Consumer and Industrial Goods; Trade

Aequitas lawyers have a significant experience of advising in the sphere of production, distribution, marketing, and sale of consumer and industrial goods, including drafting and execution of contracts, client representation before the state agencies, settlement of disputes, and selection of goods customs clearance regime.  The firm directly participated in the establishment and legal support of activities of a number of companies, which later became the major producers and suppliers of industrial and consumer goods in Kazakhstan.  The firm also acted as legal counsel on projects for promotion of a great number of famous world brands to the Kazakhstan market and business expansion of well-known producers and distributors of industrial and consumer goods.

Our most representative experience in this area includes:

- advice to one of the world’s largest B2B wholesale chains (METRO Cash&Carry) in the issues of establishment and development of trading business in Kazakhstan;

- ongoing advice to EFFEM, Inc. (trademarks Mars, Pedigree, Whiskas, etc.) on various local law issues, including establishment of representative office, product marking and certification, permissible additives to food products and animal feed, advertising campaigns, etc.;

-                 ongoing advice to a group of companies Reemtsma (trademarks Davidoff, West, MAXIM, etc.) on various local law issues, including marking and turnover of tobacco products;

- ongoing advice to Oriflame LLP (Oriflame) in connection with its commercial activities in Kazakhstan;

-    consultations and assistance to Caterpillar Overseas S.A., Borusan Makina Kazakhstan with regard to operations in Kazakhstan;

- advice to Volvo Central Asia in connection with projects in Kazakhstan;

-     advice to Moody International regarding inspections, standards compliance and issues of its activities in Kazakhstan;

-   advice to Elster Metronica on various local law issues in connection with the establishment and expansion of business in Kazakhstan;

-      advice to Daewoo Kazakhstan on its transactions in Kazakhstan;

-     advice to Uniroil Chemical in connection with debt recovery from a number of local companies;

-    advice to BASF CIS Trading GmbH on its operations in Kazakhstan;

-   assistance to Efes Beverages with regard to its operations in Kazakhstan, including privatization of a local beverage producing enterprise;

-  representation of Bayer CropScience Ltd. on its projects in agricultural sphere and other transactions in Kazakhstan;

-       nsassistance to Mitsui in connection with a JV establishment and opening of the first golf club in Kazakhstan, and other transactions;

-     advice to Siemens AG on local law issues;

-   advice to a number of other well-known foreign and local companies on the issues of production, distribution, marketing, and sale of consumer and industrial goods, and other relevant issues.