Every startup founder eventually wants the same thing: to give the early team a slice of the upside, so the people building the company share in what they build. In most of the world that means stock options. In Belarus, for years, the honest answer to a founder who promised an engineer “two percent when […]
Every startup founder eventually wants the same thing: to give the early team a slice of the upside, so the people building the company share in what they build. In most of the world that means stock options. In Belarus, for years, the honest answer to a founder who promised an engineer “two percent when […]
You expected an inheritance to be good news — a flat, a car, some savings — and then you find out there was a loan behind it, or a mortgage, or unpaid bills. The worry that follows is immediate: if I take the inheritance, do the debts come with it, and can the creditors come […]
Losing a relative is difficult enough without a legal clock ticking in the background. Yet in Belarus, that is exactly what happens. From the moment a person dies, their heirs have a limited window to formally claim what is theirs. Miss it, and the property you expected to inherit can pass to other relatives, be […]
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The litigation is over. The judgment is final. The Belarusian court has issued the writ of execution. The foreign creditor’s in-house counsel scans the writ and forwards it to their Belarusian lawyer with a short note: please send it to the bailiff and let us know when payment arrives. Six months later, in-house asks for […]
Ending a marriage is rarely a simple decision, and in Belarus it is also a formal legal act with strict procedural rules. Whether you are a Belarusian citizen living in Minsk, an expatriate whose marriage was registered years ago, or a foreign national married to a Belarusian, the process runs through the same two channels: […]
Few family disputes generate as much emotion — or as much practical confusion — as alimony. In Belarus, child support obligations are among the most heavily regulated areas of family law, and for good reason: the state treats the financial protection of children as a public interest, not merely a private matter between parents. Yet […]
Marriage to a Belarusian citizen is one of the most straightforward legal grounds a foreign national has for legalising long-term residence in Belarus. It bypasses the more onerous employment and investment routes, and — provided the marriage is genuine and correctly registered — offers a fast track to a temporary residence permit, eventual permanent residence, […]
A summer holiday, a school exchange, a medical treatment abroad, a visit to relatives in another country, sooner or later most families face the question of taking a child across the Belarusian border. And almost every parent has heard some version of the same rule: “You cannot leave the country without the other parent’s consent.” […]
A foreign claimant with an unpaid Belarusian invoice. EUR 250,000 for goods delivered six months ago. Two pre-trial claims sent, both ignored. The contract specifies Belarusian law and the jurisdiction of the Minsk economic court. The commercial team is ready to proceed; the finance team has questions that the commercial team cannot answer. What will […]
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When a marriage ends, the most difficult questions rarely concern the flat or the car. They concern the children. Where will they live? How often will the parent who moves out see them? What weight will the child’s own preferences carry? In Belarus, these matters are governed by the Code of the Republic of Belarus […]
Married couples move money and property between themselves all the time. One spouse buys the other a car, signs over an apartment, forgives a loan, or agrees who keeps what if the marriage ends. In most of these situations people assume that, because they are married, they can arrange their property however they like. Under […]
Not every marriage ends amicably. Advocates regularly work with clients whose spouse won’t answer the phone, refuses to appear in court, has moved abroad without leaving an address — or vanished years ago. None of these situations closes the door to a divorce, but each calls for a different legal route. This article covers how […]
When parents separate, the hardest questions are rarely about property — they are about the children. Where will they live? How often will each parent see them? Who pays for what, and how much? Belarusian law gives parents a way to answer these questions themselves, in writing, without leaving everything to a judge: the Agreement […]
