15 - 16 April 2010

The Cumberland hotel

London

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Programme

DAY 1 (15.04.2010)

9.00 – 10.30 Session 1 (Room A):

Public Private Partnership (PPP) in CIS and EU countries: latest experience and financing issues during crisis.

• Russian municipal PPP projects in water cleaning, waste management and energy saving: theory and practice.

Aleksandr Bazhenov - Director, PPP Centre, "Vnesheconombank", Moscow.

• UN experience and its applicability to PPP projects in CIS countries.

Geoffrey Hamilton - Chief, Cooperation and Partnership Section, "UNECE", Geneva.

• PPP in Ukraine: history and development perspectives.

Maryna Stavniychuk - Ph.D in laws, Member of the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission), Honorary Lawyer of Ukraine.

• Financing "Pulkovo" airport: first PPP experience during crisis.

Andrei Kiselev - Executive Director, Infrastructure Capital Group, "VTB Capital", London.

• Financing PPP infrastructure projects during crisis: EU experience.

Alexander Doll - Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Transport and Logistics, "Lazard", Frankfurt.

Moderator: Kirill Ratnikov - Partner, Head of Infrastructure and PPP Practice (CIS), "Magisters", Moscow.

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30 Session 2 (Room A):

PPP in CIS countries: legal framework and practical experience.

• Regional model PPP legislation: first success (Russia).
Khafiz Salikhov - Chairman, Expert Council on PPP Legislation within the Economic Policy and Entrenpreneurship Committee, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow.

• Russian, Kazakh and Belarusian PPP legislation analysis.
Kirill Ratnikov - Partner, Head of Infrastructure and PPP Practice (CIS), "Magisters", Moscow.

• Ideology for Ukrainian PPP legislation reformation.
Valentyna Danishevska - Director, "Commercial Law Centre", Kiev.

• Prerequisites to successful implementation of PPP programmes in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Bogatyr – Deputy Minsiter of Justice, Ukraine, Kiev.

Svetlana Kheda - Counsel, "Sayenko Kharenko", Kiev.

• EBRD experience in setting up PPP frameworks.

Alexei Zverev - Senior Counsel, "EBRD", Moscow.

Moderator: Kirill Ratnikov - Partner, "Magisters", Moscow.

11.00 – 12.30 Session 3 (Room B):

Privatization practice in CIS countries (sale of monopolist, tenders, international experience, etc).

Natalia Zhernosek – Director, State Property Fund, State Property Committee of Republic of Belarus, Minsk.

Oleksandr Potimkov – Deputy Chairman, State Property Fund of Ukraine, Kiev.

Oleh Malskyy - Partner, "Astapov Lawyers", Kiev.

Denis Aleinikov – Partner, LG “Argument”, Minsk.

Moderator: Volodymyr Sayenko - Partner, "Sayenko Kharenko", Kiev.

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Session 4 (Room A):

PPP in utilities sector: CIS and EU experience.

• PPP in Russian electricity sector: practice and perspectives.
Mikhail Yakovlev - First Deputy Chairman, Regional Energy Commission, Moscow Government.

Andrey Romanenko – Director General, “United Energy Company”, Moscow.

• UK PPP experience and possibility of its appliance in CIS countries.

Sergei Ostrovsky - Partner, "Ashurst", London.

Moderator: Sergei Ostrovsky - Partner, "Ashurst", London.

14.00 – 15.30 Session 5 (Room B):

Current aspects of CIS antitrust regulation practice.

• Role of antitrust legislation and law enforcement during period of exit out of economical-financial crisis.
Oleksandr Melnychenko – Acting Chairman, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Kiev.

• Perspectives for development of Russian legislation about State purchases.
Andrey Popov – Director, Department for Legal and Corporate Affairs, “Rosatom”, Moscow.

• Industries under scrutiny of antitrust authority, example of Ukraine.
Antonina Yaholnyk - Partner, "Baker McKenzie", Kiev.

• Antitrust audits of foreign companies having presence in Russia.
Nadia Goreslavskaya - Associate, "Baker McKenzie", Moscow.

• Kazakh antitrust policy - Quo Vadis?
Alexander Korobeinikov - Associate, "Baker McKenzie", Almaty.

Moderator: Antonina Yaholnyk - Partner, "Baker McKenzie", Kiev.

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break

16.00 – 17.30 Session 6 (Room A):

PPP in transport and infrastructure sector: CIS and EU experience.

• Concessions in road infrastructure: Ukrainian experience.
Oleg Alyoshin - Partner, "Vasil Kisil and Partners", Kiev.

• Comparative overview of CIS and EU infrastructure projects.
David Lee - Partner, "Allen & Overy", London.

• EBRD PPP experience in transport sector in CIS and EU countries.
Ivana Duarte - Principal Banker, "EBRD", London.

Moderator: Christopher Clement-Davies - Partner, "Fulbright & Jaworski", London.

19.00 - 22.00 Drink reception for Forum delegates and invited guests (Inner Temple Hall, Treasury Office, Inner Temple, London EC4Y 7HL). Bus shuttle to "Inner Temple" will depart at 18.30 from main entrance of the "Cumberland Hotel".

DAY 2 (16.04.2009)

9.00 – 10.30 Session 7 (Room A):

Protection of foreign investments in CIS countries.

• Particularities of foreign investments attraction into Russia. Legislative aspects.
Kira Lukianova - Chairman, Subcommittee on Investment Policy, Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship, Russian State Duma, Moscow.


• Protection of foreign investor and institutional rights that help to attract investments into Ukrainian economy.
Oleksandra Kuzhel - President, Analytical Centre "Akademia", Kiev.


• Foreign investment protection in CIS countries (standpoint of recipient state).
Konstantin Kryazhevskikh - Director, Legal Department, Uranium Holding "ARMZ", Moscow.


• Foreign investment protection in national courts of Ukraine.

Anna Ogrenchuk - Managing Partner, "LCF Law Group", Kiev.

Moderator: Jennifer Handz - Managing Partner, "Chadbourne & Parke LLP", Moscow.

9.00 – 10.30 Session 8 (Room B):

Financial markets in CIS and EU countries: latest developments and improvement perspectives.

• Response to challenged markets by State regulators.
Oleksandr Savchenko – President, NGO "Public Finance", Kiev.


• Anticrisis tools for recapitalization of commercial banks in Ukraine: collision of common and specialised legislation.
Oleksandra Pavlenko – Partner, „Pavlenko & Poberezhnyuk“; Legal Counsel to Vice-Prime-Minister of Ukraine, Kiev.


• Topic TBC.

Aleksandr Galperin – Director, Securities Department, Ministry of Finance of Republic of Belarus, Minsk.

• IPO perspectives in CIS and EU countries.
Stefan Hoefer – Vice President, “Deutsche Boerse”, Frankfurt.



Moderator: Dietmar Anders – Partner, «SJ Berwin», Frankfurt.

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30 Session 9 (Room A):

The SCC workshop: investor – state arbitration.

• State as a party to investment disputes;
• Law applicable to investment claims;
• Application of MFN-regime to BIT dispute-resolution provisions;
• Investment disputes at the Stockholm Arbitration Institute.

Speakers:

Jeffrey Hertzfeld - International Arbitrator and former Chairman of the Salans International law firm, Paris.

Ivan Zykin - Doctor of Laws, Vice-Chairman of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the CCI of the Russian Federation, Director of Center of Legal Problems in International Economic Relations, Moscow.

Natalia Petrik – Counsel, SCC, Stockholm.

Christer Soderlund - Consultant, "Vinge", Stockholm.

Moderator: Per Runeland - Partner, "SJ Berwin", London.

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Session 10 (Room A):

Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in the CIS.

• Enforcement in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan;
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nforcement against states in investment disputes.

Speakers:

Vladimir Khvaley – Partner, “Baker & McKenzie”, Moscow.

Tetyana Slipachuk – Partner, “Vasyl Kysyl and Partners”, Kiev.

Natalia Petrik – Counsel, SCC, Stockholm.

Dmitry Dyakin - Managing Partner, "Magisters", Moscow.

Moderator: Ivan Zykin - Vice-Chairman of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the CCI of the Russian Federation, Moscow.

14.00 - 15.30 Session 11 (Room B):

Mediation in CIS and EU countries: discussions over positive and problematic experience with market leaders.

Speakers:

• Mediation in Russia and worldwide: latest trends and developments.
Tsisana Shamlikashvili - President, "Scientific and Methodological Centre for Mediation and Law", Moscow.

• Mediation in Ukraine.

Galyna Eryomenko - Director, "Ukrainian Mediation Centre", Kiev.

• Mediating (international) commercial disputes - the ICC experience.

Hannah Tumpel - Manager, ICC Dispute Resolution Services – ADR, Expertise, Dispute Boards and DOCDEX, Paris.

Moderator: William Marsh - Commercial Mediator, London.

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break

16.00 – 17.30 Session 12 (Room A):

Corporate disputes in CIS and EU countries.

• How to avoid disputes in international joint-ventures?
Charez Golvala - Partner, "Chadbourne & Parke LLP", London.

• Preside but not rule: challenging authority of an executive chair in Ukrainian companies.
Svitlana Poroschuk - Partner, "Asters", Kiev.

• Shareholder disputes arising from investments into Russian businesses.
David Goldberg – Partner, «SJ Berwin», London.

• New categories of corporate disputes in Ukraine: what foreign investor should be aware of?
Oleksandra Pavlenko – Partner, „Pavlenko & Poberezhnyuk“; Legal Counsel to Vice-Prime-Minister of Ukraine, Kiev.

Moderator: David Goldberg – Partner, «SJ Berwin», London.

16.00 - 17.30 Session 13 (Room B):

Disputes with Eastern European and CIS parties in English Courts.

• The political dimension.
Vernon Flynn QC - "Essex Court Chambers", London.

• Choice of jurisdiction and forum.
Ekaterina Sjostrand - Barrister, "13 Old Square", London.

• CIS litigation in London: the investigators perspective.
Michael Redman - Associate Partner, "GPW", London.

Moderator: Penny Madden - Counsel, "Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom", London.