Legal fees in Kyiv: what the price actually depends on<\/h1>\n
Law firms rarely publish a price list, and there is a reason: tasks with the same name differ several times over in effort. This page sets out what makes up the fee, which billing formats exist and what raises the cost, so you can compare proposals on more than one number.<\/p>\n
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- The work in hours, not a guess at complexity<\/li>\n
- Who works on it: an associate, a partner or both<\/li>\n
- Whether an auditor or accountant is needed alongside<\/li>\n
- The language of the documents and correspondence<\/li>\n
- The timeline and whether an external deadline applies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nEstimate<\/span>free, 1 day<\/strong><\/div>\nFormat<\/span>one-off, project or retainer<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
\n \nBilling formats<\/div>\nThree ways to pay, and when each one wins<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nOne-off task<\/div>\nA single piece of work with a known output<\/b><\/p>\n
A contract, a demand letter, a registration, a review of one document. The fee is fixed upfront because the scope is visible from the start. Right when the question is isolated and does not pull others behind it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nProject<\/div>\nA complex matter in several stages<\/b><\/p>\n
Buying a business, a tax dispute, a restructuring. The fee is set stage by stage: first the analysis and an assessment of the prospects, then the decision whether to go on. You do not pay for the whole road before you see the first result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nRetainer<\/div>\nA steady flow of small questions<\/b><\/p>\n
A monthly block of hours at a fixed price. It pays off when every month brings contracts, HR orders and correspondence with the authorities. An hour on a retainer costs less than a one-off hour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nPlainly about the numbers<\/div>\nWhat raises the fee and what lowers it<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n+<\/b>Raises it<\/strong><\/p>\nUrgency and weekend work. A foreign counterparty and documents in two languages. A dispute likely to reach court. Missing source documents that have to be reconstructed. More than one jurisdiction. The amount at stake: supporting a deal worth a million and one worth a billion are different responsibilities and different work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
−<\/b>Lowers it<\/strong><\/p>\nA complete set of documents in reasonable order. A standard rather than a bespoke deal structure. Time in hand. A retainer instead of one-off requests. And the fact that we already keep your books: the lawyer does not have to work out how the company is built from scratch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
\nThe list<\/div>\nWhich legal services we provide<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\nCompany and branch registration<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nSetting up a company or a representative office of a foreign firm, changes to the charter and to the ownership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Contract drafting and review<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nA contract built around how you actually work, or a review of the other side’s draft before you sign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Tax disputes<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nObjections to the assessment, administrative appeal, court. Together with the auditor who works the numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Debt recovery<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nDemand letters, litigation and enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Buying a business<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nLegal support for the deal together with pre-acquisition review of the target<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Selling a business<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nPreparing the company for sale, the deal structure and the documents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n