On March 2, 2012 Kyiv hosted the first arbitral forum on «The Development of Private Courts in Ukraine», which was co-organized by the Ukrainian Bar Association and the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Ukraine) with the support of the Institute of Legal Policy.

Chairmen and judges of arbitration courts, government representatives and leading legal practitioners attended this event.

Pavlo Byelousov, Associate, represented Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm at this gathering.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Private Courts are considered to be a more expedite, confidential and cost-effective alternative to the public legal system. Their proceedings are streamlined to save time and money - and flexible enough to accommodate most any non-criminal matter.

The main issues raised by the forum this year were competence and activities of arbitration courts, the current state and ways of improving the legislation that regulates them, the role of the state, arbitrators and legal practitioners in supporting arbitration, as well as the current state and prospects of development of arbitration self-government.

Event participants actively discussed the latest trends and the practice of arbitration, as well as various issues and challenges related to the work of arbitration courts of Ukraine.

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About the Firm

Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies as Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., Du Pont, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, Lukoil, Metso Automation Oy, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Novacke chemicke zavody, Opel, Philips, Pioneer, Red Bull, Russian Standard Bank, St. Sophia Homes, SEB AB, SEB Group, Swedbank AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Standard Charted Bank, Tchibo, UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom, YouTube.