09:30-10:00

Registration. Coffee

10:00-10:30

Conference Opening. Welcome addresses

Valentyn Zagariya, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at Spenser and Kauffmann

Jur Gruszczyński, Arbitrator at the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Attorney at Law at Jur Gruszczyński Law Office

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, PhD, President of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Managing Partner at GESSEL

Irina Nazarova, Head of Committee for ADR of Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at ENGARDE

Henryk Litwin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine

1 SESSION. GET TO KNOW ARBITRATION IN POLAND

10:30-12:10

Moderator -  Przemysław P. Krzywosz, Partner at Przemyslaw P. Krzywosz Kancelaria Prawna

10:30-10:50

Introduction:

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, PhD, President of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Managing Partner at GESSEL

10:50-11:05

Krzysztof Stefanowicz, PhD, Vice President of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Of Counsel at Stolarek & Grabalski

New institutions – flexibility, simplicity & efficiency in the new Lewiatan regulations

11:05-11:20

Małgorzata Podrecka, PhD, Vice President of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Vice President at CAN-PACK S.A

Emergency arbitrator and “simplified procedure”

11:20-11:50

Comments:  

Paweł Lewandowski, Partner at Domański Zakrzewski Palinka: Interim measures in arbitration: court versus arbitration procedures pros & cons

Pavlo Byelousov, Senior Associate at Vasil Kisil & Partners: Ukrainian litigator view

Yaroslav Petrov, Associate at Asters: Cost issues – how Ukrainian party would view arbitration in Poland

11:50-12:10

Q&A

12:10-13:00

Lunch

2 SESSION. IS ARBITRAL PROCEDURE USER FRIENDLY ENOUGH?

13:00-14:30

Moderator -  Jur Gruszczyński, Arbitrator at the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Jur Gruszczyński Law Office; Attorney at Law

13:00-13:15

Introduction: 

Andriy Dubetsky, Representative of Warsaw Stock Exchange Office in Kiev: Why Ukrainian companies look into Polish stock exchange listing options – prospects for growth and potential threats

13:15-13:30

Paweł Mazur, Partner at Wardyński i Wspólnicy

13:30-13:45

Olga Gurgula, Senior Associate at ENGARDE

Arbitrability of corporate issues – Ukrainian perspective

13:45-14:00

Katarzyna Michałowska, PhD, Of Counsel at Sołtysiński  Kawecki  & Szlęzak

What can one learn about arbitration from investment arbitration cases involving Central and Eastern European actors?

14:00-14:15

Comments:  

Yuliya Chernykh, Partner, Head of International Arbitration Practice at Arbitrade: Main obstacles to efficient arbitration – Ukrainian view

Marcin Olechowski, PhD, Partner at Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak: Cross – cultural traps in running efficient arbitration

Darya Rigaud, Deputy Counsel at ICC International Court of Arbitration - States and State entities in ICC Arbitrations in Eastern Europe, with reference to cases  involving Poland & Ukraine

14:15-14:30

Q&A

14:30-15:00

Networking break

3 SESSION. ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARDS – TIPS AND TRAPS

15:00-16:30

Moderator - Sergiy Gryshko, Senior Lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna

15:00-15:10

Przemysław P. Krzywosz, Partner at Przemyslaw P. Krzywosz Kancelaria Prawna

Asymmetric arbitration clauses in Poland

15:10-15:20

Dmytro Marchukov, Counsel at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners

Asymmetric arbitration clauses – Ukrainian perspective

15:20-15:30

Henryk Gaertner, Partner at KKG

Enforcement regime in Poland & “public policy” interpretation and application

15:30-15:40

Oleksandr Vodyannikov, National Programme Officer at OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine

Enforcement regime in Ukraine & “public policy” interpretation and application

15:40-16:00

Comments (Enforcement forum shopping and NY Convention):

Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Partner at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners

Paweł Pietkiewicz, Managing Partner at White & Case

16:00-16:30

Q&A

16:30-17:00

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Małgorzata Surdek, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution at CMS Cameron McKenna: Prospects of the arbitration – brave new world; new trends in international practice

18:00-20:00

APRES–CONFERENCE WITH POLISH ACCENTS

Polish Embassy in Ukraine

(12 Jaroslaviv Val street, Kyiv)