There are two options into the Belarusian market. You can start a company from scratch — register a new entity, structure it the way you want and build it up — or you can buy an existing one and step into a business that is already up and running. Both routes lead to the same […]
By international standards, registering a company in Belarus is remarkably quick — often a matter of days. That speed can be misleading. The registration certificate marks the start of the work, not the end of it: the first twelve months bring a sequence of steps and deadlines that are easy to miss if you assume […]
On 28 September 2026, Belarus’s Hi-Tech Park (HTP) registered its first two “crypto-banks” — a status with no equivalent in most countries. Most readers will assume one of two things: that a crypto-bank is just a crypto exchange with a grander name, or that it’s an ordinary bank that happens to hold crypto. It is […]
Here is a question almost no one asks at the right time: if a deal in Belarus goes wrong, where will the fight actually happen? The honest answer is that it was usually settled long before any dispute arose — in a single clause of the contract or the company’s charter, often pasted in without […]
When foreign investors hear “Great Stone Industrial Park”, two assumptions usually follow, and both are wrong in ways that matter. The first is that it is a Chinese-only zone: it is the China–Belarus park, so surely it is meant for Chinese companies. The second is that it is just another free economic zone (FEZ), like […]
Foreign investors weighing up the EAEU tend to take one of two shortcuts: they treat the member states as interchangeable (“it’s all the EAEU”), or they default to the biggest and go straight to Russia. Both miss what actually matters. The EAEU is a single market: set up in any one member state and your […]
A foreign-owned Belarusian company doing cross-border business keeps hitting the same wall in 2026: payments that used to be routine now bounce, sit in limbo or come back rejected weeks later. The instinct is to blame its own bank, or to go hunting for “a corridor that still works”, as if the problem were finding […]
Opening a Limited Liability Company (LLC) is one of the most common ways to start a business in Belarus. This form of business combines management flexibility, structural transparency, and limited liability for its participants, making it suitable for both small and medium-sized businesses. For an entrepreneur just starting out, it is important to understand not […]
In today’s global economy, companies increasingly face the need to resolve disputes that extend beyond the borders of a single country. Foreign court decisions may affect the businesses, investments, and assets of Belarusian companies. However, obtaining the right to enforce such a decision in Belarus requires a separate recognition procedure. Recognition of a foreign court […]
Proper business structuring is the foundation of long-term stability, operational efficiency, and legal security. Regardless of the size of your operations, selecting the appropriate legal form helps minimize risks, optimize taxation, simplify the investment attraction process, and foster transparent relationships between partners. Entrepreneurs in Belarus can choose from several legal forms of doing business, including […]
