Program

Stated topics and speakers
9:00-10:00
Registration. Welcome tea & coffee
10:00-10:30
Keynote speech
  • Protection of Russian state interests internationally - Medvedkov Maxim, Director of Trade Negotiations Department, Ministry of Economy and Development of the Russian Federation.
10:30-11:30
Session 1 - THIRD PARTY FUNDING

Moderator - Duarte G. Henriques, Partner BCH Lawyers, Member of the ICCA-Queen Mary University Task Force on Third Party Funding

Topics:

  • Regulation of third-party funding in international arbitration - James Popperwell, Partner, Macfarlanes
  • Selecting a good case for funding - Michael Redman, Director, Burford Capital
  • The role of a funding company in the case strategy - Tatiana Menshenina, Partner, Withersworldwide
  • Enforcement funding - Wieger Wielinga, Managing Partner, Omni Bridgeway

11:30-12:00
Coffee break
12:00 - 13:30
Session 2 - EXPERTS IN ARBITRATION

Topics:

  • The Role of a Party-appointed expert - Doug Hall, Head of Forensic Services, Smith & Williamson LLP
  • Cross-examining of an expert  - Dominic Pellew, Partner, Dentons
  • Expert witness conferencing - Valery Knyazev, Partner, Haberman Ilett
  • Arbitrator's view on evidence presented by experts - Simon Chapman, Partner, Herbet Smith Freehills

13:30-14:30
Lunch
14.30-16:00
Session 3 - ASSET TRACING

Moderator - David Alexander, Head of Fraud and Financial Crime, Smith & Williamson

Topics:

  • Asset Tracing - Best Practice - Alex Volcic, Managing Director, Head of Russia & CIS, Kroll

  • Asset Tracing - Operational Private Investigation - Mike LaCorte, Company Director, Conflict International

  • The Use of Technology in Asset Tracing - David Alexander, Head of Fraud and Financial Crime, Smith & Williamson

  • Building up your case: standards of successful use of evidence in asset recovery and anti-fraud international litigation - Alexei Dudko, Partner, Hogan Lovells

16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:00
Session 4 – ASSETS FREEZING

Moderator - Roman Zykov, Secretary General, Russian Arbitration Association

Topics:

  • Injunctions by English courts - Steven Philippsohn, Senior Partner, PCB Litigation
  • Interim Measures by Cyprus courts - Stavros Pavlou, Senior & Managing Partner, Patrikios Pavlou & Associates
    Interim Measures by BVI courts- Jeremy Child, Partner, Harneys
  • Interim Measures in Switzerland - James Menz, J.D., Counsel, Schellenberg Wittmer

18:00-20:00
Closing reception