Program

Stated topics and speakers
09:00-10:00
Registration. Coffee
10:00-11:30
Corruption in contracts (contracts obtained by corrupted means and contracts covering bribery payments)

  •  red flags;

  •  burden and standard of proof;

  •  consequences of positive findings of corruption; 

  • contract and investment arbitrations;
  • review of ICC Court Practice on resolving disputes involving corruption allegations.

Moderator: 
  • Vladimir Khvalei, Partner, Baker McKenzie, Russia
Speakers:
  • Wilson Antoon, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, UK 
  • Agis Georgiades, Partner, Christos Georgiades & Associates LLC, Cyprus 
  • Mark Pieth, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Basel, Switzerland
  • José Feris, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, France

11:30-12:00
Coffee break
12:00-13:30
Сorruption of arbitrators and arbitral institutions. Presentation of The CEA Code of Best Practice In Arbitration

  • Russian landscape
  • Ukrainian experience
  • Bulgarian experience 
  • Latin American perspective
  • Romanian experience
  • Chevron case
  • Tapie/ Lagarde case


Moderator:

  • Olena Perepelynska, Partner and Head of CIS Arbitration practice, INTEGRITES, President of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, Ukraine

Speakers:

  • Alexander MuranovManaging partner, Muranov, Chernyakov and partners, Russia
  • Florencia Villaggi, Counsel, Herbert Smith Freehills, Latin America Group, USA
  • Galina ZukovaAssociate professor at the University Paris-Saclay (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin), Barrister and solicitor, ZUKOVA Legal, France
  • Elina Mereminskaya, Partner, Advocate, WAGEMANN Abogados & Ingenieros, Chile
  • Alfonso Gómez-Acebo, Partner, Cuatrecasas, Spain
  • Cristina Alexe, Partner, ACEADVISOR - Attorneys at Law, Editor in chief of the Romanian Arbitration Journal, Romania
  • Paul A-Gelinas, International ArbitratorPaul-A.Gélinas Law Office, France

13:30-14:30
Luncheon
14:30-16:00
Role of arbitral institutions in combating corruption

Moderator:
  • David Goldberg, Partner,  White & Case, London, Moscow
Speakers:
  • Annette Magnusson, Secretary General, SCC, Sweden
  • Dr. Susanne Heger, Partner, Heger & Partner law firm, VIAC, Austria
  • James Brady, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, UK
  • Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof, Director General, LCIA, UK
  • Sarah Grimmer, Secretary General, HKIAC, Hong Kong
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:00
Use of forensic and AI in identifying corruption issues
Moderator:
  • Alex Volcic, Managing Director and Head of Russia and CIS Office Business Intelligence and Investigations, Kroll;
Speakers:
  • Dmitry Ivanov, Partner, Morgan Lewis, Russia
  • Michael Peer, Partner, Forensics & Dispute Advisory, PwC, Singapore
  • Artem Sarkisyan, Lawyer, Zabeyda & Partners, Russia
  • Vladimir Melnikov, Partner, Linklaters, Russia
  • Sergey Svetushkin, Head of Transparent Deal, Kaspersky Lab, Russia
18:00-20:00
Reception