Alternative ways of resolving shareholder disputes in property relations in Ukraine and the EU

Abstract

In the conditions of a war caused by the invasion of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine in February 2022, an unstable exchange rate of the dollar and euro, the suspension of various structures. After such a full-scale invasion, Ukraine will need more than a decade to restore the economy. All business entities must work and ensure economic recovery. For the proper functioning of joint-stock companies, it is necessary that their activities are not hindered by the delayed resolution of disputes in court. It is necessary to settle disputes that arise in joint-stock companies using alternative methods. The purpose of this study is to determine the relevance of alternative ways of resolving shareholder disputes in property relations in Ukraine and the European Union, to introduce in Ukraine a positive European Union practice of resolving disputes by alternative methods, and to provide proposals
for the regulation of this institution at the legislative level by adopting the relevant law. The study uses the following methods of scientific cognition in a complex: historical, legal, hermeneutical-semantic, system-structural, structural-functional, complex analysis, modelling. In particular, alternative ways to resolve disputes are reconciliation, negotiations, mediation, arbitration. The study of alternative ways of resolving shareholder disputes in property relations in Ukraine and the European Union is economically related, as resolving disputes without recourse to the courts would save the company’s finances and allow the dispute to be resolved faster. This would allow the joint-stock companies to work properly and invest in the Ukrainian economy.