Regional survey acknowledgements

The secured transactions project benefits from the invaluable support from many people in many countries. We are very grateful to the colleagues within the EBRD and to the many others whose names are listed below for their assistance in the preparation of the regional survey. The survey has been made possible by the financial support given by the UK Know How Fund, the Japan-Europe Cooperation Fund and the German Transform Programme.

Takashi Akahane, Anderson Mori, Tokyo, Japan

Roman Alloyarov, OMNI, Baku, Azerbaijan

R. Andriuleviciute, Bishop & Robertson Chalmers, Vilnius, Lithuania

M. Arruda, Baker & McKenzie, Baku, Azerbaijan

Dagmar Avelika, Ministry of Justice, Riga, Latvia

I. Azizov, Gouldens Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

G. Bartkus, Lideika, Tetrauskas, Valiunas IR Pertneriai, Vilnius, Lithuania

D. Berzina, Commercial Pledges Registration Division of the Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Elona Basha, GtZ, Tirana, Albania

Craig Benson, ABA/CEELI, Riga, Latvia

Michael Blecher, GtZ, Tirana, Albania

D. Bilak, JVS Law Firm, Kiev, Ukraine

E. Blumfeldt, Lepik & Luhaäär Law Firm, Tallinn, Estonia

J. Bobek, Sturm, Mottl & Partners, Prague, Czech Republic

P. Bollardt, Cechova, Rakovsky Law Firm, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

T. Boric, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany

Erika Braniselj, Skofja Loka, Slovenia

Gunita Bullite, EU - Phare Project, Riga, Latvia

Mihail Buruiana, Chisinau, Moldova

James Campbell, Gouldens, London, United Kingdom

P. Carrier, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

S. Chorniy, Baker & McKenzie, Kiev, Ukraine

T. H. Cominos, Jr., Burns Schwartz, Bucharest, Romania

E. Csekes, Csekes-Világi Law Firm, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

M. Czivis, Váa, Pergl and Partners, Prague, Czech Republic

T. DabrowskI, Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn, Poland

G. Dimitrov, O.R.A.C. ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria

James Douglass, Linklaters & Alliance, London, United Kingdom

D. Doycova, Legacom, Sofia, Bulgaria

John Edwards, London, United Kingdom

Katalin Furedi, Law office of Gardos, Benke, Mosonyi, Tomori, Budapest, Hungary

M. Furtek, Furtek i Wspolnicy Spolka Komandytowa, Poland

R. Galkanov, Central Asian American Enterprise Fund, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

A.GambleLovells, Lovells, London, United Kingdom

Patricia Gannon, Karanovic & Nikolic, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Istvan Gárdos, Law office of Gardos, Benke, Mosonyi, Tomori, Budapest, Hungary

A.Georgieva, Bulgarian Law Office Georgieva, Varna, Bulgaria

Gheorghe, Citylex Law Firm, Bucharest, Romania

I. Gliha, Zagreb University, Zagreb, Croatia

Gortsunyan, Herbert Smith CIS Legal Services, Moscow, Russia

Götz Eilmann, Linklaters & Alliance, Warsaw, Poland

A. Hallgarth, Bird & Bird, London, United Kingdom

A. Hämmalov, Law Office Luiga & Mugu, Tallinn, Estonia

R. Jakutis, Foresta Business Law Group, Vilnius, Lithuania

Alexander Jehn, Kiel, Germany

Tanja Jesenko, Chamber of Notaries of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Kacprzak, Hoffmann-Foelkersamb Adwokaci I Radcy Prawni, Gdansk, Poland

G. Kalikova, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

T. Kanski, Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak, Warszawa, Poland

Dragan Karanovic, Karanovic & Nikolic, Belgrade, Serbia

M. Kharenko, BC Toms & Co, Kiev, Ukraine

A. Kingston, Nestor Nestor & Kingston Petersen, Bucharest, Romania

Victor Kipiani, Mgaloblishvili, Kipiani, Dzidziguri (MKD), Tbilisi, Georgia

F. Klavins, Klavins, Slaidins & Loze, Riga, Latvia

O. Klimaitiene, AAA Legal Services, Vilnius, Lithuania

Rolf Kneiper, Universitat Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Nowina-Konopka, Komosa Wisniewski Grzybowski - Linklaters Alliance, Warsaw, Poland

O. Konov, Techno-Link, Sofia, Bulgaria

Konstantin Kroll, Allen & Overy, Moscow, Russia

Lauris Liepa, Zv. Advocata Paligs Heidelberga, Riga, Latvia

Otto Luchterhand, Universitat Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

S. Luiga, Law Office Luiga & Mugu, Tallinn, Estonia

G. Macdonald, Salans Hertzfeld Heilbronn, London, United Kingdom

D. Markusic, Deissenberger & Partners, Zagreb, Croatia

Maya Meluihas, White & Case LLC, Moscow, Russia

Thomas Meyer, GtZ, Belgrade, Serbia

Nadja Marschhausen, Kiel, Germany

Marat Muzdubaev, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & Macrae LLP, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Sylvie Naether, Berlin, Germany

Andre Newburg, Clearly, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, London, United Kingdom

Dejan Nikolic, Karanovic & Nikolic, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Yagmur Nuryev, Central Bank, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

M. Paabumets, Paabumets & Hint Law Office, Tartu, Estonia

R. Paron, Raidla & Partners Law Office, Tallinn, Estonia

Massimo Pedrazzini, Spiess, Brunoni, Pedrazzini, Molino, Lugano, Switzerland

Douglas Peel, White & Case LLC, Moscow, Russia

G. Peljhan, Colja, Rojs & Partnerji, Slovenia

Nuria de la Peña, CEAL - Center for the Economic Analysis of Law, Washington DC, United States

V. Pendovska, University of Skopje, Skopje, FYR Macedonia

Daina Petrauskaite, Ministry of Justice, Vilnius, Lithuania

V.Petryna, Sonyuk & Petryna, Kiev, Ukraine

Hugh Pigott, The Center for Law Reform, London, United Kingdom

A. Piltz, Gaedertz Law Firm, Germany

Judr. Polanský And Prunner, Balcar, Polansky and Spol, Prague, Czech Republic

Mihajlo Price, Price and Spasic, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Alica Prepikova, Aliancia Advokatov, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Jan-Hendrik Rover, Asset Capital Partners GmbH, Moscow/Munich, Russia/Germany

Jurgita Rotomskiene, Central Mortgage Office, Vilnius, Lithuania

Ricardo Sallustio, Brosio, Casati E Associati in association with Allen & Overy, Rome, Italy

V. Salei, Borovtsov & Salei, Minsk, Belarus

T. Samuelian, Arlex International Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia

Mario Sander, GtZ, Eschborn, Germany

Heinrich Schnitger, Richter am Amtsgericht, Bremen, Germany

Tom Oliver Schorling, Gaedertz Law Firm, Frankfurt, Germany

Charles Schwartz, USAID, USA

D. Scott, Baker & McKenzie, Kiev, Ukraine

N. Selih, Selih, Remec & Janezic, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tony Shea, Legexp Law Firm, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Junko Shiokawa, Stanford University, Stanford, United States

A. Sorainen, Sorainen Law Office, Tallinn, Estonia

Darko Spasic, Price and Spasic, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Sabine Stadler, IRZ, Bonn, Germany

D. Stasiulis, McDermott, Will & Emery, Vilnius, Lithuania

Aydin Suleymanov, GtZ, Armenia

A. Sutt, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

Tibor Tajti, Central European University Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

S. Talek, Vukmir Law Offices, Zagreb, Croatia

John Taylor, London, United Kingdom

M. Tetreault Schilling, Burns Schwartz, Bucharest, Romania

S. Tietjen, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Prague, Czech Republic

B. Tkalcic-Dulic, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

B. Toms, BC Toms & Co, London, United Kingdom

N. Tsiskaridze, Georgian Consulting Group, Tbilishi, Georgia

A. Tsyrat, JVS Law Firm, Kiev, Ukraine

Alexander Turcan, Turcan & Turcan Attorneys at Law, Chisinau, Moldova

M. Usmanov, Tajikbankbusiness, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

H. Vallikivi, Law Office Tark & Co., Tallinn, Estonia

Gunta Vishnakova, Ministry of Justice, Riga, Latvia

L. Vlasova, Vlasova & Partners Ltd, Minsk, Belarus

Mr Voronin, Mayer Brown & Platt, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Michael F. Walsh, Ledingham Chalmers, Baku, Azerbaijan

Allen Welsh, USA

G. Yeghiazarian, Armenian Development Agency, Yerevan, Armenia

K. Young, Lovells, London, United Kingdom

D. Zdanaviciu, Bishop & Robertson Chalmers, Vilnius, Lithuania