Ilyashev & Partners Advises European E-Commerce Company on Entering Ukrainian Market

Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm provides legal advice to a European e-commerce company on issues of operating in the Ukrainian market and selling goods via the Internet.

Ilyashev & Partners was engaged by an international network of consulting firms to provide legal support to its client – a European company – in matters related to the operations of foreign e-commerce entities and the sale of goods on the Internet in Ukraine.

Ilyashev & Partners’ team conducted a comprehensive legal analysis of the regulatory framework applicable to foreign e-commerce businesses operating in Ukraine and provides comprehensive legal support on the key aspects of launching an online store, including:

• choosing the business structure for operating in Ukraine;
• defining the operational model for a foreign e-commerce company on the Ukrainian market;
• import and customs clearance of goods supplied to Ukraine;
• consumer protection, including mechanisms for interaction and complaint resolution;
• taxation of transactions involving a foreign or Ukrainian online store;
• processing and protection of consumers’ personal data under the GDPR and Ukrainian legislation.

The case is handled by Ilyashev & Partners’ team, namely Ivan Maryniuk, Head of Tax Practice, Oleksandr Kamsha, Head of the Dnipro Office, under the supervision of Oleksandr Fefelov, Partner, Head of Antitrust and Competition Practice.