KIEV ARBITRATION DAYS 2014: Think Big!
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“KIЕV ARBITRATION DAYS 2014” : Think Big!
November 6-7, 2014
Kyiv, Ukraine
Radisson BLU Hotel
22 Yaroslaviv Val str., Kiev
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Ukrainian Bar Association has the pleasure to invites you to participate in the fourth international conference “KIEV ARBITRATION DAYS 2014: Think Big!” which will be held 6-7 November 2014 in Kiev.
The outcomes of the last year have again proved that this event is extremely relevant and up-to-date. Thus, the conference provides a perfect opportunity for the leading international experts to meet with European and Ukrainian colleagues and discover Ukraine as a relatively new and promising jurisdiction.
The conference will attract plenty of leading professionals in commercial arbitration and dispute resolution from Ukraine, CIS and Europe, arbitrators, state officials and lawyers practicing in commercial arbitration.
PROGRAMME
Programme Coordinator - Irina Nazarova, Managing Partner, ENGARDE Attorneys at Law
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DAY 1 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION |
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08:00 – 09:00 |
Registration / Coffee |
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09:00 – 09:10 |
Welcome addresses |
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09:10 – 10:45 |
FIRST SESSION States and State entities in arbitration |
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Moderator: Joe Tirado, Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, UK Speakers: Wendy Miles, Partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, UK Volodymyr Yaremko, Senior Associateat Arzinger, Ukraine Maria Hauser-Morel, Counsel in charge of Central and Eastern Europe of the ICC Court of Arbitration, France Discussed topics:
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10:45 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 – 12:50 |
SECOND SESSION Multiple Parties, Multiple Contracts and Consolidation |
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Moderator: Erhard Böhm, Partner at Specht Böhm Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Austria Speakers: Ray Werbicki, Partner at Steptoe & Johnson, UK Pavlo Byelousov, Counsel at AEQUO Law Firm, Ukraine Dmytro Donenko, Senior Associate at ENGARDE, Ukraine Discussed topics:
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12:50 – 13:50 |
Lunch |
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13:50 – 14:50 |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Julian Lew, Barrister and International arbitrator at 20 Essex Street, Head of School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University, UK |
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14:50 – 15:20 |
Coffee break |
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15:20 – 16:55 |
THIRD SESSION M&A DISPUTES |
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Moderator: Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Partner at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Ukraine Speakers: Soteris Pittas, Managing Director at Soteris Pittas & Co LLC, Cyprus Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Partner at Graf & Pitkowitz, Austria Elke Umbeck, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Germany Discussed topics:
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16:55 – 17:25 |
Coffee break |
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17:25 – 19:00 |
FOURTH SESSION Corruption in Arbitration |
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Moderator: Gunther J. Horvath, Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Austria Speakers: Sergiy Gryshko, Senior Associate at CMS Cameron McKenna, Ukraine Nick Neocleous, Partner at Edwin Coe LLP, UK Olga Bischof, Associate at Brown Rudnick, UK Discussed topics:
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Evening Reception Taras Shevchenko National Museum (12, T. Shevchenka blvd.) |
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DAY 2 INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
Coffee |
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9:30 – 11:00 |
FIRST SESSION Taking Stock of the Situation |
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Moderator: Stefan Weber, Partner at Weber & Co, Austria Speakers: Joachim Steffens, Alternate Director for Germany at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), UK Jim Bown, President at Vanco Prykerchenska Ltd, Vanco Ukraine Ltd, Ukraine Discussed topics:
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 – 13:00 |
SECOND SESSION International Law Remedies – Possibilities and Weaknesses |
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Moderator: Sabine Konrad, Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Germany Speakers: Sabine Konrad, Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Germany Simon Olleson, Barrister at 13 Old Square Chambers, UK Arne Fuchs, Associate at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Germany Discussed topics:
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13:00 – 14:15 |
Lunch |
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14:15 – 15:45 |
THIRD SESSION The Way Forward – Hot Topics |
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Moderator: Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert, Partner at Latham and Watkins LLP, Germany Speakers: David Lorello, Partner at Covington & Burling LLP, UK Maria Kostytska, Of Counsel at Winston & Strawn, France Jared Grubb, Managing Partner at Clifford Chance, Ukraine Discussed topics:
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15:45 – 16:15 |
Closing remarks |
For more information about the conference, please contact Iya Savchenko by phone: +380 (44) 492-8848 or e-mail: conference@uba.ua
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DAY 1. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
FIRST SESSION. States and State entities in arbitration
Volodymyr Yaremko, Senior Associateat Arzinger - Sovereign immunity from suit and enforcement, waiver and limits
SECOND SESSION. Multiple Parties, Multiple Contracts and Consolidation
Ray Werbicki, Partner at Steptoe & Johnson - The english approach to conflicting or inconsistent arbitration or jurisdiction clauses between the same parties, Note on conflicting or inconsistent arbitration or jurisdiction clauses between the same parties
Pavlo Byelousov, Counsel at AEQUO Law Firm - Joinder and Involvement of Third Parties in International Arbitration
Dmytro Donenko, Senior Associate at ENGARDE - Consolidation of arbitration proceedings
THIRD SESSION. M&A DISPUTES
Soteris Pittas, Managing Director at Soteris Pittas & Co LLC - Waiver of a right to arbitrate under an international commercial arbitration agreement by resorting to litigation
Elke Umbeck, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek - Deceit, avoidance of contract and restitution
FOURTH SESSION. Corruption in Arbitration
Sergiy Gryshko, Senior Associate at CMS Cameron McKenna - Corruption in Arbitration: International Approaches,
Ukrainian Perspective
Nick Neocleous, Partner at Edwin Coe LLP - Arbitrators’ investigative rights and duties (and how they relate to corruption in arbitration)
Olga Bischof, Associate at Brown Rudnick - Enforceability of awards and corruption
DAY 2. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION
FIRST SESSION. Taking Stock of the Situation
Jim Bown, President at Vanco Prykerchenska Ltd, Vanco Ukraine Ltd - Presentation
SECOND SESSION. International Law Remedies – Possibilities and Weaknesses
Simon Olleson, Barrister at 13 Old Square Chambers - Dispute Resolution under UNCLOS
THIRD SESSION. The Way Forward – Hot Topics
Maria Kostytska, Of Counsel at Winston & Strawn - Russian Food Import Ban and Legal Remedies to Counter It