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Conditions of participation and registration: Katerina.Dedich@rcca.com.ru

Plenary Session X Youth Legal Forum “The Art of Law”

Saint Petersburg State University in association with Interregional Department of “Association of Lawyers of Russia” in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region holds the X Youth Legal Forum on 14-15 of May 2019. YLF is a satellite event of the Saint Petersburg Legal Forum as well as it is the largest platform for communication and consolidation for young lawyers in Russia and Post-Soviet states.

Traditionally leading scientists, practicing lawyers and government officials as The Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation A. V. Konovalov, the Chairman of Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation A. I. Bastrykin, cochairmen of “Association of Lawyers of Russia” take part in Forum.

The main topic of the YLF 2019 is “The Art of Law”.

Participation in Forum is open to students, PhD students, who have succeeded in educational and scientific activities, as well as young professionals starting their career path.

The conference "Creative work of the director, as a special object of legal protection," which will be attended by the artistic Director of The Alexandrinsky theater, national artist of Russia Valery Fokin and the head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property Grigory Petrovich Ivliev, will take place at The New Stage of The Alexandrinsky theater.

The participation of well-known theater directors is also planned.

The event is being held as part of the International Theater Olympics 2019.

The conference will raise a number of problems and issues related to the work of theater directors.

Special attention will be paid to the following issues:

1. Domestic and foreign law enforcement practice for the protection of directors rights.
2. The effectiveness of new legislative regulation of this area;
3. Possible vectors for improvement of legal regulation;
4. The expediency of resolving the issue of protecting the rights of film directors under international law
   

Registration is available here: https://newstage.timepad.ru/event/964438/

The interactive discussion will adopt a “speed-conferencing” format, whereby three parallel round tables with one moderator / speaker and active involvement of the audience will be held.  Each session will last 20-25 minutes, and the audience will then be rotated to the next table. In concluding the discussion each moderator will sum it up and highlight the most interesting ideas.

The following topics will be discussed:

• Interaction between foreign arbitration / litigation and domestic criminal proceedings: problems and solutions
• Russian disputes as seen by foreigners (perception of Russian parties and their arguments before foreign courts and arbitral tribunals)
• Strategic considerations in Russian dispute resolution: what do Russian parties prefer?

The organizers have invited as moderators and speakers practicing Russian and foreign lawyers with experience in handling “Russian” disputes.

Speakers:

1) Denis Almakaev - Counsel, Hogan Lovells (Moscow)

2) Artem Doudko - Partner, Osborne Clarke (London)

3) Alexander Zablotskis - Chief Legal Officer, A1(Moscow)

4) Colin Cohen - Partner, Boase Cohen & Collins (Hong Kong)

5) Evgeny Raschevsky - Partner, EPAM (Moscow)

6) Vadim Tsvetkov - Partner, OST Legal (Moscow)

Participation is for free by special registration via email: raa40@arbitrations.ru.

Organizers of the session are: РАА40, YIMA, ICDR Y&I.

Full Event's Programme is available following the link.

Over the course of previous several years different types of cooperation between a State and private companies have become popular. Concession and other investment agreements are used in order to implement long-term investment projects. In this regard, one may notice regulation evolution, practice in public-private partnership in new sectors such as IT. However, some difficulties still emerge while preparing those projects and structuring contracts in this field. Some of them will be touched upon by investors’ representatives that finance the companies and also by legal counsels.

Topics:

1. Investments in public-private partnership of healthcare sphere (Russia and CIS). Peculiarities in negotiation with public authorities on regional level. IT in healthcare.
2. Implementation of IT-projects using public-private partnership. Peculiarities of concessions in IT and paid parking.
3. Main issues that the financing companies pay attention while financing projects of public-private partnership. Difficulties that may arise in negotiation with public authorities.
4. Difficulties which may arise in contract structuring of public-private partnership projects. Legal risks on different stages of the project.

MODERATOR:

Nikolay Uskov, Editorial Director, Forbes Russia

SPEAKERS:

• David Tavadyan, Managing Partner, “Medcon” Medical Group
• Elena Bardasheva, Managing Director of public-private partnership and infrastructure projects Departement, Gazprombank
• Roman Khakhalev, CEO, Gorodskiye Parkovki LLC
• Grigoriy Fedorov, Partner of public-private partnership practice, Rights Business Standard

Registration form is here.

The Russian economy, in its current state, definitely needs new investment projects. With economic and macro-political instability, both foreign and Russian investors urgently require government support to implement investment projects.

The investment laws of the 1990s are outdated. The special investment contract (SPIC) regime also needs modernization.

In this context, the government is carrying out large-scale reform of the investment support tools and investment environment stabilization tools available across various industries. This reform focuses on establishing the most attractive regimes for long-term investments in the Russian economy by ensuring a stable tax and regulatory environment, offering tax and other benefits to investors and by introducing new incentives to engage and support Russian and foreign companies in implementing investment projects.

The agenda of business breakfast, which will bring together representatives from the largest companies, includes the following:

• A comparison of the existing “geographical” investment regimes (special economic zones, priority social and economic development areas, etc.) and “contractual” investment regimes (SPICs, concession agreements, PPP agreements, etc.);
• Consideration of new investment regimes proposed by the government;
• A discussion of potential project financing avenues for investment projects (the VEB.RF Project Financing Factory);
• Consideration of the applicability of various criteria in selecting the optimal investment regime based on possible project profiles, commercial and financial parameters.

MODERATOR:

Alyona Kucher, Candidate of Sciences, Law; Associate Professor of the Civil Law Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

SPEAKERS:

Vadim Kolomnikov, Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Registration form is here.

1. Welcome Comments. General and Specific Features in the Development of the PPP Regulatory Framework Within the EAEU and the EU

2. PPP-related Legal Reform in EU states: The Impact of Infrastructure Project Implementation Practices on Changes to PPP Standards

• Legal Reform of PPP Legislation in EU States: Causes, Conditions, Challenges and Opportunities
• Impact of PPP Project Implementation Practices on Legislative Developments: New Mechanisms of Balancing the Interests of Project Parties
• Changes to PPP Standards in EU States and Requirements Imposed by Investors and Financiers
• Law Enforcement Trends: Industry-specific Practices
• Countrywide Competition and Unification: Which Trend Is Stronger? The Role of the Regulatory Environment in the Competitive Play for Private Investments
• Agreements and Programs of Individual States With the EU: Their Impact on National Legislative Developments in the PPP Sector
• PPP-related Legal Reform in EU States: Conclusions and Lessons for EAEU States

3. PPP-related Legal Reform in EAEU States and Other Countries of the Region: Unification or Specialization? Key Features

• Key Areas for the Development of National PPP Legislation in EAEU States and Other Countries of the Region: From Reform to Hands-on Adjustment
• Use of Model PPP Laws and Best Global Practices in EAEU States and Other Countries of the Region: Prospects for Harmonization of the Regulatory Framework in the PPP Sector
• PPP Pilot Project Experiences and Specific Features Inherent in the Current Phase, Law Enforcement Issues
• Geographic Growth of National Investment Demand in EAEU States: Challenges and Opportunities in the Formation of a Single PPP Market in EAEU States
• Prospects for Implementation of New PPP Institutions and Instruments Into National Laws, Taking Into Account Legislative Reform in EAEU and Other Countries of the Region, as well as EU States

MODERATORS:

• Tony Bonnici, Deputy Director, PPP Center of Excellence, UNECE (Switzerland)
• Alexei Zverev, Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UK)
• Alexander Dolgov, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (Russia)

SPEAKRES:

• Bruno de Cazalet, Consultant, CazaletConsult Sarl (France)
• Christopher Clement-Davies, Consultant, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UK)
• Andrey Rybakov, Deputy Director (Legal Department), RT-Invest Transport Systems (Russia)
• Alexander Khachatryan, Partner, TK & Partners (Armenia)
• Nurbek Sabirov, Partner, Kalikova & Associates (Kyrgyz Republic)
• Konstantin Makarevich, Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs (Russia)

*The list of speakers may be supplemented/adjusted

Issue theme: Three laws that will make Russia happy

The Game "2030" is based on the book by M. Hazin and S. Shcheglov "Stairs to the sky”.

The game simulates the situation of political struggle: participants compete for resources, agitate, intrigue, find lobbyists, form clans, test fate and use various political techniques to win the Game. One Game consists of 7 stages.

The competition revolves around the proposed solutions to the resonant issues of modern society. One game is dedicated to one question.

MODERATOR:

Nelli Fassakhova, executive Director of the NPR Communication Agency