HELLO
MY NAME IS
ROB PASCAL AND I AM DUALY QUALIFIED BULGARIAN AND ENGLISH LAWYER WITH EUROPEAN
AND ENGLISH LAW, MASTER DEGREE IN PETROLEUM LAW, POST MASTER DIPLOMA IN ISLAMIC
FINANCE AND SPECIALIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW. DURING MY 25 YEARS OF
PRACTICE I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 60 NATIONALITIES AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
IN VARIETY OF FIELDS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE LAW, ENERGY AND
ECOLOGY, CROSS BORDER INVESTEMENTS, LOGISTCS, CORPORATE AND EUROPEAN UNION LAW,
DEBT RECOVERY AND OF COURSE – TAXATION. MY CLIENTS VARY FROM PERSONAL INVESTORS
THROUGH BRITISH AND IRISH BANKS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS EMBASSIES TO
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS SUCH AS ERNST&YOUNG, GRANT THORNTON OR THE MULLEADY
ENGINEERING CORPORATION.
THE REASON
FOR THIS SHORT VIDEO IS TO MAKE A NOTE ABOUT SOME PARTICULAR ISSUES, WHICH I
NOTICED IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, NAMELY - THE LACK OF CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF, IN AND BETWEEN TYPES OF WIDELY ACCEPTED INTERNATIONAL
CONTRACTS AND STANDARDS, THEIR FULFILLMENT AND MOST IMPORTANT – THE CLASH
BETWEEN THE EXPECTATIONS OF TWO PARTS OF A PROSPECTIVE INTERNATIONAL DEAL. FOR
INSTANCE, ONE OF MY CLIENTS, AN INTERNATIONAL TRADER, OPTED TO EXPORT GOODS, ADVERTISED
AS CREATED IN BELARUS, BUT IN FACT IT OCCURRED THAT NO GOODS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
YET AND THE SAID FACTORY WAS EXPECTING 100% UPFRONT PAYMENT A FEW MONTHS BEFORE
EVEN OPENING THEIR PRODUCTION LINES. WHILE SUCH TYPES OF AGREEMENTS ARE NOT
COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, IT DEEPLY JEOPARDISED THE
ABILITY OF THE FACTORY TO FURTHER PRESENT THE PRODUCT AS THEIR OWN AND UPKEEP
THEIR TRADE MARK. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS QUITE SIMPLE – IN THE LACT OF
AVAILABLE STOCK AND FOLLOWING THE OLD RULE ‘WHOEVER PAYS, ORDERS THE MUSIC’’,
THE PROPOSED SALE AGREEMENT HAD TO BE CONVERTED INTO AN ERRAND AGREEMENT, WHERE
THE FOREIGH TRADER NOT ONLY TOOK CONTROL OVER THE EXPORT PROCESS, BUT THE 100%
UPFRONT PAYMENT MADE HIM AN ABSOLUTE OWNER OF THE FUTURE TRADE MARK OF THE
GOODS EVEN BEFORE THEY WERE PRODUCED.
GIVEN THE
ABOVE, I AM WILLING TO OFFER LOCAL WORKSHOPS, LECTURES OR A BUSINESS ADVICE TO
WHOEVER IT MIGHT NEED IT, WITH CONJUCTION WITH MY BELARUSSIAN PARTNERS STANIMIR MARINOV AND ELENA HOZEEVA.
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