Cross-border enforcement of arbitral awards: legal and practical challenges

Please note this event has now taken place.

This is a jointly host event with Asters, Sayenko Kharenko, UNBA, UNITA and the Association Of Private Enforcements Officers Of Ukraine. 

During this conference on Monday 29 September, we will be focussing on the legal and practical challenges of cross-border enforcement of arbitral awards with a focus on Ukraine, we will host international speakers who will participate in two engaging panel discussions centred on the enforcement of arbitration awards, with a focus on:

Recognition and enforcement of awards including

  • Enforcement challenges across key jurisdictions
  • The impact of the war in Ukraine
  • Strategies in unstable regions
  • Public policy issues
  • Asset securing tools
  • State immunity

Execution of arbitral awards including

  • Focus on cross-border collaboration
  • Asset tracing
  • Legal tools for execution
  • Challenges with digital assets
  • Coordinating enforcement efforts
  • Sanctions impact

14:30

Registration and refreshments 

15:00

Conference begins

15:10

Recognition and enforcement of awards panel

Moderator: Oleg Shaulko (Partner, Kennedys, UK)

Speakers: 

16:00

Refreshment break

16:10

Execution of arbitral awards panel

Moderator: Alexandr Chernykh (Advocate (Ukraine), Head of the Committee of the UNBA on Enforcement of Judgments)

Speakers:

  •  Olexander Droug (Partner, Sayenko & Kharenko, Ukraine);
  • Lex Fisun (CEO & Co-Founder, Global Ledger); - photo and information related to the event
  • Ewa Rutkowska – (Principal, Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński law firm, Poland).
  • Dmytro Syrota (Partner, SYROTA DZIS MELNYK, Ukraine)
  • Seda Akulinina (Deputy Head of the Committee on International relations of the Association of Private Enforcement Officers of Ukraine).

17:30

Conference finishes followed by networking drinks

Event location

London office

Kennedys, 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY

London

20 Fenchurch St London EC3M 3BY United Kingdom

+44 20 7667 9667