Questions clients ask most.

Book a free 20-minute consultation. We'll discuss what you need, whether it fits our scope, and what a fixed fee would look like. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so and, where possible, point you to someone who is.

Most enquiries get a reply within one business day. Contract reviews are typically returned within 24–48 hours. Where a matter is urgent and falls within scope, we'll say so on the first call.

Most work is on a fixed fee, agreed in writing after a short free consultation. Hourly rates are available for open-ended matters. We'll always tell you upfront whether something falls outside what we can properly do.

English, Ukrainian and Russian — all to professional working standard. German at elementary level. Documents and deliverables are produced in English by default, with parallel Ukrainian versions on request.

Yes. We regularly help individuals and businesses with cross-border commercial matters — UK contracts that relate to international activity, market entry into the UK, and co-ordination with verified counsel in other jurisdictions when required. For Ukrainian-law matters specifically (powers of attorney, property, inheritance, Ukrainian company questions), work is delivered through Taran Buro, our Ukrainian commercial-law practice. UK immigration is out of scope and is referred to an IAA-regulated adviser.

No — Taran Legal is led by a foreign-qualified property and commercial lawyer (LLM, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, 2006) working in the UK as an independent legal consultant. We are not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), and we do not carry out reserved legal activities under the Legal Services Act 2007. Our founder is currently preparing for the SQE. Where a matter requires an authorised solicitor, we work with SRA-regulated partners and either refer or co-work openly.

Our founder, Dmytro Taran, also works on a contract basis at Montare LLP, a UK strategic-land developer, on their portfolio of land-promotion sites. Taran Legal will not take on property work where the counterparty or scheme would conflict with that role. In most small-business, founder and SME work, no conflict arises — please tell us at first contact who you are dealing with, and we'll flag any conflict immediately.

Not the reserved part. Registered-land transfers and conveyancing instruments are reserved legal activities. What we can do is the commercial side around a property transaction — promotion, option and collaboration agreements, consultant engagement, JV and co-investment papers, due-diligence narrative work — and instruct or co-work with a regulated conveyancer on the registration side.

No. Rights of audience and conduct of litigation are reserved legal activities that only authorised persons can perform. If your matter is heading to a tribunal or court, we'll introduce you to a suitable solicitor or barrister.

No. UK immigration advice is regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA, formerly OISC). We are not IAA-registered. We're happy to refer you to a regulated immigration adviser or solicitor.