English Law Week in Moscow and St Petersburg 2017

English Law Week in Moscow and St Petersburg 2017

Application form

General

The Bar Council and the Law Society of England and Wales in partnership with the Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers, the Moscow Chamber of Advocates, the St Petersburg Chamber of Advocates, the Anglo-Russian Law Association, and the British Russian Law Association are organising the fourth English Law Week in Moscow and St Petersburg from 20 to 23 November 2017.

English Law Week alternates year on year with its twin event, Russian Law Week, which takes place in London, and has become a key event for legal professionals whose work involves interaction between England and Russia.

This year’s conference is entitled ‘The Law - A noble profession or just business?’ and for the first time, takes place in two Russian cities, Moscow and St Petersburg.

We are expecting 150 lawyers from the UK, Russia, and the wider CIS region to attend each day of the conference. Speakers from leading UK and Russian firms, institutions and corporations will be joining us to give their perspective on the legal services market in both jurisdictions.

The opportunity to speak at this event is open to both barristers and solicitors. If you are interested in speaking at this event, please read the information below and complete this application form electronically and return it along with your CV to Petra Majzlikova by 09:00 on 31 July 2017.

We will aim to let you know the outcome of your application within two weeks of the deadline date.

Logistics and costs

Delegates are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation and for bearing all associated costs as well as for obtaining their personal visa.

Application process

Candidates will be chosen on the basis of their application form and CV submitted (having regards to) the Bar Council’s selection process and criteria below.

Please note that:

Decision-making by the selection panel may be entirely paper-based and online.
Given that there may be several equally well qualified candidates; selection is entirely at the discretion of the panel, whose decision is final.
To ensure a spread of participants from different chambers, a maximum number of one barrister from a set of chambers will be permitted to participatein the overall programme.

Application criteria for participants

Essential

Demonstrate ability to contribute to and speak on the subject matters for which speakers are sought.
Significant experience in the Russia/CIS market.
Demonstrate existing international practice (e.g. demonstrated through examples of work, speaking at relevant events or relevant publications) or a credible intention to establish one.
Clear objectives for participating in English Law Week 2017.

Desirable

Willingness to disseminate experience gained.
Other relevant qualifications or memberships (e.g. membership of foreign Bar organisations in the relevant region to be visited).
Ability to speak Russian.

Application form to be completed by all participants

Personal Details:

Name
Chambers name and address
Work telephone number
Mobile telephone number
Email address
Alternative Email
Website
How did you find out about this event:

Intended level of participation:

Please indicate your preferred level of participation below by marking the relevant box with an X (by double clicking on the box and selecting “checked”).

We encourage you to participate in as many activities as possible so as to gain the most from the visit.

City / Yes / No
Moscow
St Petersburg

Provisional Outline Programme:

Please see the draft outline of the programme. Some sessions are repeated in Moscow and St Petersburg.

Moscow:

Monday 20 November 2017
Venue: The British Embassy, 10 SmolenskayaNaberezhnaya
09:00 – 10:15 / Registration and refreshments
10:15 - 10:30 / Opening of the conference
10:30 – 11:30 / Session 1: Recent English judgments involving Russian and CIS parties, including:
-Developments in the Freezing Injunction Jurisdiction

JSC MezhdunarodniyPromyshlenniy Bank v Pugachev
OJSC BTA Bank v Khrapanov

-Cases involving the enforcement of Russian court judgments

Maximov v OJSC NLMK (enforcement of (annulled) award in England))
Open Joint Stock Co Alfa-Bank v Trefilov
JSC VTB Bank v Skurikhin

-Cases involving fraud-related claims

Baturina v Chistyakov
PinchukvBogolyubov and Kolomoisky;
Bank St Petersburg PJSC & Anor v ArkhangelskyOrs

11:30 - 12:00 / Tea and Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:15 / Session 2: Case Study (of a claim in England involving Russian parties)
13:15 – 14:15 / Lunch
14:15 – 15:30 / Session 3: International arbitration
-Latest guidelines, tools and publications from major arbitral institutions
-Arbitrators – choosing the right arbitrators and then getting the most from them
-Efficiency and reduced costs – what is being done to make arbitration quicker and cheaper
-Support of arbitration by the state courts
-Confidentiality v publicity
-Ethics in arbitration
15:30 – 16:00 / Tea and Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 / Session 4: Competition law issues – Brexit and EU regulations
-Update on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union
-Implications for the use of English law for Russia-related transactions
-Expected changes in English Competition law and polices arising from Brexit
-Mergers - investigation of dominant market positions, and a comparison of practices of the antitrust authorities in recent major investigations in the UK, Europe and Russia
-Recovering damages resulting from unfair competition
-Interplay between antitrust law and IP rights
17:00 - 19:30 / Networking Reception
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Venue: The British Embassy, 10 SmolenskayaNaberezhnaya
09:00– 10:20 / Registration and refreshments
10:20 – 10:30 / Opening remarks
10:30 – 11:45 / Session 5: Corporate law and taxation law topics
-New "English law" provisions of the Russian Civil Code as perceived by English lawyers. Examples of structuring transactions using Russian law concepts (if any). Opinion on whether or not to use "mirrored documents" in UK/Russian underlying organizations
-Update on interplay of the U.K. Tax environment and Russia's continuing de-offshorization attempts
-Any changes in tax law policy that have happened in UK and that are relevant for international business
11:45 - 12:15 / Tea and Coffee Break
12:15 - 13:30 / Session 6: Organisation of law as a business - current business models and trends
-Technological innovation – latest trends
-Alternative business structures
-LPP for in-house counsel
-Corporate social responsibility
-Law firm billings/ fee arrangements - latest trends
13:30 - 14:30 / Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 / Session 7: Regulation of the legal profession
16:00 – 16:15 / Closing remarks

St Petersburg:

Wednesday 22 November 2017
Venue: British Consulate-General, 5 Pl ProletarskoyDikatury, St Petersburg
09:00 – 10:15 / Registration and refreshments
10:15 - 10:30 / Opening of the conference
10:30 – 11:30 / Session 1: Corporate law and taxation law topics
-New "English law" provisions of the Russian Civil Code as perceived by English lawyers. Examples of structuring transactions using Russian law concepts (if any).
-Opinion on whether or not to use "mirrored documents" in UK/Russian underlying organizations
-Update on interplay of the U.K. Tax environment and Russia's continuing de-offshorization attempts
-Any changes in tax law policy that have happened in UK and that are relevant for international business
11:30 - 12:00 / Tea and Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:15 / Session 2: Recent English judgments involving Russian and CIS parties, including:
-Developments in the Freezing Injunction Jurisdiction

JSC MezhdunarodniyPromyshlenniy Bank v Pugachev
OJSC BTA Bank v Khrapanov

-Cases involving the enforcement of Russian court judgments

Maximov v OJSC NLMK (enforcement of (annulled) award in England))
Open Joint Stock Co Alfa-Bank v Trefilov
JSC VTB Bank v Skurikhin

-Cases involving fraud-related claims

Baturina v Chistyakov
PinchukvBogolyubov and Kolomoisky
Bank St Petersburg PJSC & Anor v ArkhangelskyOrs

13:15 – 14:15 / Lunch
14:15 – 15:30 / Session 3: Case Study (of a claim in England involving Russian parties)
15:30 – 16:00 / Tea and Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 / Recovering assets through bankruptcy and liquidation
-Claims to recover assets of company/bankrupt estate under English law
-Focus on cross-border cases, involving Russian parties in particular: jurisdiction of English courts, recognition of foreign insolvencies
-Assets search, investigations and other efforts in support of cross-border bankruptcies, and
-Recent developments of Russian law on liquidation and bankruptcy, and possibility of recovering assets situated abroad.
17:00 - 19:30 / Networking Reception
Thursday 23 November 2017
Venue: St Petersburg Chamber of Advocates, St Petersburg
10:00 - 10:30 / Registration and refreshments
10:30 - 12:00 / Session 4: Organisation of law as a business – current business models and trends
-Technological innovation – latest trends
-Alternative business structures
-LPP for in-house counsel
-Corporate social responsibility
-Law firm billings/ fee arrangements - latest trends
12:00 - 13:00 / Networking Lunch

Please indicate the seminar topics you are able to speak on in the table below and give a brief outline of your experience in this area.

Please note that we cannot guarantee you a speaking slot, but will do our best to accommodate you, in accordance with the selection process and criteria listed in section 3 and 4.

Outline of your experience in your chosen seminar topic or area
Please refer to CV for further details of experience in these areas.

Additional information:

Please tell us about any relevant work or study related experience you have had in Russia/CIS region.

Please outline your main areas of legal expertise and practice.

Please describe your main objectives for speaking at this event and why you think you should be selected.

Main objectives:
Why I should be selected:

Please indicate relevant events at which you have spoken in the past and the topics you have covered.

Please indicate any other information you consider relevant (e.g. membership of foreign bar associations, bilateral lawyers associations or trade bodies).

Please describe how you plan to disseminate your experience gained on the trip, if at all (e.g. sharing market intelligence with your chambers through a seminar, writing an article for a publication etc.)

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Jessica Crofts-Lawrence on or on +44 (0) 207 611 1357.