The 4th CIS-EU Legal Forum: Eurolawyer 2011 was held in London on 2-3 of June. The Forum’s agenda was focused on topical issues related to the legal and practical aspects of investing into the CIS region. The CIS market is growing again and attracts the attention of the international investment community. This in turn requires continual professional collaboration of legal experts.
The “Airports of regional and local airlines” conference took place in St Petersburg on 2 - 5 June as part of the business program conducted at the INTERAEROCOM-2011 exhibition. The conference was organized by Lenexpo OJSC with support from the Federal Agency for Air Transport, St Petersburg Government, and the Chamber of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation. Anton Alekseev, Real Estate and Land Law Practice Lawyer at EPAM St. Petersburg Law Offices presented at the conference.
The book Transactions with Bills of Exchange is based on the Master’s Degree thesis of the author and is dedicated to a controversial issue of how a transaction with a promissory note and a principal transaction influence each other.
On 26-27 May Moscow hosted the International Commercial Arbitration Conference organized by the London Court of International Arbitration. Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner at EPAM St. Petersburg Law Offices, chaired the Investment Arbitration section.
The International Fraud & Litigation Conference organized by Lexis Nexis is taking place in London this week. Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner at EPAM St Petersburg Law Offices, today presented a report entitled Made in the Ex-USSR: Unwinding Eastern Block Scams and Schemes. He talked about contemporary protection methods against fraud during company liquidation, as well as recent amendments in the Russian law relating to bankruptcy and insolvency issues.
St Petersburg hosted the Incoterms® 2010 International Conference: New ICC Rules for the Use of Domestic and International Trade Terms in collaboration with EPAM Law.
The 2nd Youth Legal Forum organized by the Association of Lawyers of Russia closed today in St Petersburg. EPAM Law acted as a sponsor of the event which took place under the aegis of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
Today Moscow hosted a seminar for criminal judges on the European Convention of Human Rights organized by the Council of Europe with assistance from the Russian Academy of Justice.
Today the results of a legal proficiency contest held annually by the St Petersburg Bar Association were announced.
EPAM announces the appointment of Natalia Korosteleva, Head of the Firm’s Antitrust Practice, as Partner.
Today Moscow hosted the International Training Conference “Russian Contract Law: A Course towards Modernization”, which was organised by The Contract Law Center of the Law Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University. EPAM provided organizational and financial support for the event.
In Moscow the Russian Ministry for Natural Resources and Ecology hosted a conference, organized by The Guild of Managers and Developers, entitled Environmental Friendliness and Energy Efficiency in Real Estate. Elena Pristanskova, Attorney at EPAM, attended the event.
The First National Congress of Russian Aviation Lawyers was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the first Russian Assembly of Aeronauts and took place in Moscow on 26th April 2011 with support from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation). Andrey Porfiriev, Senior Lawyer at EPAM, spoke at the congress.
The Russian IPO Forum 2011 organized by Mergers & Acquisitions magazine took place in Moscow on 26th April. Vyacheslav Yugay, Lawyer at EPAM, delivered a report on “ADRs: the US Law Requirements and Implications for Russian Issuers”.
Today Moscow hosted the Corporate Transactions: Current Legal and Practical Issues seminar organized by M-Logos law institute. Maxim Mozgov, Attorney-At-Law at EPAM, and Maxim Rasputin, the Firm’s Lawyer, spoke at the seminar.