Industry-specific legal support means your lawyer understands not only the law but also how your business works. Our main focus is Ukraine’s electricity market. Yet every industry needs power: a factory, an agricultural group, a retail chain or a logistics hub. Therefore, we help companies across sectors with matters related to energy, regulation, disputes and tax.
Why industry-specific legal support matters
Generic legal solutions often miss the details of a sector. For example, a supply contract for a manufacturing plant carries different risks from one for an office. In addition, a rooftop solar plant on a warehouse raises questions that a trading company without generation never faces. As a result, sector knowledge helps find the right answer faster.
Industries we work with
Energy
Generators, including renewables, traders, suppliers, storage operators and aggregators. Here we handle NEURC licensing, market contracts, settlement disputes and energy asset deals.
Manufacturing and agribusiness
For these companies, electricity is a major cost. Therefore, we help with supply terms, grid connection, on-site generation and PPAs. We also support them through tax audits and disputes with suppliers.
Retail, logistics and real estate
Retail chains, warehouses and commercial property owners often install their own generation or storage. At the same time, they face questions about splitting power costs between tenants. We help settle these issues in the contracts.
IT and financial services
We help IT companies protect trading and metering software used in the market. Financial institutions, by contrast, come to us for risk analysis when financing energy projects.
Industry-specific legal support for consumers with own generation
More and more companies install solar plants, cogeneration or storage. At the same time, own generation changes a company’s role in the market. For example, questions arise about grid connection, selling surplus power, metering and tax. Moreover, depending on the business model, a licence or another permit may be needed.
- assessing whether the chosen model requires a NEURC licence;
- contracts with the distribution system operator and the supplier;
- contracts with the EPC contractor and equipment suppliers;
- tax consequences of selling surplus electricity;
- protecting rights in technical solutions and software.
How our industry-specific legal support works
First, the lawyer studies your business model and the role electricity plays in it. Next, we identify the key risks: regulatory, contractual, tax and antitrust. Then we propose a format: a one-off consultation, a fixed-scope project or a monthly retainer. After that, the lawyer stays in touch and tracks rule changes that affect your sector.
The legal framework
The rights and duties of consumers, generators and other participants are set by the Law of Ukraine “On the Electricity Market”. In addition, depending on the sector, we apply tax, competition and corporate law.
Getting started with industry-specific legal support
Briefly describe your industry, task and deadlines. Call +380 77 172 27 45 or message that number on Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp. You can also email office@devoso.info or choose a time on the booking page. Engagement formats are described on the pricing page, and key market matters in our energy practice.