KIЕV ARBITRATION DAYS 2015: THINK BIG!
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 |
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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 |
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Moderator: Joe Tirado, Partner at Winston Strawn LLP (UK)
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)
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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 |
11:10 – 12:55 |
SECOND SESSION The Applicable Law |
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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:
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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 |
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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:
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16:25 – 16:55 |
Coffee break |
16:55 – 18:25 |
FOURTH SESSION Sanctions and Consequences |
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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:
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19:00 - 21:30 |
EVENING RECEPTION |
DAY 2 INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
BUSINESS BREAKFAST |
Moderator: Eugene Blinov, Partner and Head of International Arbitration Department of AstapovLawyers International Law Group (Ukraine) Speaker: "Recognition and enforcement of Ukrainian judgments in Cyprus and the available interim relief under Cyprus law" |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Coffee |
9:00 – 10:15 |
FIRST SESSION Investing in difficult times - yes, no, how? |
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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:
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Coffee break |
10:45 – 12:00 |
SECOND SESSION Getting the package right - Considerations at the start of a project |
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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:
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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: 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:
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14:35 – 15:05 |
Coffee break |
15:05 – 16:35 |
FOURTH SESSION Interest, costs and enforcement - What matters is the bottom line |
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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:
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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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