On 27 September 2024 the Supreme Court hosts a seminar "Nationalisation, sanctions and international arbitration: the consequences of the Russia's aggression against Ukraine". The event, initiated by the Ukrainian Bar Association, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine, the Civil Cassation Court of the Supreme Court, will be held with the support of the Embassy of the United States of America in Ukraine. The event is organised by the Supreme Court, Asters and A&O Shearman law firms.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Ukrainian Government has taken measures aimed at imposing sanctions against Russia, nationalising the assets of sanctioned persons, and temporarily seizing assets controlled by foreign entities or individuals. The Ukrainian court system plays the key role on issues related to the application sanctions and nationalisations both directly by making decisions on asset seizures and indirectly by reviewing the legality of asset seizures and the application of public policy to such assets.
During the seminar, leading experts from Ukraine, the US and the UK will share their experiences on the approaches and practices of foreign countries that have faced similar challenges, as well as international investment arbitrations and national courts. Speakers of the event:
- Alison MacDonald KC, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers
- Andrew Adams, Partner at Steptoe, Former Director of the Department of Justice's Task Force KleptoCapture focused on the economic sanctions and export controls imposed in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- David Mortlock, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Centre, Managing Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Washington office), Former Director for international economic affairs at the White House National Security Council
- Dmytro Lyspenik, Secretary of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Supreme Court – Civil Cassation Court, PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine
- Lisa Grosh, Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes, U.S. State Department
- Mahnaz Malik, Barrister and Arbitrator at Twenty Essex, Arbitrator of the ICSID Annulment Committee
- Oleksiy Kravchuk, Judge-Speaker of the High Anti-Corruption Court, Doctor of Law, Professor
- Patrick W. Pearsall, Partner at A&O Shearman, former Chief of Investment Arbitration in the U.S. State Department
The seminar will be attended by judges of Ukrainian courts of different instances.