4th Forum Kiev, Ukraine 24-26 June 2009 3rd Forum St. Petersburg, Russia 25-27 June 2008 2nd Forum Baku, Azerbaijan 20 – 22 June 2007 1st Forum Kiev, Ukraine 28-30 June 2006
4th CIS Local Counsel Forum Organizing Committee

Co-Chairs:

Dr. Irina Paliashvili
President and Senior Counsel
RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.

Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Mr. John Whittaker
Partner
Clyde & Co LLP

International Law Firms and Corporate Counsel:

Mr. Joseph Brand
Patton Boggs, LLP

Mr. Tomasz Dobrowolski
K&L Gates LLP

Mr. Andrei Dontsov
Clifford Chance CIS Limited

Mr. Nicholas Eastwell
Kinstellar, London

Dr. Andrey Goltsblat
Goltsblat BLP

Mr. Johan Lambers
Advocaat, Brussels
Iustica.Be
Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz
Graf & Pitkowitz

Dr. Willibald Plesser
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Ms. Natalia Thotahewage
Senior Legal Counsel, Johnson & Johnson LLC (Russia)

Ms. Irina Sidorova
Mayer Brown LLP

Mr. Patrick Vovan
Vovan & Associes

CIS Local Counsel Country Coordinators:

Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev
Mr. Ilya Nikiforov
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia

Ms. Ketevan Betaneli
Armenia and Georgia

Ms. Olga Chentsova
Aequitas Law Firm
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Ms. Gulnara Kalikova
Kalikova & Associates
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
Ms. Lilia Gokieli
Ukrainian Legal Group, L.L.C.
Ukraine and Moldova

Mr. Nariman Ramazanov
Fina LLP, Azerbaijan

Ms. Liliya Vlasova
Vlasova Mikhel and Partners LLP
Belarus

Forum Executive Editor:

Mr. Richard Smith
RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.

Forum Global Coordinator:

Ms. Nonna Paliachvili
RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.

Forum CIS Law Firms Coordinator

Ms. Lilia Gokieli Ukrainian Legal Group, L.L.C.
© 2009 RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.