The expertise may be both judicial and non-judicial (e.g., to settle the dispute through the pre-trial process). The forensic expertise is carried out as a part of legal proceedings to determine the information of significant importance for the proper and timely examination of the case, take a decision consistent with the principles of arbitration, civil or criminal proceedings. The forensic expertise is carried out by an expert - a person with special knowledge and skills appointed in a manner prescribed by applicable regulatory acts. In carrying out the legal expertise of the documents, the experts shall render assistance in drafting a list of the matters that arise upon execution and performance of the agreement or contract based in the comprehensive legal analysis and practical application of legislative acts. The legal expertise of the regulatory acts is possible at the customer's wish aimed to reveal certain facts of violations. The review of certain terms of the contract, including the settlement procedure, the rights and obligations of the parties, liability under the contract etc. with a degree of their detailing, is possible. The legal expertise can also refer to determining the number and content required to prepare a contract, power of attorney, appendix, certificate and other documents. In order to carry out the legal expertise, the customer is sufficient to formulate the issues to be addressed and to provide copies of the documents to be studied. The lawyers will verify the literacy of this document and its compliance with legal requirements, as well as determine its type, will assess the content and form with an emphasis on the customer's wishes.
The legal expertise may be resulted in an verbal opinion when the expert gives its opinion and legal assessment or a written conclusion on the issues put by the customer.
The firm entering the international market need an expert with subtleties of foreign trade activities, a professional versed in the conditions of fulfillment of obligations undertaken by the parties under the contract. It is necessary to take into account the legal nuances of the country performing such obligations, since in many countries the certain conditions that must be universal for the participants of such agreements, may be not applicable.
The sphere of activities carried out by the Center for Mediation and Law includes as follows:
• Expert researches for the individual and legal entities conducted in a contractual basis;
• Providing advice and performing research on the practice of application of national and foreign law in the field of civil, commercial, criminal, administrative and financial law, as well as in the field of constitutional and European law;
• Conducting due diligence of agreements;
• Developing the proposals on improvement of legislation and/or law enforcement practice on own initiative and/or instructions (assignments) of state or public organizations;
• Providing advices and services in setting up the companies, joint ventures including the identification of counterparties' status, receipt of title documents, preparation and analysis of contracts, application of the requirements of international conventions, Incoterms, provisions of the economic unions, as well as the provisions of an established business practice;
• Providing advices and rendering services by national organizations and foreign partners;
• Carrying out the politological expertise, the subject matter of which analysis is primarily a concept of the law-in-draft and identification of its possible negative effect;