Х Annual Corporate Law Forum
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On 28 October 2016 the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) holds Х Annual Corporate Law Forum in Kyiv, Radisson Blu Hotel.
The Annual UBA Corporate Law Forum, marking its 10th anniversary, will be primarily focused on the recent changes and developments in the legal field that determine the business activities in Ukraine, analysis of the current litigation and court practice as well as fostering communication between legislators, judges and legal practitioners.
The Forum program offers an expert discussion of changes in regulatory policy, novels in legal regulation of the activities of joint stock and limited liability companies. The program also includes a session where every participant will be invited to put questions to judges of different courts.
For nine years in a row Forum joined together leading lawyers, scholars, state officials in the relevant field, bankers, insurers, businessmen and everyone interested in the corporate law of Ukraine.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration. Morning Coffee |
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09:00 – 09:40 |
Forum Opening. Welcoming Remarks. Denys Bugay, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association Tymur Khromayev, Head of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market Mykola Stetsenko, Managing Partner at AVELLUM |
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Session 1. Regulators and Reformers: Supporters or Rivals? Moderator - Olyana Gordiyenko, Member of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market, Committee Chairman on Corporate Governance and the Development of Capital Market Instruments |
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09:40 – 10:00 |
Yevgen Kravtsov, First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine |
Corporate restructuring of large state monopolists (examples of Ukrzaliznitsya (Ukrainian Railway) and Ukrposhta (Ukrainian Post)) |
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10:00 – 10:20 |
Olena Dyachenko, Director of the State Property Management of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine |
Corporate governance reform in public secor |
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10:20 – 10:40 |
Pavlo Moroz, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine on State Registration |
Outcomes of the business registration reform: who benefits – owner or raider? |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
Q&A Session |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
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Session 2. Joint-Stock Companies: in Pursuit of the Lost Investor Moderator - Galyna Zagorodnyuk, Partner at DLA Piper Ukraine |
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11:30 – 11:50 |
Maksym Libanov, Director of Stock Market Development Strategy of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market |
Protection of investors’ rights under the new law: first results and perspectives |
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11:50 – 12:10 |
Ulyana Shtybel, Executive Director of the Warsaw Stock Exchange in Ukraine |
Stock market development and corporate management in Ukraine |
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12:10 – 12:30 |
Mykola Stetsenko, Managing Partner at AVELLUM |
Corporate agreements: practical look at the changes |
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12:30 – 12:50 |
Roman Kuzyuk, Director of the Corporate Governance Department at Nova Poshta LLC |
Investment attractiveness of the company starts from the inside |
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12:50 – 13:10 |
Q&A Session |
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13:10 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session 3. Interactive Discussion New Draft Law “On LLC”: Breaking the Pattern or Old Approaches Under Cover? Moderator – Anna Babych, Head of the UBA Committee on Corporate Law and Stock Market, Partner at Aequo |
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14:00 – 15:40 |
Session Format: discussion and interactive voting. Session Mission: to receive feedback from the professional community regarding the Draft Law. Experts will answer the questions and ask for the participants’ opinion on the key provisions of the Draft Law. Participants will have the opportunity to express their opinion via interactive voting. Session Experts: Valentyna Danishevska, Director of Commercial Law Center Leonid Antonenko, Expert on Corporate Law and Governance |
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15:40 – 16:10 |
Coffee break |
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Session 4. Court Practice and Burning Issues of Law Enforcement: Judges Take Questions from Lawyers Moderator – Andriy Popko, Senior Partner at PLP Law Group |
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16:10 – 17:45 |
Issues for Discussion:
Participants of Discussion: |
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17:45 – 17:55 |
Presentation of BUSINESS-DETECTIVE NOVEL “ULTIMATE BENEFICIARY OWNER" by author Roman Kuzyuk |
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17:55 – 18:00 |
Forum Anna Babych, Head of the UBA Committee on Corporate Law and Stock Market, Partner at Aequo |
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18:00 – 20:00 |
Gala reception on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Forum “Whether you are a student or a master, let’s come together for the anniversary party!" |
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For more information about the event and partnership opportunities, please contact the Ukrainian Bar Association Secretariat by phone: +380 (44) 492-88-48 or e-mail: events@uba.ua. Contact person – Viktoriya Krasnova.
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