Video performances at Ukraine House Davos 2020
About wine from «A» to «Z»»
James Hart, partner of the company and founder of the Hillmont Wine Club, invites club members and guests to taste wines from various corners of the world every othermonth in the cosysettingof Hillmont’s Kyiv office.
Come and join us towind down at the end of a long working day while we engage in wide-ranging discussions over a decent glass of wine.
Ukraine Davos Discussion Forum “Ukraine: Fertile Ground for Responsible Investment?” Was held in Davos, Switzerland, on the impact of enterprises with foreign investment on the Ukrainian economy.
We discussed the challenges that face companies willing to invest in Ukraine, following the principles of responsible investment, in an environment where many others fail to comply. We have heard examples from the experience of foreign investors and how important it is for them to work with transparent and responsible local companies,
– comments Hillmont Partners partner James Hart, who moderated the discussion.
The participants on the panel noted significant regulatory progress in Ukraine, which helps businesses invest more responsibly and efficiently. “The rule of law remains a key obstacle to investment increasing from abroad, but it was felt that the difficulties of doing business in Ukraine are often exaggerated. Summing up the conversation, I see some reason for optimism”,- summarizes James Hart.
Victor Ivanchik (Astarta, Business100), John Patton (Argentem Сreek Partners), Alexey Goncharuk (BRDO), and Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Vashchuk participated in the discussion.
On May 16, 2019 Serhii Kryzhov and Inha Ishchenko attended the IV International Business Protection Forum.
Key issues under discussion at the forum included:
- Legislative support of the fight against raiding
- Features of agro-raiding in Ukraine
- The work of the Anti-Raider Commission of the Ministry of Justice
- The role of law enforcement in raider attacks
- Anti-raider positions of the Ukrainian justice system
- Legal and criminal aspects of protection against raiding
- Practical business protection cases
- Myths and reality in the company’s information and IT protection
- The challenges faced byFMCG companies
James Popperwell, Partner, delivered an insightful talk about litigation in the English courts, describing a number of options available to claimants, including powerful interim measures such as worldwide freezing orders.
The two-day International Comparative Insolvency Symposium, organized and hostedby the University of Miami School of Law on 14-15 November 2019, brought together a wide variety of insolvency academics and practitioners from across the globe to discuss foreign and domestic insolvency lawtopics.
Particular attention was granted topreventive restructuring and corporate rescues in different jurisdictions, as well as to cross-border insolvency issues.
Hillmont Partners’ Senior Associate, Olha Stakheyeva-Bogovyk, spoke on the preventive restructuring panel. She provided insight into the preventive restructuring framework in Ukraine in light of the newly enacted Bankruptcy Code. Olha made a comparative analysis of the Ukrainian pre-insolvency framework against the English arrangement, the EU preventive restructuring framework and Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
The Symposium was deemed a resounding success, as it provided a unique international platform for the exchange of knowledge and practical advice between academics and practitioners in the field of insolvency & bankruptcy. Following the Symposium, the University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review will publish the comprehensive papers of the speakers.
On April 11, 2019, Inha Ishchenko attended the conference “Business and Conflicts 2019: Corporate Raiders. Competitors. Shadow Market”.
During the conference, business representatives shared their own experience in the field of asset protection from raider attacks, discussed practical cases, mistakes which should be avoided, and how to prevent or minimize risk of attacks.
Hillmont Partners co-hosted an event in partnership withthe Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum, which was held in Kyiv on September 13-15. James Hart, Serhii Nyzhnyi and Vadym Halaichuk, partners of Hillmont, participated in this event.
It should be noted that President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Special Representative of the US State Department Kurt Volker, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair, Bono, Vitalik Boutin and many others attended the forum in 2018. CNN TV presenter Farid Zahariya and journalist Stephen Sakur, known for the program Hard Talk on the BBC, were the moderators of the discussions.