The Firm’s international law practice includes counseling domestic and foreign clients on a wide variety of international business, tax and estate planning, estate administration and related issues of international law with a special emphasis on Ukraine, Russia and Europe. At Choate & Seletski we represent foreign clients and advise them on how to avoid the common pitfalls foreign investors in U.S. real property face via various planning techniques, ownership through an irrevocable trust, partnership or a limited liability company or corporation. Choate & Seletski advises our clients on the federal tax implications of foreign ownership of U.S. real and other property in three main categories:
1) Federal income taxation, rental income of nonresident aliens, and gain from the sale of U.S. real property interests of foreign persons
2) Transfer taxation (estate and gift tax) of nonresident aliens (foreign persons)
3) Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA) withholding requirements.
Please feel free to contact us for a consultation.
Our services in Ukraine
Choate & Seletski through its established office in Ukraine provides the following legal services in Ukraine:
Inheritance and Succession Planning. Our Firm advises our clients on a variety of issues, including but not limited to, testator’s written directives on property division, proper gifting and recording of personal and real property to children, spouses, and other persons and entities possible estate, inheritance and succession taxation. Choate & Seletski assist our clients with preparation, drafting and recording (if required) Last Will and Testament, various powers of attorney, counseling on inheritance and succession taxation both residents and non-residents of Ukraine, etc.
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Inheritance and Succession Proceedings. Our Firm consults our clients on inheritance and succession matters; 
assist in marshaling estate property and in succession settlement negotiations, etc. Choate & Seletski prepares and files the probate, inheritance/succession applications and represents our clients in inheritance/succession proceedings before both the state and private notary public and the court. Choate & Seletski also represents our clients in ancillary inheritance/succession proceedings (when two or more jurisdictions are involved in settling inheritance matters), when estate property and/or heirs are located in the Unites States and other, etc. Choate & Seletski assists our clients in inheritance, estate and succession taxation of residents of Ukraine both in Ukraine and abroad.
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Guardianship. Our Firm advises our clients on various issues involving disable adults and children, and minor children, and represents our clients before the state guardianship agency and courts in connection with guardianship proceeding in Ukraine and the United States. Choate & Seletski prepares various powers of attorney, obtains a permit to remove a minor children from Ukraine for temporary travel outside of Ukraine, etc.
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Selling, Buying or Leasing Real Property. Our Firm counseling and assisting our clients in Ukraine in real property transactions: purchase, sale, exchange, leasing, renting, managing, etc.:
- Residential Property. Choate & Seletski provides legal assistance and counseling in privatizing, buying, selling, exchange, leasing and renting houses, dachas, and apartments, etc.
- Commercial Property. Choate & Seletski provides legal assistance and counseling in buying, selling, leasing and renting commercial real property, such as, office buildings, hotels, warehouses, manufacturing sites, etc.
- Property Management. Under the Ukrainian Law a non-resident person who owes a real property but does not reside in Ukraine must have a local tax agent and manager to pay tax and manage the property and be able to repatriate income.
Choate & Seletskicounseling our clients on issues related to management of the property owned by non-residents of Ukraine and acts as a local tax agent and manager for the property and assist in repatriating income, etc.
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Banking Law and Currency Regulation. Our Firm counseling our Ukrainian and foreign clients on variety of issues concerning banking in Ukraine, currency regulations, payment systems, and taxation, including:
- Incorporating, purchasing or sale of banks
- Intra-banking documents regarding bank operations and services
- Currency regulation
- Bank bankruptcy procedure
- Bank/client disputes settlement and resolution
- Taxation of foreign investments and capital repatriation
Choate & Seletski advises our clients on foreign investments in Ukraine, taxation of foreign investments and repatriation of capital.
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Family Law. Our Firm counsels our client on various aspects of family law. Choate & Seletski advises individuals with regard to pre-marital agreement and settlement agreements. Our Firm also provides counseling and representing our clients in divorce proceedings, child support and custody. Choate & Seletski prepares various powers of attorney, obtains a permit to remove a minor children from Ukraine for temporary travel outside of Ukraine, etc.
Please feel free to contact us for a consultation.
Our services in Russia
Our Firm, through its associated office in St. Petersburg, provides the following legal services in Russia:
Inheritance and Succession (representing our clients before the notary public and courts in connection with inheritance matters in Russia with the estate property and heirs located both in Russia and abroad)
Guardianship (representing our clients before the state guardianship agency and courts in connection with guardianship proceeding in Russia and the United States)
Intellectual Property (licensing and copyright Agreements, consultation on patent law, representing our client before the Federal Institute of Industrial Property in obtaining copyright and paten certificates registration of trade marks, etc.)
Corporate Practice (registration, liquidation and dissolution of legal entities, stock (share) sales of legal entities, other corporate law practice, etc.)
Immigration (applying for work permit to work in Russia for foreign workers, temporary registration, permanent residence registration, assistance in obtaining the Russian citizenship, etc.)
Real Property (selling, buying, leasing residential and commercial real estate property, etc.)
Taxation (legal consulting on the Russian tax law, multi-jurisdictional taxation, tax planning, etc.)
Family Law (pre-nuptial contacts, divorces and property division, including between family issues involving the Russian and foreign spouses, etc.)
Please feel free to contact us for a consultation.
