Co-Chairs:
Dr. Irina Paliashvili
President and Senior Counsel
Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.

Mr. John Whittaker
Partner
Clyde & Co.

International Law Firms and Corporate Counsel:

Mr. Joseph L. Brand
Patton Boggs, LLP

Mr. Tomasz Dobrowolski
Hogan & Hartson Jamka Galos SP.K

Mr. Andrei Dontsov
Clifford Chance CIS Limited

Mr. Johan Lambers
Advocaat, Brussels
Residentie LEXBRON

Mr. Constantine Partasides
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz
Graf, Maxl & Pitkowitz

Ms. Natalia Podolskaya
Johnson & Johnson, LLC (Russia)

Ms. Irina Sidorova
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

Mr. Patrick Vovan
Vovan & Associes

CIS Local Counsel Country Coordinators:

Mr. Alex Bolkvadze
Business & Legal Consulting (BLC)
Ms. Ketevan Betaneli
Georgia, Armenia

Ms. Olga Chentsova
Aequitas
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Mr. Andrey Goltsblat
Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners
Russia

Ms. Gulnara Kalikova
Kalikova & Associates
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan

Mr. Vakhtang Mikadze
Ukrainian Legal Group, LLC
Ukraine and Moldova

Mr. Nariman Ramazanov
Fina LLP
Azerbaijan

Ms. Liliya Vlasova
Vlasova & Partners LLC
Belarus

Ukrainian Local Counsel Initiative Group:

Mr. Alex Frishberg
Frishberg & Partners

Mr. Sergiy Y. Koziakov
Sergiy Koziakov & Partners

Mr. Oleksiy Levenets
Levenets Maciw & Partners

Mr. Vasyl Marmazov
Yuris

Forum Executive Editor:

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

Forum Coordinator:

Mr. Vakhtang Mikadze
Ukrainian Legal Group, LLC

CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FIRMS ¹

1. Mr. David Sargsyan, Partner, Ameria CSJC, Yerevan, Armenia
   www.ameria.am
2. Mr. Nariman Ramazanov, Managing Partner, FINA LLP Law Firm, Baku, Azerbaijan
   www.fina.az
3. Ms. Oksana Grynkevich, Partner, Mikhel and Partners Law Firm, Minsk, Belarus
   www.mp.by
4. Ms. Tatiana Emelianova, Partner, Vlasova & Partners LLС, Minsk, Belarus
   www.vap.by
5. Ms. Liliya Vlasova, Partner, Vlasova & Partners LLС, Minsk, Belarus
   www.vap.by
6. Mr. Zaza Bibilashvili, Partner, BGI Legal, Tbilisi, Georgia
   www.bgi.ge
7. Mr. Alexander Bolkvadze, Partner, Business & Legal Consulting (BLC), Tbilisi, Georgia
   www.blc.ge
8. Mr. Irakli Mgaloblishvili, Mgaloblishvili, Kipiani, Dzidziguri (MKD), Tbilisi, Georgia*
   www.mkd-law.com
9. Ms. Olga Chentsova, Managing Partner, Law Firm Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
   www.aequitas.kz
10. Ms. Tatyana Suleyeva, Partner, Law Firm Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
11. Mr. Rashid Gaissin, Partner, GRATA Law Firm, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.gratanet.com
12. Mr. Valerie Zhakenov, Partner, Zhakenov & Partners, Almaty, Kazakhstan www.whiteandjones.com
13. Mr. Nurbek Chonbashev, Attorney, Kalikova&Associates, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    www.k-a.kg
14. Ms. Aicholpon Jorupbekova, Attorney, Kalikova&Associates, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    www.k-a.kg
15. Mr. Igor Tuhari, Partner, Joint Law Firm “Tuhari si Pavalachi”, Chisinau, Moldova
16. Mr. Aleksander Turcan, Turcan & Turcan, Chisinau, Moldova
    www.turcanlaw.md
17. Mr. Dmitriy Afanasiev, Chairman, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners, LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia*
    www.epam.ru
18. Mr. Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners, LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia
    www.epam.ru
19. Mr. Dmitry Chernyakov, Partner, Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.rospravo.ru
20. Mr. Anton Malginov, Attorney, Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.rospravo.ru
21. Ms. Anna Fediaeva, Coordinator, Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
22. Mr. Anton Sitnikov, Head of Corporate Practice, Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
23. Mr. Vadim Zaripov, Head of Analytical Service, Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
24. Mr. Sergey Karpekin, General Director, Siberian Juridical Company, Novosibirsk, Russia
    www.sibucom.siberia.net
25. Mr. Alexei Sidorov, Partner, Sidorov Khokhlov Uskov, Moscow, Russia
    www.SidorovKhokhlovUskov.com
26. Mr. Artyom Uskov, Partner, Sidorov Khokhlov Uskov, Moscow, Russia
    www.SidorovKhokhlovUskov.com
27. Mr. Matin Mirzoev, General Director, Orien-Sipar, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
    www.orien.sipar.tj
28. Mr. Nazirbek Nazirov, Head of International Legal Department, Orien–Sipar, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
    www.orien.sipar.tj
29. Mr. Tikhon Mukomel, Deputy General Director, Fargo, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
    www.fargo.com.ua
30. Mr. Alex Frishberg, Managing Partner, Frishberg & Partners, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.frishberg.com.ua
31. Ms. Tetyana Gavrysh, President, Inyurpolis, Kharkiv, Ukraine
    www.inyurpolis.com
32. Mr. Roman Moskal, Deputy President, Inyurpolis, Kharkiv, Ukraine
    www.inyurpolis.com
33. Mr. Oleksiy Levenets, Senior Partner, Levenets, Maciw & Partners, Kiev, Ukraine*
    www.internationallawoffice.com
34. Ms. Christina Diana Maciw, Senior Partner, Levenets, Maciw & Partners, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.internationallawoffice.com
35. Dr. Serhiy Koziakov, Partner, Serhiy Koziakov & Partners, Kiev, Ukraine
36. Ms. Irina Nazarova, Partner, Serhiy Koziakov & Partners, Kiev, Ukraine
37. Dr. Irina Paliashvili, President, Russian — Ukrainian Legal Group,
    Washington, D.C., USA
    www.rulg.com
38. Mr. Vasil Marmazov, Partner, Yuris Advocates, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.yuris.com.ua
39. Mr. Volodymyr Petryna, Partner, Yuris Advocates, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.yuris.com.ua
40. Mr. Zafar Malikov, Partner, GRATA Law Firm, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.gratanet.com

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INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS ²

41. Ms. Rafaela Stadelmann, Attorney, Bratschi Emch Rechtsanwälte, Zurich, Switzerland
    www.bep.ch
42. Mr. Andrei Dontsov, Partner, Clifford Chance CIS Ltd., Moscow, Russia
    www.cliffordchance.com
43. Mr. Ivan Marisin, Partner, Clifford Chance CIS Ltd., Moscow, Russia
    www.cliffordchance.com
44. Mr. Dmitri Ognev, Solicitor, Clyde & Co, Moscow, Russia
    www.clyde.co.uk
45. Mr. Michael Swangard, Solicitor, Clyde & Co, London, UK
    www.clyde.co.uk
46. Mr. John Whittaker, Partner, Clyde & Co, London, UK
    www.clyde.co.uk
47. Ms. Nellie Alexandrova, Partner, Denton Wilde Sapte (CIS) Limited, Moscow, Russia
    www.dentonwildesapte.com
48. Mr. Roumen Lyutskanov, Managing Partner, Dobrev, Kinkin & Lyutskanov Law Firm, Sofia, Bulgaria
    www.lawfirm-bg.org
49. Dr. Dalia Foigt, Managing Partner, Foigt & Partners/Regija Borenius, Vilnius, Lithuania
    www.regija.lt
50. Mr. Constantine Partasides, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France*
    www.freshfields.com
51. Mr. Gil Makov, Managing Partner, G. Makov-Advocates, Tel-Aviv, Israel*
    www.maklaw.co.il
52. Mr. George Charalambides, Senior Partner, George Charalambides & Co, Limassol, Cyprus
53. Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Partner, Graf, Maxl & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria
    www.gmp.at
54. Mr. Nicholas Hammond, Managing Partner, Hammond & Associates, Bucharest, Romania
    http://ha-legal.com
55. Mr. Tim Slater, Associate, Harney Westwood & Riegels, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
    www.harneys.com
56. Mr. Tomasz Dobrowolski, Partner, Hogan & Hartson Jamka Galos SP.K.
    Warsaw, Poland
    www.hhlaw.com
57. Dr. Gerald Ganzger, Partner, Lansky, Ganzger & Partners Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
58. Ms. Anna Zeitlinger, Diplom Jurist, Lansky, Ganzger & Partners Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
59. Mr. Björn-Anders Feijen, Executive Director, European Region, Lawyers Associated Worldwide, Stockholm, Sweden
    www.lawyersworldwide.net
60. Mr. Alexander Marchenko, Associate, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, L.L.P., Moscow, Russia
    www.llgm.com
61. Ms. Irina Drill, Managing Partner, Lindborg & Drill LLP, Glendale, CA, USA
    www.ldllp.com
62. Mr. Peter Lindborg, Partner, Lindborg & Drill LLP, Glendale, CA, USA
    www.ldllp.com
63. Mr. Francis Kucera, Partner, Linklaters, London, UK
    www.linklaters.com
64. Ms. Marina Fox, Managing Partner, Marina Fox Legal Consultancy, Dubai, UAE
    www.marinafox.com
65. Mr. Bruce Marks, Managing Partner, Marks & Sokolov, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    www.mslaw.com
66. Mr. Gene Burd, Attorney, Marks & Sokolov, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    www.mslaw.com
67. Ms. Ekaterina Stanton, Attorney, Marks & Sokolov, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    www.marks-sokolov.com
68. Mr. Joseph Brand, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., USA
    www.pattonboggs.com
69. Mr. Johan Lambers, Advocaat, Residentie LEXBRON, Brussels, Belgium
    www.lexbron.be
70. Mr. Alexander Poels, Foreign Lawyer, Peterka & Partners v.o.s., Prague,
    Czech Republic
    www.cabinet.sk
71. Mr. Juan Carlos Rosas, Managing Partner, Rosas & Rosas, Panama, Panama
    www.rosaslaw.com
72. Mr. Mauro Rubino-Sammartano, Partner, Rubino-Sammartano e Associati; President European Court of Arbitration, Milan, Italy
    www.lawfed.com
73. Mr. Sergei Lazarev, Partner, Russin & Vecchi L.L.P., Moscow, Russia
    www.russinvecchi.ru
74. Mr. Bernardo Diniz de Ayala, Servulo Correia & Associados; Chairman, Legalink, Lisbon, Portugal
    www.servulo.com
75. Dr. Shirin Entezari, Senior Partner, Dr. Shirin O. Entezari & Associates, Tehran, Iran
76. Mr. Thomas Rihm, Partner, Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte, Zurich, Switzerland
    www.thouvenin.com
77. Ms. Olena Manuilenko, Attorney, Vukmir & Associates, Zagreb, Croatia
    www.vukmir.net

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CORPORATE COUNSEL ³

78. Mr. John Abramson, Regional Counsel, AIG Central Europe & CIS, London, UK
    www.aig.com
79. Ms. Toe Su Aung, General Counsel, British American Tobacco, London, UK
    www.bat.com
80. Ms. Juliya Bondar’, Head of Legal Affairs Department, Manufacturing and Commercial Enterprise UVIS, Ltd., Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
    www.uvis.com.ua
81. Ms. Julia Bondarenko, Senior Counsel, Philip Morris Sales and Marketing Ltd., Moscow, Russia*
    www.philipmorris.com
82. Ms. Stephanie Butler, Deputy General Manager, Negotiations and Legal, Tengizchevroil LLP, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
83. Mr. Peter Clateman, General Counsel, Sputnik Group, Moscow, Russia*
    www.spkgroup.com
84. Ms. Tatiana Efremtseva, Region Counsel (CIS), Baker Hughes B.V., Moscow, Russia
    www.bakerhughes.com
85. Mr. Andrey Korolev, Head of Legal Department, Gazprombank, Moscow, Russia
    www.gazprombank.ru
86. Mr. Jean-Baptiste Leclercq, BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, Geneva, Switzerland*
    www.bnpparibas.com
87. Mr. Andrey Lysenko, Senior Counsel Ukraine, Moldova, Caucasus, Philip Morris Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.pmintl.com
88. Mr. Evgeniy Prokopenko, Natexis Banques Populaires, Moscow, Russia
    www.nxbp.com
89. Ms. Marina Serebryakova, General Counsel, Victoria Group of Companies, Moscow, Russia*
    www.victoria-group.ru

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MEDIA/GOVERNMENT/NGO PASS ⁴

90. Ms. Anastasiya Andreychenko, "Nedvizhimost Review", Kiev, Ukraine
91. Mr. Igor Arutin, "Nedvizhimost Review", Kiev, Ukraine
92. Mr. Pavlo Berest, Economy Editor, “Kyiv Weekly”, Kiev, Ukraine*
    www.weekly.com.ua
93. Ms. Inna Emelyanova, Deputy Minister of Justice, Kiev, Ukraine
94. Mr. Yuriy Kovalenko, Photocorrespondent
95. Mr. Ivan Lozoviy, Transition Online, Kiev, Ukraine
96. Ms. Nadiya Mukvich, Chief Editor, Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing, Kiev, Ukraine*
    www.ujbl.info
97. Mr. Yuriy Panin, "Yuridicheskaya Gazeta" (Photocorrespondent), Kiev, Ukraine
98. Ms. Irina Pizyk, "Yuridicheskaya Gazeta", Kiev, Ukraine
99. Ms. Elena Plekhanova, Journalist, Kyiv Post, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.kyivpost.com
100. Mr. Vyacheslav Sorokin, "Nedvizhimost Review", Kiev, Ukraine
101. Mr. Vladimir Trebenko, Photocorrespondent
102. Ms. Olga Usenko, Economic Observer, Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.ujbl.info
103. Ms. Ulla Weinberg, Head of Research, Practical Law Company Limited / PLC Which Lawyer? London, UK
     www.practicallaw.com
104. Ms. Alexandra Pershina, Ukrainian Center for Foreign Investment Promotion — Invest Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.investukraine.org
105. Mr. Igor Zaglada, Director, Ukrainian Center for Foreign Investment Promotion — Invest Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.investukraine.org

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HONORED GUESTS OF THE FORUM ⁵

106. Mr. Sergey Budkin, Managing Partner, FinPoint Investment Advisers, Keynote Speaker, Kiev, Ukraine
107. Mr. Olexander Chalyi, Vice President, Consortium Industrial Group, Kiev, Ukraine
108. Mr. Brian C. Davis, Executive Director, Russell Investment Group, Russell 20-20, Tacoma, Washington
109. Ms. Anna Derevyanko, Executive Director, European Business Association, Kiev, Ukraine*
110. Dr. Olga Gomilko, Professor of Philosophy, the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kiev, Ukraine
111. Ms. Larysa Guberska, President, Villar Law Firm, Kiev, Ukraine
112. Mr. Aleksander Hornostai, Managing Director, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
113. Ms. Galyna Hornostai, Principal Second Violin, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
114. Dr. Volodymyr Ignaschenko, Independent Investment Advisor, Kiev, Ukraine
115. H.E. Mr. Grigol Katamadze, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine*
116. Mr. Irakli Katamadze, Embassy of Georgia in Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
117. Mr. Mykhaylo Kisilevych, Vice President, Villar Law Firm, Kiev, Ukraine
118. Mr. Volodymyr Knorozok, Pianist, Kiev, Ukraine
119. Ms. Tetyana Kyselova, International Finance Corporation, Ukrainian Commercial Dispute Resolution Study, Kiev, Ukraine
120. Ms. Solomiya Lototska, International Finance Corporation, Ukrainian Commercial Dispute Resolution Study, Kiev, Ukraine
121. Mr. Serhiy Maksymenko, Director, EuroRegio (Institute for Regional and Euro-Integration Studies) Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine*
122. Ms. Olga Maksymenko, Project Manager, EuroRegio (Institute for Regional and Euro-Integration Studies) Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine*
123. Mr. John Marone, Chief Editor, Kyiv Post, Kiev, Ukraine*
124. Mr. Dominique Menu, Head of Territory for Ukraine & Head of the Representative Office in Kiev, BNP Paribas, Kiev, Ukraine
125. Ms. Inna Novak, Consulting Group “LEGIS”, Kiev, Ukraine
126. Mr. Mykola Onischuk, Member of the Supreme Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine. Keynote Speaker, Kiev, Ukraine
127. Ms. Motria Onyschuk-Morozova, International Finance Corporation, Kiev, Ukraine
128. Ms. Antoniya Parvanova, Member of Parliament, Parliament of Republic of Bulgaria, National Assembly, Sofia, Bulgaria
129. Ms. Victoria Sergeeva, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
130. Ms. Patricia Shaughnessy, International Finance Corporation, Ukrainian Commercial Dispute Resolution Study, Kiev, Ukraine
131. Mr. Morgan Williams, Chairman, Ukraine-U.S. Business Council, Action Ukraine Report, Publisher and Editor, Washington, D.C., USA

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RULG/ULG ORGANIZING TEAM ⁶

132. Dr. Serhiy Dzis, Senior Counsel, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.rulg.com
133. Mr. Victor Kovalenko, Managing Partner, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.rulg.com
134. Ms. Tamara Lukanina, Partner, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.rulg.com
135. Mr. Mykola Melnyk, Senior Counsel, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.rulg.com
136. Mr. Richard Smith, Senior Counsel, Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group,
     Washington, D.C., USA
     www.rulg.com
137. Dr. Dmytro Syrota, Senior Counsel, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.rulg.com
138. Ms. Alena Vasilenko, Executive Director and Senior Counsel, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
     www.rulg.com

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GUESTS OF THE DELEGATES ⁷

139. Mr. Eugene Drill, USA. Guest of Ms. Irina Drill
140. Ms. Tatiana Karpekina, Russia. Guest of Mr. Sergey Karpekin
141. Mr. Nathan Lindborg, USA. Guest of Mr. Peter Lindborg
142. Mr. Brandon E. Schell, USA. Guest of Mr. Joseph Brand
143. Ms. Shelly Stee, USA. Guest of Mr. Peter Lindborg

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FORUM WELCOME TEAM ⁸

144. Ms. Ketevan Betaneli, Attorney, LL.M, Tbilisi, Georgia
145. Ms. Anna Blahura, Attorney, Krakow, Poland
146. Ms. Xenia Eremenko, Counsel, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
147. Ms. Lili Gokieli, Guest Coordinator, Law Student, Kiev Ukraine
148. Ms. Anne Lenrow, Guest Coordinator, Student, Washington, D.C., USA
149. Mr. Vakhtang Mikadze, Forum Coordinator, Marketing Director, Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
150. Ms. Nonna Paliachvili, Welcome Team Coordinator, Director, Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group, Washington, D.C., USA
151. Ms. Nonna Tsiganok, Guest Coordinator, Student, Washington, D.C., USA

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* This List includes all the Delegates and Guests who registered for the Forum. The Guests and Delegates who were not able to attend are identified with the * symbol.

1 CIS Local Counsel Law Firms are listed in alphabetical order by country and by firm name in each country.

2 International Law Firms are listed in alphabetical order by firm name.

3 Corporate Counsel are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

4 Holders of the Pass are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

5 Honored Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

6 Members of the RULG Organizing Team are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

7 Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

8 Members of the Forum Welcome Team are listed in alphabetical order by last name.