Legal Alliance Partner Aleksei Bezhevets and Senior Lawyer Denis Vasiliev Attend the First International Arbitration Forum
The First International Arbitration Forum initiated by the European Arbitration Chamber took place in Kiev on May 21.
The Forum attracted over 150 lawyers and international arbitrators from 13 countries.
Forum ran in several sections that covered most of the topical aspects of international arbitration system functioning.
Attendees had an opportunity to discuss factors that impact correct choice of arbitration, shared experience of arbitral litigations and exchanged information on arbitration development in their respective countries.
Of particular interest at the Forum were such issues as recognition and enforcement of arbitration rulings in the CIS and EU, as well as procedural aspects of trial at different arbitration institutions such as ICC, LCIA, CEPANI, MKAC, or European Arbitration Chamber. More specific topics discussed included arbitration clauses, choice of arbitration venue, adequacy of arbitration agreements, and relationship between mediation and arbitration.
The hottest debate was stirred around the relationship of common law and civil lаw and influence of differences between them on the course of arbitration.
In discussing ways of arbitration development in Ukraine representatives of European countries expressed criticism concerning legal innovations in the Ukrainian adjudication procedure and pointed out urgent need to improve legal climate in the activity of the country's arbitration system.
