Russian Law Week
November 5, 2012
RUSSIAN LAW WEEK
5 – 7 November 2012
organised by The Law Society of England and Wales, The Bar Council, BRLA and ARLA
Monday, 5 November Venue: Law Society Reading Room, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL
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18:30-20:30
| Evening Reception
VIP address by The Right Honourable Chris Grayling MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Alexander Yakovenko, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Tuesday, 6 November Venue: Law Society Common Room, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL
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08:30 - 09:00 | Registration opens
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09:00 - 09:30 | Opening of the Conference
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, President of the Law Society of England & Wales
Keynote speech by Alderman David Wootton, Lord Mayor of the City of London
Michael Todd QC, Chairman of the Bar Council of England & Wales
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09:30 - 11:00
| Session 1.Proposals for changes to the Russian Civil Code
Mikhail Galperin, Director of the Department of Economic Law at the RF Ministry of Justice
Dr Andrey Egorov, Chief Administrative Officer, Supreme Arbitrazh (Commercial) Court of the Russian Federation
Artem Zhavoronkov, Partner and Head of Corporate and M&A Practice, Salans, St Petersburg
Evgeny Zhilin, Partner, Law Firm YUST, Moscow
Moderator: Maria Starostina, Co-Chairman of International Affairs Committee of the Moscow City Bar |
11:00 - 11:30 | Tea and coffee
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11:30 - 13:00 | Session 2. Investment climate in Russia
Karen Malayan, Embassy of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Glenn Kolleeny, Partner, Salans, Moscow
Vladislav Zabrodin, Managing Partner, Capital Legal Services, St. Petersburg
Dmitri Lubomudrov, Partner, Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow
Konstantin Olefir, Head of Legal, Russian Direct Investment Fund
Moderator: Glenn Kolleeny
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13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch
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14:30 - 16:00
| Session 3: Corporate governance and shareholder rights under Russian law
Evgeny Zhilin, Partner, Law Firm YUST, Moscow
Roman Khodykin, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London
Yuri Bortnikov, Vegas Lex, Moscow
Victor Matchekhin, Linklaters, Moscow
Moderator: Roman Khodykin
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Wednesday, 7 November Venue: The Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn, Newman's Row, London WC2A 3TL
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09:00 - 09:30 | Registration opens
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09:30 – 11:00 | Session 4: Russian court practice- current trends
Agafonova Galina Alexandrovna, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow City Court of General Jurisdiction
Denis Kachkin, Managing Partner, Kachkin & Partners, St Petersburg
Feodor Vyacheslavov, Partner, ALRUD Law Firm, Moscow
Kirill Trukhanov, Partner, Vegas Lex, Moscow
Moderator: Denis Kachkin
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11:00 - 11:30 | Tea and Coffee
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11:30 – 13:00 | Session 5: Russia’s Membership in the WTO and its legal consequences
Pavel Volkov, Director of Legal Department, RF Ministry of Economic Development
Yuri Monastyrsky, Senior Partner, Monastyrskiy, Zuba & Partners, Moscow
Alexander Muranov, Senior Partner, Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners, Moscow
Dr Tatyana Slipachuk, Partner, Sayenko Kharenko
Moderator: Doran Doeh, Partner, SNR Denton (CIS) Limited
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13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch
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14:00 - 15:30 | Session 6: Arbitrating commercial disputes in Russia
Dr Anton Asoskov, Lomonosov University, Moscow
Julia Zagonek, White & Case, Moscow
Andrey Zelenin, Partner, Lidings Law Firm
Evgeniy Ravshevsky, Partner, Egorov, Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow
Moderator: Rupert D’Cruz, Vice-Chairman of the International Committee of the Bar Council of England & Wales and Bar Council representative for Russia
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15:30 - 15:35 | Closing remarks
Michael Todd QC, Chairman of the Bar Council of England & Wales
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RLW 2012 has received 9 Hours CPD accreditation from the Law Society and Bar Council of England & Wales