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[http://pravo.ua/events.php?id=60] Counse link ANTIKA Law Firm 12, Khreshchatyk street, 2-nd floor, Kyiv , 01001 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 390 09 20 Fax: +38 (044) 390 09 21 office@antikalaw.com.ua www.antikalaw.com.ua/en Arzinger Senator Business Center, 32/2 Moskovska street, 10th floor, Kyiv , 01010 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 390 55 33 Fax: +38 (044) 390 55 40 mail@arzinger.ua www.arzinger.ua Asters Leonardo Business Center, 14th floor, 19-21 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St., Kyiv , 01030 , Ukraine Phone: +380 44 230 6000 Fax: +380 44 230 6001 info@asterslaw.com www.asterslaw.com DLF attorneys-at-law Torus Business Centre, 17d Hlybochytska Street, Kyiv , 04050 , Ukraine Phone: +380 44 384 24 54 Fax: +380 44 384 24 55 info@dlf.ua www.dlf.ua ECOVIS Bondar & Bondar Law Bureau 3 Rognidyns'ka street, office 10, Kyiv , 01004 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 537 09 10 Fax: +38 (044) 537 09 10 Kyiv-law@ecovis.com www.ecovis.com/ua GOLAW 19B Instytutska Street, Office 29, Kyiv , 01021 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 581 12 20 Phone: +38 (044) 581 12 21 Fax: +38 (044) 581 12 22 info@golaw.ua www.golaw.ua Ilyashev & Partners 11 Kudryavska Str, Kyiv , 04053 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 494 19 19 Fax: +38 (044) 494 19 99 office@attorneys.ua www.attorneys.ua International law firm Integrites 15-B Borysohlibska St., Kyiv , 04070 , Ukraine Phone: +380†(44) 391 38 53 Fax: +380†(44) 391 38 54 pr@integrites.com www.integrites.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 KUSHNIR, YAKYMYAK & PARTNERS 19-B Instytutska Street, Suite 40, Kyiv , 01021 , Ukraine Phone: +380 44 253 5939 Fax: +380 44 253 5940 kypartners@kypartners.com www.kypartners.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/ Sayenko Kharenko 10 Muzeyny Provulok, 7th floor, Kyiv , 01001 , Ukraine Phone: +380 44 499 6000 Fax: +380 44 499 6250 info@sk.ua www.sk.ua LATEST NEWS October 2, 2017 AEQUO advised Dragon Capital Investments AEQUO has advised Dragon Capital Group of companies, one of the leading private equity investors in Ukraine, on acquisition of two business centers– Prime and Eurasia – from BTA BANK, Ukraine. The deal marked further expansion of inve… September 26, 2017 AEQUO advised international financial institution on the restructuring of a multi-million loan AEQUO advised international financial institution on the Ukrainian law matters related to the restructuring of a multi-million dollar loan granted to one of the leading Ukrainian producers of cleaning and maintenance products. The restructuring i… September 25, 2017 Ukrainian Law Firms 2017. A Handbook for Foreign Clients is now in your mobile and tablet Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing has launched the new web-site of its annual ranking project, Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients. The recent edition of the Handbook is available at www.ukrainianlawfirms.com The publicatio… Read more news CURRENT ISSUE ( September 2017 ) In focus – Technology, Media, Telecommunications The legal challenges facing the technological sector have grown explosively in unison with innovative products and services across industry. And the regulatory framework should be adapted in this race of changes. Cutting-edge technologies are changing our lives and the way we do business, setting challenges to traditional thinking and governance issues. There is no guarantee today that established players are retaining leadership roles. We have seen so many examples of major corporations ceding the market to flexible newcomers. Digitalization is in the air right across all spheres of life, public and private. In the meantime legal professionals now have new issues to consider. The September issue of the UJBL examines global data protection, cloud computing and the wave of blockchain technology in the wake of the huge cyberattack on Ukraine in June. Expert Opinion Six Reasons Why Businesses in Ukraine should Care about the GDPR Oleksiy Stolyarenko On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) will replace the current Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and will be directly applicable in all EU Member States without the need to implement national laws. The aim of the GDPR is to unify the current patchwork of privacy data regulations that exists in Member States, protect privacy as a fundamental right, and ensure the free flow of personal data between Member States. Adoption of the GDPR has been a result of more than a decade of negotiations, as well as reassessment of privacy as a human right and of personal data as being a value for the economy. In Re УClouds Come Floating into my LifeЕФ Julia Semeniy, Oksana Legka Cloud computing, along with Big Data, social media, and mobility, is one of the current megatrends that will drive huge changes to the business ecosystem in the next decade. Surveys carried out in recent years unanimously confirm that organisations across the globe are moving rapidly and continuously towards the cloud. For instance, the 2016 IDGТs Enterprise Cloud Computing Survey revealed that 90% of all organizations today either have applications running in the cloud or are planning to use cloud applications in the next year. Furthermore, the worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 18% in 2017 to a total of USD 246.8 billion, according to Gartner, Inc., another research firm. It has already become an increasingly mainstream thing not only for large companies, but also for small to medium-sized companies, to develop and then implement their strategies on migration to the cloud. Getting Involved in Blockchain Olga Romanenko Interest in blockchain technology has grown significantly over the last couple of years. A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers has named blockchain as a Уtech breakthrough megatrendФ1 for CIOs, while Gartner has named it top of the УHype CycleФ2 for an emerging technology. So what actually makes blockchain one of the hottest topics today, and why is this technology receiving such a great deal of attention from lawyers? To understand this, letТs look under its hood first. News Deals EY Ukraine advised MK Group AEQUO advised EBRD Baker McKenzie’s Kiev and Warsaw offices advised Greenyard DLA Piper advised on acquisition of Plarium Baker McKenzie advised Ukrainian Agrarian Investments CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang advised on landmark financing of new grain terminal Cases Ukrnafta filed suit against Cabinet of Ministers Xiaomi filed lawsuit against Ukrainian distributor Gucci filed suit against Forever 21 Court sustained lawsuit brought by state-owned Oschadbank against LLC ESU † Draft Post of Energy Ombudsman could be introduced in Ukraine Online stores to be punished for inaccurate information about sellers Draft Law On Currency made public Draft Law registered on increasing creditor confidence in banks † Law digest Monitoring and control system of state assistance to business New regulations on implementation of activities in telecoms field Enterprises of aircraft industry exempt from import duties and VAT Banks can use electronic signature Changes in transfer pricing Biznews Telecommunications Start of 4G licenses sale procedure International Policy Britain to prepare draft law to impose sanctions after Brexit Ukraine to sell stake in joint KazakhstanЦRussiaЦUkraine nuclear facility Oil & Gas Petroforce obtained gas trading license in Ukraine Trade remedies Duties on corn, rye and sorghum import to EU introduced Trademarks Apple registered trademark in Ukraine Mining Avellana Gold to invest in gold mining in Ukraine International Monitoring USA suspends issue of non-immigrant visas in Russia Energy Electricity from ocean currents 25% stake in Kyivenergo sold at reserve price Transportation Air Berlin declared bankruptcy † UBA News Main trends of prosecution for actions carried out on the Internet During the meeting organized by the Ukrainian Bar Association Committee on Criminal Law & Procedure on 9 August 2017 participants discussed the main trends in bringing to criminal responsibility for actions in the world wide web. Cover Story Talk about Tomorrow Electronics, social media, Internet 2.0 Ч despite all of these innovations old-school lawyers are still wearing double-breasted suits and offering boilerplate services rooted in the industrial era. Big data, IoT, robots, artificial intelligence, uberization, the sharing economy and many other still unknown trends signal the post-industrial world. Axon Partners is often considered to be the strangest law firm on the Ukrainian market, partly because they work with technology businesses Ч the guys who are taking the Ukrainian economy into the next era. Denys Beregovyi and Dima Gadomsky talked to us about fintech, legaltech and other tech-related issues of business and law. Argument Investment Opportunities through Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Ukraine Oleksii Prudkyi, Iryna Vlasiuk Ukraine has recently proved itself to be a fast transforming economy as the Government has implemented a number of measurers to pursue unprecedented reforms across the legal, economic and political spheres. The first positive outcomes of the changes may well be seen soon enough. This could make those investors considering new economic opportunities in Ukraine, to open (or reopen) the country for their business. Doing business under a new legal framework and ongoing reforms inevitably requires sound legal advice not only on regulatory matters but also on assessment of possible risks related to potential disputes and arbitration proceedings. Crux Legal Digest Last month another portion of legislative novelties were submitted by the Ukrainian Parliament and Cabinet of Ministers, which leave many questions to consider. We asked a handful of experts to share their views on the sanctions against the Russian Federation, Iran and North Korea, introduction of the Single Window system, as well as the Interdepartmental Working Group on the examination of problem issues on violations of the rights of commercial entities, the draft law on the mandatory registration of all mobile subscribers and many other issues. Subscribe Subscribe to The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law right now and enjoy the most relevant issues on doing business in Ukraine on your device or in print. All this for just USD 9.99 a month. Sign In E-mail Password Remember Me Reset password Subscribe/Register HOME CURRENT ISSUE SUBSCRIBE & ORDER NEWS ANALYTICS SPONSORSHIP & ADVERTISING GET PUBLISHED EDITORIAL CALENDAR ARCHIVE CONTACT HOME CURRENT ISSUE SUBSCRIBE & ORDER NEWS ADVERTISE GET PUBLISHED EDITORIAL CALENDAR ARCHIVE CONTACT BANNER EXCHANGE Copyright © 2003-2017 by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing. All rights reserved.