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Ganna Tsirat became doctor habilitatus
Our partner Ganna Tsirat defended her doctoral thesis on the unification of international private air law — a synthesis of many years of practice, from aviation insurance to aircraft finance…
Insights
Commentary on Ukrainian law for foreign counsel, investors and lessors — written by the lawyers who run the matters.
Contract Structuring
Franchise Agreements in Ukraine: The Contract the Code Regulates, and the Disclosure It Doesn’t
There is no franchise agreement in the Civil Code of Ukraine: the contract is called commercial concession and lives in Chapter 76. What the Code does regulate, what it leaves…
Aviation & Asset Finance
Aircraft Finance in Ukraine: What the Cape Town Declarations Actually Give a Financier
Ukraine's Cape Town declarations are among the most creditor-friendly in Europe: Alternative A with a sixty-day waiting period, IDERA, and remedies exercisable without leave of court. Four paragraphs that decide…
Dispute Resolution
Civil Procedure in Ukraine: The National Monograph for Wolters Kluwer
Anna and Gennadii Tsirat write the Ukrainian national monograph for the International Encyclopaedia for Civil Procedure (Wolters Kluwer), written by them since 2011, the current edition dated May 2019. What…
Dispute Resolution
Gennadii Tsirat in Best Lawyers: Arbitration and Mediation in Ukraine
In 2019 Best Lawyers listed Gennadii Tsirat among the best lawyers in Ukraine in Arbitration and Mediation. This page records that listing and sets out the record it was measuring:…
Dispute Resolution
Defamation in Ukraine: What a Claimant Actually Has to Prove
Defamation claims in Ukraine are usually lost on proof, not on merits. The presumption that negative information is false was repealed in 2014, so the claimant now carries the burden.…
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