Program

Stated topics and speakers
9:30-10:00
Registration, welcome coffee
10:00-10:10
Opening remarks
  • Roman Zykov, Secretary General, Arbitration Association
10:10-11:00
Session 1: Discover the Undiscovered
  • Unexplained Wealth Orders: are they Likely to Rise?
  • The current approach of English courts to supporting international fraud investigations
  • Strategic Developments in Disclosure cases in the English Courts involving foreign parties
  • The presence of an organized criminal cases in the arbitration dispute.The signs and minimization of the risks
Moderator:
  • Andrey Panov, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright
Speakers:
  • Konstantin Kroll, Partner, Head of Russia & CIS Desk, Orrick 
  • Wilson Antoon, Counsel, King & Wood Mallesons
  • Steven Philippsohn, Partner, PCB Litigation
  • Daria Konstantinova, Partner, Zabeyda & partners
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-13:00
Session 2: I have a Claim! … or I have a Dream?
  • Avenues for Financing a Case
  • Drafting a TPF Agreement
  • Russian update on Third Party Funding 
  • Financing the Enforcement
Moderator: 
  • Michael Fenn, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP 
Speakers:
  • Lee Drucker, Co-founder, Lake Whillans Litigation Finance LLC
  • Maxim Karpov, Managing Partner, CEO, NLF group
  • Alexander Stefanovski, Partner, PLATFORMA
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:30
Session 3: Show me the Money!
  • Asset Tracing: What is it?
  • Asset Tracing: Do`s and don`ts
  • Assets Tracing: Do it Yourself
  • Professional Assets Tracing: Case studies and practical lessons
Moderator: 
  • Alex Volcic, Managing Director and Head of Russia and CIS Office Business Intelligence and Investigations, Kroll;
Speakers:
  • Alina Sokolova, Partner, Deloitte CIS Forensic
  • Mike LaCorte, CEO of Conflict International, Chairman of the World Association of Detectives
  • Dennis Vinokourov, Associate Managing Director, Kroll
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Session 4: Cross-border Bankruptcy involving Russian parties
  • Avoiding restitution in Russian Insolvency cases 
  • Cross-border Insolvency
  • Enforcement of Russian insolvency judgments abroad: UNCITRAL framework and other Tools
  • Arbitrability and Enforcement of Awards in Insolvency Proceedings in Russia
Moderator
  • Alexander Khaki, Executive Director, CSI Group
Speakers:
  • Grigory Marinichev, Partner, Morgan Lewis 
  • Anton Maltsev, Partner, Baker McKenzie 
  • Alexander Pisemskiy, Executive Director, CSI Group
  • George Murvanidze, Counsel, Bank Derzhava
  • Nikolay Pokryshkin, Partner, Kulkov, Kolotilov & Partners

17:30-19:30
Reception