X Insolvency and Restructuring Law Forum
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The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to the 10th anniversary Insolvency and Restructuring Law Forum — a professional platform in the field of bankruptcy, debt restructuring, and insolvency law, that brings together leading experts in the field of bankruptcy, arbitration managers, private enforcement agents, judges, lawyers, representatives of the public sector and the banking community, as well as representatives of the international expert community.
The event is supported by the EU Project “Pravo-Justice”.
Date: 17 October 2025.
Venue: Hilton Kyiv Hotel (Dallas Hall, 2nd floor), 30 T. Shevchenko Blvd., Kyiv / online (Zoom).
This year's Forum programme focuses on discussing current challenges, legislative changes and practical solutions in the field of insolvency law. Key topics include bankruptcy procedures, taking into account the latest changes to the legislation that came into force on 1 January 2025, mechanisms for collecting problem debts, current Supreme Court case law, criminal law risks in bankruptcy proceedings, and interaction between public and private institutions in this area.
Traditionally, the Forum will host an award ceremony for the best specialists and teams in the field of insolvency and restructuring law. The winners are determined by open online voting, in which all registered participants of the event can take part. Don't miss the chance to support your colleagues and express your appreciation to the professionals who shape the industry!
PROGRAM
09:30 - 10:00 Participant registration. Welcome coffee
10:00 - 10:10 Opening remarks
Mykola Stetsenko, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at AVELLUM
Iryna Serbin, Program Coordinator of the Forum
Iryna Zharonkina, Enforcement of Court Judgements and Protection of Property Rights Component 3 Lead of the EU Project Pravo-Justice
10:10 - 11:50 SESSION 1. The state of competition law in 2025: diagnosis, forecasts and strategy for change
Co-moderators:
Oleksii Voronko, Managing Partner at Ario Law Firm, Chairman of the Committee on Bankruptcy Law at the Ukrainian Bar Association
Mykola Kovalchuk, Senior Partner at L.I.Group law company
Focus areas:
- Diagnosis. Judicial practice: key trends
- Forecasts. Legislative changes and expected impact
- Strategy: bank policy and impact on procedures
- Special report. First preventive restructuring: key challenges of the new procedure
Experts:
Dariia Marchak, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine (invited)
Oleksii Movchan, Member of Parliament of Ukraine
Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Chairman of the National Association of Arbitration Administrators of Ukraine
Sergii Boyarchukov, Managing Partner at Alekseev, Boyarchukov and Partners
Julian Khorunzhiy, Senior Partner at Ario Law Firm
11:50 - 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 13:50 SESSION 2. Bankruptcy case law: behind the scenes of decisions
Moderator:
Olena Volyanska, Partner, Head of Insolvency and Restructuring Practice at LCF Law Group
Focus areas:
- Supreme Court practice: from law enforcement to judicial activism and lawmaking
- Abuse of rights as grounds for refusing to initiate bankruptcy proceedings and recognize claims
- Interest and casting vote: initial conclusions
- Moratoriums on bankruptcy proceedings: who benefits?
- Creditors' right to vindication: new perspectives
Experts:
Oleh Vaskovskyi, Secretary of the Judicial Chamber for Bankruptcy Cases of the Commercial Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court
Andriy Dzhura, Deputy Director of the Department for work with distressed assets at JSB “Ukrgasbank”
Tetiana Hrebeniuk, Judge of the Commercial Court of Kyiv Region
Oleksii Tamozhanskyi, Head of Legal Support Department, Separate Division “Centralized Procurement” of JSC "National Nuclear Energy Generating Company "Energoatom"
Oleksandra Syerova, Managing Associate at AVELLUM
13:50 - 14:00 Presentation "Realisation of property in bankruptcy proceedings during wartime. Who sold what in bankruptcy proceedings?"
Oleksandr Lyhotop, Advisor to Prozorro.Sale JSC
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 16:20 SESSION 3. Enforcement proceedings and bankruptcy of individuals
Moderator-speaker:
Andrii Avtorgov, private enforcement officer, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Private Enforcement Officers of Ukraine, PhD in Law
Focus areas:
- Judicial control over the enforcement of decisions in enforcement proceedings
- Enforcement proceedings and bankruptcy: practice and legal requirements
- Current practice of the Supreme Court regarding the insolvency of individuals
- Bankruptcy of individuals as a tool for protecting the rights of debtors
- Prospects for the development and Europeanization of enforcement proceedings
Experts:
Pavlo Pryguza, judge of the Commercial Court of Zakarpattia Region, PhD in Law
Oleksandr Banasko, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court
Artem Baginskyi, insolvency receiver, attorney at law
Iryna Zharonkina, Enforcement of Court Judgements and Protection of Property Rights Component 3 Lead of the EU Project Pravo-Justice
16:20 - 16:50 Coffee break
16:50 - 18:10 SESSION 4. Criminal law risks in bankruptcy and enforcement proceedings
Moderator:
Oleh Chychva, insolvency receiver, member of the Disciplinary Commission of insolvency receivers, attorney at law, Managing Partner at DEFCON PARTNERS
Focus areas:
Oksana Rusetska, private enforcement officer, Chairman of the Council of Private Enforcement Officers of Ukraine
- Criminal law aspects of private enforcement agents' activities — from debtors' liability for failure to comply with court decisions to obstacles to enforcement agents' activities and persecution of enforcement agents themselves
Alina Dykalenko, insolvency receiver, attorney at law at DEFCON PARTNERS
- Seizure of property and other forms of blocking debtors' assets in bankruptcy proceedings and ways to fight for the unblocking of sales
Valentyna Tiutiunnyk, attorney at law, Founding Partner of VC PARTNERS
- Forms of influence of law enforcement agencies on bankruptcy proceedings, latest court practice
Representative of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine
- A look at bankruptcy from the perspective of law enforcement agencies. Are all bankruptcies bad?
Liubov Lukashuk, insolvency receiver, attorney at law, Managing Partner at Pravova Constanta, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Branch of the Ukrainian Bar Association
Denys Tkachenko, insolvency receiver, member of the Disciplinary Commission of insolvency receivers, attorney at law, Managing Partner at Lawatec
- Bankruptcy with a hint of treason. How to work with sanctioned assets
Euvgen Riyako, Managing Partner RIYAKO & PARTNERS
- Arbitration manager and private executor as a potential client of a white-collar lawyer
18:10 - 18:30 Electronic voting for the "Recognition of the Year 2025" Award Candidates. Awarding the winners
18:30 - 19:30 Evening Reception. Networking
The X Forum is a space for unity, development and influence, where leading experts come together to shape the future of competition law in Ukraine.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the partners of the event, whose support made the Forum possible:
General Partner:
Special Partners:
DEFCON PARTNERS
Partners:
Alekseev, Boyarchukov and Partners
Session Partners:
Like-minded Partners:
Andrii Avtorgov, private enforcement officer
Oksana Rusetska, private enforcement officer
Participation in the forum is free of charge. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED to participate in the event.
All confirmed participants will receive a confirmation letter from the coordinator.
The organizers reserve the right to close registration when the maximum number of participants is reached.
For additional information about the event, participation as a speaker, and partnership opportunities, contact the event coordinator at tel.: +38 (044) 492-88-48, +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or email: tosaulenko@uba.ua. Contact person — Tetiana Osaulenko.
For media accreditation, please e-mail: pr@uba.ua. Contact person — Daria Sydorchuk.
- Programme coordinator: Iryna Serbin, Deputy Director of the Sanctions Policy Department of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
- Programme coordinator: Oleksii Voronko, Managing Partner at Ario Law Firm, Chairman of the Committee on Bankruptcy Law at the Ukrainian Bar Association
- Olena Volyanska, Partner, Head of Insolvency and Restructuring Practice at LCF Law Group
- Artur Megeria, Senior Partner at L.I. Group Law Firm
- Oleksandra Syerova, Managing Associate at AVELLUM
- Denys Tkachenko, Managing Partner at Lawatec
- Oleh Chychva, insolvency receiver, attorney at law, member of the Disciplinary Commission of insolvency receivers, certified financial instruments trader
Languages of the experts' speeches:
Ukrainian and English.
The 1st session of the Forum, where a foreign expert will speak, will be provided with simultaneous interpretation from English into Ukrainian.
Speaker presentations:
All expert presentations will be sent to the participants of the Forum by e-mail and posted on the event page of the UBA website in the Additional section.
Coffee breaks, lunch and evening buffet:
The catering area for participants is the Pre-function area (2nd floor). Drinks and light snacks will be offered.
Nomination and voting for the candidates for the "Recognition of the Year — 2025" award
Please note! During the Forum, the traditional awarding of the best individuals and teams in the field of bankruptcy and insolvency law ("Recognition of the Year — 2025" in the nominations of the best law firm, best insolvency receiver, best judge, additional category, to be announced at the Forum) will be held, which will be nominated and selected by you.
Please note! Last year's winners are not eligible for nomination this year.
“Recognition of the Year — 2024”:
“Law Firm” — Pravova Constanta
“Judge” — Oleh Vaskovskyi
“Arbitration Manager” — Oleh Chychva
Candidates and teams will be selected in 2 stages:
First, you nominate your candidate in each of the 3 nominations by filling out a card received at the registration desk. The completed card should be put into a special voting box located in the conference hall. Nominations will be open until 2:30 P.M. on the day of the Forum.
Then, via www.menti.com, you will choose your favorite among the candidates who received the most votes during the first stage. The electronic voting for the winners will take place at the end of the Forum's working sessions in the conference hall.
Voting via www.menti.com:
To take part in the voting you need to:
From your phone, laptop or tablet, go to www.menti.com or install the Mentimeter app on your gadget in advance (links to the app for Android and App Store).
In the field that appears, enter the code that you will see on the projector screen in the conference room;
click the Submit button.
Next, you will get the opportunity to vote.
Security measures at Hilton Kyiv.
The Dallas Hall, where the main sessions of the Forum will be held, complies with the security rules of two walls and has no windows.
In the event of an air raid, we recommend that you take the stairs to the shelter zone located on the 1st floor of the hotel (level B1, underground parking).
The hotel security staff will be in the lobby area (1st floor) and will provide the necessary instructions on how to navigate to the equipped shelter.
The participants of the event are personally responsible for compliance with the requirements of responding to the warning system signal, preserving their own health and life.
Financial documents:
All financial documents can be obtained by contacting the event coordinator
by phone: +38 (044) 492 88 48, +38 (063) 792 30 99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber)
by e-mail: tosaulenko@uba.ua.
If you need to make a note in your business trip certificate, please contact the reception desk.
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