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Deals & Cases / Maksim Salahub, Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
We assisted Papa John’s International, an American pizza restaurant franchise, with all matters related to local franchising operations, including contractual work. Our team was engaged in restructuring the client’s franchise relations in Belarus. The project concerned preparing a set of agreements aimed at 1) change of the franchisee to the subfranchisee, 2) assignment of particular […]
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Deals & Cases / Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
Our team advised the leading worldwide manufacturer and seller of velomobiles and trampolines on combating unauthorised trademark registration in Belarus. Sorainen’s assistance covered assessing the chances of a successful outcome and developing a strategy to come out the winner of this battle, as well as preparing and sending a C&D letter to the opponent. As […]
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Deals & Cases / Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
We advised Moomin Characters Oy Ltd, a company established by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson and currently responsible for Moomin copyright and trademark protection. Tove Jansson created most of the Moominvalley characters in her books in 1945-1946 (such as The Moomins and the Great Flood and Comet in Moominland). Some of the characters are: […]
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Deals & Cases / Alexey Anischenko, Kiryl Apanasevich, Marina Golovnitskaya, Viktoryia Mikhnevich
Sorainen Belarus assisted Polpharma, the largest Polish manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the region. Sorainen provided full-scope legal assistance in restructuring business, establishing local subsidiary and handling employment and corporate matters, as well as formalising contractual set-up, handling tax and regulatory matters. The Sorainen team consisted of partners Alexey Anischenko […]
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Deals & Cases / Maksim Salahub, Marina Golovnitskaya, Kirill Laptev
Sorainen Belarus supported Synopsys in the light of its acquisition of Codiscope, LLC, another US-based software company. Sorainen support included revision of the software development agreement concluded by Codiscope with a Belarusian counterparty and advising on IP transfer and licensing matters. Synopsys is the world’s 15th largest software company, established in the US, with a […]