Following the success of last year's 10th anniversary of the organisation of English/Russian Law Week, the Bar Council and the Law Society, in cooperation with our partners, are this year organising a special free-to-attend virtual bridging event, which will encompass issues of both Russian law and English law.
Our partners for this event are 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.
This year's event will continue to celebrate the friendships, legal links and business between the two countries. Speakers from leading UK and Russian firms, institutions and corporations will give their perspective on the legal services market in both jurisdictions.
Monday 23 November
12:00-12:15 GMT/15:00-15:15 MSK
Welcome remarks
Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales
H.E. Deborah Bronnert CMG, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation
H.E. Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
12:15-13:30 GMT/15:15-16:30 MSK
Legal updates from England and Wales
Moderator:
Andrey Panov, Allen & Overy
Speakers:
Maya Lester QC, Brick Court Chambers
Steven Gee QC, Monckton Chambers
Ros Prince, Stephenson Harwood
Sergey Litovchenko, Bivonas Law LLP
Alexander Halban, Littleton Chambers
13:30-13:45 GMT/16:30-16:45 MSK
Virtual break
13:45-15:00 GMT/16:45-18:00 MSK
Legal updates in Russia
Moderator:
Artem Doudko, Osborne Clarke
Speakers:
Alexander Popelyuk, Lidings
Konstantin Kroll, Dentons
Anna Grishchenkova, KIAP
Zhana Tomashevskaya, Tomashevskaya & Partners
Denis Puchkov, LOYS Law
15:00-15:05 GMT/18:00-18:05 MSK
Closing remarks
15:05-16:00 GMT/18:05-19:00 MSK
Virtual networking
Tuesday 24 November
12:00-12:10 GMT/15:00-15:10 MSK
Welcome remarks
David Greene, President of the Law Society of England and Wales
12:10-13:25 GMT/15:10-16:25 MSK
Disputes panel discussion
Moderator:
Dmitry Dyakin, RGP
Speakers:
Nadia Hubbuck, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Tatiana Goncharova, LexProf
Roman Zykov, Mansors
Lilia Klochenko, Klochenko and Kuznetsova
13:25-13:40 GMT/16:25-16:40 MSK
Virtual break
13:40-14:55 GMT/16:40-17:55 MSK
Case scenario discussion based on an anti-suit injunction application
Moderator:
Rupert D‘Cruz, Littleton Chambers
Speakers:
Tatiana Menshenina, Withers Worldwide
Konrad Rodgers, Barrister, Enyo Law
Varvara Knutova, Bureau Kveidze & Partners
Feodor Vyacheslavov, V Lawyers
George Z Georgiou, George Z Georgiou & Associates LLC
14:55-15:00 GMT/17:55-18:00 MSK
Closing remarks
Wednesday 25 November 2020
12:00-12:10 GMT/15:00-15:10 MSK
Welcome remarks
12:10-13:25 GMT/15:10-16:25 MSK
Living between Moscow and London: legal aspects for private clients
Moderator:
Izzy Walsh, Hall Brown
Speakers:
Dmitry Zapol, IFS consultants
Alisa Grafton, Cheesewrights
Ekaterina Tyagay, Pen & Paper
13:25-13:40 GMT/16:25-16:40 MSK
Virtual break
13:40-14:55 GMT/16:40-17:55 MSK
Roundtable discussion: The role of lawyers in the modern world and in upholding the rule of law
Touching upon current global issues, from the perspective of how the legal community – lawyers, bar associations and courts - have and can act in such situations)
Moderator:
Vladislav Zabrodin, Capital legal Services
Speakers (provisional):
Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar of England and Wales
Christoph Sicking, Chair of the Law Society’s International Committee
Alexandre Khrapoutski, Lex Torre
Konstantin Dobrynin, Russian Federal Bar Association
Natalia Gulyaeva Hogan Lovells
Maxim Semenyako, Iusland
Evgenia Loewe, AO ComplexProm
14:55-15:00 GMT/17:55-18:00 MSK
Closing remarks
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