Business Programme
Business Programme
IX SPBILF Business Programme, alongside with traditional legal subjects, will include a whole range of topics related to the most relevant novelties of law and economics. Among speakers of the upcoming Forum are the leading experts and practitioners in different fields of law, Russian and foreign officials, world-known scholars and, also, heads of legal departments of global companies.
Official Business Programme
Plenary Session
Plenary Session ‘The Art of Law’
Official Business Programme Events by Thematic Tracks
1. Smart Society. Digital Economy
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2. Legal Profession. Legal Department Management. Notary
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3. Dispute Resolution. Litigation and Arbitration Practice. Execution of Courts’ and Arbitral Decisions
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4. International Law. International Justice. Rule of Law. Constitutional Law
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5. Сulture. Science. Education. Sport
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6. Private Law. Family Law. Private Clients
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7. Corporate Law
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8. Investments. Real Estate. Industry-Specific Legislation. Public Private Partnership
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9. Pharmaceutics
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10. Antimonopoly Regulation. Tax and Customs Regulation. Public Procurement
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Official Business Programme Events Outside the Forum's Venue
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Business Events of Partners
Business Breakfasts
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Business Lunches
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5 O’Clock Tea
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Satellite events
Annual Conference of the Russian Corporate Counsel Association with the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
Personal Liability in Business as a Vector of Law Enforcement
Venue: Astoria Hotel (39, Bolshaya Morskaya st.)
Participation in the Conference is only by the invitation of the Russian Corporate Counsel Association
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Detailed information is available here.
Conditions of participation and registration: Katerina.Dedich@rcca.com.ru
X Youth Legal Forum. Plenary Session
Venue: Assembly Hall, St. Petersburg University (7/9, Universitetskaya emb.)
Participation upon presentation of a badge or by appointment
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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.
Discussion session of the Association of Antitrust experts
Venue: Kempinski Hotel, Neva Hall (22, Moika emb., 1st floor)
Participation is for free by special registration
Conference
Creative work of the director as a special object of legal protection
Venue: Media Center, The New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater (Fontanka River embankment 49A)
Participation is by appointment only
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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:
- Domestic and foreign law enforcement practice for the protection of directors rights.
- The effectiveness of new legislative regulation of this area;
- Possible vectors for improvement of legal regulation;
- The expediency of resolving the issue of protecting the rights of film directors under international law
Interactive discussion
East-West. Russian disputes abroad – key trends.
Venue: Hamlet + Jacks Restaurant
Participation is by appointment only
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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.
Participation is for free by special registration via email: raa40@arbitrations.ru.
Organizers of the session are: РАА40, YIMA, ICDR Y&I.
Business Breakfasts
Peculiarities of Legal Structuring of Long-Term Investment Projects in Partnership with the State
Venue: Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St.Petersburg
Participation is by invitation only
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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:
- Investments in public-private partnership of healthcare sphere (Russia and CIS). Peculiarities in negotiation with public authorities on regional level. IT in healthcare.
- Implementation of IT-projects using public-private partnership. Peculiarities of concessions in IT and paid parking.
- Main issues that the financing companies pay attention while financing projects of public-private partnership. Difficulties that may arise in negotiation with public authorities.
- 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
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Business Breakfast
Reformation of Investment Government Support Regimes. What Regime Should an Investor Choose?
Venue: Kempinski Hotel Moika 22
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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
Discussion and Presentation of Master Program “International Commercial Arbitration” in St. Petersburg University
International Arbitration in Russia and Germany
Venue: Assembly Hall, St. Petersburg University (7, 22nd Line, Vasilevskiy Island)
Registration is not required
Forum, Dedicated to the 80-th Anniversary of Valery Musin’s Birth
Forming Pro-Arbitration Approach and Culture of Reconciliation
Venue: Assembly Hall, St. Petersburg University (7, 22nd Line, Vasilevskiy Island)
Participation is by appointment only
* The Programme may be subject to change
The Programme Committee of IX SPBILF will always be glad to receive detailed proposals to the Business Programme of the future Forum. Please kindly send your ideas on the topics of round tables and possible speakers to programme@spblegalforum.com or use the web form below.
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