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 Organizing Committee:  Co-Chairs: 
			Dr. Irina Paliashvili President and Senior Counsel
 RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.
 
			Mr. John Whittaker Partner
 Clyde & Co LLP
 
 Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev
 Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
 Read More  | 4th CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FORUM LIST OF DELEGATES AND GUESTS
 
CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FIRMS1 Mr. David Sargsyan, Partner, Head of Legal Practice, Ameria CJSC, Yerevan, Armeniawww.ameria.am
Mr. Vardan Stepanyan, Partner, Karakhanyan & Partners, Yerevan, Armeniawww.kp.am
Mr. Fariz Mammadov, Managing Partner, Baku Law Center LLC, Baku, Azerbaijanwww.bhm.az
Mr. Tagi Eynullayev, Lawyer, Baku Law Center LLC, Baku, Azerbaijanwww.bhm.az
Mr. Nariman Ramazanov, Managing Partner, Fina LLP, Baku, Azerbaijanwww.fina.az
Mr. Ismail Askerov, Director, MGB Law Offices, Baku, Azerbaijanwww.mgb-law.com
Mr. Denis Aleinikov, Senior Partner, Law Group Argument, Minsk, Belaruswww.argument.by
Mr. Dmitry Arkhipenko, Managing Partner, Re Vera Consulting Group, Minsk, Belaruswww.revera.by
Ms. Tatiana Ignatovskaya, Partner,  Head of Commercial Practice, Stepanovski,  Papakul & Partners Ltd., Minsk, Belaruswww.spplaw.by
Mr. Alexander Stepanovski, Managing Partner, Stepanovski,  Papakul & Partners Ltd., Minsk, Belaruswww.spplaw.by
Mr. Konstantin Mikhel, Managing Partner, Vlasova Mikhel & Partners, Minsk, Belaruswww.vmp.by
Mrs. Liliya Vlasova, Deputy Director, Vlasova Mikhel & Partners, Minsk , Belaruswww.vmp.by
Mr. Sandro Bibilashvili, Senior Associate, BGI Legal, Tbilisi, Georgiawww.bgi.ge
Dr. Olga Chentsova, Managing Partner, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstanwww.aequitas.kz
Dr. Tatyana Suleyeva, Partner, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstanwww.aequitas.kz
Ms. Gulnara Kalikova, Managing Partner, Kalikova & Associates, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstanwww.k-a.kg
Mr. Igor Clima, Partner, Corect Law Firm, Chisinau, Moldovawww.baa-corect-moldova.com
Mr. Alexander Turcan, Managing Partner, Turcan & Turcan, Chisinau, Moldovawww.TurcanLaw.md
Mr. Pavel Mayorov, Associate, Advocates Bureau Yug, Krasnodar, Russiawww.abylaw.com
Mr. Yuri Pustovit, Managing Partner, Advocates Bureau Yug, Krasnodar, Russiawww.abylaw.com
Mr. Artur Rokhlin, General Council Member, Competition Support Association, Moscow, Russiawww.yust.ru
Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev, Chairman, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners, Moscow, Russiawww.epam.ru
Mr. Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners, St. Petersburg, Russiawww.epam.ru
Ms. Tatiana Kamenskaya, Managing Partner, Kamenskaya & Partners, Moscow, Russiawww.kplc.ru
Mr. Alexander Muranov, President of Attorneys' Collegium, Muranov,  Chernyakov & Partners, Moscow, Russiawww.rospravo.com
Mr. Sergey Pepeliaev, Managing Partner, Pepeliaev,  Goltsblat & Partners, Moscow, Russiawww.pgplaw.ru
Ms. Olga Romanova, Director General, RATUM Law & Consulting Group, Kursk, Russiawww.ratum.ru
Mr. Arkady Mayfat, Partner, The Private Law , Ekateringburg, Russiawww.urallaw.ru
Mr. Andrey Stepanchenko, Partner, The Private Law, Ekateringburg, Russiawww.urallaw.ru
Mrs. Julia Kruze, General Director, TM Service Legal Group, Nizhny Novgorod, Russiawww.tm-service.nnov.ru
Mr. Albert Eganyan, Managing Partner, Vegas-Lex Law Firm, Moscow, Russiawww.vegaslex.ru
Mr. Mikhail Safarov, Director of Regional Development Committee, Vegas-Lex Law Firm, Moscow, Russiawww.vegaslex.ru
Mr. Vladimir Dolzhikov, Managing Partner, ACT Partnership, Ashgabat, Turkmenistanwww.actltd.ru
Mr. Timur Bondaryev, Senior Partner, Arzinger, Kiev, Ukrainewww.arzinger.ua
Mr. Oleh Malskyy, Partner, Astapov Lawyers, Kiev, Ukrainewww.astapovlawyers.com
Mr. Victor Kovalenko, Managing Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A., Kiev, Ukrainewww.rulg.com
Ms. Tamara Lukanina, Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A., Kiev, Ukrainewww.rulg.com
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, President & Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A., Kiev, Ukraine and Washington, D.C., USAwww.rulg.com
Prof. Ievgen Kubko, Senior Partner,  President, Salkom Law Firm, Kiev, Ukrainewww.salkom.ua
Prof. Natalia Kuznetsova, Senior Partner,  Vice President, Salkom Law Firm, Kiev, Ukrainewww.salkom.ua
Mr. Sergey Ignatovsky, Partner, Sayenko Kharenko, Kiev, Ukrainewww.sk.ua
Mr. Michael Kharenko, Partner, Sayenko Kharenko, Kiev, Ukrainewww.sk.ua
Mr. Vladimir Sayenko, Partner, Sayenko Kharenko, Kiev, Ukrainewww.sk.ua
Mr. Valentyn Zagariya, Managing Partner, Spenser & Kauffmann, Kiev, Ukrainewww.sklaw.com.ua
Mr. Oleg Makarov, Managing Partner, Vasil Kisil & Partners, Kiev, Ukrainewww.kisilandpartners.com
Mr. Sergiy Koziakov, Senior Partner, Volkov Koziakov & Partners, Kiev, Ukrainewww.vk-partners.com
Ms. Anna Vronskaya, Managing Partner, Vronskiy, Vronskaya & Partners, Kiev, Ukrainewww.vvplawfirm.com
 INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS2 Mr. Peter F. Hoffmann, Partner, Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, Vienna, Austriawww.chsh.at
Dr. Willibald Plesser, Co-Head Central and Eastern Europe, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna, Austriawww.freshfields.com
Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Partner, Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austriawww.gmp.at
Dr. Gabriel Lansky, Managing Partner, Lansky,  Ganzger & Partner, Vienna, Austriawww.lansky.at
Mr. Niclas Schmiedmaier, Lansky, Ganzger & Partner, Vienna, Austriawww.lansky.at
Ms. Anna Zeitlinger, Associate,  RAK Region Moscow, Lansky,  Ganzger & Partner, Vienna, Austriawww.lansky.at
Ms. Gudrun Stangl, Partner, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austriawww.schoenherr.eu
Mr. Johan Lambers, Partner, Iustica.BE, Brussels, Belgiumwww.iustica.be
Ms. Anna Sussarova, Associate, Iustica.BE, Brussels, Belgiumwww.iustica.be
Mrs. Eliza Nikolova, Partner, Natan, Kanev,  Nikolova and Partners, Sofia, Bulgariawww.nknlaw.com
Mr. Yiannos Georgiades, Partner, Georgiades & Mylonas, Nicosia, Cypruswww.gmadvocates.easycgi.com
Mr. Andrew Demetriou, Partner, Ioannides Demetriou, Nicosia, Cypruswww.idlaw.com.cy
Mrs. Nicole Phinopoulou, Associate, Ioannides Demetriou, Nicosia, Cypruswww.idlaw.com.cy
Mr. Kamil Blažek, Partner, Kinstellar,  s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republicwww.kinstellar.com
Mr. Jan Kohout, Partner, PRK Partners s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republicwww.prkpartners.com
Mr. Per Dalskov, Partner, Legalink Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmarkwww.legalink.dk
Mr. Ole Erlich-Eriksen, Partner, Legalink Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmarkwww.legalink.dk
Mr. Jüri Raidla, Managing Partner, Raidla Lejins & Norcous Advokaadibüroo OÜ, Tallinn, Estoniawww.rln.ee
Mr. Mikko Erkkilä, Senior Advisor, Hammarström Puhakka Partners, Helsinki, Finlandwww.hpplaw.fi
Ms. Katri Kukkonen, Associate, Roschier,  Attorneys Ltd., Helsinki, Finlandwww.roschier.com
Mr. Julien Rolland-Piegue, Partner, Vovan & Associes, Paris, Francewww.vovan-associes.com
Mr. Patrick Vovan, Founding Partner, Vovan & Associes, Paris, Francewww.vovan-associes.com
Dr. Cord-Georg Hasselmann, Partner, Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Berlin, Germanywww.hengeler.com
Dr. Oleg de Lousanoff, Partner, Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Frankfurt-on-Main, Germanywww.hengeler.com
Mrs. Olga Mikhaleva, Associate, Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Frankfurt-on-Main, Germanywww.hengeler.com
Dr. Ozra Entezari, Senior Partner, Dr. Shirin O. Entezari & Associates, Tehran, Iranwww.dr-entezari.ir
Mr. Robert Rudek, Partner, Bianchi  Rubino-Sammartano & Associati, Milan, Italywww.brsa.it
Mr. Mauro Rubino-Sammartano, Senior Partner, Bianchi Rubino-Sammartano & Associati, Milan, Italywww.brsa.it
Mr. Ruggero Rubino-Sammartano, Partner, Bianchi Rubino-Sammartano & Associati, Milan, Italywww.brsa.it
Mr. Armando Ambrosio, Partner, NCTM Studio Legale Associato, Milan, Italywww.nctm.it
Mr. Tomasz Dobrowolski, Partner, Hogan & Hartson Jamka sp.k., Warsaw, Polandwww.hhlaw.com
Mr. Robert Malecki, Partner, Karniol Malecki i Wspolnicy Sp. k., Warsaw, Polandwww.skm.pl
Mr. Andrey Dontsov, Partner, Clifford Chance CIS Limited, Moscow, Russiawww.cliffordchance.com
Mrs. Caroline O'Hare, Managing Partner, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Moscow, Russiawww.conyersdillandpearman.com
Mr. Maxim Kulkov, Partner, Goltsblat BLP, Moscow, Russiawww.gblplaw.ru
Mrs. Alexandra, Kadet, Head of Practice (Russia & CIS), KempHoogstad CIS BV, Moscow, Russiawww.kemphoogstad.com
Mr. Sergei Lazarev, Partner, Russin & Vecchi, Moscow, Russiawww.russinvecchi.com
Ms. Zuzana Bartošovicová, Partner, Hillbridges,  s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakiawww.hillbridges.com
Mr. Miroslav Trencan, Partner, Hillbridges,  s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakiawww.hillbridges.com
Mr. Jakob Ragnwaldh, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB, Stockholm, Swedenwww.mannheimerswartling.se
Mr. Patrick Bos, Director, Carey AG, Zurich, Switzerlandwww.careygroup.gg
Mr. Cyril Troyanov, Partner, Secretan Troyanov, Geneva, Switzerlandwww.secretantroyanov.com
Dr. Thomas Rihm, Partner, Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte, Zurich, Switzerlandwww.thouvenin.com
Mr. Mark Hoogstad, Director, KempHoogstad BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlandswww.kemphoogstad.com
Mr. Ton Kemp, Partner, KempHoogstad BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlandswww.kemphoogstad.com
Mr. Gene Burd, Head of Kiev Representative Office, Marks,  Sokolov & Burd,  LLC, Kiev, Ukrainewww.marks-sokolov.com
Mr. Angus Forbes, Solicitor, Clyde & Co LLP, London, United Kingdomwww.clydeco.com
Mr. John Whittaker, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP, London, United Kingdomwww.clydeco.com
Mr. Douglas Stewart, Director, Legal Network Solutions Limited, Douglas,  Isle of Man, United Kingdomwww.LNS.co.im
Mr. Robert Young, Legal Network Solutions Limited, Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdomwww.LNS.co.im
Mr. Nicholas Eastwell, Partner, Linklaters LLP, London, United Kingdomwww.linklaters.com
Mr. Glen Flannery, Partner, Nabarro LLP, London, United Kingdomwww.nabarro.com
Mr. Egishe Dzhazoyan, Senior Associate, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, London, United Kingdomwww.steptoe.com
Mr. Michael Thompson, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, London, United Kingdomwww.steptoe.com
Mr. Glenn Hendrix, Managing Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, USAwww.agg.com
Ms. Maria Eliseeva, Partner,  Co-Founder, Houston Eliseeva LLP / Sugarman Rogers Barshak & Cohen, Lexington, USAwww.ghme.com
Mr. Bruce Marks, Managing Director, Marks & Sokolov,  LLC, Philadelphia, USAwww.marks-sokolov.com
 CORPORATE COUNSEL3 Mr. Andrey Korolev, Vice President, Head of Legal Department, Gazprombank (OJSC), Moscow, Russiawww.gazprombank.ru
Ms. Olga Korneeva, General Counsel, Russia & CIS, Hewlett-Packard, Moscow, Russiawww.hp.ru
Ms. Natalya Thotahewage, Senior Legal Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, Moscow, Russiawww.jnj.ru
Mr. Andrey Lysenko, Senior Counsel, Philip Morris Ukraine, Kiev, Ukrainewww.philipmorrisinternational.com
 Ms. Xenia Eremenko, Senior CounselMs. Anna Gandziuk, Senior CounselMs. Oksana Korelova, Senior CounselMs. Olga Nevmerzhytska, Senior CounselMr. Yaroslav Shkvorets, CounselMs. Alena Vasilenko, Senior Counsel,  Head of Practice
 HONORED GUESTS OF THE FORUM 5Mr. Volodymyr Bogatyr, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of UkraineMr. Oleg Brandukov, Ukraine Supply and Commercial Manager, Mars UkraineH.E. Olexander Chalyi, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of UkraineMr. Valery Chechelashvili, Secretary General, Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAMMs. Celine d'Cruz, Slum/Shack Dwellers International, Mumbai, IndiaProf. Anatoli Dovgert, Chief of the Chair of International Private Law, Institute of International RelationsMs. Ludmyla Dudnyk, Program Director, U.S.-Ukraine Business CouncilMs. Ella Efimchuk, Owner, Aura StudioMr. Oleksandr Galukh, Legal Counsel, Vanco Prykerchenska Ltd.Ms. Yury Gandziuk, President, Atlantic CompanyMs. Svetlana Gandziuk, Atlantic CompanyDr. Olga Gomilko, Professor of Philosophy, National University Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyMr. Aleksander Hornostai, Managing Director, National Symphony Orchestra of UkraineMs. Galyna Hornostai, Principal Second Violin, National Symphony Orchestra of UkraineDr. Volodymyr Ignaschenko, Independent Investment AdvisorMr. William Klein, Deputy Counselor for Economics, U.S. Embassy to UkraineMr. Volodymyr Knorozok, PianistMs. Nataliya Lischytovych, Financial Manager, Pioneer Hi-Bred Ukraine LLCMr. Vasil Marmazov, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Internal Affairs of UkraineMr. Oleg Mubarakshin, General Counsel Chief Legal Officer, EastOne LLCMr. Elman Musaiev, Business Development Manager, DuPont Ukraine LLCMs. Ludmila Nakonechna, Country Manager, Sun InBev Ukraine LLCMs. Inna Novak, Managing Partner, LEGIS Consulting GroupMr. Vyacheslav Novak, Head of the Legal Department, Consortium "Industrial Group"Ms. Natalya Novakova, Committee Coordinator, American Chamber of Commerce in UkraineMr. Victor Pronkin, Member of the Board of Trustees, St. Petersburg Law School of Duke P.G. of Oldenburg, St. Petersburg, RussiaMs. Victoria Sergeeva, Deputy Director, RWE DEA Ukraine LLC, Kiev, UkraineH.E. Roman Shpek, Ambassador, Vice President, Alfa BankMr. Sergiy Tkachenko, Senior Legal Counsel, Consortium "Industrial Group"Mr. Sergei Tsivkach, Managing Director, Eurobusiness Advisory, London, United KingdomMs. Tetyana Varfolomeeva, President of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine, Rector of the Academy of Advocacy of UkraineMs. Dini Virsaladze, Jazz Compozer & Pianist, Tbilisi, GeorgiaMr. Igor Zaglada, Deputy Director General, National Security and Defense Council of UkraineMr. Olga Zhukovska, Union of Advocates of Ukraine (UAU), Vice-President, Member of the High Council of Justice of UkraineMr. Alec Zhuravlyov, Finance and Administration Manager, DuPont Ukraine LLC
 MEDIA6Ms. Marina Bakholdina, Correspondent, Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing, Kiev, Ukrainewww.yurpractika.com
Dr. Vyachesalv (Slavik), Bihun, Independent Journalist & Researcher, JurSlava, Kiev, Ukrainewww.bihun.info
Ms. Victoria Fedirko, Photocorrespondent, Kiev, UkraineMr. Jeffrey Forbes, Consultant, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, London, United Kingdomwww.martindale.com
Ms. Mary Heaney, Editorial Director, European Lawyer, London, United Kingdomwww.europeanlawyer.co.uk
Mr. Alexander Khvoshchinskiy, Executive Director, LegalStudies.RU: Consulting & Communications, Moscow, Russiawww.legalstudies.ru
Mr. Vitaliy Krec, Editor-in-Chief, Legal Business Magazine, Moscow, Russiawww.legal-business.ru
Mr. John Marone, Mergermarket, The Financial Times GroupMs. Michele O'Sullivan, International Director, European Lawyer, London, United Kingdomwww.europeanlawyer.co.uk
Mr. Tom Phillips, Special Reports and European Editor, The Lawyer, London, United Kingdomwww.thelawyer.com
Mr. Yury Sukhorukov, Correspondent,  Vedomosti Forum, Vedomosti,  The Business Daily, Moscow, Russiawww.vedomosti.ru
Mr. Patrick Wilkins, International Editor-in-Chief, European Lawyer, London, United Kingdomwww.europeanlawyer.co.uk
Ms. Kseniya Zabrodska, Editor-in-Chief, Yurydychna Gazeta, Kiev, Ukrainewww.yur-gazeta.com
 GUESTS OF THE DELEGATES 7 Ms. Natalia Kaitanen, Guest of Mr. Mikko ErkkiläMs. Anna Korolkova, Guest of Ms. Olga RomanovaMrs. Inna Pustovit, Guest of Mr. Yuri Pustovit
 FORUM WELCOME TEAMMs. Nonna Paliachvili, CIS Forum Global Coordinator, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A, Washington D.C., USAMs. Lilia Gokieli, Forum CIS Law Firms Coordinator, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A, Kiev, UkraineMs. Natalia Barbey, Geneva, SwitzerlandMr. Adam Felix, Law Student, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicMs. Olga Frolova, Head of Strategic Communications Department, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners, Moscow, RussiaMs. Zhanna Gaidai, Director, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A, Kiev, UkraineMr. Ivan Grigorov, Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A, Kiev, UkraineMr. Jan Kaczmarczyk, Associate, Hogan & Hartson Jamka sp.k., Warsaw, PolandMs. Awa Keita, Geneva, SwitzerlandMs. Irina Ostapenko, Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A, Kiev, UkraineMs. Ilona Tkachenko, Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group,  P.A, Kiev, UkraineMs. Nonna Tsiganok, Student, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USAMs. Oksana Yeremeyeva, Kiev Ukraine
 
     
		|  |  | 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 country and by firm name in each country. |  | 3 | Corporate Counsel are listed in alphabetical order by company name. |  | 4 | Host Firm - RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group P.A. are listed in alphabetical order by last name. |  | 5 | Honored Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name. |  | 6 | Representatives of the Media are listed in alphabetical order by last name. |  | 7 | Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name. |  |