Registration, welcome coffee at Lotte Hotel in St Petersburg
Welcome speech from Alf Torrents, Executive Director of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce (RBCC)
Keynote speech from Ms Julia Crouch, Deputy Head of Mission and Minister Counsellor for Economics, Science and Trade at the British Embassy in Moscow
«ESG: Environmental, Social and Governance»
Moderator & Speaker:
Egor Misiura - ESG disputes.
Speakers:
Grigory Balashov – New legislation in ESG. Mechanisms and key issues.
Sergey Sitnikov – Practical steps to transform companies with the power of ESG.
Closing speech from Ben Wells, Chairman of RusFor
Drinks reception at Lotte Hotel
Moderator & Speaker:
Mo Haque QC – Common law system and how to get jurisdiction if you want it.
Speakers:
Vladimir Komarov – Practical aspects of cross-border class actions.
Nina Boer – Jurisdictions' incompatibility. Doing business in Russia and opting for different legal system: theory and reality.
Philipp Koverchenko - Managing international disputes from a Primum Non Nocere (First, Do No Harm) viewpoint.
Mikhail Ivannikov – Criminal defence of foreign businesses in Russia.
«Jurisdiction and International Comparative Law: Practicalities and Pitfalls»
Moderator & Speaker:
Svetlana London - Mediation and current trends
Speakers:
Anthony Walker - The stages of a mediation – how they differ between the UK and Russia.
Stepan Puchkov - The psychology of mediation.
«Mediation – tips from practice in the UK and Russia»
«Psychology of law»
Moderator & Speaker:
Rupert D’Cruz QC
Speakers:
Anastasia Rastorgueva - General ancillary relief principles & child custody
Ksenya Shved-Ivanova - Validity of pre and post-nuptial agreements & child abduction
Alexander Muksinov- Asset tracing techniques/tips & funding
Ben Wells - Dealing with multi-jurisdictional divorces – strategy, challenges and how to overcome them
«When Russian HNW divorce spills over into the English Courts»
Moderator & Speaker:
Yuri Botiuk
Speakers:
Shantanu Majumdar QC
Anastasia Medvedskaya
Aleksei Drobyshev
Dmitry Davydenko
«22 Hot Takes on Arbitration in 2022»