13 November 2017
The Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) was started off on November 13, 2017. GEW is a worldwide event for innovators and employers that launch Start-up projects, embody the ideas, map out projects for economic growth and human welfare. Nowadays the Global Entrepreneurship Week is held in more than 160 countries worldwide. Belarus joined GEW in 2011 and became one of 137 countries participating in the largest entrepreneurial initiative around the world. GEW activities in Belarus are coordinated by BELBIZ company.
Among the events, traditionally held by BELBIZ within the framework of GEW, the most prestigious award of Belarusian business community since 2012 is а ‘’Mentor of the Year’’. This award is the confirmation and recognition of an important work done to create, train and support the start-up ecosystem in Belarus. During previous years the winners of this award were the leading entrepreneurs of Belarus: Yuri Zisser (Founder and co-owner of TUT.BY), Alexander Knyrovich (Chairman of the Board of the Business Angels Association and venture investors "BAVIN"), Yury Hurski (IT-entrepreneur), Vadim Nareiko and Alexander Chekan (Chairman of the Board of Directors of TUT.BY).
In 2017, 25 representatives of the business community were nominated for the award. According to the results of voting, the title of "Mentor of the Year’2017" obtained Dmitry Matveyev, partner of Aleinikov&Partners law firm. It was emphasized, that Dmitry has high confidence in the start-up community. The award was presented by Dmitry Matusevich, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economy.
A&P has provided the company with consulting on intellectual property and investment matters and offers ongoing legal support.
Company "MTS Urent," operating in the field of kicksharing, acquired the Belarusian technology development firm Eleven, which specializes in micromobility transportation.
Denis Aleinikov took the lead on legal defence of Blitz Team in a dispute with Wargaming, publisher and developer of the world-famous game World of Tanks. Five lawsuits have been brought to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus against Blitz Team employees (former employees of Wargaming’s Minsk office) being sued for US$1.69 million altogether for violating Wargaming's exclusive rights while working on the Open Source project
Aleinikov & Partners, together with the international law firm DLA Piper, represented map service 2GIS (which is a part of the Sber group) in the aquisition of a 47% stake in the statutory fund of Data Delivery LLC, a Belarusian developer of RocketData – a platform for managing online presence and working with business reputation
Aleinikov & Partners represented Alfa-Bank CJSC (Belarus) in the M&A transaction to acquire a 99.98% stake in Fransabank