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This 6th CECL conference is to take place at what could well turn out to be a pivotal moment in time for the EU and thus for Europe as a whole. An accelerated integration of the economies of Central and Eastern Europe (including Ukraine) is paramount for both peace, political stability and growing welfare. This urges the need for a convergence to common company law standards, which are devised with a keen eye for their practical use and effective applicability wherever they are needed. A switch from rule-based to principle-based economic integration is a challenge that requires a different mind-set of the Brussels’ policy makers. If not, there is a fair chance that the current momentum will be lost. There is just no alternative for intensified cooperation. Hence as managing director of CECL, together with my partner Pavlos Masouros, I am immensely proud to organize this conference together with the Krakow Allerhand Institute. |
Company law reform is increasingly becoming a permanent process. The transformation and accompanying discussion goes beyond constant fine-tuning of well-established legal institutions to embark on new paradigms and to accommodate parallel developments in technology. Thus even though a certain shift towards convergence is undeniable, the end of history of corporate law, as proclaimed by Hansmann and Kraakman at the turn of millennia, has not fully materialized. Path-dependence, including cultural and institutional environment, continues to play a role defining legal developments as well as to determine, how the law on books becomes law in action. A proper identification of driving forces of company law reform as well as of the logic of any possible veto players is crucial for a successful modernisation process. The conference, that Allerhand proudly organises under the umbrella of CECL, aims at addressing the most vital issues of the reform process. The underlying idea is to shed light on these developments, including specifically legal transplants, that were, successfully, or not, implemented in countries such as Poland, Czechia, Slovakia or Romania to learn lessons for countries that are now in process of company law Europeanisation and modernisation, with special attention paid to Ukraine. | Company law reform has been an important issue during the transitional period for CEE countries. Dormant company law had to be revived in order to prepare for the modern market economy. However, that picture has changed and has become more diverse in recent years. While in some areas legal systems in CEE still have some homework to do, in others CEE countries have moved to the forefront of legal evolution – especially as path dependency is a smaller issue than in countries with entrenched positions and strong(er) vested interests. Can we learn lessons from these developments? Our upcoming CECL conference will provide ample opportunity for exploring these issues, both on a theoretical level and investigating specific issues. |
Ioan Șumandea-Simionescu
Banca Transilvania SA
Anna Babych
AEQUO
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Bartłomiej Kurcz
Company Law Section, European Commission
Michał Bobrzyński
Weil, Gotshal & Manges & Allerhand
Institute
Mariusz Haładyj
Ministry of Economic Development,
Poland
Łukasz Gasiński
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Taras Dasho
Law firm KODARY Partners
Laila Medin
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia
Sebastian Mock
University of Hamburg
Ariel Mucha
Allerhand Institute & Jagiellonian University
Marcin Mazgaj
Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa & Allerhand Institute
Ivan Romashchenko
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Reinmar Wolff
University of Marburg
Gerold Zeiler
zeiler.partners
Adam Opalski
University of Warsaw
Wojciech Rogowski
National Bank of Poland & Warsaw School of Economics & Allerhand Institute
Marek Jeżewski
Kochański Zięba & Partners
Rafał Kos
Law Firm Kubas Kos Gałkowski
Jacek Jastrzębski
University of Warsaw & PKO BP
Pierre-Henri Conac
University of Luxembourg & ICLEG
Casimiro A. Nigro
Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Stelios Andreadakis
Leicester Law School
Bogdan Buta
CMS Cameron McKenna SCA
Marcin Radwan-Röhrenschef
RöHRENSCHEF
Marta Litwińska-Werner
University of Warsaw
Kristián Csach
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Lina Mikalonienė
Vilnius University
Žofia Šuleková
University of Cambridge
Federico Mucciarelli
SOAS & University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Vanessa Knapp
Queen Mary University of London & ICLEG
Krzysztof Grabowski
Allerhand Institute & Conferenceof Financial Companies in Poland
Filip Grzegorczyk
Ministry of Treasury Republic of Poland
Martin Winner
Austrian Takeover Commission & Vienna University of Economics & ICLEG
Szymon Syp
Founder of korporacyjnie.pl
Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz
Lewiatan Court of Arbitration
Wojciech Nagel
Warsaw Stock Exchange
Tomasz Sójka
Adam Mickiewicz University
Andras Hanak
Euro-Phoenix
Jacek Dybiński
Allerhand Institute& Jagiellonian University
Bohumil Havel
University of West Bohemia
Arkadiusz Radwan
Allerhand Institute & CECL & ICLEG
Steef Bartman
Leiden University & CECL
Pavlos Masouros
Leiden University & CECL
Radu N. Catana
Babeș-Bolyai University
Thomas Papadopoulos
European University Cyprus
Mariana Nakonechna
Jagiellonian University
Kacper Czubacki
Kochański Zięba & Partners
Joanna Marendziak
University of Szczecin
Filip Grle
Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Marko Ketler
Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Julia Khort
Legislation Institute of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Mathias Siems
Durham University & University of Cambridge
Tomasz Regucki
Allerhand Institute
Jan Uniejewski
University of Szczecin
Radek R. Wasilewski
University of Szczecin