YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND a joint U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) and American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine meeting with Pavlo Petrenko, Minister of Justice of  Ukraine which will be held on Thursday, December, 2016, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Intercontinental Kyiv (Golden Gate/Zoloti Vorota Hall),  2-A Velyka Zhytomyrska Street, Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Items for discussion include: (1)   Results of 2016 and plans of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine for 2017, (2)   Role of the Ministry of Justice in anti-corruption reform and further Ministry’s anti-corruption initiatives (3)  Role of the Ministry of Justice in judicial reform and progress in reforming system of execution of judgments, (4)  Corporate legislation and regulation of business: position of the Ministry of Justice and further steps.

Welcome remarks by Andy Hunder, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine and Michael Datsenko, Director, Information And Member Programs, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Washington, DC, U.S.A.

 PAVLO PETRENKO, MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF UKRAINE

Pavlo Petrenko was appointed the Minister of Justice of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on March 3, 2014. Prior to that, he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada [Parliament] of Ukraine with the Batkivshchyna Party where he was the Secretary of the Rada Committee of the Rule of Law and Justice.

Prior to becoming a member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2012 elections, Mr. Petrenko was a member of the Kyiv Oblast Rada [Council] since 2010. Pavlo Petrenko has extensive experience in practicing law: his career in law started in 2001 and continued in 2006 through 2010 with the break when he worked in key positions in the legal department of the State Savings Bank of Ukraine (Oshchadbank).

Minister Petrenko is a graduate of Chernivtsi National University and the Ukrainian Foreign Trade Academy with the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. Mr. Petrenko holds a Masters’ degree in law and Candidate of Jurisprudence scientific degree.

Working languages: Ukrainian and English. Simultaneous translation will be provided. 

RSVP:  Registration is required for attendance this by-invitation-only meeting. Please register by sending an e-mail to ldudnyk@usubc.org.

INVITE:MEETING WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF UKRAINE PAVLO PETRENKO

Joint Meeting of  the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council and American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

Thursday, December 8, 2016, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Kyiv, Ukraine

Intercontinental Kyiv (Golden Gate/Zoloti Vorota Hall),  2-A Velyka Zhytomyrska Street, Kyiv, Ukraine

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