EBA-Asters Legal Development Programme

Name: [:ua]Програма з правового розвитку EBA-Asters[:en]EBA-Asters Legal Development Programme[:]
Start: 2017-10-10T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2017-12-12T20:00:00+00:00

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EBA-Asters Legal Development Programme. Date: 10 October2017. Time: 18:30 20:00. Place: Asters office, 14th floor, 19-21 Bohdana Khmelytskoho St.. Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus – We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free. (Cicero) The modern civilized world is governed by the rule of law and lawyers are the closest representatives of the law. The main goal of legal professionals is to symbolize the legislation of the country and protect the interests of their clients. EBA-Asters Legal Development Programme (EBA-Asters Legal School) is a new educational product aimed at forming fundamentally new legal skills both for lawyers practicing in the field of legal support and legal protection of business, as well as, for managers with appropriate education. The structure and content of the programme is primarily aimed at advancing knowledge of the professionals with full set of integrated legal skills, who practice in the field of law and are related to the functional part of the legislation. JOIN THE SCHOOL ON FACEBOOK! DURING THE MODULES YOU WILL Train your skills in dialogue of the business and the state Discover how to be the most successful in tax litigation from the opposite side Get acquainted with the fundamental trends in international arbitration and litigation Learn the problems and solutions of debt restructuring Acquire the skills of protection of your intellectual property rights and from unfair competition Gain professional skills and qualifications in compliance TARGET AUDIENCE Legal practitioners In-house (company) lawyers and managers who would like to improve their legal awareness or further enhance their legal knowledge Everybody, who is eager to broaden and deepen the skills and professional qualifications in law SYLLABUS MODULE 1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND UNFAIR COMPETITION - OCTOBER 10 Protection of rights to designations Advertising Misleading MODULE 2. TAX DISPUTES - OCTOBER 24 Problematic issues of tax cases hearings by administrative courts Trends in formation of judicial practice regarding certain categories of tax disputes MODULE 3. DIALOGUE OF THE BUSINESS AND THE STATE: COMMUNICATIONS - NOVEMBER 07 Communications policy of a business under conditions of the political system transformation The state authority as a stakeholder Peculiarities of organizing state communications, possibilities of synchronizing solutions to business problems GR, Public Affairs and lobbying – their dividing lines, their role in the system of reputation and strategic management of businesses The system of the state authorities’ influence on managerial decision-making in Ukraine MODULE 4. DEBT RESTRUCTURING: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS - NOVEMBER 21 Comprehensive nature of restructuring Different procedures and instruments The bottlenecks of legislation applicable to restructuring and ways to overcome them MODULE 5. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND LITIGATION: CHOICE OF WEAPONS - DECEMBER 05 Arbitration or litigation - from the business point of view Commercial and investment arbitration Principal and specialized arbitration institutions and rules Emergency relief in arbitration Litigation in foreign courts: when it makes a difference Jurisdiction of foreign courts Interim relief Enforcement of judgements MODULE 6. COMPLIANCE IS THE EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE AND PROPHYLACTICS INSTRUMENT OF VIOLATION - DECEMBER 12 Compliance – what is it? Why does the business need this “headache”? How it works Examples of employee’s education Speakers. Julia Semeniy. Asters Partner, Patent attorney, Attorney at law. Oleksandr Voznyuk. Asters Partner, focuses on competition law issues as well as public procurement issues. Igor Olender. Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (Administrative Court of Cassation). Olena Derevyanko. Co-founder and Partner, PR-Service Agency, Vice-President of the Ukraines Public Relations League, political consultant, GR-expert. Gabriel Aslanian. Counsel, Asters experience of developing and implementing multiple comprehensive restruction cases involving well-known local and foreign parties. Yaroslav Petrov. Partner at Asters, specializes in energy law and international arbitration, Co-chair of the EBAs Fuel & Energy Committee. Dmytro Shemelin. Cousel at Asters, LLM in International Dispute Resolution (Geneva University), 10+ years of experience in international arbitration and litigation proceeding. You can send a question to:. Contact person:. Iryna Shevchuk. E-mail [email protected]. Contact Phone. 044 496 06 01.

About the Programme

“Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus” –
We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free. (Cicero)

The modern civilized world is governed by the rule of law and lawyers are the closest representatives of the law. The main goal of legal professionals is to symbolize the legislation of the country and protect the interests of their clients.

EBA-Asters Legal Development Programme (EBA-Asters Legal School) is a new educational product aimed at forming fundamentally new legal skills both for lawyers practicing in the field of legal support and legal protection of business, as well as, for managers with appropriate education. The structure and content of the programme is primarily aimed at advancing knowledge of the professionals with full set of integrated legal skills, who practice in the field of law and are related to the functional part of the legislation.

JOIN THE SCHOOL ON FACEBOOK!

DURING THE MODULES YOU WILL

Train your skills in dialogue of the business and the state
Discover how to be the most successful in tax litigation from the opposite side
Get acquainted with the fundamental trends in international arbitration and litigation
Learn the problems and solutions of debt restructuring
Acquire the skills of protection of your intellectual property rights and from unfair competition
Gain professional skills and qualifications in compliance

TARGET AUDIENCE

Legal practitioners
In-house (company) lawyers and managers who would like to improve their legal awareness or further enhance their legal knowledge
Everybody, who is eager to broaden and deepen the skills and professional qualifications in law

SYLLABUS

MODULE 1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND UNFAIR COMPETITION – OCTOBER 10

Protection of rights to designations
Advertising
Misleading

MODULE 2. TAX DISPUTES – OCTOBER 24

Problematic issues of tax cases hearings by administrative courts
Trends in formation of judicial practice regarding certain categories of tax disputes

MODULE 3. DIALOGUE OF THE BUSINESS AND THE STATE: COMMUNICATIONS – NOVEMBER 07

Communications policy of a business under conditions of the political system transformation
The state authority as a stakeholder
Peculiarities of organizing state communications, possibilities of synchronizing solutions to business problems
GR, Public Affairs and lobbying – their dividing lines, their role in the system of reputation and strategic management of businesses
The system of the state authorities’ influence on managerial decision-making in Ukraine

MODULE 4. DEBT RESTRUCTURING: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS – NOVEMBER 21

Comprehensive nature of restructuring
Different procedures and instruments
The bottlenecks of legislation applicable to restructuring and ways to overcome them

MODULE 5. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND LITIGATION: CHOICE OF WEAPONS – DECEMBER 05

Arbitration or litigation – from the business point of view
Commercial and investment arbitration
Principal and specialized arbitration institutions and rules
Emergency relief in arbitration
Litigation in foreign courts: when it makes a difference
Jurisdiction of foreign courts
Interim relief
Enforcement of judgements

MODULE 6. COMPLIANCE IS THE EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE AND PROPHYLACTICS INSTRUMENT OF VIOLATION – DECEMBER 12

Compliance – what is it?
Why does the business need this “headache”? How it works
Examples of employee’s education

Trainers

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Julia Semeniy

Asters Partner, Patent attorney, Attorney at law

Oleksandr Voznyuk

Asters Partner, focuses on competition law issues as well as public procurement issues

Igor Olender

Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (Administrative Court of Cassation)

Olena Derevyanko

Co-founder and Partner, PR-Service Agency, Vice-President of the Ukraine's Public Relations League, political consultant, GR-expert

Gabriel Aslanian

Counsel, Asters experience of developing and implementing multiple comprehensive restruction cases involving well-known local and foreign parties

Yaroslav Petrov

Partner at Asters, specializes in energy law and international arbitration, Co-chair of the EBA's Fuel & Energy Committee

Dmytro Shemelin

Cousel at Asters, LLM in International Dispute Resolution (Geneva University), 10+ years of experience in international arbitration and litigation proceeding