Veronika Sokolovskaya
Attorney, leading lawyer of "Intellectual property" direction
Minsk, Belarus
Специальное разрешение (лицензия) на право осуществления адвокатской деятельности № 02240/3085, выдано на основании решения Министерства юстиции Республики Беларусь от 11 августа 2020 г. № 116, зарегистрировано в реестре специальных разрешений (лицензий) за № 3085
Specializations
Veronika Sokolovska is head of the Intellectual Property Practice Group and specialises in IP/IT legal advice. She has significant experience in supporting intellectual property transactions under Belarusian and foreign law, drafting licence, franchise and assignment agreements, including those related to investment attraction, export and import of intellectual property. She has significant experience in performing legal due diligence (LDD) in relation to intellectual property rights in the framework of transactions concluded and when supporting investment projects.
Veronica provides legal support to large businesses and start-ups on a wide range of intellectual property and IT issues, as well as to various companies in telecommunications and media, marketing and advertising, classical and contemporary art.
In addition, Veronica provides advice and representation on protection of exclusive rights to trademarks and service marks, patents, copyright protection, trade name rights and domain name use. She provides legal assistance in relation to antitrust and unfair competition infringements involving intellectual property.
Projects
Defending USA IT companу in antitrust disputes
Represented one of the world's largest US-based IT companies in a series of court proceedings to challenge decisions and actions of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus (MART).
Advising one of the largest airlines
SBH Law Offices team advised one of the world's largest airlines on legal aspects of doing business in Belarus.
Legal consulting on the acquisition of a group of IT companies
The SBH Law Offices team advised one of the largest US-based online game developers on the acquisition of a group of IT companies based in Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus, including conducting a legal due diligence of the target.
Defending the interests of Press Fire Games (Blitz Team) in a dispute with Wargaming
SBH Law Offices attorneys successfully defended Press Fire Games against Wargaming claims in the antimonopoly authority in the Republic of Belarus (MART), and also advised on the protection of intellectual property, trade names and open source (Open Source) licenses in the jurisdictions of the European Union and the United States.
Legal advice to taxi aggregator DiDi (China)
Advising DiDi, a Chinese conglomerate providing taxi and carshare aggregator services, on legal aspects of setting up and running a business in Belarus.
Advising Amazon Web Services
Advising Amazon Web Services, Amazon's subsidiary, on a wide range of legal issues necessary for setting up a business in Belarus.
Education
Law Faculty of Belarusian State University.
Courses of National Center of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Belarus.
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