Event announcement: New Challenges Faced by Ukraine’s Banking Sector

April 24, 2014 the Round table on New Challenges Faced by Ukraine’s Banking Sector will be held.

Date: April 24
Time: 9:00-13:00
Venue: Hotel Hyatt Regency Kiev (Kiev, st. Alla Tarasova, 5)
The event is organized by: Publishing house “Legal Practice”, Ilyashev and Partners, The Independent Association of Ukrainian banks, the Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.

The round table will be split in two sessions:
Session 1. Banking system of Ukraine: Operating under political and economic instability.
Session 2. Crimean branches of Ukrainian banks: Scrambling to survive.

High-ranking officials invited to open the event: Minister of Justice Pavlo PETRENKO, head of the National Bank Stepan KUBIV.

Expected speakers include judges of the Supreme Court, Higher Commercial Court and Higher Administrative Court, heads of departments at the Ministry of justice and the National Bank.

SPEAKERS:

Valentyna SYMONENKO, judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
Ganna ONYSHCHENKO, Assistant Minister of Justice – Chief of Staff
Anton LOSEV, judge of the Higher Administrative court of Ukraine
Roman SHPEK, Chairman of the Board of the Independent Association of Ukrainian Banks (to be confirmed)
Sergiy MAMEDOV, Executive Director of the Independent Association of Ukrainian banks, Chairman of the Board of UkrGasBank
Dmytro ZINKOV, Chairman of the Board of Nadra Bank (to be confirmed)
Liubov NESTYRENKO, Director of Legal Support, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Maxim KOPEYCHYKOV, partner at Ilyashev and Partners, litigation attorney
Alexander VYGOVSKYY associate at Ilyashev and Partners, litigation attorney
Rustam KOLESNIK, Chief Editor of the Yurydychna Praktyka weekly

Presidents and heads of legal departments of banks are invited to participate.

Focus points:

- Overview of National Bank’s most recent directives
– Mitigating the risks of bank runs in the wake of financial crisis
– Challenges faced by the banking sector in complying with National Bank’s last resort lending requirements
– Legal status of Ukrainian banks’ branches in Crimea
– Problems of enforcing loans in the occupied territories

The round table welcomes top managers and corporate lawyers of banking and finance sector. Admittance is upon registration, please register to receive confirmation. The number of participants is limited. Attendance is free of charge.