FIRE, Disputes & Investigations: Central Asia

Registration, Refreshments and Networking
09.00

Chairs' Welcome
09.45

Jurisdictional Collisions in Complex CIS Disputes: All Roads Lead to..
10.00

• The thorny issue of Lugano and implications for the 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

Refreshments and Networking
10.45

Evasion, facilitation and circumvention of sanctions: route maps for companies and professional firms
11.15

• 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.

Lunch
12.00

An Extended Session: Devising a Tailored International Strategy for Enforcement of Judgements, Tracing and Extracting Assets
13.30

Most Controversial Decisions under CIS Treaties
14.10

• Investment disputes under the auspices of BITs and investor-state contracts
• Jurisdictional challenges under CIS BITs
• Spotlight in Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union: protection for the investors; first awards under this new instrument
• Recognition, enforcement and execution of foreign court judgements and foreign arbitral awards
• Forum competition and choice of arbitral seats

Refreshments and Networking
15.00

Disputes Arising from Cross-Border Insolvencies and Restructurings
15.20

• Cross-border insolvency recognition issues
• Application of foreign insolvency law
• Enforceability of arbitration clause in bankruptcy of Russian counterparty
• The exclusive competence of Russian state courts to hear cases of contestation of transactions of a bankrupt company
• Subsidiary liability risks of foreign founders and counterparties of Russian companies

From Soup-to-Nuts | From Securing a Favourable Judgement to Receiving Money: What Works and What Doesn’t
16.00

Join this informal and interactive roundtable discussion on issues defining success of the litigation &arbitration and enforcement process. Legal practitioners practicing in different legal systems will share recent personal experiences, anecdotal evidence, lessons learnt and mistakes to avoid.

Chairs' Closing Remarks
16.40

Conference Ends
16.50