Odesa’s real estate market shows resilience despite ongoing war, with prices continuing upward and projections suggesting 20-40% increases within six months of peace and up to 80% gains over two years. Key growth drivers include massive displacement-driven demand, construction operating at 60% capacity with 30% personnel shortages, and Odesa’s critical port infrastructure, which handles over[...]

During the war, many real estate projects in the process of construction were forced to pause, and this became a problem for shareholders. What to do: break the contract, risking not getting your contribution back in full, or wait for the construction to be completed? Ivan Topor, the head of the real estate and construction[...]

The decision of the military medical commission can be appealed if it was made without due consideration of the state of health and with a violation of the procedure. Timely legal assistance and a properly built strategy give a real chance to defend legal rights. During mobilization, military medical commissions often work in an accelerated[...]

A popular saying goes: people borrow money from others for a certain period of time, but they give their own forever. Vladislav Martynchuk, a lawyer at the DE-JURE law firm, told us how to arrange a loan so that it does not turn into a gift, and how to return the money to the lender.[...]

Flooding, gas leakage, fire and other emergencies in apartment buildings sometimes occur when the owner of the apartment is not at home and cannot be contacted. To save his property, a neighbor tries to get into the apartment where the incident occurred – and in the eyes of the law, the victim turns into an[...]

The issue of allocating a share in an apartment with joint ownership is one of the most complex in housing law. The allocation of shares depends on whether the co-owners have reached an agreement among themselves. If there is an agreement, the best option is to conclude an agreement on determining the procedure for using[...]

Currently, there are four types of passports in use in Ukraine: two internal ones – in the form of an ID card or a booklet, and two foreign ones – biometric and non-biometric. Not all of them have an unlimited validity period, so together with Alina Kulava, a lawyer at the DE-JURE law firm, we[...]

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has taken a small but important step towards business by adopting Bill No. 14023. From now on, it is not mandatory to sign certificates of work performed in non-cash settlements. As noted by a member of the Council for Entrepreneurship Support under the President of Ukraine, entrepreneur Artem Borodatyuk, this[...]

Before concluding a purchase and sale agreement, investing in a new building, renting or mortgage, the buyer should order a legal check of the object, its owners and participants in the development chain. A necessary component of a legal opinion is a check for the presence of legal disputes, which allows you to avoid the[...]

The decision regarding the mobilization of the military-medicine commission (MMC) was made even quickly and without addressing health problems, which gives the right to serve in the military or as a base for military service. Disability, it is possible and necessary to disqualify this restoration. Before any actions are taken, the lawyer Yuriy Kostinyuk, the[...]

The new Ukrainian state program for insurance and compensation of war losses for businesses has already started working with the first applications – moreover, the first changes have been implemented. The program applies to property that has been destroyed and damaged since January 1, 2026. State support, as before, provides for two instruments: direct compensation[...]

A person who buys an apartment in a new building finds himself in a vulnerable position, because it is not entirely clear what exactly he owns: the rights to an apartment in a building that has not been put into operation are still not his own housing. That is why it is important to understand[...]