XІІ ANNUAL CORPORATE LAW FORUM

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When
26.10.2018
09:00 – 18:00
Where
22, Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv

The Ukrainian Bar Association has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the XII Annual Corporate Law Forum, which will be held on October 26, 2018 at the Radisson BLU Hotel (22, Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv).

We will have a professional discussion on the current state of corporate law and practice and identify prospects for the future, analyse the news laws and regulations and get acquainted with the first experience of their application. Traditionally, participants will have the opportunity to chat with judges, legislators and regulators.

Among the participants and speakers of the forum there are leading lawyers, scientists, representatives of legislative, executive and judicial authorities, bankers, insurers, business representatives.

PROGRAM

08:30-09:00

Registration. Morning Coffee

09:00-09:20

Forum opening. Welcoming remarks

Volodymyr Sayenko, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Bar Association

Tymur Khromaiev, Head of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market

Session 1.

Panel Discussion

Stock Market: Quo Vadis?

09:20 – 10:40

Moderator – Mykola Styetsenko, Managing Partner at AVELLUM

 

Participants:

Tymur Khromaiev, Head of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market

Dmitro Tarabakin, Head of the NCSSM Committee on Methodology and Supervision of the Operation of the Stock Market Infrastructure

Pavlo Rizanenko, People's Deputy of Ukraine of VIII convocation

Leonid Antonenko, Of-Counsel at Asters

Anna Babych, Partner at Aequo

Topics for discussion:

  • Status of private companies;
  • Changes in stock trading;
  • Draft Law No. 6303 "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Protect Investors against Abuse in the Capital Markets";
  • Draft Law No. 9035 "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Facilitation of Investment Attraction and the Introduction of New Financial Instruments";
  • Public offering (test case).

10:35-10:40

Blitz-commentary from a specialized journalist

Viacheslav Sadovnychyi, Chief Editor at finclub.net

10:40-11:10

Coffee break

Session 2.

Panel Discussion

LLC. New Rules of the Game

11:10 – 13:00

Moderator – Anna Babych, Partner at Aequo

 

Participants:

Анна Зоря, Partner at Arzinger

Olena Kazantseva, Head of the Corporate Governance Department at PJSC Fozzy Retail

Alla Kozachenko, Head of Corporate Law and M&A Practice at DLA Piper

Galyna Tsaryuk, Senior Legal Counsel on Corporate Issues at JSC Ukraine

Topics for discussion:

  • Practical issues and problem aspects of registration;
  • Ways of protecting violated rights;
  • Generalization of the first practice of registering the statutes.

 

12:50-13:00

Q&A Session

Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

Session 3.

Panel Discussion

Joint Stock Companies: Recent Experience

14:00 – 15:30

Moderator – Olyana Gordiyenko, Associate Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

 

Participants: 

Polina Zagnitko, Head of Corporate Affairs Department of Naftogaz Ukraine

Volodymyr Igonin, Partner at Vasil Kisil & Partners

Maksym Libanov, Member of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission

Oleksiy Amfiteatrov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Society of Appraisers

Topics for discussion:

  • Squeeze-out - international and domestic experience;
  • Corporate Governance - compliance with the law or a conscious need?
  • Joint stock agreements - the first experience;
  • Significant transactions and deals with interest;
  • Other relevant issues of JSC activity

15:25-15:30

Blitz-commentary from a specialized journalist

Viacheslav Sadovnychyi, Chief Editor at finclub.net

15:30-16:00

Coffee break

Session 4.

Panel Discussion

 Court Practice in Corporate Disputes

16:00 – 18:00

Moderator – Olena Pertsova, Council at Aequo

 

Participants:

Tetyana Vasilchenko, judge of the Economic Court of Kyiv

Olena Kibenko, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court

Hanna Vronska, Judge of the Court of Cassation, Supreme Court

Yevhen Krut, DTEK Corporate Governance Department Manager

Kyrylo Yukhno, Counsel at Ario Law Firm

Topics for discussion:

  • New practice of the Supreme Court: trends in change;
  • Disputes related to Squeeze-out;
  • Differentiation of the jurisdiction of economic and administrative courts for the consideration of disputes in cases of corporate rights protection;
  • Corporate rights protection in court and Anti-Raid Commission: benchmarking effectiveness in practice, advantages and disadvantages

18:00-20:00

Networking with a glass of wine

For more information on the event and partnership opportunities, please contact the UBA Secretariat at: +380 (44) 492-88-48, e-mail: forum@uba.ua. Contact person – Viktoriia Dotsenko. 

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XІІ ANNUAL CORPORATE LAW FORUM

When
26.10.2018
09:00 – 18:00
Where
22, Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv