Agenda
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Day 1 - Tuesday, January 28, 2020
| 8:15 |
Registration, Refreshments and Networking |
| 9:00 |
Opening Remarks from the Chair |
| 9:10 |
HOT TOPICObtaining and Handling Evidence for Use in Cross-Border Investigations and Legal Proceedings |
| 10:30 |
Legal Contamination: How Legal Principles Change When They Travel Abroad |
| 11:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 12:00 |
NEW FOR THIS YEARThe Thorny Issue of Jurisdiction: Recent Defining Cases for FSU Disputes |
| 1:00 |
Lunch and Networking |
| 2:00 |
HOT TOPICLatest Developments in Russia Sanctions |
| 3:00 |
Choice of Forum, Judicial Cooperation and Enforcement of Judgments post-Brexit |
| 4:00 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 4:30 |
Contentious Trusts and Private Client Disputes in the post-Pugachev Era |
| 5:15 |
End of Day 1 |
Day 2 - Wednesday, January 29, 2020
| 8:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 9:00 |
Opening Remarks from the Chair |
| 9:10 |
Masque-Raid: Preparing and Defending Your Clients from Raids in the Former Soviet Union |
| 10:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 11:00 |
IN FOCUSHigh Stake Investor Claims involving FSU Corporate Entities and States |
| 12:15 |
Lunch and Networking |
| 1:15 |
Director and Shareholder Disputes and Corporate Conflicts |
| 2:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 3:00 |
Resolving Cross-border Restructuring and Bankruptcy Disputes Involving an FSU Element |
| 4:15 |
Chair’s Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 |
Conference Ends |
Day 1 - Tuesday, January 28, 2020
| 8:15 |
Registration, Refreshments and Networking |
| 9:00 |
Opening Remarks from the ChairStephanie Balsys Nikos Asimakopoulos |
| 9:10 |
HOT TOPICObtaining and Handling Evidence for Use in Cross-Border Investigations and Legal ProceedingsStephanie Balsys Dmitry Kletochkin Nikos Asimakopoulos Session LeaderArtem Doudko
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| 10:30 |
Legal Contamination: How Legal Principles Change When They Travel AbroadVictoria Burkovskaya Sergiy Gryshko Session Leader:Nicola Boulton
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| 11:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 12:00 |
NEW FOR THIS YEARThe Thorny Issue of Jurisdiction: Recent Defining Cases for FSU DisputesOlga Bischof Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi Dmitri Evseev Session LeaderJason Woodland
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| 1:00 |
Lunch and Networking |
| 2:00 |
HOT TOPICLatest Developments in Russia SanctionsMaxim Kulkov Session Leader:Oxana Peters
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| 3:00 |
Choice of Forum, Judicial Cooperation and Enforcement of Judgments post-BrexitNatalia Petrik Dr. Alice Fremuth-Wolf Ziva Filipic Dr Anna Kozmenko Jane Fedotova Session Leader:Oliver Marsden
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| 4:00 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 4:30 |
Contentious Trusts and Private Client Disputes in the post-Pugachev EraDmitry Pentsov Michael Roberts As the popularity of trusts as asset structuring device for wealthy individuals from Russia and other republics of the former USSR continues to grow, so does the number of trust-related disputes involving the parties from these jurisdictions
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| 5:15 |
End of Day 1 |
Day 2 - Wednesday, January 29, 2020
| 8:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 9:00 |
Opening Remarks from the Chair |
| 9:10 |
Masque-Raid: Preparing and Defending Your Clients from Raids in the Former Soviet UnionAndrew Smith Andrew Wordsworth Eugenia Verenko Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, corporate raids remain a honed method in doing business and an accepted mechanism for businesses empires to be created. In recent years, and particularly in Russia, mechanisms associated with business magnates are increasingly being adopted by organs of the State. In light of this new risk, how can your clients defend themselves? You will leave this Working Group with a set of critical questions to ask your client, as soon as they sense an attack – from “how guilty is my client” to “are they prepared for permanent exile”, and understand the 5 practical skills required to handle a CIS raid competently.
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| 10:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 11:00 |
IN FOCUSHigh Stake Investor Claims involving FSU Corporate Entities and StatesJennifer Younan Evgeniya Rubinina Baiju Vasani Session Leader:Tatiana Minaeva
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| 12:15 |
Lunch and Networking |
| 1:15 |
Director and Shareholder Disputes and Corporate ConflictsSergey Petrachkov Paulius Docka Alexander Vaneev Session Leader:Sergey Usoskin
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| 2:30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
| 3:00 |
Resolving Cross-border Restructuring and Bankruptcy Disputes Involving an FSU ElementStepan Guzey Elena Fedorova Iryna Kalnytska Session Leader:Dominic Pellew
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| 4:15 |
Chair’s Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 |
Conference Ends |
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