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