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[http://www.inta.org/AnnualMeeting/Pages/2011AnnualMeeting.aspx] Counse link Arzinger 75, Zhylyanska Street., 5th floor, Kyiv , 01032 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 390 55 33 Fax: +38 (044) 390 55 40 mail@arzinger.ua www.arzinger.ua Chadbourne & Parke LLP 25B Sahaydachnoho Street, 3 Floor, Kyiv , 04070 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 461 75 75 Fax: +38 (044) 461 75 76 Kyiv@chadbourne.com www.chadbourne.com CMS Cameron McKenna LLC 6 Floor, 38 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv , 01034 , Ukraine Phone: (044) 391 33 77 Fax: (044) 391 33 88 kyivoffice@cms-cmck.com www.law-now.com DLA Piper Ukraine, LLC 77A Velyka Vasylkivska Street, Kyiv , 03150 , Ukraine Phone: (044) 490 95 75 Fax: (044) 490 95 77 ukraine@dlapiper.com www.dlapiper.com Gvozdiy & Oberkovych 19b Institutska str., Office 29, Kyiv , 01021 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 581 12 20 Phone: +38 (044) 581 12 21 Fax: +38 (044) 581 12 22 info@gvozdiy.com www.gvozdiy.com Inyurpolis law firm (ILF) 14-A †Skrypnyka Street,, Kharkov , 61057 , Ukraine Phone: +38†(057)†728 00 00 Fax: +38†(057)†714 06 28 office@ilf-ua.com www.ilf-ua.com Konnov & Sozanovsky 23 Shota Rustaveli Street, Suite 3, Kiev , 01019 , Ukraine Phone: +380 (0) 44 490-5400 Fax: +380 (0) 44 490-5490 info@konnov.com www.konnov.com LCF Law Group 47 Volodymyrska street, Office 3, Kyiv , 01034 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 455 88 87 Fax: +38 (044) 502 55 23 info@lcfgroup.com.ua www.lcfgroup.com.ua/en/ Okhrimchuk Grushyn Khandurin 46/2 Moskovska Street, Section 3, 17 Floor, Kyiv , 01032 , Ukraine Tel./Fax: +38 (044) 390 35 23 info@ogk.kiev.ua www.ogk.kiev.ua Spenser & Kauffmann 3 Panfilovtsev Street, Kyiv , 01015 , Ukraine Tel./Fax: +38 (044) 288 83 83 office@sklaw.com.ua www.sklaw.com.ua Volkov Koziakov & Partners 20, Velyka Zhytomyrska Street Panorama Business Center, Kyiv , 01025 , Ukraine Phone: +380 (44) 207 02 70 Fax: +380 (44) 207 02 72 office@vk-partners.com www.vk-partners.com CURRENT ISSUE ( January-February 2011 ) In focus – Dispute Resolution The mechanism of dispute resolution has become a core element at all stages of commercial activity. The Ukrainian judiciary has been an object of public debates and criticism for weakness and prone to political influence for the entire period of the countryТs independenceЕ Expert Opinion Judicial Reform. With what Judiciary will We See in 2011? Markian M. Malskyy, Volodymyr V. Yaremko Ukraine enters the New Year with a substantially reformed judiciary. On 7 July 2010 the new On the Judiciary and Status of Judges Act of Ukraine (hereinafter Ц the Act) was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, which marked judicial reform in Ukraine (hereinafter Ц Reform)Е In Re Amicus Curiae Ц a Friend of the Court. Why not in Ukraine? Anna N. Kombikova This fall I had an internship with a major US non-governmental organization Ц the LawyersТ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Ц where I could observe lawyers exercising some of the legal opportunities that, unfortunately, are not yet known to Ukrainian lawЕ Mediation Ц the Way Forward Zoya H. Burbeza As the World develops into a Global Village, business has expanded beyond what could have been imagined 20 years ago. Now businessmen not only trade in their own towns and cities, but all over the worldЕ Division of Judicial Jurisdiction in Resolving Land Disputes: Novel Legislation Yevgeniya O. Ruzhentseva The issue of land dispute jurisdiction division by the courts in the process of making decisions regarding claim acceptance for proceedings still remains one of the most topical and problematic issues in judicial practiceЕ Spinning a Coin: Dispute Settlement Mechanism under Free Trade Agreement or the WTO? Andrii V. Zablotskyi, Tetiana O. Kheruvimova, Iryna S. Polovets This article addresses the dispute settlement mechanism under free trade agreements which have flourished in the last few decades, and considers their potential as an effective substitution of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism and a tool for reducing potential conflicts of norms and jurisdictionsЕ Hot Issue Dispute Resolution in the WTO: Not a Piece of Cake Nataliya Y. Mykolska, Nataliya B. Haletska In 2010 Ukraine, as a new member of the World Trade Organization, has for the first time in its history referred to the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism by claiming the WTO inconsistency of certain Armenian tax lawsЕ Case Law The Alpha Projektholding Award, UkraineТs First Defeat in ICSID Arbitration Sergiy Y. Gryshko On 8 November 2010 a three-member arbitration tribunal constituted under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rendered a first ever final award against the State of Ukraine. This award was issued in Alpha Projektholding GmbH vs. Ukraine (ICSID Case No.ARB/07/16) case (the Alpha award)Е Argument Capital Markets: Pacing to Stability Iryna V. Pokanay, Gabriel P. Aslanian Following the financial downturn of the late 2008 and 2009, 2010 has proved the viability of the Ukrainian economy significantly affected by the global economic crisis and, backed by the increasing demand for metal and agricultural products, has relaxed the relevant export-oriented Ukrainian producers in raising capital on the worldТs finance marketsЕ New Public Procurement Act of Ukraine through the Lens of International Standards Olexander P. Shatkovskyy, Peter E. Gjortler On 31 July 2010 the new On Public Procurement Act of Ukraine (hereinafter Ц the Act) came into force. The Act was adopted as a result of its revision based on the comments of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and with the assistance of international experts from the World Bank and the EU (including EU funded Project where authors of this article work)Е The Place of Arbitration: Does it always Matter? Olga A. Stetsenko Commercial arbitration is considered to be a relatively old, even ancient, field of law. Its theory has sustained various changes with the flow of time and views. The question of the location of arbitration is an issue with a very variable history of views. On the morning of discussions about arbitration as a field of law, its theory and practice, the question of place was not highly discursive and pervasiveЕ Global Legal Update Arbitration and Mediation in China: Essential Issues for Ukrainian Business Oleg V. Gromovoi China seems to be the main political, economic and trade partner of Ukraine in the Asia-Pacific region. Ukraine and China have achieved great results in economic, political and humanitarian cooperationЕ Networking Meeting of Fiends: Kiev Stolypin Club Arranged Public Event On 8 December the Stolypin Club, which was officially opened on 14 April 2010, brought together representatives of business, politics, and social life at the Museum of Mikhail Bulgakov just in the very heart of historical KievЕ Venue Investment Attraction: Underestimated Value of Reputation Olga A. Usenko, Alena A. Chernyavskaya December 2010 became a period of summing up policy and economic development in Ukraine both from domestic and international perspectives. A 2-day event in Kiev called Ukraine InvestorsТ Summit 2010. 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