Sectors

IT, Telecommunication and Transportation

Description Experience

IT, Telecommunication and Transportation

SIGNUM’s lawyers have extensive experience in advising/working for IT, telecommunication and transport. Therefore, we are familiar with the legal and regulatory environment in which these companies operate.

Our telecommunication and transportation lawyers assisted the world’s leading provider of business software with procurement issues, litigation, drafting templates for contracts.

Our lawyers regularly represent transportation companies in a number of regulatory matters and law application matters, including on the use of vessels, bareboat charters, transportation via pipeline, and other related (tax, employment, tariff, etc.).

Service includes the following directions

Contracts and Business Law
Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions
Tax
Dispute resolution and litigation
Regulatory compliance and environment
Employment and labour
Corporate Investigations

“Excellent work both in analysis and execution. Dedicated and trustable professionals.”

Asialaw Profiles, 2018

Experience

Contracts and Business Law

Legal advice for major Turkish construction company during negotiations with the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the reconstruction of an airport in Astana and roads in different regions of Kazakhstan;
Drafting and reviewing civil contracts on forwarding services and arrangement of goods transportation; acquisition of railway cars; leasing of movable/immovable property for major local transportation company;
Drafting lease agreements for international telecom company;
Legal advice for large off-shore subcontractor on marine laws and use of vessels: drafting bareboat-charter agreements and developing drafts of them, registration of vessels in Aktau seaport;
Conducting complex legal audit of satellite operator in connection with loan agreement from largest bank in Kazakhstan;
Developing standard forms for a construction company, regulating relationships with customers, contractors, utilities, suppliers etc.

Corporate

Legal services concerning numerous registrations of LLP, branches and representative offices in Kazakhstan and set-up assistance;
Advice on antimonopoly and corporate legislation in merger of two major telecom companies;
Legal advice on corporate structures for UK client with regard to taxation in Kazakhstan.

Tax

Legal counselling of cellular operator on application on tax exemption and preferences under investment project conditions;
Advice for largest German airline on various corporate, tax and litigation questions, issues of application of convention between Germany and Kazakhstan;
Advice for medium size Russian airline concerning payment of VAT in relation to Kazakhstan suppliers;
Representing interests of large German telecom company in court on VAT refund issue;
Legal advice for telecom company on taxation of business related to import of software products;
Legal advice for telecom company on granting investment benefits and preferences;
Consulting mobile operator on application for tax exemption and preferences under investment project conditions;
Consulting telecommunications company on customs clearance of software;
Legal advice for large German airline on VAT exemption issues and application of Double Taxation Treaty;
Consulting large European telecom company on minimization of VAT liabilities;
Legal advice on corporate structures for UK client with regard to taxation in Kazakhstan;
Legal advice for large telecom company on corporate restructuring resulting from merger of two international telecom companies.

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Assistance and representation in criminal cases;
Advice to largest German airline on various corporate, tax and litigation questions, issues of application of the convention between Germany and Kazakhstan;
International telecom company and Kazakhstani company dispute – $1.5 million case following failure of Kazakhstani company to make payments under a contract;
Dispute between international telecom company and Kazakhstani Customs authorities – administrative case on allegation of improper customs clearance and further confiscation of $1-million equipment.
Tax dispute between the largest international airline company and the Tax Committee – the case on the application of double taxation treaties. The result is the cancellation of tax assessments in the amount of USD 1.3 million.

Regulatory Compliance and Environment

Legal advice for major Turkish construction company during the negotiations with the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications on reconstruction of airport in Astana and roads in different regions of Kazakhstan;
Consulting large telecom company on installation of cellular communication in Kazakhstan with focus on compliance with the Kazakhstani construction standards;
Drafting regulatory compliance programs for large German telecom company;
Legal services to client – producer of telecom equipment;
Advice on tendering procedures and compliance with the bidding requirements on use of a radio-frequency spectrum in Kazakhstan;
Conducting complex legal audit of satellite operator in connection with the loan agreement from largest bank in Kazakhstan;
Advice to telecom operator on Kazakhstani antimonopoly legislation with focus on cellular tariff policies;
Legal expertise of the cellular operator’s application for granting of benefits and preferences;
Legal assistance for cellular operator on the application for tax exemption and preferences under investment project conditions;
Advice in merger of two major telecom companies on Kazakhstani antimonopoly and corporate legislation;
Advice to a major telecom company during participation in tender on introducing billing system;
Advice on oil tracking agreements and obtaining licensing documents for the oil transportation company;
Advice on fuel procurement for German largest airline.

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