The Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) addressed the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding the Draft Law № 7025 «On Self-Regulatory Organizations» (the Draft Law), the final and transitional provisions of which provide for significant amendments to the Law of Ukraine «On the Bar and Practice of Law».
According to the UBA, some of the proposed changes do not comply with the rule of law…
Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) officially addressed the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
The Russian Federation, supported by the Republic of Belarus, continues to commit…
The community of Ukrainian lawyers, including the Ukrainian Bar Association, the Ukrainian Association of International Law, the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, the Ukrainian Advocates’ Association, and others, appealed to the Convention to Prevent and Punish the Crime…
On 30 March 2022, Politico published an interview with Mr Timur Suleimenov, First Deputy Chief of Staff to the Kazakh President. In the interview, Mr Suleimenov informed about the intent of Kazakhstan to become an intermediary between international companies and the Russian Federation so that to continue indirect trade of the said companies with RF. According to the article, “the European…
4 April 2022 marks the 40th day of war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. While the Ukrainian army resists the aggression, the Ukrainian population and economy are suffering from vast-scale damages inflicted by indiscriminate shelling, bombing, deportation and…
Today we mark the 40th day of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. For 40 days, Ukraine, a country of 44 million, resists the war of aggression of the country of 145 million. During the month of the war, more than 200 schools, 124 kindergartens, 39 hospitals…
On March 29, 2022, on the 34th day of the war of the Russian Federation (RF) against Ukraine, the RF armed forces launched a missile strike on the premises of the Mykolaiv regional state administration where the Economic Court of the Mykolaiv area was also located.
As a result of the shelling, the central section of the building was destroyed, and as of the evening of March 30, authorities…
Following other UBA initiatives, more than 70 leading law firms have united and expressed their position to cease providing legal services to international companies that are still doing business and maintain their presence in russia. At the same time, we welcome all efforts…
Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) and New York State Bar Association International Section (NYSBA IS) urge the Association of lawyers of Russia (ALR) to recognize the errors of its Statement in support of the war and to work with NYSBA IS and UBA, as well as lawyers around the…
For 22 days now (!), the army of the Russian Federation supported by the Republic of Belarus is bombing residential areas, maternity hospitals, kindergartens, ambulances and civilian vehicles in Ukraine.
The foregoing actions of Russia and Belarus constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
ln these circumstances, western businesses publicly announce leaving Russian and Belarussian…