Firm profile

  • PwC Legal Mongolia is a law firm in Mongolia bringing both international and local knowledge. We offer a wide range of business - focused core legal services. Our strength lies in providing commercially relevant advice for both international and local clients - executing corporate and commercial transactions, implementing change and transformation projects and with regulatory & compliance requirements.
  • In Mongolian market, we offer an integrated approach to professional services to our clients in conjunction with PwC. The ability to embed legal advice more fully into our tax and advisory services allows us to better support our clients and help solve their complex problems.

Our Services

Corporate

Our corporate practice advises on all areas of law relevant to establishing and operating a business in Mongolia. Our lawyers have extensive experience in:

  • Providing full legal support in relation to entity set-up;
  • Advising on corporate forms and structuring;
  • Drafting corporate charters, shareholder agreements, by-laws;
  • Registrations of corporate changes, directors, shareholders, legal address, etc.;
  • Arranging for translations, notarizations, apostille certification and filings with registration and other relevant authorities;
  • Drafting Shareholder and Board of Director Resolutions;
  • Arranging Shareholder Meetings; preparing Minutes of the Meetings; and
  • Providing advice in relation to general compliance with corporate governance requirements.

Employment

We have full experience providing employment law services to all sized and across all sectors companies. We assist our clients on a full range of employment issues by:

  • Providing on-going assistance on employment issues
  • Drafting employment contract/ templates/ standard contracts;  
  • Drafting and advising on employee handbooks and policies; 
  • Reviewing and advising on employment related decisions;
  • Assisting to solve complicated employment issues, redundancies and employment disputes
  • Advising on employment termination, vacation, leaves, over-time hours, working conditions, remuneration policy, expatriate mobility etc.

Tax Dispute Resolution

We assist our clients at all stages of a tax inspection as well as during the appeal/litigation process. Our team of tax professionals and lawyers have experience of tax dispute resolution process which brings in-depth insight into the workings of tax inspectors, adding significant value to your business.

  • Communication with the state authorities;
  • Assistance in preparation/restoring of supporting documents;
  • Assistance in obtaining of written tax clarifications to clarify the state authorities’ position in advance;
  • Review of a tax audit act;
  • Assistance in development of a 'defense file‘;
  • Assistance during the investigation of infringement cases;
  • Assistance in writing official requests/claims; and
  • Representing the clients before the tax dispute committee and administrative courts.

Routine Commercial Matters

We provide clients assistance in all aspects of their routine commercial operations. Our lawyers have extensive experience in drafting complex and non-complex commercial agreements, assisting clients in negotiations, advising on proper legal instruments to achieve their business objectives. 

  • Drafting, advising and reviewing on commercial agreements; 
  • Filings with state registration authorities and other relevant authorities; 
  • Routine title checks on identified immovable property; and
  • High-level check of the legal standing of the contracting parties, mortgages/pledges on their property, tax obligations, public restrictions, etc.

Immigration

We deal with our clients immigration matters help them bring their professionals in Mongolia. We liaise with the relevant authorities and provide clients with swift advice on specifics how to obtain and maintain legal presence of their personnel in Mongolia.  

  • Advice on visas, work permits and residency permits; 
  • Liaising with the state authorities; and
  • Filings and applications to obtain respective documents.

Mining and petroleum

Our lawyers specialise in the legal aspects of mining and petroleum sector activities from planning and development. We have the depth of experience necessary to handle the needs of any mining and petroleum entities. Our service include:

  • Regulatory compliance assistance;
  • Advises on mining and petroleum law issues;
  • Legal due diligence on transactions;
  • Advises on mining and petroleum projects including land acquisition, licensing and permit requirements;
  • Review/advice on product sharing agreements;
  • Environmental compliance; and 
  • Transactional support.

Data Protection

Our lawyers work with together with market leading experts from PwC network, to provide an integrated service offering to address personal data protection and cyber security, such as:

  • Conducting readiness assessments;
  • Gap analysis against personal data protection regulatory framework;
  • Advise on personal data issues;
  • Developing/advising/reviewing internal policies and procedures on data protection;
  • Developing/reviewing/updating documentation necessary under the personal data protection legislation, incl. privacy notices, cookie notices, consents, data subject request template etc.;  
  • Drafting/reviewing contractual clauses and data processing agreements; and
  • Tailored training to the professionals taking into account the specific characteristics and field of activity of clients’ company.

We can help you proactively with you data  protection compliance obligations to build trust, achieve legal certainty and avoid financial and reputational risk.

Merger and Acquisitions

Whether you are working on the sell side or the buy side, cross-border or nationally, or on a small, midsize or large deal, we offer a full complement of transaction-focused legal services, including world-class due diligence, tax and legal structuring, contract negotiation, regulatory documentation, and advice on management-team incentive schemes. 

From letter of intent to the closing of the transaction, we maintain a rigorous focus on two things: the successful execution of every aspect of your deal, and capturing the maximum value for your organisation.

  • Pre transaction support & structuring advice
  • Legal Due Diligence
  • Regulatory Clearance
  • Transaction Documentation
  • Closing

Legal, Tax and People Services in ESG

Our ESG practice advises clients in a broad range of legal and structure related issues in projects with ESG considerations. 

We are embedded within our broader ESG service offerings:

Climate:

  • Helping clients navigate the impact of new taxes and incentives;
  • Net Zero Transformation: Meeting NZ goals through tax strategy; Consideration of incentives and supply chain optimization

ESG Reporting:

  • People and workforce reporting and metrics

Tax, Legal & People:

  • legal optimization
  • Workforce planning and alignment of executive and workforce incentives to ESG goals

Deals:

  • Deals Tax
  • People in Deals
  • M&A Legal
  • Corporate Tax structuring

Capital Market Readiness:

  • ESG Due Diligence

Energy and construction

We work closely alongside clients to offer a full range of legal services for construction and energy projects. 

Our lawyers specialise in the legal aspects of energy and construction sector activities from planning and development through construction and production to decommissioning.  

The team advises clients on a wide range of commercial  activities in the energy and construction sector.

International business reorganisations

Our international business reorganisations practice advises clients on the legal requirements pertaining to internal corporate reorganisations. This involves, among others, transfers, disposals, and amalgamations. We collaborate closely with other advisers within the PwC network and, in particular, the network of tax professionals in all major areas and jurisdictions.

Financial Services

We are pleased to announce that PwC Legal LLP has been officially registered with the Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia as a legal service provider in the securities market. Being part of 4,000 legal professionals working in over 100 jurisdictions, PwC Legal's lawyers leverage our extentive experience with domestic regulations and transactions and unique access to international best practices to provide you with various financial regulatory advice and effectively assist in complex cross - border transactions. Please kindly find more information about our financial services below

Financial Services

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Our Team

Sergi Kobakhidze

Tax and Legal Services Partner, PwC Mongolia

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Tsendmaa Choijamts

Director, Tax and Legal services, PwC Mongolia

+976 70009089

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Munkhjargal Ragchaakhuu

Manager, Legal, PwC Mongolia

Office: +976 70009089

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Munkhnasan Otgontogtool

Senior Consultant, Legal , PwC Mongolia

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