TerraLex is pleased to announce that the firm of Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners (www.spplaw.by)  has become the TerraLex Member for the Republic of Belarus. With 21 lawyers, SPP is the largest law firm in Belarus. 

SPP provides a full range of legal services both to national and foreign companies, on various stages of their business activities, including project set-up, company registration, operational support, and protection of their rights in the Republic of Belarus. Practice areas and industry sectors served by the firm include advertising and marketing, the FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) market, investment and investment projects, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property law, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate and construction, taxation, and telecommunications. The firm has assisted companies such as Procter & Gamble and Philip Morris with their launches on the Belarus market. Its roster of clients includes banks, consumer products companies, telecommunications companies, and technology  companies.

Belarus, with a population of almost ten million, is the 18th most populous country in Europe. Its projected 2010 GDP is $124 billion. The country’s economy includes agriculture, machine tools, motor vehicles, textiles, and consumer electronics. The capital, Minsk, which has a population of 1.8 million and is the center of a metropolitan area with about three million residents, is the country’s major industrial center.

The contact information for SPP is:

Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners
16, Kuibyshev Street, Fourth Floor
220029, Minsk
Belarus
Tel/Fax: + 375 17 2094483 and + 375 17 2048672

Our initial contacts at SPP will be Alexander Stepanovski, Managing Partner (a.stepanovski@spplaw.by) and Alexander Khrapoutski, Head of Arbitration Group and International Projects (a.khrapoutski@spplaw.by). Please join us in welcoming them and their colleagues to TerraLex.