Legal service of IT companies
Legal service of IT companies
The modern development of the Internet and the IT sphere requires a special approach to the legal support of projects due to the fact that the sphere itself is developing intensively, and the interest in the sphere of high technologies has increased manifold. Due to the increase in investments in high-tech projects, serious attention should be paid to legal issues. It is specialized help from specialists in the field of law that helps to create, maintain and not lose capital, investment attractiveness and reputation.
Legal support of IT and telecom companies (information technologies and telecommunications) includes
- support of agreements,
- dispute resolution,
- development of legal documentation,
- consulting and legal opinions on business activities and possible legal risks.
The interaction of lawyers from different areas allows us to effectively solve the tasks of clients in the IT sector. Legal support in the activities of an IT company always implies a broad and comprehensive approach to solving legal issues for owners, managers and investors of high-tech projects.
Intellectual property protection, information storage and transmission rules, leakage and loss of information are the main problems in the field of information technologies and telecommunications.
A lawyer in the field of IT and telecom must not only have knowledge of the legal regulation of the industry, but also understand what is the difference between licensed software and SaaS, what is common between blockchain and smart contract. Distinctive features of ICC Bondar lawyers include the high technical literacy of employees, which allows them to communicate with clients in the same language, as well as extensive practical work experience. Among the clients of ICC Bondar company are communication operators, hosting providers, E-commerce and IT companies.
Feature of legal support for IT business
There is no single law that would regulate the entire industry or IT code in Ukraine. The main legal acts regulating the field of information technologies are the following laws: on trust services, consumer rights protection, e-commerce, protection against unfair competition, protection of personal data, Tax Code. Most of the issues have not been settled in any way so far, so their reading and interpretation are left to the discretion of lawyers and judges. There is no case law in Ukraine, but there are some court decisions on tax disputes and acts on non-disclosure of confidential information
When choosing the form of the contract, the subject of the contract plays an important role: artificial intelligence (robot, medical equipment, unmanned aerial vehicle), software or cloud space, provision of digital television services. Most often, IT companies need to develop such contracts as:
- contracts in the field of SaaS (mixed contract, license agreement);
- ease agreement;
- service provision agreement;
- contract of use.
Lawyers of ICC Bondar in the field of IT, telecom, digital and e-commerce are ready to share with you their knowledge and experience in solving legal problems. The key areas of work are:
- Comprehensive legal support of IT, telecom, digital and e-commerce companies;
- Support of agreements;
- Protection of information, personal data;
- Tax consulting, optimization of taxation and reduction of costs to meet the requirements of current and prospective legislation;
- Solving issues in the field of antimonopoly legislation, interaction with FAS;
- Legal protection in arbitration courts, courts of general jurisdiction for both the plaintiff and the defendant;
- Licensing, preparation of reports, development and approval of documents necessary for the legal provision of services;
- Support and appeal of state procurement;
- Labor disputes and corporate law;
- Legal support of agreements during the merger or takeover of the company. Control of transactions.
- Resolving claims issues with clients.
Why does an IT company need legal assistance and support?
A lawyer plays the main role in an IT startup, and a large IT company will need a staff of lawyers or a company that will handle legal matters. The tasks carried out by lawyers start from the creation of a company, the choice of jurisdiction, the selection of a taxation system, to the issues of construction of holdings, development of schemes and documents for attracting investments and entering other markets.
These functions can only be performed by a specialist in the field of international law to properly build a business and prevent risks only because, often, The IT sphere has no territorial attachment and is subject to analysis of its regulation in foreign countries. Support for startups is also important, especially if you are working in this field for the first time. If the company is developing and needs scaling: creation of holdings, representative offices, allocation of resources, distribution of cash flows – these tasks are also solved by our company’s specialists
Qualified legal support from specialists will help developers and programmers, regardless of whether they work in a team or on their own. Legal support of such relations will allow structuring the interaction of the parties, including on issues of payment for one’s work. Competent registration of relations will also help prevent cases of corporate espionage and theft of intellectual property objects and confidential information
ICC Bondar lawyers will competently and promptly solve legal tasks in the field of telecommunications and information technologies, and if necessary, they can completely replace the legal department of your company
Lawyers will be able to offer a wide range of opportunities for development in the IT sector not only for programmers and developers, but also for investors and company managers. We provide a number of services and opportunities for all those interested in the high-tech sphere, and also show an individual approach to each case of cooperation with representatives of the IT sphere.