyers are also mentioned in reference guides such as Legal 500, Martindale-Hubbell, Best Lawyers, PLC Which Lawyer?, EU Lawyers. According to the results of their work in 2009 the Ministry of Justice acknowledged “Stepanovski, Papakul & partners” the best organization providing legal service.

In 2010 the company became a member of the international association of law firms TerraLex which includes 155 law firms from 100 countries.

Chambers Global: “This is the most responsible firm that we have worked with, when something needs to be done, the company will use all its resources for the fulfillment.”

The most significant cases for the  first 6 months after the merger

• Representation of a big Belarusian producer interests in the foreign country during the special investigation over negligent competition.
• Representation of interests of a consumer goods producer by making accountable entities engaged in negligent competition.
• Due diligence of real estate of a big company which consists of several hundreds of real estate objects including the rights on the land plots.
• Reorganization of retail network of a big Belarusian producer (more than 30 commercial units abroad).
• Court dispute with the local executive body about the payment of an indemnity for real estate that must be demolished due to withdrawal for state requirements.