UNBA and European Young Bar Association to hold Summer conference in June (UDATED)

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On June 18 2021, at 01:30pm Kyiv Time/11:30am UK time join the EYBA Summer Conference 2021 organised with UNBA NextGen, in Zoom and participate in discussion: ‘Ethical aspects of work in the legal society’.

Greeting conference participants with welcome addresses:

- Lidiya Izovitova, advocate, President of Ukrainian National Bar Association, Bar Council of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine).

- Joyce Herrent, President of European Young Bar Association (EYBA), advocate (Mons and Brussels, Belgium).

- Serhii Barbashyn, Chair of UNBA Youth Committee – “UNBA NextGen” Executive Officer at EYBA Executive Committee, managing partner of Trustme Law Firm (Kyiv, Ukraine).

Event speakers:

- Andrè Haug, Rechtsanwalt, partner of Rowedder Zimmermann Hass (Mannheim, Germany).

- Valentyn Gvozdiy, advocate, Vice-President of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA) and Managing Partner at GOLAW (Kyiv, Ukraine).

- Ana Khurtsidze, lawyer, mediator, Member of Ethics Committee of the Georgian Bar Association (Tbilisi, Georgia).

- Artem Doudko FCIArb, solicitor-advocate, partner and Head of Russia & CIS Disputes in the London Disputes and Risk Practice at Osborne Clarke LLP (London, United Kingdom).

- Djamshid Turdaliev, attorney-at-law, founder and partner at My Lawyer Law Firm, Member of the Executive Board of Chamber of Advocates of Republic of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).

Closing remarks of the Conference to be delivered by:

- Ivan Grechkivsky, advocate, Chair of UNBA International Committee, managing partner at Law Offices of Grechkivsky” (Kyiv, Ukraine).

Learn more about the event program here.

Event is free to attend.

Registration

Contact Person: Alina Cheremys, a.cheremys@unba.org.ua

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