| Organizing Committee:
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Irina Paliashvili
President and Senior Counsel
RULG - 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 & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Ms. Natalia Podolskaya
Senior Legal Counsel, 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
BLC (Professional Legal Services)
Ms. Ketevan Betaneli
Georgia, Armenia
Ms. Olga Chentsova
Aequitas Law Firm
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Mr. Andrey Goltsblat
Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners
Russia
Ms. Gulnara Kalikova
Kalikova & Associates
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
Ms. Lilia Gokieli
Ukrainian Legal Group, LLC
Ukraine and Moldova
Mr. Nariman Ramazanov
Fina LLP, Azerbaijan
Ms. Liliya Vlasova
Vlasova Mikhel and Partners LLC
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 Local Coordinator in Baku:
Mr. Elmir Eminov
Fina LLP, Azerbaijan
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FORUM PROGRAM
Baku, Azerbaijan
20 – 22 June 2007
Wednesday, June 20
| Arrival |
All day |
Delegate
Registration |
At the Park Inn Azerbaijan Hotel Foyer on the second floor |
3:00 PM to
6:00 PM |
Internal meeting of CIS Local Counsel and the Organizing Committee (open to all Forum Delegates)
Opening remarks: CIS Forum Legal Network
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.
Informal discussion: Organization and management of law practice: partnership forms and issues, marketing, attracting young talent, personnel training, billing structures, technology, attorney compensation, development plans
Presentation (Virtual Office): Mr. Johan Lambers, Advocaat, IUSTICA.BE — Brussels |
| 7:30 PM |
Welcome cocktails for Delegates and Guests, Park Inn Azerbaijan Hotel |
Thursday, June 21
| 8:00 AM |
Delegate Registration at the Park Inn Azerbaijan Hotel Foyer on the second floor
Welcome morning coffee |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks: the Forum Co-Chairs: Mr. John Whittaker, Clyde & Co,
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A., and the Local Host Firm: Mr. Nariman Ramazanov, Fina LLP |
| 9:45 AM |
Panel: Local Counsel from Russia and Belarus
Moderator: Mr. Maxim Kulkov, Head of Commercial and IP Practice, Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners — Moscow
Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev, Chairman, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners — Moscow
Mr. Alexander Stepanovski, Managing Partner, Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners — Minsk
Mr. Sergey Karpekin, Managing Partner, Siberian Juridical Company — Novosibirsk
Mr. Vladimir Sakovich, Chairman, Collegium of Advocates "Yakovlev & Partners" — Moscow
Panel: Local Counsel from the Caucasus region, Moldova and Ukraine
Moderator: Mr. Alexander Turcan, Managing Partner, Turcan & Turcan — Chisinau
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, President, Ukrainian Legal Group LLC — Kiev and Washington, D.C.
Mr. Alexandr Bolkvadze, Partner, BLC (Professional Legal Services) — Tbilisi |
| 11.30 AM |
Coffee break |
| 12:00 PM |
Panel: Local Counsel from the Central Asia
Moderator: Mr. Zafar Malikov, Managing Partner, GRATA Law Firm — Tashkent
Ms. Tatyana Suleyeva, Partner, Aequitas Law Firm — Almaty
Mr. Ulan Tilenbaev, Senior Lawyer, Kalikova & Associates — Bishkek
Ms. Aliya Aralbayeva, Representative in the UK, GRATA Law Firm — Almaty and London
Panel: Showcase of the Host Country: Azerbaijan
Moderator: Mr. Nariman Ramazanov, Managing Partner, FINA LLP — Baku
Mr. Mikayil Jabbarov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan Republic
Mr. James Hogan, Managing Partner, SALANS — Baku and Paris
Professor Dr. Rustam Mammadov, Head of the Department of International Public Law, Baku State University Law School — Baku |
| 1:30 PM |
Lunch
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| 2:30 PM |
Panel: International Law Firms
Moderator: Dr. Willibald Plesser, Partner and Co-Head Central and Eastern Europe, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer — Vienna
Dr. Gabriel Lansky, Managing Partner, Lansky Ganzger & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH — Vienna
Mr. Per Dalskov, Managing Partner, Legalink Denmark — Copenhagen
Mr. David Greene, Partner, Edwin Coe LLP — London
Panel: Corporate Counsel
Moderator: Ms. Natalia Podolskaya, Senior Legal Counsel, Johnson&Johnson LLC — Moscow
Ms. Tatiana Efremtseva, Region Counsel, CIS, Baker Hughes — Moscow
Ms. Gulshan Agayeva, In-house lawyer, Nobel Oil — Baku
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| 4:00 PM |
Coffee break |
| 4:30 PM |
Panel: Oil & Gas
Moderator: Ms. Olga Chentsova, Managing Partner, Aequitas Law Firm — Almaty
Mr. Robert Małecki, Managing Partner, Karniol Małecki i Wspólnicy Sp.k. — Warsaw
Mr. Sergei Lazarev, Partner, Russin & Vecchi LLC — Moscow and Sakhalin
Mr. Farukh Gassimov, Deputy Head of the Legal Department, SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) — Baku
Panel: Commercial Dispute Resolution
Moderator: Bruce Marks, Managing Director, Marks & Sokolov, LLC — Philadelphia
Mr. Maxim Kulkov, Head of Commercial and IP Practice, Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners — Moscow
Dr. Thomas Rihm, Partner, Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte — Zurich
Mr. David Franklin, Managing Partner, Franklin & Franklin — Montreal |
| 6:00 PM |
Closing |
7:30 PM
10:00 PM |
Gala dinner. Venue: Restaurant "Wild West", Crescent Beach Hotel and Recreation Complex at Shykh Beach of Baku (buses leave from Park Inn Azerbaijan Hotel at 7:30 PM)
Keynote Speaker: Professor Dr. Ilham Rahimov, Vice President of World Lawyers' Organization and President of Lawyers Association of Azerbaijan |
Friday, June 22
| 8:15 AM |
Welcome morning coffee |
| 9:00 AM |
Panel: Investment Risks and Disputes
Moderator: Mr. John Whittaker, Partner, Clyde & Co. — London
Mr. Tomasz Dobrowolski, Partner, Hogan & Hartson Jamka Galos sp.K. — Warsaw
Mr. Tjaco T. van den Hout, Secretary-General, Permanent Court of Arbitration — The Hague
Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Partner, Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH — Vienna
Panel: Banking, Finance, Capital Markets
Moderator: Mr. Andrei Dontsov, Partner, Clifford Chance CIS Limited — Moscow
Mr. Kuanysh Kanlybayev, Senior Attorney, Denton Wilde Sapte Kazakhstan Limited — Almaty
Dr. Olena Kibenko, Leading Legal Counsel, Inyurpolis — Kharkiv |
| 11:30 AM |
Coffee break |
| 12:00 PM |
Panel: Business Development of Law Practice
Moderator: Mr. Mauro Rubino-Sammartano, Federation of European Bars — Milan
Ms. Margarita Gaskarova, Chief Editor of Legal Journal "Korporativnyj Yurist" — Moscow
Mr. James McPherson, Past Chairman and Special Projects Coordinator, Lawyers Associated Worldwide
Presentations of the candidates for the next Forum venue
Closing remarks |
| 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
2:30 PM to
6 PM |
Alternative Seminar I: Mergers and Acquisitions, organized by Clifford Chance CIS Limited
Chair: Mr. Andrei Dontsov, Partner, Clifford Chance CIS Limited — Moscow |
2:30 PM to
6 PM |
Alternative Seminar II: INTA Commercial Mediation, organized by RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A. and Fina LLP
Chair: Mr. Jeremy Ferguson, Solicitor, Civil Mediator, Chairman of Devon & Exeter Law Society Mediation Committee, Vice President of Federation of European Bars Access to Justice Commission — Exeter, Devon |
| 7:30 PM |
Dinner at a Folk Restaurant: "Mugham Club" Restaurant in Old City of Baku, 9 A. Rzayeva Street (buses leave from Park Inn Azerbaijan Hotel at 7:30 PM) |
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