Digest 125

SPBILF News

The Anniversary SPBILF shall make a truly landmark event both in terms of numbers and origin of the participants and the content of business programme. Delegates from 49 countries has already registered, and UNCITRAL, the Russian Supreme Court, as well as the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, has confirmed their panel discussions to be held at SPBILF along with many other international organisations, national government bodies and commercial companies – Forum partners.

The X SPBILF tentative business programme is now available online and reveals some of the future discussions devoted to the novelties of law, international cooperation for advancing the rule of law and the mutual influence that the law, the economy and the society have on each other. The Programme Committee encourages legal professionals and law researchers to submit speaker applications. Please do provide your suggestions by filling in the online submission form - and be sure you don't miss out!

X SPBILF Delegate List includes ►

X SPBILF tentative Business Programme ►

Gazprombank will become X SPBILF General Partner

«Gazprombank» (Joint – stock Company) is one of three largest banks in the Russian Federation in terms of total assets and equity. Our principal business areas are corporate banking, retail banking, investment banking and depositary services. Our banking activities also include securities trading, foreign exchange operations, precious metals operations, clearing operations and settlement services.

We provide a broad array of commercial banking services to a variety of our corporate customers, including lending in various currencies, trade finance, settlement and cash management services. One other very important sphere of our relationship with our corporate customers is funding we receive in the form of customer current accounts and term deposits.

Our investment banking activities include capital markets, brokerage, corporate finance and project finance services, asset management and private equity investments. In the course of our investment banking activities we conduct private equity investments in companies from different industries not connected with banking.

The Bank’s investment portfolio includes companies from key industries of the economy and in which the Bank has unique experience and deep professional expertise.

Retail business is also a strategically important vector of the Bank’s operations, and its scale is increasingly expanding. In this sector, Gazprombank is ranked among the top three leaders in terms of key indicators: consumer loans, mortgage loans, and deposits. Today, five million private individuals use Gazprombank’s services and products. The Bank carries out a development strategy of the retail business, boosting its efficiency by vigorous digitalization of key processes and by synergy with the corporate business, because the Bank is the absolute leader in terms of the number of customers and the portfolio volume in a host of industries.

Learn more about the bank online ►

“An outstanding classical dancer—probably the purest virtuoso since Mikhail Baryshnikov”: Sergei Polunin to perform at X SPBILF Welcome Evening

Sergei Polunin, the world-famous dance performer – and enfant terrible of the modern ballet will present a show-to-remember. Polunin himself will treat the Forum guests with his masterpieces which has already become legendary, as well as a world premiere on stage.

A team of soloists from The Bolshoi, Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky theaters, together with dancers from Eifman Ballet, Bayern National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet will perform classical and contemporary dance routines – some of which will be prepared especially for the Forum.

It is a lifetime opportunity that shall not be missed.

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Night of Intellectual Games. Legal Chess and Erudite Team Competition

Sign up for Legal Chess Tournament or Erudite Team Competition to tease your brain and network!

It is our pleasure to introduce a new activity with the SPBILF Cultural Programme and encourage Delegates and Accompanying Persons to take part.

Registration will be available soon!

Fee policy schedule has been changed

Please be advised that the fee policy schedule has been changed to become more convenient for prospective participants. The delegate fees will be next increased in 32 days – take your chance to benefit from an early bird registration now!

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