09:00 – 09:30 Registration. Welcome coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Opening remarks
Tatyana Monaghan, Secretary General, ICC Russia
09:45 – 11:00 Session I - Russian jurisdiction as a place for dispute resolution: pros and cons
- Why do we witness the “flight” of Russian disputes abroad?
- Why are foreign jurisdictions so attractive to Russian companies?
- Could Russian dispute resolution system be advantageous for foreign companies?
- ICC International Court of Arbitration:
- role in the system of the international arbitration institutes
- interaction with state courts
- recent trends in international arbitration
Moderator:
Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner, “Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasyev & Partners”, St.Petersburg
Speakers:
Anton Ivanov, Chairman of the Supreme Commercial (Arbitrazh) Court of the Russian Federation
Andrea Carlevaris, Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30 Session II - Conflict of jurisdictions and parallel proceedings
- Interaction among different jurisdictions in the course of recognition and enforcement of the international commercial arbitration awards
- Why are the English courts attractive for the Russian parties?
- Parallel proceedings in state courts and arbitral tribunals: the problem of the negative impact of the “competence-competence” principle or who should be the first to settle the issue of its jurisdiction – an arbitral tribunal or a state court?
- Invalidating asymmetrical alternative arbitration clauses – is the approach of Russian state commercial courts justified?
- The practice of the English courts on unilateral arbitration agreements
- Can the anti-suit injunctions be considered as interference in jurisdiction of other state?
Moderator:
Vladimir Khvaley, Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Partner, Baker&McKenzie, Moscow
Speakers:
Yves Derains, Managing Partner, Derains & Gharavi, Paris
Edward Poulton, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, London
Georges Affaki, Member of the Executive Committee and Head of Structured Finance, BNP Paribas, CIB Legal
Тimur Aitkulov, Partner, Clifford Chance, Moscow
Roman Khodykin, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London
Anton Asoskov, Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton, Moscow
Natalia Pavlova, Judge of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30 Session III - Arbitrability of corporate disputes: does it need a state regulation?
- Arbitrability of corporate disputes – one of the core issues in terms of understanding the place of commercial arbitration in Russia
- Does the decision to consider corporate disputes non-arbitrable contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation?
- Approach to arbitrability of the most developed countries: French experience
- Arbitrability of financial disputes
Moderator:
Yaroslav Klimov, Norton Rose, Moscow
Speakers:
Ludmila Baleevskikh, Senior Associate, «Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners» (Moscow)
Georges Affaki, Member of the Executive Committee and Head of Structured Finance, BNP Paribas, CIB Legal
Elena Trusova, Partner, Goltsblat BLP, Moscow
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Session IV - MIFC – a chance to create an alternative international dispute resolution centre: opportunities, problems, risks
Moderator:
David Goldberg, Partner, White & Case, London
Speakers:
Khawar Qureshi, Chairman The CityUK Legal Services and Dispute Resolution Group
Alexander Muranov, Managing Partner, «Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners» (Moscow)
Maxim Kulkov, Freshfields, Moscow
17:30 – 18:00 Questions & Answers