Most IT companies that reach out to us about a contract going wrong get to us at roughly the same point. A milestone has slipped, a payment has been withheld against a defect that may or may not be a defect, and somewhere in the background the question of who actually owns the source code […]
Most IT companies that reach out to us about a contract going wrong get to us at roughly the same point. A milestone has slipped, a payment has been withheld against a defect that may or may not be a defect, and somewhere in the background the question of who actually owns the source code […]
A creditor with a Belarusian debtor has, in most cases, three years. Three years from the moment the right was breached — typically the day after the contractual payment deadline — to bring the claim to court. Article 197 of the Civil Code sets the period. Miss it, and the underlying debt doesn’t disappear, but […]
You have a foreign arbitral award. ICC. LCIA. SCC. ICAC. A BelCCI award seated outside Belarus. The institution doesn’t matter for this — the award is final and ready to go. The Belarusian debtor has assets in Minsk: bank accounts, real estate, accounts receivable, equipment in a warehouse somewhere. You want to bring the award […]
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You won the arbitration. Months of hearings, written submissions, and legal costs — and the tribunal ruled your way. The award exists on paper. The Belarusian counterparty knows it. And nothing has moved. Getting paid is a different fight entirely. Belarus does recognise foreign arbitral awards — but turning that recognition into actual money involves […]
The contract was signed. Goods were delivered, services rendered, money lent. And then — silence. Payment deadlines passed, calls went unanswered, and the emails from your Belarusian partner became increasingly vague. Now you’re sitting on an unpaid invoice and wondering whether there’s anything you can actually do from abroad. The short answer is yes. Belarus […]
Most companies don’t think much about changing a director until they have to. Then they find out the hard way that getting it wrong — even slightly — can leave the business stuck in an awkward gap: the old director still legally in charge, the new one unable to sign anything or move money. We’ve […]
Payments have been late for three months, your counterparty’s manager isn’t picking up, and you receive a vague email about “temporary difficulties”. You run a check — and find out the LLC is already in a liquidation procedure. Or worse: in bankruptcy. The instinct is to call a lawyer in Belarus. The right instinct is […]
On 16 January 2026, the President of the Republic of Belarus signed Decree No. 19 “On Cryptobanks and Certain Matters of Control in the Field of Digital Tokens”. The document introduces a new type of financial organisation — the cryptobank — into Belarusian legislation and establishes the legal framework for its creation and operation. Belarus […]
Registering a Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a vital step when starting a business. For many entrepreneurs, an LLC is the optimal organizational form: it combines limited liability for founders, a relatively simple management structure, and a wide range of potential activities. However, the path to obtaining a registration certificate is not always smooth. Entrepreneurs […]
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The term sheet is signed. The vendor sent over a data-room login on Friday. You have four weeks, a Belarusian target, and a board meeting on the other side of it. The seller calls the diligence standard. Your gut says it isn’t, and your gut is usually right when the jurisdiction is one your firm […]
The contract’s drafted. The Belarusian side has sent over a scan of their charter, a TIN number, and a cheerful note asking when you can sign. Your procurement team wants this wrapped by Friday. Legal has a gut feeling that something should be checked — but what, exactly? This is the moment the article is […]
You won the case. The court issued a judgment. A bailiff is nominally involved. And yet — months pass, sometimes years, and the debtor has paid little or nothing. This is a familiar situation for many creditors in Belarus, particularly foreign ones who assumed that a court order was the finish line rather than the […]
The judgment came through. German commercial court, English High Court, Lithuanian court — wherever the case was heard, your side won. The Belarusian debtor has money sitting in Belarus. The question now is whether that piece of paper does anything in Minsk. It can — but not by itself. A foreign court judgment carries no […]
