Russian In-House Counsel Summit

The TORRENT OF QUESTIONS from the floor, extensive interactive roundtables debates, dedicated to the BURNING ISSUES of the day, and the ACTIVE INTEREST of all event participants, once again demonstrated that this conference is of GREAT IMPORTANCE to the Russian legal elite

The pre-conference interactive seminar on MANAGING EXTERNAL LEGAL COUNSEL, led by Julia Chain, Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group, became one of the Summit highlights. During the series of interactive debates, the corporate elite had an opportunity to share their experiences and discuss the biggest challenges of legal outsourcing    

Here are just a few seminar speakers:

• Dmitry Timofeev, Legal Counsel, Rosinter Restaurants Holding
• Igor Blinov, General Counsel, Troika Dialog
• Sergey Kovalev, Managing Partner, Principium
• Dmitry Dyakin, Managing Partner, Magisters
• Elena Kashirina, Legal Counsel, McDonalds
• Maria Shlyapina, Head of Legal Department, VTB Capital
• Yuri Golovanov, Head of Legal Department, Morgan Stanley     

The presentations by the legal elite and regulators, dedicated to the hot topics of the day and recent changes in Russian legislation, have always been a MAJOR ATTRACTION of the main conference 

The speaker panel in 2010 included:

• Roman Pliev, Deputy Head of Legal Department, Federal Antimonopoly Service
• Sergey Kovalev, Lawyer, Managing Partner, Principium
• Roman Bolotovsky, Head of Legal Department, Wimm Bill Dann
• Dmitry Skripichnikov, Head of Working Group on the Legal Mortgage Reform, Ministry of Economic Development
• Svetlana Ayusheeva, Counsellor, Liniya Prava
• Dmitry Dyakin, Managing Partner, Magisters, Moscow
• Yan Piskunov, Member of the Board, Deputy General Director, Director of Legal Affairs, Gazprom Media 
• Igor Vakhnin, Head of Legal Department, Elvari Neftegaz
• Maxim Bunyakin, Deputy Director, Department of Corporate Development, Rusnano
• Valery Sidnev, Head of Legal Department, Mineral and Chemical Company EuroChem
• Olga Fominich, Director of Legal Department, Coca Cola
• Dmitry Sitnikov, Head of Legal Department, 36.6 Pharmacy Chain
• Mikhail Popov, Legal Director, National Aggregates Company
• Graham Coop, General Counsel, Energy Charter Secretariat
• Ekaterina Pustovalova, Regional Director, International Compliance Association
• Timur Gafurov, Legal Counsel, American Chamber of Commerce
• Gennady Pampukha, President, European Arbitration Chamber

                                                                                 …and many, many others