Finding the balance of legal and sustainable development

Criminal prosecution protection when selling cryptocurrencies through an online exchanger

Support for the development of digital compliance based on artificial intelligence for banks

Tax consulting of a group of companies in the field of online advertising

Unblocking a bank account after a cryptocurrency sale

Zenitlegal Actions

Tax consulting of a group of companies in the field of online advertising

A group of companies places ads on the sites of various webmasters. The group's total revenue exceeded the limits for the simplified tax system, and therefore the beneficiaries of the group decided to check for possible tax risks when continuing to operate in excess of the limits

Conducted an audit of the entire group
Identified the risks of additional taxes
Identified the risks of recognizing the group of companies as an artificial business fragmentation
Developed recommendations on tax risks minimizing
Helped to implement the recommendations on minimizing tax risks

Situation

Result

We helped the Client to avoid the risks of tax liability in the amount of 80,000,000 rubles

Zenitlegal Actions

Unblocking a bank account after a cryptocurrency sale

A Client's card received 4,000,000 rubles after a cryptocurrency transaction. The bank blocked the account on suspicion of money laundering. When attempting a pre-trial settlement of the dispute, the bank completely refused to unblock the account, without any justification of its decision

Prepared legal positions confirming the illegality of the bank's actions
Helped the client to prepare the necessary documents to confirm the legality of the cryptocurrency origin
Prepared procedural documents for filing an appeal to the court
Filed an appeal to the court and proved the illegality of the bank's actions

Situation

Result

The account was unblocked by a court decision

Zenitlegal Actions:

Comprehensive legal support of the payment service

The payment acceptance service was working with online schools and their Clients. In 2020, due to the excess of revenue, the Client was forced to switch from a simplified taxation regime to a general one

Developed a strategy and prepared all the necessary documents to receive the benefits provided for Russian IT companies
Reformatted the relationship with counterparties - from the agency agreement to license agreements
Registered the Client's software in the registry of the Russian software, to which the online business payments system is connected.
Conducted an audit of the Client to verify that the business meets the requirements necessary to obtain tax benefits (minimum staff size, royalty revenue and its ratio to other revenue amount).
Prepared a user agreement that protects the Client from illegal users actions when using the site;
Prepared a personal data processing policy
Developed and implemented remote methods of electronic signing of contracts with new counterparties
Developed a mechanism for electronic document management through the personal accounts of counterparties

Situation

Result

Documents and a strategy for switching to a preferential tax regime have been prepared, which allowed the Client to save 20,000,000 rubles of tax benefit. The legal documents necessary for accepting payments through the website have also been prepared

Zenitlegal Actions

Criminal prosecution protection when selling cryptocurrencies through an online exchanger

700,000 rubles have been sent to a Client's card after a cryptocurrencies sale through an online exchanger from a person who had become a victim of telephone scams. In this regard, a criminal case was opened against the Client with an intent to charge him as a fraudster

Conducted an analysis of the legality of the work of crypto exchanges
Prepared a legal defense against the arguments of the prosecution:

explained the mechanism of online exchangers to law enforcement agencies;
provided the argumentation to the legality of such operations

Achieved the arrest removal from the bank account
Retained the proceeds for the client
Proved the absence of the Client's guilt

Situation

Result

The criminal case was terminated, the funds received from the cryptocurrency transaction were retained by the client in full