The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to join the V Energy Law Conference, which brings together opinion leaders, practitioners, regulators and investors for a professional dialogue on the future of Ukrainian energy.

Date: July 3, 2025. 

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, 22 Yaroslaviv Val St., Kyiv / online (Zoom).

Working language: Ukrainian.

The program of the V Energy Law Conference includes three in-depth and strategically important sessions, each of which provides answers to the needs of today: from complex issues of reforming the electricity and gas markets to specific mechanisms for attracting investment in the energy and subsoil use. You will get insights on regulatory changes, current case law, challenges of integration into European markets, and learn how to legally support large-scale energy projects in a transformational economy. This is not just a discussion - it is a roadmap for those who shape the future of the energy sector.

PROGRAM*

09:00 - 9:30 Registration of participants. Welcome coffee

9:30 - 9:40 Opening remarks

Mykola Stetsenko, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner AVELLUM 

Ivan Bondarchuk, Chairman of the UBA Committee on Energy, Oil and Gas

9:40 - 10:00 Special interview: Current state of the electricity market. Legislative innovations

Іnterviewee:

Andriy Gerus, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities

Interviewer:

Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Managing Partner Sokolovskyi and Partners, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine 

Focus area:

• Ways to ensure energy independence, building distributed generation, upcoming legislative initiatives
• Impact of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations on the legislative field of the energy sector
• Legislative opportunities for businesses to build their own generation
• Legislative and other opportunities for the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities to monitor and supervise, and in some cases influence the activities of energy monopolies, in particular, NPC Ukrenergo

10:00 - 11:20 Session 1. Electricity market

Moderator:

Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Managing Partner Sokolovskyi and Partners, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine 

Experts and topics:

Vladyslav Maksakov, Senior Project Manager for Energy Transition at the Office for Support of Recovery and Reforms of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine

• Implementation of the EU RES legislation and authorization procedures

Artem Nekrasov, Acting Director of SE Guaranteed Buyer

Oleksii Orzhel, Head of the Kyiv office of Energy Community, Minister of energy and environmental protection of Ukraine (2019-2020)

• European integration processes in the energy sector

Daniil Petrenko, Deputy General Director for development of Market Operator JSC

• Current situation with market coupling

Maksym Yurkov, Director of legal affairs at NPC Ukrenergo 

• Court practice of NPC Ukrenergo

Serhii Datsiv, Senior Associate in the energy practice at INTEGRITES

• RED III: future changes in legislation on the construction of renewable energy facilities

11:20 - 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 - 13:20 Session 2. Gas market

Moderator:

Nataliia Hutarevych, Deputy Chairman of the UBA Committee on Energy, Oil and Gas, Chairman of the UBA Committee on natural resources, environmental and environmental Law, Counsel Sayenko Kharenko

Focus area:

• Gas market regulation: current state and expectations 
• Biomethane exports — practical experience, areas for regulatory improvement
• Prospects for hydrogen energy in Ukraine: what regulatory changes are needed to launch the industry 
• Gas transmission/storage infrastructure — current state and development potential of the Ukrainian asset, with a focus on renewable gas
• Gas trading in times of war: challenges and integration with European markets

Experts:

Stanislav Ignatiev, Head of the Department for Scientific and Technical Supervision of UGS Operation and Development at the Gas Transportation Institute of Ukrtransgaz JSC

Kateryna Kovalenko, Head of Strategy Division of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine

Oleksandr Kosyanchuk, Director of the Department for Regulation of Relations in the Oil and Gas Sector, NEURC

Yaroslav Kryl, СEO at Hydrogen Ukraine 

Vitalii Kryvytskyi, Head of Legal and Investment Support Group at MHP PrJSC

Andriy Mizovets, President of the Association “Gas Traders of Ukraine” (online)

13:20 - 14:20 Lunch

14:20 - 16:00 Session 3: Investment opportunities in energy and subsoil use

Co-Moderators:

Olga Savchenko, Partner Altelaw

Alyona Shulima, Partner Pragma Consulting Group, Head of the UBA GR Committee

Focus area:

• Investing in energy and subsoil use: legal and organizational challenges 
• Main trends in Investing in energy and critical minerals 
• Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States on the establishment of the U.S.-Ukraine reconstruction fund: status, opportunities, risks

Investments in subsoil use

Experts:

Mykola Kolisnyk, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine 

Yegor Perelygin, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

Dmytro Kashchuk, Head of the Subsoil Use Committee, European Business Association

Maksym Maksymenko, Partner AVELLUM, Head of Real Estate and Infrastructure

Artem Petrenko, Executive Director of the Association of Gas Producers of Ukraine

Investments in the energy sector

Experts:

Mykola Kolisnyk, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine (TBC)

Ivan Bondarchuk, Partner LCF Law Group, Head of Energy and Projects Practice, Chairman of the UBA Committee on Energy, Oil and Gas

Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA)

16:00 - 17:00 Networking. Reception

*Please note: the program is still being finalized and may be subject to changes or updates.

With gratitude for the contribution to the organization of the event:

General Partner:

Sokolovskyi and Partners

Partner:

AVELLUM

Session Partners:

Altelaw

INTEGRITES

Pragma Consulting Group

Sayenko Kharenko

To participate in the event, registration is REQUIRED.

A 10% corporate discount is available for registrations of three or more participants from the same company. To take advantage of this offer, please contact event coordinator.

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Organizers reserve the right to close registration when the maximum number of participants is reached.

For additional information about the event, participation as a speaker, and partnership opportunities, please contact the event coordinator by phone: +38 (044) 492-88-48, +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or e-mail: tosaulenko@uba.ua. The contact person — Tetiana Osaulenko.

For media accreditation, please e-mail: pr@uba.ua. Contact person — Daria Sydorchuk.