Elena Sapego

Partner – Head of Tax and Employment Practice

Areas of practice:

  • Tax
  • Employment law and migration
  • Commercial law
  • Customs and International Trade
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Confession

PUBLICATIONS

She is one of the lawyers recommended for cooperation in Belarus by such international legal rating agencies, as Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000, the World`s Leading Lawyers for Business and Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Based on her year 2009 performance, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus recognized her as the best individual entrepreneur providing legal support.

Chambers about Elena Sapego: “… puts the needs of her clients on the first place; she is distinguished by her extensive knowledge of laws on doing business…”

IN PRACTICE SINCE 1992.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Advising a large national company of the light industry on taxation issues in their operations in Belarus and export of their products;
  • Advising a foreign engineering company on taxation in relation to provision of services to Belarusian companies on the territory of Belarus;
  • Supporting a leading Belarusian consumer goods producer with implementation of a project on building a retail chain in Belarus and abroad;
  • Advising a major international FMCG producer on legal matters of building relations with Belarusian distributors;
  • Advising a large foreign entity in the area of clinical research;
  • Advising on the matters of structuring and operations of a large retail chain.

EDUCATION:

  • Belarusian State University, Faculty of Law, with honors.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

  • International Bar Association (IBA).

The lawyer’s activity was terminated on October 29, 2021 at her own request.