KIЕV ARBITRATION DAYS 2015: THINK BIG!

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When

05.11.2015 – 06.11.2015

09:00 – 18:00

Where

Kyiv, Yaroslaviv Val Street 22

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We kindly invite you to participate in KIEV ARBITRATION DAYS 2015: Think Big! (KAD 2015) which will take place on 5-6 November 2015 in Radisson Blu Hotel (22, Yaroslaviv Val str.), Kiev, Ukraine. The conference is conducted under the auspices of the Ukrainian Bar Association.

The KAD 2015 will bring together world-class dispute resolution practitioners and prominent arbitration experts to discuss problems and perspectives of international arbitration. The programme coordinator of the conference is Irina Nazarova, Chief of the ADR Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association, managing partner at ENGARDE Attorneys at Law.

The conference will preserve its traditional format with Day 1 being devoted to international commercial arbitration and Day 2 focusing on international investment arbitration.

The conference will provide a perfect opportunity for leading international arbitration experts to meet with their European and Ukrainian peers and will create new and promising possibilities of future cooperation.

PROGRAMME

Programme Coordinator - Irina Nazarova, Managing Partner, ENGARDE Attorneys at Law

DAY 1 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
8:00 – 9:00	Registration / Coffee
9:00 – 9:10	Welcome addresses Oleksiy Filatov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Irina Nazarova, Conference Programme Coordinator, Managing Partner at ENGARDE Attorneys at Law
9:10 – 10:25	FIRST SESSION Cases of Corruption
	Moderator: Joe Tirado, Partner at Winston Strawn LLP (UK) Speakers: Max Burger-Scheidlin, Executive Director at ICC Austria (Austria) Erhard Boehm, Partner at Baier Attorneys at Law (Austria) James Freeman, Counsel at Allen & Overy (UK) Discussed topics: Pay to play? Contractor v. State/Investor Justifications and Excuses
10:25 – 10:55	Coffee break
10:55 - 11:10	SPECIAL PRESENTATION Olena Yevtushenko, the Judge of the High Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases “Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Award in Ukraine”
11:10 – 12:55	SECOND SESSION The Applicable Law
	Moderator: Nick Gvinadze, Managing Partner of Gvinadze & Partners LLC (Georgia) Speakers: Galina Zukova, Associate at White & Case LLP (France) Vsevolod Volkov, Partner at Integrites (Ukraine) Pavlo Byelousov, Counsel at Aequo Law Firm (Ukraine) Scott Vesel, Counsel at Three Crowns (UK) Simon Greenberg, Partner at Clifford Chance (France) Discussed topics: Transnational and National Public Policy Party Autonomy and choice of law Mandatory Law Evidence obtained through corruption Adverse Inference
12:55 – 13:55	Lunch
13:55 – 14:25	KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Anton Baier, President of Vienna International Arbitral Centre (Austria) “Protecting the future of arbitration”
14:25 – 14:55	Coffee break
14:55 – 16:25	THIRD SESSION The evidentiary dilemma
	Moderator: Irina Nazarova, Managing Partner at ENGARDE Attorneys at Law (Ukraine) Speakers: Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Partner at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (Ukraine) Oleksandr Volkov, Associate at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners (Ukraine) Carol M. Welu, Partner at Squire Patton Boggs LLP (UK) Nils Schmidt-Ahrendts, Partner at Hanefeld Rechtswalte (Germany) Discussed topics: Burden of Proof Standard of Proof Struggle against Secrecy – Circumstantial evidence and presumptions Arbitral activism v impartiality
16:25 – 16:55	Coffee break
16:55 – 18:25	FOURTH SESSION Sanctions and Consequences
	Moderator: Evgen Kubko, Senior partner at Salkom law firm (Ukraine) Speakers: Olga Vorozhbyt, Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna (Ukraine) Anna Tkachova, Associate at Asters (Ukraine) Christopher Moore, Partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (UK) Leon Kopecký, Counsel at Schoenherr, Austria Discussed topics: Lack of arbitrability Lack of jurisdiction Sanctions Damages
19:00 - 21:30	EVENING RECEPTION Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (2, Velyka Zhytomyrska Str.)

DAY 2 INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION
8:00 - 9:00	BUSINESS BREAKFAST
	Moderator: Eugene Blinov, Partner and Head of International Arbitration Department of AstapovLawyers International Law Group (Ukraine) Speaker: Soteris Pittas, Managing Director at Soteris Pittas & Co LLC (Cyprus) "Recognition and enforcement of Ukrainian judgments in Cyprus and the available interim relief under Cyprus law"
8:30 – 9:00	Coffee
9:00 – 10:15	FIRST SESSION Investing in difficult times - yes, no, how?
	Moderator: Irina Tymczyszyn, Partner at Bryan Cave (UK) Speakers: Mathias Wolkewitz, General Counsel at Wintershall Holding GmbH (Germany) Markian Malskyy, Partner at Arzinger (Ukraine) Laurence Ponty, Associate at Lalive (Switzerland) Discussed topics: What projects do they look at How to get financing (equity and debt) What problems do they face
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00	SECOND SESSION Getting the package right - Considerations at the start of a project
	Moderator: Dietrich Stiller, Partner at Clifford Chance (Germany) Speakers: Dietrich Stiller, Partner at Clifford Chance (Germany) Maria Kostytska, Partner at Winston & Strawn (France) James Boykin, Partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (USA) Discussed topics: International credit agreements and financial instruments explained Investment Insurance Investment structuring Clauses in your contract Tax structuring
12:00 – 12:50	Lunch
12:50 - 13:10	SPECIAL PRESENTATION Vladimir Khvalei, Partner at Baker & McKenzie, Vice president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (Russia) "Case Law Overview: corruption in arbitration"
13:10 – 14:35	THIRD SESSION Financial aspects of investment arbitration - Third Party Financing and impecunious parties
	Moderator: Anna Joubin-Bret, Cabinet d’Avocats Joubin-Bret (France) Speakers: Anna Joubin-Bret, Cabinet d’Avocats Joubin-Bret (France) Stephen Jagusch, Partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (UK) Zannis Mavrogordato, Barrister at 20 Essex Street (UK) Iain McKenny, General Counsel of Disputes at Vannin Capital (UK) Susan Dunn, Head of Litigation Funding at Harbour Litigation Funding Limited (UK) Discussed topics: Third Party Financing (TPF) explained Consequences of TPF for arbitrator disclosure and other ethical considerations Security for costs Party renouncing from arbitration agreement and how to deal with it Insolvency in investment arbitration
14:35 – 15:05	Coffee break
15:05 – 16:35	FOURTH SESSION Interest, costs and enforcement - What matters is the bottom line
	Speakers: Laura Hardin, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal Global Forensic and Dispute Services, LLC (USA) Gene Burd, Partner at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP (USA) Stepan Guzey, Partner at Lidings (Russia) Discussed topics: Pre- and post-award interests - the neglected children Cost decision Enforcement
16:35 – 17:00	Closing Remarks

For more information about the event please contact Iya Savchenko via email conference@uba.ua or phone +38 044 492 88 48.

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Conference partners

General Partner

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAP) Ukraine unites more than 50 experienced lawyers led by six partners. We are part of the largest law firm in the CIS, created after the merger with leading Russian law offices Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners in July 2011. We have perfect knowledge of how the business of our clients works, as we regularly advise leading companies of different industries on various legal matters. We offer our clients an extensive experience in complex cross-border transactions and disputes, as we regularly represent international companies doing business in the CIS and CIS-based companies going international.

ArtPartner

Asters is a full-service independent national law firm in which sixteen partners lead a 120-strong staff including 70 lawyers, making us one of the largest in Ukraine. Combining world-class standards of legal practice, established local expertise, and over 19 years of experience on the country’s legal market, Asters has unparalleled capabilities for meeting the requirements of clients in all fields.

Partners

Aequo is a multi-disciplinary, industry-focused Ukrainian law firm. Our team is made up of highly qualified and recommended lawyers who work proactively to help clients reaching their business goals. Backed up by solid industry expertise and a thorough understanding of business we develop innovative strategies and provide efficient solutions to the most complex and challenging matters. Our advice is clear and practical.

As an independent full-service law firm, we advise Austrian and international clients in a wide range of transactions. Clients have entrusted us for decades due to our high quality know-how and international expertise. BAIER’s broad expertise and specific specialisation in the field of international arbitration complement one another. Major regional focus of BAIER is Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Turkey.

CMS in Kyiv gives you access to a top-tier national law firm with more than 25 domestic and internationally qualified lawyers, who combine their understanding of the Ukrainian market with the requirements and expectations of global organisations and investors. With the expertise and experience to deal with transactions and matters of all sizes, CMS Cameron McKenna is able to handle local, national and multi-jurisdictional projects, no matter how complex.

Integrites is an international full-service law firm operating in CIS region that provides a wide range of highly qualified legal and risk management services. Integrites was set up in 2005 by a team of legal experts. Specializing in law practice, dispute resolution and international arbitration, international trade, banking and financial law, the firm has now decided to develop its services aimed at expanding and combining legal practice and financial audits.

Smith & Williamson LLP is now one of the ten largest firms of accountants in the UK* and our investment management business has around £16bn of funds under management and advice (as at 30 June 2015). With 1,500 people in 13 offices in the UK, Ireland and Jersey, the firm’s unique selling point is its ability to provide a distinctive proposition of complementary financial and professional services that meet the needs of clients.

SOTERIS PITTAS & CO LLC. is a boutique law firm, in size only, focusing on the areas of law related to business activity and dedicated to providing its clients with outstanding, highly personalized, legal representation. The lawyers and associates of the firm with their combined skills-set and knowledge can provide comprehensive legal solutions according to the clients’ particular business needs, requirements and objectives.

Session Partner

Arnall Golden Gregory, with more than 150 attorneys in Atlanta and Washington, DC, employs a “business sensibility” approach, developing a deep understanding of each client’s situation in order to find a customized, cost-sensitive solution. Since 1949, AGG has been a solutions partner that subscribes to the belief “not if, but how.” AGG helps businesses realize their full potential by efficiently advising on transactions and defending employers when disputes arise.

Supported By

ENGARDE is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated dispute resolution and business law services. We know that you are seeking a law firm with attorneys who will listen to your concerns, understand your needs and help craft a practical business solution to your legal problem. We understand that you want measurable returns for your confidence in us, and that's why performing work in a cost-effective and timely manner is an imperative for all of our lawyers.

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Вартість участі у конференції складає:

Дата оплати внеску:	До 30 вересня включно	До 2 листопада включно	Оплата на конференції
Член АПУ*	2800 грн	3200 грн	4000 грн
Інший учасник**	3200 грн	3600 грн	4000 грн
Студент (перша освіта)	2300 грн	2500 грн	4000 грн
Науковий співробітник / суддя (повна зайнятість)	2500 грн	2800 грн	4000 грн

*Скористатися пільгою можуть лише члени АПУ, які не мають заборгованості щодо сплати членського внеску за 2016 рік.

**Ви можете стати членом Асоціації правників України, подавши заяву про вступ та сплативши вступний та членський внески до проведення конференції.

Вартість реєстраційного внеску, зазначеного у таблиці вище, включає участь однієї особи у робочих сесіях конференції, роздаткові матеріали для учасників, харчування під час конференції (кава-паузи, обіди), а також участь у Вечірньому фуршеті.

Увага! У випадку скасування реєстрації не пізніше 27 жовтня 2016 року ваш реєстраційний внесок буде повернено за вирахуванням 25% адміністративних витрат. Повернення реєстраційних внесків після 27 жовтня 2016 року не можливе.

speakers' materials

DAY 1. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

FIRST SESSION. Cases of Corruption

James Freeman Presentation

SECOND SESSION. The Applicable Law

Galina Zukova Presentation

Vsevolod Volkov Presentation

Pavlo Byelousov Presentation

Scott Vesel Presentation

Simon Greenberg Adverse Inferences in International Arbitral Practice

THIRD SESSION. The evidentiary dilemma

Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi Presentation