{"id":23184,"date":"2026-06-30T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/?p=23184"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:39:13","slug":"seau-to-hold-a-closed-meeting-on-criminal-law-risks-and-practical-protection-mechanisms-for-energy-market-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/seau-to-hold-a-closed-meeting-on-criminal-law-risks-and-practical-protection-mechanisms-for-energy-market-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"SEAU to Hold a Closed Meeting on Criminal Law Risks and Practical Protection Mechanisms for Energy Market Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>The Solar Energy Association of Ukraine (SEAU) invites you to a closed meeting of the SEAU Legal Committee, organized jointly with the Association&#8217;s partner and Chief Legal Advisor, Sokolovskyi &amp; Partners Law Firm, on the topic: <\/i><\/b><b>&#8220;Criminal Prosecution of Energy Market Participants&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 9 July 2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Time:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 11:00 AM (Kyiv time)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Format:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zoom<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ukrainian<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moderator: <\/span><\/i><b>Ivan Balytskyi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: <\/span><\/i><b>Tetiana Lysovets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Senior Partner at <\/span><b>Sokolovskyi &amp; Partners<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Vice President of the <\/span><b>Ukrainian Bar Association<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and an expert in criminal and tax law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What will we discuss?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today&#8217;s business environment, companies operating in the energy sector are increasingly exposed to criminal law risks that may affect their operations, reputation, and business continuity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the meeting, we will address the most relevant issues, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the grounds for initiating criminal proceedings against energy market participants, including tax audit findings and other risk factors;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forms of law enforcement pressure on businesses, such as asset seizures, freezing of company and senior management bank accounts, searches, travel restrictions, and other procedural measures;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">criminal liability of business owners, executives, and corporate officers;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">practical mechanisms for protecting companies and effective legal strategies for responding to criminal investigations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Who should attend? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meeting will be valuable for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">executives and owners of energy companies;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CEOs, CFOs, and chief accountants;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in-house counsel and practicing attorneys;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">heads of legal departments;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all energy market participants seeking to minimize criminal law risks in their business activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why should you participate? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By joining the meeting, you will have the opportunity to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">learn about current law enforcement practices affecting businesses in the energy sector;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">understand which business activities may trigger criminal investigations;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receive practical recommendations on protecting your company, its owners, and senior management;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ask questions and discuss challenging legal cases with an experienced expert.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invitations and registration details for this closed meeting will be sent to <\/span><b>SEAU members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and active participants of events organized on the Association&#8217;s platform. Please keep an eye on your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you do not receive an invitation but would like to participate, please contact us at <\/span><b>office@aseu.org.ua<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite SEAU members to join this Legal Committee meeting and gain practical knowledge that will help them respond promptly to legal risks and effectively protect their business interests.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solar Energy Association of Ukraine (SEAU) invites you to a closed meeting of the SEAU Legal Committee, organized jointly with the Association&#8217;s partner and Chief Legal Advisor, Sokolovskyi &amp; Partners Law Firm, on the topic: &#8220;Criminal Prosecution of Energy Market Participants&#8221; Date: 9 July 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Kyiv time) Format: Zoom Language: Ukrainian &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/seau-to-hold-a-closed-meeting-on-criminal-law-risks-and-practical-protection-mechanisms-for-energy-market-participants\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SEAU to Hold a Closed Meeting on Criminal Law Risks and Practical Protection Mechanisms for Energy Market Participants<\/span> \u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":23185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23187,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23184\/revisions\/23187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}