EYBA Research Committee

According to art. 12 of the Articles of the Association, the Executive Committee have created the “EYBA Research Committee”, approved at the Annual General Meeting on the 18th of June 2021.

Tasks of the Committee:

  • detect the trends in the legal profession affecting young lawyers,
  • identify professional opportunities for young lawyers (such as international conferences, call for applications, scholarships, professional programmes, European projects),
  • monitor legislation updates and judgments relevant at the European level,
  • support the Executive Committee with regard to online content, the EYBA journal and the legal information provided to Members.

    The Committee is composed by the EYBA President and Immediate Past President, as coordinators, and four members selected through a Public Call for Applications.

Committee Members

Sergiy BARBASHYN

Sergiy BARBASHYN

Sergiy is the current President of EYBA.

He is a Ukrainian advocate, owner of the Barbashyn Law Firm, Chair of the Ukrainian National Association Youth committee “UNBA NextGen”, Deputy Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, and a Lecturer at the Higher School of Advocacy of Ukraine.

Sergiy‘s main practices are intellectual property protection, legal support to IT and startups, lead web3 and blockchain projects. He builds legal positions and recommendations for clients based on experience in IP, economic, corporate and tax law, gained in legal support of businesses all around the world.

Vladimir PALAMARCIUC

Vladimir PALAMARCIUC

Vladimir is the current EYBA Immediate Past President.

Vladimir is a Moldovan lawyer. He specialises in civil law, e-commerce and litigation on regulatory matters for business. Vladimir co-founded and was the first president of the Young Lawyers Association under the Moldovan Bar. Since 2015 he serves as Info Point for the Council of Europe Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals Program (HELP) and in July 2020 he was reelected as member of the HELP Consultative Board.

Borja LLONIN

Borja LLONIN

Member of the Confederación Española de la Abogacía Joven – Spain

Jennifer O'SULLIVAN

Jennifer O'SULLIVAN

Member of the Younger Members Committee of the Law Society of Ireland – Ireland

Pier Paolo PICARELLI

Pier Paolo PICARELLI

Member of the Rome Young Bar Association – Rome, Italy

Yulia SERGET

Yulia SERGET

Young Lawyer’s Committee UNBA Next Gen

Igor SEROTILA

Igor SEROTILA

Member of the Moldovan Young Bar Association

Mikayel DANIELYAN

Member of Youth Board of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of
Armenia

Jerome GOUTILLE

Member of the Fédération National des Unions des Jeunes Avocats