FIRE, Disputes & Investigations: Central Asia

Jurisdictional Collisions in Complex CIS Disputes: 
All Roads Lead to...

• The thorny issue of Lugano and implications for CIS related civil and commercial legal judgements
• The English Courts and interpretation of foreign law
• Forum non-Convenience, comparing and contrasting the latest on conflict of laws and jurisdictions, disclosure, interim relief
• Interplay between arbitration and litigation

Evasion, facilitation and circumvention of sanctions: route maps for companies and professional firms

• The next phase of Russia Sanctions and focus on professional enablers
• Secondary sanctions and extra – territoriality
• Circumvention provisions in US, EU and UK – similarities and differences
• Evasion as opposed to circumvention – a regulator’s view
• Trends in enforcement and the future.

Corporate Disputes Related to Ownership of Shareholdings and Securities Registration

• Dealing with claims against foreign or multinational defendants without deep connections to their jurisdiction
• Arbitrability of corporate and shareholder disputes