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They will assume their new management roles in January 2011, succeeding James T. Hitch, who has served as t… November 18, 2010 Dr. Ljubomir Mudric joins AstapovLawyers AstapovLawyers International Law Group announced that Dr. Ljubomir Mudric, a well known top manager and former chairman of Allseeds Group, joined the firmТs team as a partner. Dr. Ljubomir Mudric, who has more than 20 years of experience managing an… November 15, 2010 Sayenko Kharenko Ц legal counsel to Abris Capital Sayenko Kharenko acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to Abris Capital Partners on acquisition of key retail assets of Torgovyi Svit from Roveks, a Ternopil-based wholesale distributor. Roveks made a strategic decision to focus on its wholesale busine… Read more news CURRENT ISSUE ( December 2010 ) In focus – Currency Regulation It is already a tradition that the Ukrainian currency regulation framework is included in the list of key constraints to foreign investment coming into the country. Why is this the case? Basically, the currency regulation regime partly determines the investment attractiveness of every stateЕ Expert Opinion Ukrainian Currency Control Legislation. Any Improvements? Iryna O. Nikolayevska This spring Ukrainian currency control legislation has been dramatically changed once again. On 15 May 2010 On Amendment of Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine (Regarding Bank Loans and Foreign Investment Encouragement) Act of Ukraine No.2155ЦVI (Act) came into forceЕ In Re NBU Permission System Yanina I. Ignatenko, Anna A. Ivanchenko Ukraine as any other country is open for foreign investments if it has advantages and favourable rules of currency regulation, which make it an attractive field of investment activity and allow foreign investors to place their funds freely into our economyЕ Registration of Cross-Border Agreements and Market Practice Oleg P. Zagnitko, Kseniya V. Ostrovska The crisis of Ukrainian financial markets makes it difficult and expensive to secure debt financing from Ukrainian banks. Though foreign capital is relatively affordable the Уeffective interest rateФ and its complex calculation imposed by the NBU restrict such financingЕ Legal Aspects of Investing Abroad Alexander S. Zadorozhnyy, Tatjana A. Khrystyuk For a number of economic, political and sometimes even personal reasons, certain Ukrainian residents prefer to invest abroad. Ukrainian law distinguishes between certain types of foreign investment: currency investments and property investmentsЕ/p> Enforcement of Court Judgments Rendered in Foreign Currency in Ukraine Markian M. Malskyy, Tetyana V. Berezenska Even though Article 533 of the Civil Code of Ukraine determines that money liability is to be fulfilled predominantly in Hryvnias, foreign currency remains the currency of business in Ukraine. Taking into consideration the reputation of the Hryvnia, businesses try to hedge themselves by tying the payments, which are to be effected in Ukrainian currency, to foreign currency Ч most often to the EUR or USDЕ Business Lunch English Law: Insider View The cross-border character of business made legal practitioners invent and apply new legal solutions for structuring certain deals, transactions and resolving emerging matters. In Ukraine English law is applied to secure business projects because it is considered that English law is more understandable for foreign counterparts than UkrainianЕ Hot Issue Appointment of Interim Administrations in Insurance Companies Dr. Viktor M. Dovhan The appointment of interim administrations in insurance companies has recently become a widely debated issue in the press between officials of the State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services MarketТs (the SCRFSM) and players on the insurance market. The discussion was provoked by the current situation on the Ukrainian insurance market, which has been suffering badly due to the financial crisisЕ Argument Recognition and Enforcement Procedure in Ukraine: Reload Pavlo I. Byelousov, Olena S. Perepelynska In 2010 the long expected legislative amendments to the rules governing the procedure of recognition and enforcement of foreign civil and commercial judgments and arbitral awards in Ukraine were introduced by the On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine in respect of Regulating Private International Law Issues Act of Ukraine No.1837-VI (the Act No.1837)Е Networking Events in Photo Facts Party "Hey you, smarty Ч letТs have a corporate party!" after ≤V Annual Corporate Law Forum, Golden Gate PubЕ Venue International Corporate Solutions 2010 Ч Ukraine Conference Alena A. 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