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[https://lhs.net.ua/en/] Counse link ABSOLUTE LAW AGENCY 2 Katerinoslavskiy Boulevard, TBC BOSFOR, Office 610,, Dnepr , 49044 , Ukraine 32/2, Moskovskaya Street, BC ЂSENATORї, 4th floor Kiev, 01010, Ukraine Phone: +380 44 569 1211 Fax: +380 56 732 3863 absolute@absolute.com.ua www.absolute.com.ua 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 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 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/ 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 CURRENT ISSUE ( November 2018 ) In focus – Energy The situation inside and around our country during 2014-2015 has thrown cold water on political force in power. Urgent measures in the energy sector have been called into action throughout the past few years, anchored by several factors. These are commitments under the Energy Community and the EU Ч Ukraine Association Agreement, requirements in cooperation with international donors, arbitration in Stockholm and reconsideration of the stateТs transit status... Expert Opinion Draft New Rules on Geological Information in Ukraine: New Hope, or the Empire Strikes Back? Pavlo Byelousov, Oleksandr Zablotskyi In all kinds of literature, the search fortreasure is an important part of the plot representing, inter alia , a simple moral: a great deal of human effort is required to get the ultimate reward. Unfortunately, in the oil and gas and mining sectors it often does not work that way, especially in Ukraine. Substantial areas of land may be surveyed with no, too little, or only too hard to produce reserves found. Surveying land is not only often fruitless but also costly... In Re Unbundling of the Ukrainian Gas Transportation System: Quo Vadis Taras Dumych The importance of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) for the countryТs economy and national security cannot be underestimated. Furthermore, the significant role of the GTS in ensuring the transit of natural gas to a number of countries in Central and Southern Europe is also internationally recognized. However, all of this does not change the fact that the GTS Ч and gas transportation and transit via GTS Ч is a business existing in the same way as other such businesses exist in Europe and in many other countries around the globe... Due Diligence of Renewable Energy Projects Olena Yasentiuk According to the official statistics of the National Commission which performs state regulation in the energy sector and utilities, 160.1 MW of renewable energy facilities were commissioned as of the third quarter of 2018. This figure is 2.4 times more than in the same period in 2017... News DEALS Sayenko Kharenko advised Mriya Agro Holding Baker McKenzie assisted Monsanto Asters Ч legal counsel to VR Capital Group EY Ukraine advised Horizon Capital Wolf Theiss Ч legal counsel to Munich RE AEQUO advised EBRD on USD 20 million secured loan to Astarta Group Baker McKenzie advised Diligent Capital Partners CASES Settlement reached between Kyivteploenergo and NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Raiffeisen Bank to try to seize property of Ukrainian subsidiaries of Milkiland via court Court rejected claim filed by iPhone users against Google UkreximbankТs claims against Ukrtelecom dismissed † DRAFT Token status and tax privileges Principles of environmental policy outlined Improving financial restructuring procedure † BIZNEWS AMCU Case against Kyivstar and Vodafone dismissed The EU European Parliament supported ban on one-time plastics International Monitoring Facebook could be fined more than USD 1.6 billion Privatization Centrenergo privatization terms approved Technologies Visa to integrate Hyperledger blockchain technology Samsung opens artificial intelligence development center Real Estate CMS European Real Estate Deal Point Study 2018 Lawyers News In October 2018, KPMG in Ukraine traditionally began a new financial year, which was marked by appointment of new partners of the company. Oksana Olekhova takes up her new appointment in the Tax and Legal Department and Olivia Allison Ч in the Risk Consulting and Forensic Department... LAW DIGEST Changes in procedure for recognizing bank ownership structure non-transparent Disclosure of information in extraction business Chamber News The Chamber presented the vision on further development of customs policy in Ukraine The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine held a presentation of the brand new publication УGuidelines for Customs Policy in UkraineФ prepared jointly with experts from a Chamber Member Company Ч EY Ukraine... Cover Story Sustainable Perspective The Ukrainian energy sector has needed reforms since the country became independent. The sector is strategically important and politically sensitive as it establishes the conditions of national security. The rules of the game in the sector raise significant concerns among international energy market players. Over this outgoing year the sector has undergone massive legislative changes, and even greater enforcement issues. What is the energy agenda of late? Does it give grounds for optimism? We talked to Olena Kuchynska , partner at the Kyiv office of Kinstellar to find out if she sees a sustainable perspective. † Hot Issue Detention of Vessels in Azov Sea: Which Answer Could Ukraine Give? Artem Volkov, Sergey Nedelko Unsettling statistics According to data from the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine during the period from 29 April to 20 September 2018, the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federation arrested more than 200 vessels, steering to the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk and back in the Azov Sea, for inspection. In addition to the above-mentioned 120 vessels were under the flag of countries of the European Union. And starting from 14 August 2018 Russia has completely blocked passage for merchant vessels steering to† Ukrainian ports through the Kerch Strait, having not allowed any vessel to pass within a week (14-21 August)... Argument Challenges and Problems of Solid Waste in Ukraine Vitaliya Karhova It is a well-known fact that the issue of solid waste in Ukraine is permanently under discussion, and unfortunately, the problem is still not being solved. However, Ukraine is on its way to finding a solution to this issue... Venue All Roads Led to Rome The flagship legal conference of 2018 was held by the International Bar Association (IBA) in Rome. On 7-12 October, the Eternal City gathered around 7,000 participants (and a huge number of lawyers not formally registered) from different cultures and legal areas. These included not only representatives of law firms, solo practitioners and general counsels, but state officials, ex-politicians, representatives of legal tech and other support services, dispute resolution centers, providers of legal education, publications and professional media. The Ukrainian delegation has probably never been as big as this week in Rome... Crux Legal Digest Last month was notable for a number of legislative initiatives, like the draft laws On Changes to the Tax Code of Ukraine in Relation to Taxation of Transactions with Virtual Assets in Ukraine; On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving Respect for the Rights of Participants in Criminal Proceedings and of other Persons by Law-enforcement Bodies during a Pre-Trial Investigation; technical regulations on the eco-design of energy-consuming products amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine aimed at optimizing control procedures at Customs points. Our team also enquired about†the new law On Electronic Trust Services; Draft Law On Capital Markets; the Code of Ukraine on Bankruptcy Proceedings; the procedure for the disclosure of information on a bankТs ownership structure and other drafts. † 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.