Legal support in obtaining grants

When making a decision to apply for participation in a specific grant program, the applicant may have questions that require the help of a lawyer.

In practice, the specialists of the department of grants and attracting investments of Law office “Prikhodko and Partners” are faced with the most diverse problems, regarding which clients turn to them.

And the more grant programs with different conditions of participation appear, the more legal questions arise for clients.

That is why, in addition to high-quality preparation of the description of the business project and its estimate, the legal component of this process is also very important when assisting in obtaining a grant.

Conventionally, those issues that require the intervention of a lawyer can be divided into the following categories:

• Issues that arise during the verification of the applicant’s business reputation, namely:

credit history, fulfillment of tax obligations, open court proceedings in which the applicant is held criminally or administratively liable.

In practice, one of the most common issues among clients is interaction with banks and financial institutions in terms of fulfilling credit obligations, payment of taxes/tax debts in accordance with the amount of charges, support of a lawyer during the client’s participation in court proceedings in order to satisfy his requirements, consultations on “illegally” open executive proceedings against the client and others;

• Issues that arise when submitting additional documentation, in particular to confirm the status of the applicant.

Grant providers often request documents from clients to confirm annual official income for the previous year (financial statements, tax declaration), their status as a participant in hostilities, an internally displaced person, a spouse, a person with a disability (certificate, extract, marriage certificate);

• Issues arising in the course of creating additional jobs, which is stipulated by the terms of the grant program, in particular the issue of the correct official registration of new employees.

For example, clients who are just starting their own business and who have questions about drawing up an employment contract, paying taxes for hired workers, and other issues that may arise in the field of labor relations often contact us;

• Issues arising in the course of interaction with suppliers for the purchase of necessary equipment and products with grant funds.

The grantors’ policy provides that when approving funding, applicants should track the intended flow of funds to the extent possible for legal purposes and using legitimate methods.

Therefore, the applicant is almost always required to provide documents that clearly state the equipment, its price, characteristics, supplier details (invoices, sales contracts, reports of completed works, etc.).

As you can see, recently there is a real need for legal support when applying for a grant. The staff of the Prikhodko and Partners law firm is represented by numerous departments that specialize only in their separate field of qualification: military, family, corporate, tax, bankruptcy department, etc.

Interested clients can leave a request for a solution to this or that issue and receive from the company’s lawyers the service they will need in the process of receiving a grant (legal consultation, documentation preparation, legal support).

Conclusions.

When applying for a grant, a number of issues may arise, the solution of which may require consulting a lawyer, in particular regarding interaction with financial institutions, companies, registration of labor relations and official employment, confirmation of the status of UBD, IDPs, persons with disabilities, and others.

The lawyers of the company “Prikhodko and Partners” can provide high-quality consulting services and legal support services for an interested client.