News date: 8 July 2011
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm in cooperation with the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association (UCAB), Baker Tilly Ukraine AC and Halytski Kontrakty Publishing House organized the round table “Free market of agricultural land: pros and cons”, which was held on July 7, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
The speakers at the round table were Maksym Kopeychykov, Partner of Ilyashev and Partners Law Firm, Volodymyr Lapa, General Director of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association (UCAB), Oleksandr Polyanskyi, Director of Baker Tilly Ukraine AU, Hennadii Novykov, President of the Agrarian Union of Ukraine and others.
Maksym Kopeychykov emphasized that the draft law on the land market limits the maximum amount of hectares that can be owned by one person. However, using relatives’ documents and through the creation of farms it would be possible to accumulate significant amount of land.