Arzinger has announced that Senior Associate Stanislav Gerasymenko has been unanimously elected Chairman of the Real Estate and Construction Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association.
According to a statement released by the firm, Gerasymenko “sees the main purpose of the Committee’s work as creating a convenient platform for real estate and construction professionals to exchange their views and experiences as well as for all those interested in the problems and prospects of the industry.” In addition, according to the firm's statement, he “notes that a rule-of-law state (which is the most urgent task for every lawyer, regardless of his or her political preferences) can be established only by combining the efforts to refine and harmonize the existing legal framework, to institute appropriate safeguards for protecting the rights of investors and investments as well as to improve the legal culture of experts and market participants, which is also important for restoring Ukraine’s positive image worldwide. After all, investment in real estate (industrial, commercial or residential) is one of the most objective indicators of any country’s investment attractiveness."
The Acting President of the Ukrainian Bar Association is Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukrainian Partner Oleksii Reznikov, who was appointed on April 11, 2014.
