Investing in South Eastern Europe
ISBN:
978-3-89966-135-4
Auflage:
1., Aufl
Verlag:
Bochumer Universitätsverlag Westdeutscher Universitätsverlag
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.11.2005
Herausgeber:
Bearbeiter:
Reihe:
European Law & Economics
Format:
Buch
Seitenanzahl:
990
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These two volumes are an ambitious venture into the largely undiscovered legal ambient of a peculiar niche of Europe; South-Eastern Europe. Pioneering, unorthodox, but also greatly needed. It is an attempt to fill the gap and provide potential investors and generally all interested in the commercial law framework of the Stability Pact countries from the south-eastern region of Europe with a fairly detailed overview of all investment related fields of law in these two volumes. Undoubtedly, this book is unique, if for nothing else, then because it focuses on jurisdictions, the laws of which have been largely neglected so far; especially in the English language literature. One may just speculate whether and to what extent have these markets been bypassed by the major movements of foreign capital in the post-1990s? What more, it may be legitimately asked as well whether the modest results of the Stability Pact could be ascribed also to the fact that the law and legal ambient of these countries have remained a terra incognita virtually up until today? Admittedly, this train of thought has more than a meager justification. Though, nothing more is hoped for here than a modest contribution to the change of such state of affairs for the better. In addition to being a map that could be readily and directly exploited, it is also expected that the politicians, scholars and businesspeople from the region will also benefit from having more than a hearsay about the neighboring countries of the region. To the extent politicians, academics and all the others having a say in shaping the contours of local laws understand that the token of a genuine economic and social development and of becoming more than a commercial backwater is a race in creating and implementing of a maximally business friendly legal system; to the same extent will this compilation be a success.
Biografische Anmerkung
Taida Begić was born in 1973 and is of nationality of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She received her LL.M. in International Business Law at the Central European University in 1998 and her degree of doctor iuris at the University of Vienna in 2004. From 1998 until 2002 she has worked as the Program Coordinator at the Law Center of the Open Society Fund of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since September 2004 she is the Deputy Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies, University of Sarajevo.
Ghenadie Cretu earned his LL.M. degree in 2004 at the Legal Studies Department, International Business Law Program of the Central European University – Budapest, Hungary. Ghenadie was born in 1979 in the Republic of Moldova. He was educated in Romania, receiving his Licenta in Drept in 2001. Before joining the Central European University, he has worked in 2001-2002 as a corporate lawyer for MoldindconBank plc, Republic of Moldova. In 2002-2003 he worked as a corporate lawyer for the Moldavian Stock Exchange. For the time being he is an associate in the Banking and Finance unit of the law firm Schönherr Rechtsanwälte, Bucharest office.
Mihail Danov (born in 1974) is S.J.D. (doctorate) candidate at the Legal Studies Department of the Central European University – Budapest (defense expected in 2007). Mihail Danov obtained his first law degree in Bulgaria, specializing in jurisdiction, international law and international relations. Before enrolling at the Central European University, he qualified as a lawyer in Bulgaria. In addition, he has been a legal consultant in the field of arbitration and commercial law at the Bulgarian Law firm Simeonov & Dermendjiev Private Consult, OOD. Mihail Danov’s research interests are in the areas of competition law, commercial arbitration and international private law.
Ylber Dauti was born on December 26, 1975 and is of Albanian nationality. In 1998, he graduated with “Golden Medal” from the University of Tirana School of Law. In 1999, he received the LL.M. degree in International Business Law from the Central European University and in 2000, he received the LL.M. Degree in the United States from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Mr. Dauti is licensed to practice law in New York (2000), Albania (2003) as well as England and Wales (2004). He is currently practicing law in New York, where he is associated with the law firm of Bauman, Kunkis & Ocasio-Douglas and he also holds the position of the Vice President for legal and business affairs of Wimze Entertainment Studios, a US corporation with international operations. Mr. Dauti speaks Albanian and English, and has basic knowledge of German, Greek, Spanish and Italian languages.
Slobodan Doklestić (born in 1980) obtained his LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degree at the Law Faculty of the University of Belgrade. During his law studies he received a number of prestigious awards for best students in the Republic of Serbia. In 2005 has has been awarded the LL.M. degree from the Central European University – Budapest, in International Business Law. In the period January/April 2005 he was a visiting scholar and research assistant at the Emory University School of law (Gambrel Hall) in Atlanta, USA. Slobodan Doklestić is duly inscribed in the Register of the Bar Association of Belgrade.
Edin Karakaš (born in 1977) holds an LL.M. degree in International Business Law of Central European University, Budapest, where he graduated with distinction in 2003. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Law Faculty, the University of Zagreb in 2001. In that year, he was a member of University of Zagreb team winning the Werner Melis Award for the best memorandum supporting legal position of the respondent on ‘Eight Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot’. Currently, he is a lawyer in Žurić i partneri law firm in Zagreb. Before joining the firm, he has been a researcher at the Asser Institute and the Permanent Court of Arbitration, both located in the Hague. He published English language articles in the Croatian Arbitration Yearbook and in Mealey's International Arbitration Report.
Stefan Messmann is the Head of the Legal Studies Department and Professor of International Business Law of the Central European University in Budapest, where he was Academic Pro-Rector between 1999 and 2003. Professor Messmann was born in 1942 in Yugoslavia, educated in Switzerland and is of German nationality. Before joining the Central European University, he held the positions of Senior Legal Counsel at Volkswagen AG in Germany and Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Volkswagen in Shanghai. He was also a member of the supervisory boards of the Volkswagen group, General Manager for Asia and the CIS of Umformtechnik Erfurt GmbH and head of Shanghai Office of Wessing, a German international law firm. Speaking several languages, Professor Messmann has extensively written and lectured on international joint ventures, as well as on investment, company and contract law in Eastern Europe and South- Eastern Asia.
Atanas Mihaylov (born in 1979) graduated law with Suma cum laude from Sofia University, Bulgaria, with a specialization in ‘jurisdiction’ and obtained an LL.M. degree in International Business Law from the Central European University – Budapest. He is admitted as an attorney at law at the Sofia Bar Association. He also holds a business degree from the Institute of Management and Industrial Relations in Sofia, Bulgaria. His interests are in the areas of securities, bankruptcy, and intellectual property law.
Vladimir Pavić is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Belgrade (where he teaches private international law) and visiting professor at the Legal Studies Department of the Central European University in Budapest (teaching a course in the law of internet and E-commerce). He was born in 1971 in Belgrade, where he has received his first law degree. He obtained his LL.M. and S.J.D. from the Central European University, Budapest, and spent a year as a Visiting Student at Lincoln College, Oxford University. His other research interests include international business law, international civil procedure and competition Law.
Tibor Tajti (born in 1962) received his S.J.D. and LL.M. degrees in International Business Law from the Central European University Budapest/New York and his LL.B. from the Law School of the University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. Research activities at the New York University, School of Law and the Asser Institute, the Hague, the Netherlands. He is currently teaching at the Legal Studies Department of the Central European University and at the CEU – Graduate School of Business (both seated in Budapest, Hungary) various subjects from the field of comparative & international civil/commercial law (contracts, comparative secured transactions law and capital markets & securities regulation). Professor Tajti has also worked as a corporate counsel and as the head of the foreign trade department in a Central European company with extensive international connections. While on these positions he was a board members of a joint venture in Ukraine and has been involved in negotiations and dispute resolution with western partners. Main areas of interest: comparative credit & secured transactions law, comparative securities law and regulation, products liability, enforcement of claims and international dispute settlement. He has recently published his textbook [in English language] entitled Comparative Secured Transactions Law. He is participant of the Trento Common Core Project – group on mortgages.
Catalin R. Tripon (born in 1968) is an LL.M. (1998) and S.J.D. (2003) graduate of the Central European University, Budapest. He completed his undergraduate studies with a B.C.L. at the University of Bucharest in 1997. Currently, he is holding a position of attorney at law with the law firm Babius, Sulica & Associates S.C.A. in Bucharest and he is also a visiting lecturer with the Maritime University of Constanta, Romania. Prior to his graduate studies, he held various legal positions in Romania, among which the most important was the position of a legal advisor with the Maritime Ports Administration of Constanta S.A. His areas of expertise are corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investments, taxation and international commercial transactions.
Zoltan Vig (born in 1974) is a S.J.D. candidate in international business law at the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary). He holds a LL.M. degree in International Business Law (CEU, Budapest, Hungary), law degree from the University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary), nostrificated at the University of Belgrade (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro). Research at St. Cyril and Methodius University (Skopje, Macedonia), Yale Law School (New Haven, USA), Emory Law School (Atlanta, USA), Max-Planck-Institute for Private International Law (Hamburg, Germany), Asser Institute (The Hague, The Netherlands), and the University of Hamburg – Law School (Hamburg, Germany). Worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer international law firm (Budapest, Hungary) in the corporate division. Latest publication: “Das ungarische Insolvenzrecht” [The Hungarian Insolvency Law] chapter in Jens Lowitzsch (ed.), INSOLVENZRECHT IN OSTEUROPA [Insolvency Law in Eastern Europe] (Berlin, 2004).