Program

Stated topics and speakers
9:00-9:40
Registration, welcome coffee
9:40-10:15
Opening remarks
  • Vladimir Khvalei, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
  • Roman Zykov, Secretary General, RAA
  • Andrey Kostitсyn, Head, Working Group of the RAA on Ad Hoc Arbitration
10:15-11:15
Ad hoc arbitration and Russian arbitration reform: a new round of development
  • 3 years of a new era of ad hoc arbitrability or a story about other growth points generated by the arbitration reform
  • Avoiding arbitration agreements or finding a new vector of arbitration dispute resolution?
  • Operation of Ad hoc arbitration in Russia in 2017-2019. Overview of cases involving enforcement of arbitration awards
  • Is there a future for ad hoc arbitration and what will help eliminate the activity of bogus ad hoc arbitration courts?

Speakers:
  • Andrey Kostitcyn, Head, Working Group of the RAA on Ad Hoc Arbitration
  • Alexander Muranov, Partner, Muranov, Chernyakov and partners
  • Gleb Sevastyanov, Editor-in-Chief, “Arbitration” journal
  • Mikhail Morozov, Ad hoc arbitrator, Chairman, Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Center for Arbitration"
11:15-11:30
Q&A Session
11:30-12:00
Coffee break
12:00-12:45
Choice of arbitration: ad hoc vs. arbitration center
  • Ad hoc vs institutional arbitration: benefits and preferences?
  • Where and how to find your ad hoc arbitrator?
  • How to draw up an enforceable ad hoc arbitration agreement?
  • Advertising ban for ad hoc arbitrators and bogus arbitration courts – do sensible ad hoc arbitrators need any advertising at all?

Speakers:
  • Artyom Stepanov, Working Group of the RAA on Ad Hoc Arbitration
  • Yan Kalish, Counsel, Rybalkin, Gortsunyan and partners / Working Group of the RAA on Ad Hoc Arbitration
  • Lilia Klochenko, Dr.Jur., FCIArb, Attorney at Law
  • Timur Sysuev, Partner, Sysuev, Bondar and partners, SBH
  • Mikhail Samoylov, Counsel, Mansors
12:45-13:00
Q&A Session
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-15:30
Foreign practices of ad hoc arbitration: adopting experience
  • International realities of ad hoc arbitration
  • Administration of ad hoc arbitration by the International Arbitration Court at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  • Foreign institutions’ experience in administering ad hoc arbitration

Speakers:
  • Vladimir Khvalei, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
  • Holger Zschaige, Managing Director, Infotropic Media
  • Kadi Abdurakhmanov, Working Group of the RAA on Ad Hoc Arbitration, compliance manager
  • Sergii Melnyk, Deputy Counsel, International Court of Arbitration, ICC
  • Alex Bardin, Associate, CMS von Erlach Poncet
15:30-15:45
Q&A Session
15:45-16:15
Coffee break
16:15-17:15
How does ad hoc arbitration work?
  • Specifics of communication between the arbitrator and the parties
  • How to properly determine the arbitrator’s fee?
  • Ad hoc arbitration rules: individual or model rules? Benefits of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
  • Features of enforcement of an ad hoc arbitration award

Speakers:
  • Yuri Ustinov, Associate, O2 Consulting / Working Group of the RAA on Ad Hoc Arbitration
  • Maria Oniskiv, Senior counsel, HEALBE / Working Group of the RAA on Ad Hoc Arbitration
  • Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
17:15-17:30
Q&A Session
17:30-18:00
Closing remarks