Program

Stated topics and speakers
8:00-9:00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9:00-10:00
PLENARY SESSION
Navigating business disputes between Russian and US-EU companies in an era of heightened tensions



Speakers:

10:00-10:15
Participants move to Roundtables
10:15-11:15
ROUNDTABLE 1
Jurisdictional forum shopping in cases involving Russian/CIS parties: Winning the tug of war between your court and mine

Speakers:

10:15-11:15
ROUNDTABLE 2
The interim relief provisions in the new Russian arbitration law – How are they working, and what’s different from the interim relief available in other jurisdictions?

Speakers:

10:15-11:15
ROUNDTABLE 3
Strangers in a strange land? Tips for foreign litigants in Russian courts

Speakers:

11:15-11:45
NETWORKING BREAK
11:45-12:45
ROUNDTABLE 4
Investor-state arbitrations involving Russian/CIS investors and states:  What’s new and what’s next?

Speakers:

11:45-12:45
ROUNDTABLE 5
Prove it:  Effective strategies for collecting evidence in cross-border disputes

Speakers:

11:45-12:45
ROUNDTABLE 6
Resolving shareholder disputes:  Strategic considerations for counsel and clients under the new Russian arbitration law

Speakers:

12:45-13:45
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
13:45-14:45
ROUNDTABLE 7
Enforcement of Russian arbitral awards and judgments abroad: Dissecting the lessons of Maximov v. OJSC NLMK (with stops in Moscow, London, Paris and Amsterdam) and other recent cases.

Speakers:

13:45-14:45
ROUNDTABLE 8
A landmark year for Russian jurisprudence – Lessons from the Transneft v. Sberbank, Tizpribor v. Vympelcom, and Rosneft v. Systema cases

Speakers:

13:45-14:45
ROUNDTABLE 9
The intersection of criminal proceedings and cross-border business disputes: Effective tool for justice or abuse of process?

Speakers:

14:45-15:15
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
15:15-16:15
ROUNDTABLE 10
Enhancing efficiency while retaining quality in international arbitral proceedings

Speakers:

15:15-16:15
ROUNDTABLE 11
Property of the state?  Enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards against states and state-owned entities

Speakers:

15:15-16:15
ROUNDTABLE 12
Cross-border restructuring and bankruptcy disputes with a Russian/CIS connection

Speakers:

16:15-16:45
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
16:45-18:00
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
Master class on cross examination styles and techniques – A demonstrative session on what works and what doesn’t

Speakers:

18:00-20:00
CLOSING RECEPTION