Business intelligence

Before investing in Ukraine, you need more than a registration check. We provide accurate market information about how your competition operates, the key players that can assist you, which business projects are realistic, as well as full risk assessment.

We also offer business intelligence to support investment transactions in all sectors, including energy, agribusiness, defense tech, logistics. Our extensive research often presents lucrative business opportunities and how to access them.

In all cases, we fully comply with the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Personal Data” No. 2297-VI (2010), which aligns with European standards and the Council of Europe Convention 108.

All communication is strictly confidential.

We provide continually updated research and analysis across three integrated services: sector opportunity mapping, ongoing competitive intelligence, and regulatory & political foresight.

Market research

Competitor analysis
Compliance requirements
Sector trend forecast

Legislative, economic, political and war-related risk assessment

Changes in political dynamics at regional or national level
Regulatory changes alerts affecting implementation
Political risk tied to specific program geography and sector
Media and reputational monitoring

Background research and document verification

Legal entities
Asset ownership and any encumbrances
Financial stability
Litigation history
Official and unofficial connections
Market/industry reputation
Beneficial ownership verification, existence of sanctions or criminal record
Operational capacity assessment (real vs. stated capability)
Political connection mapping
Individuals, company management and employees
Asset ownership and any encumbrances
Criminal record
Prior political connections
Potential conflicts of interest
Career and education verification
Construction-related due diligence
Land title history and ownership rights
Land allocations and zoning
Permits and licenses
Infrastructure access
Community sentiment
Local stakeholders who may block the project

M&A investment opportunities

Identify acquisition targets and joint venture partners
Identify real estate projects (acquisitions, construction)
Perform financial and legal due diligence

Public Auctions and Tenders (weekly monitoring)

Privatization auctions (large-scale, small-scale, regional and municipal)
Reconstruction/rebuilding tenders (national, regional)
ARMA (confiscated assets)
Sub-soil license auctions (oil/gas, critical mineral)

Evidence production for dispute resolution abroad

Asset search
Witness verification
Court archive access
Case-specific document verification

Reputation protection: identify sources of libel, slander

Press disinformation
Internet blackmail
Court archive access
Social media campaign to damage reputation

Successful market entry is a result of careful preparation, from analytics and project identification to corporate structuring and interacting with state authorities.

Frishberg & Partners has been one of the top law firms specializing in M&A and corporate law for over 30 years.

We stand apart from the other Ukrainian law firms, because real estate practice has been at our core for more than 30 years.

Our team of lawyers has extensive experience in working with international law firms and in-house lawyers in connection with their Ukrainian projects.

The primary focus is on company taxation and compliance, commercial transaction structuring, import/export and customs relations, cross-border payments, profit/investment repatriation, etc.

A wide variety of foreign-made goods and services are readily available for sale in Ukraine. All of them must comply with Ukrainian consumer rights protection legislation, which is now fully in line with EU laws.

We have a pre-eminent reputation for transactional IP work, including trademarks, patents, copyright, regulatory data protection and exclusivity, trade secrets.

Foreign citizens enter Ukraine for different reasons: work, marriage, education, and like elsewhere in the world, foreigners who live and work in Ukraine have to comply with Ukrainian immigration law.

As part of providing corporate legal services, we often interact with state and local authorities. In all cases we establish transparent relations between our clients and the government sector on every level.