Veronika Sokolovskaya
Practicing since 2011

Veronika Sokolovskaya

Attorney, leading lawyer of "Intellectual property" direction

Minsk, Belarus

License

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


Direction


Languages

  • Belarussian
  • Russian
  • English
SBH LAW Offices

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.

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Education

Law Faculty of Belarusian State University.
Courses of National Center of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Belarus.

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