Program

Information on Sochi Legal business program

Saturday, 20 September. At the Sochi Legal we are going to address the following topics.

09:30 Opening

Opening speech from the Sochi Legal Co-Chairs

09:45 Future of the Legal Market in Russia

What legal services are currently in demand and how is the market changing?
Where does the demand for Russian lawyers come from?
How are sanctions affecting the legal market?
What will happen with the international law firms in Russia/CIS and how are they adapting to the situation
Changes to the law firm management model to remain successful.

Moderator:

Margarita GASKAROVA, Chief Editor, Legal Insight

Speakers:

Ruslan IBRAGIMOV, Vice-President on Corporate and Legal Affairs, MTS
Andrey GORODISSKY, Managing Partner, Gorodissky & Partners
Konstantin KOLPAKOV, Vice-President, Board Member, URALSIB Bank
Sergei OSTROVSKY, Partner, Ashurst LLP (UK)
Yuri PUSTOVIT, Managing Partner, Advocates Bureau Yug
Sergei VOITISHKIN, Managing Partner, Baker & McKenzie (CIS)

11:00 Asia Focus: Investors' Expectations, Investment Support and their Protection

Russian/CIS investments into Asia: case studies
Prospective Asian investments into Russia and the CIS
Doing business in Russia/CIS – concerns for Asian businesses
How will Asia respond to Sanctions
Beijing, Hong Kong, India and Singapore as centres for alternative dispute resolution with Asian parties

Moderator:

Anton PANCHENKOV, Head of Group, Goltsblat BLP

Speakers:

Boris TITOV, Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights (Russia)
Rupert BOSWALL, Chairman, RPC (UK, Hong Kong and Singapore)
Julia CHARLTON, Principal Partner, Charltons (Hong Kong, China) ( Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
Olga CHENTSOVA, Managing Partner, AEQUITAS Law Firm (Kazakhstan)
Oleg LEONOV, Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Alexander MOLOTNIKOV, CEO of Educational Center, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Philippe SHIN, Senior Foreign Attorney, Shin & Kim (Korea)
Tomohiro TSUCHIYA, partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Japan)

12:15 Sanctions and Reciprocal Sanctions: A New Reality

Do smart targeted or any other form of sanctions work? How meaningful are the sanctions to date?
Are US and EU companies really discouraged from doing business with key Russian holdings?
The unintended indirect effects of sanctions ("sanctions creep") due to the conservatism of global financial institutions in the face of sanctions busting fines
What do escalating sanctions look like? Hitting the Russian energy and banking sectors. Replicating the devastation inflicted on Iran
How can Russian business and government and those doing business in Russia mitigate sanctions in force and prepare for future sanctions?
What can Russia do (in WTO and otherwise) to fight back?
What is the legal status of Crimea (is it the new Northern Cyprus), and the consequences and prospects for investment in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine?
Legitimacy of using sanctions to enforce international law?

Moderator:

Robin WITTERING, Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners

Speakers:

Rupert BOSWALL, Chairman, RPC (UK, Hong Kong and Singapore)
Yuri BOTIUK, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP (UK)
Anastasia GRACHEVA, Ministry of Economic Development
James CAMPBELL, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (UK)
Benjamin FLOWE, Partner, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, L.L.P. (USA)
Mikhail KAZANTSEV, Partner, Egorov Pugisnky Afanasiev & Partners
James MENZ, J.D., Counsel, Schellenberg Wittmer (Switzerland)
James POPPERWELL, Senior Counsel, Macfarlanes (UK)
Charalambos PROUNTZOS, Partner, Prountzos & Prountzos LLC (Cyprus)
Andrei ZIMIN, Deputy CEO, TMK

14:30 Emerging vs. well-established international commercial arbitration centres

Can the current unstable political and economic environment offer more opportunities to the new arbitration centers and contribute to their growth as an alternative to the European and USArbitrations (for example, for Russia)?
Users of the new regional arbitration centers are mainly companies from the same region.
What are the chances for such institutes to become truly worldwide?
Infrastructure of the new arbitrations vs. traditional arbitrations
Is it correct to say that comparatively lower costs of arbitration proceedings in the new arbitration centers are their major competitive advantage?
How important are the differences in the arbitration procedure and the legal culture? To what extent would it influence the choice of an arbitration center?

Moderator:

Dmitry DYAKIN, Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners

Speakers:

Mark BROWN, Partner, Bristows LLP (UK)
Alexander VANEEV, Counsel, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Dr. Johannes P. WILLHEIM, Partner, Willheim Müller Rechtsanwälte (Austria)
George Z. GEORGIOU, Managing Partner, George Z. Georgiou & Associates (Cyprus)
Rupert D'CRUZ, Barrister, Littleton Chambers (UK)
Kendall COFFEY, Partner, Coffey | Burlington (USA), and former U.S. Attorney
Peter FITZPATRICK, Partner, Enyo Law (UK)
Ulf HARDEMAN, Partner, Advokatfirman Delphi (Sweden)
Vladimir KHVALEI, Chairman of Russian Arbitration Association, Partner at Baker & McKenzie

14:30 Compliance and Criminal Liability

New challenges faced by Russian companies: establishing internal compliance mechanisms
Conflicts between national law and international anti-corruption requirements
Compliance in the healthcare industry (collaboration with the medical community, patients, issues of product promotion)
Corporate compliance requirements, industry associations and the Russian law - how to overcome the contradictions
Testing and monitoring, compliance auditing: the preeminence of form over content
The Institute of the Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights and the Center for Public Procedures "Business Against Corruption": how can businesses use them?
Criminal risks for business: when are entrepreneurs criminally liable and is it always deserved?
Voice of the regions: discussion of issues and concerns
How can law firms participate in solving the problems identified

Moderator:

Andrew MAC, partner, EPAM USA PLLC (USA)
Andrey NAZAROV, Сo-Сhairman of Delovaya Rossiya, Сo-Сhairman of the Business Against Сorruption public centre ( Risks for Business (in Russian))
Natalya THOTAHEWAGE, Head of Legal and Compliance, Alcon Russia, Novartis Group

Speakers:

Dimitry AFANASIEV, the member of the Partners' Committe, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Elena ARTYUKH, Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights in the Sverdlovsk Region
Diyas ASSANOV, Regional Compliance Officer, Siemens LLC
Olga BELONOZHKINA, Commissioner for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs in the Khanty -Mansi Autonomous Region
Rustam KURMAEV, Partner, Goltsblat BLP (Contradictions between National Legislation and CPA&UKBA (in Russian))
Andrey PORFIRIEV, Co-Chairman of the Business against Corruption Public Centre, Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Ekaterina PUSTOVALOVA, President, ICS
Dr. Christian SCHMIES, Partner, Hengeler Mueller (Germany)
Filip VANHASTEL, Divisional Legal Counsel, Ontex (Belgium)

15:45 Private Client Services: New Challenges

Accounts Abroad: regulatory changes in Russia and foreign banks changing attitudes towards Russian customers
Foreign Citizenship – what options are out there? (Malta, Cyprus, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda)
Private money in offshore accounts: how to comply with the deoffshorisation requirements and not ruin your business
Divorce and inheritance of Russian HNWI - new trends.
Trusts and funds for the Russians: a working tool or a fashionable product for HNWIs?

Moderator:

Egor NOSKOV, Managing Partner, Duvernoix Legal
Tony HADJILOUCAS, партнер, Partner, PWC (Cyprus)

Speakers:

Dimitry AFANASIEV, the member of the Partners' Committe, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Nikolai GORDEEV, President, Chairman of the Management Board, UFC Bank
Xavier ISAAC, Head of Trust and Fiduciary, Salamanca Group (Switzerland)
Ekaterina LAZORINA, Partner, Financial Services Leader, PwC ( The Impact of Deoffshorization Legislation on Personal Ownership Structure of Individual Assets (in Russian))
Natacha ONAWELHO-LOREN, Head of Legal, Trust and Fiduciary, Salamanca Group (Switzerland)
Mark ROVINSKIY, Deputy Head of Tax Practice, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Tatiana TOLSTAIA, Associate, Henley & Partners (UK)

15:45 CIS and Common Economic Space - Legal Issues for Businesses

Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union and the FAS of Russia cooperation with the competition authorities of the Belarus and the Kazakhstan
Fighting cartels – the Russian experience
Investigations in practice and the application of trade defence measures of the Eurasian Economic Commission
Common Economic Space and the WTO rules during the unilateral trade sanctions
What's New in other CIS countries? A brief legal update from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan

Moderator:

Nikolay MIZULIN, Partner, Mayer Brown (Belgium)

Speakers:

Zauresh BAYMOLDINA, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Natalya BRAYNINA, Partner, Aequitas (Kazakhstan)
Vladimir TALANOV, Senior Associate, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Andrey TENISHEV, Head of the Anti-Cartel Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia)
Andrey TSYGANOV, Deputy Head of the FAS Russia ( Eurasian Economic Union Treaty and Issues of Cooperation between FAS of Russia and the Competition Authorities of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan (in Russian))
Anna RUSETSKAYA, Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (Belarus)
Andrei ZIMIN, Deputy CEO, TMK
Nariman RAMAZANOV, Managing Partner, FINA LLP (Azerbaijan)
Pavel SADOVSKY, Head Of Intellectual Property / TMT Practice, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners ( Intellectual Property in Customs Union: Today and Tomorrow (in Russian))
Maksim SMIRNOV, Partner, Kalikova & Associates (Kyrgyzstan)

17:00 Measures to Protect National Tax Interests: Russian Anti-Offshore Package Measures and Foreign Practices to Retain the Tax Income

Would you assess the Russian Federation Anti-offshore regulatory measures offered by the Russian Government as effective?
Do you consider the measures proposed by the Russian Government "classic" or "exotic"? Do they go correlate with the tools used in other jurisdictions? If there are differences, is this due to objective characteristics of a specific country, or are these of a broader scope?
What should businesses do now to prepare for the Anti-offshore measures coming into force?
What are the anticipated changes in the structuring of business transactions once the Anti-offshore package measures come into force?
What services will the Russian and foreign lawyers offer in connection with the new circumstances? Is there a conflict in the interests of Russian and foreign lawyers? Can Russia's national interests and national interests of offshore jurisdictions be aligned?

Moderator:

Sergey PEPELIAEV, Managing partner, Pepeliaev Group

Speakers:

Nikolai GORDEEV, President, Chairman of the Management Board, UFC Bank
Natalia LUCHKOVA, Partner, TaxTeam (The Netherlands)
Natacha ONAWELHO-LOREN, Head of Legal, Trust and Fiduciary, Salamanca Group (Switzerland)
Charalambos PROUNTZOS, Partner, Prountzos & Prountzos LLC (Cyprus)
Mark ROVINSKIY, Deputy Head of Tax Practice, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
William HARE, Managing Partner, Forbes Hare LLP (British Virgin Islands)

17:00 Russian Regional Law Firms: Areas of Expertise and Scope for Development

Russian regional law firms: who are they?
How to ensure the high quality of staff?
How do regional firms approach specialization?
When federal companies and law firms need local lawyers
Strategies for the development of regional law firms

Moderator:

Mikhail KAZANTSEV, Partner, Egorov Pugisnky Afanasiev & Partners

Speakers:

Alexey ANDRONOV, General Counsel, Megapolis Group of Companies
Evgeny KOVALEV, Managing Partner, Kovalev, Ryazantsev & Partners (Russia, Chelyabinsk)
Evgeniy SIZOV, Director, Legal Firm Buisness & Law (Tomsk)
Igor STEPANOV, Managing Partner, Eberg, Stepanov & Partners (Rostov-on-Don)
Andrey SYCHEV, Managing Partner, Volga Legal (Samara)
Oleg YOLKIN, Volgograd bar Meyer & Partners (Volgograd)

18:30 Key Legal Aspects of Infrastructure Projects in Russia and the CIS: the Olympic Sochi Case Study

Invaluable experience of Olympic Sochi - lessons for the future.
The Law on the Federal Contract System: is there improvement and in what direction are we going?
FIDIC in Russia: is there a future?
Obtaining land plots for construction: obstacles remain.
The new PPP law: hopes and prospects
How to find balance between private and public interests in the legislation?

Moderator:

Albert EGANYAN, Chairman of the Board of Partners, VEGAS LEX

Speakers:

Stephan ZOECHLING, Chief Operations Officer, Transstroy Holding

Discussion participants:

Kamil BLAŽEK, Partner, Head of Projects & Infrastructure, Kinstellar (Czech Republic)
Anton CHERTOV, Director of the Department of legal support rulemaking, Rosvodokanal
Elena GAVRILINA, Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Pavel KARPUNIN, Partner, Capital Legal Services
Yulia KOLOMYTSEVA, Head of Legal Department, Transstroy Holding
Ilya SKRIPNIKOV, Of Counsel, Dentons

19:15 Closing

Closing speech from the Sochi Legal Co-Chairs