Article V1(b) of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, better known as the New York Convention,(1) provides that recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award may be refused, at the request of the party against which it is invoked, only if that party furnishes proof to the competent authority […]
The Ukrainian team of the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University has been awarded the prize for the Best Team from the Eastern European Regional Group at the 6th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Competition. AstapovLawyers International Law Group acted as an official sponsor of the moot court, which took place in […]
In the recent years international legal community has been widely discussing the need for, and the limits of, application of the piercing the corporate veil doctrine. Having its origins in common law countries, first and foremost the USA and the UK, the doctrine allows disregarding corporate shield of legal entities and is now quite familiar […]
6 February has marked lawyers’ calendars with an important message from the UK Supreme Court: English courts will not accept the jurisdiction over a dispute having the “centre of gravity” in another country. In particular, the Court found that in a tort claim, where the key issues in the litigation would on the face of […]
Сегодня мы решили разместить в нашем блоге достаточно интересный с профессиональной точки зрения обзор порядка разрешения споров в двух отраслевых арбитражах – арбитраже под эгидой Международной ассоциации торговли зерновыми и кормовыми товарами (ГАФТА) и арбитраже при Федерации ассоциаций торговли масличными культурами, семенами и жирами (ФОСФА). Эти виды арбитража для многих производителей, трейдеров, покупателей являются обычным делом, […]
Introduction When bankruptcy proceedings are opened against a Ukraine-registered debtor company, a register of creditors’ claims must be formed in order to decide on debt repayments. If a creditor does not file an application for entry into the register, its claim will be considered discharged. To be entered into the register, the creditor’s claim must […]
В свежем номере ЮП от 5 февраля опубликована статья Александра Геревича «Взять на арбитраж», в которой обсуждается недавний приказ Высокого суда в Лондоне (High Court of Justice) о всемирном замораживании активов бывшего мажоритарного акционера украинского VAB Банка Сергея Максимова (так называемый, worldwide freezing order или кратко WFO). Учитывая некоторые неточности, допущенные автором статьи, хотелось бы обратить […]
The Presidium of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI) recently amended Article 52 of the Rules of the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) at the UCCI. This article governs the procedure for forwarding an arbitral award to the parties to arbitration proceedings. Background Article 52(1) of the rules, which were approved by a […]
Panellists at a recent event in Moscow, organised by ICDR Young and International, considered the role of advocacy in international arbitration and what Noradèle Radjai of Lalive in Geneva termed the “the four Ps of cross-examination”: purpose, plan, preparation and performance”. Participant Fredrik Ringquist of Mannheimer Swartling in Moscow reports. In a keynote address, Ivan […]
The mitigation of damages is a well-known principle in international legal practice. However, in Ukraine there is no widely applied court and arbitration practice on the issues relating to mitigation of damages, and aggrieved parties may be unclear as to what should and can be done. Scope of mitigation rule The essence of mitigation of […]