Organizers:
IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
IBA European Regional Forum
in co-operation with:
Mergers and Acquisitions magazine 

18/11/2009, Wednesday

Time

Speaker / Event

9.00 – 9.30

Registration

9.00 – 18.00

Exhibition.
The participant of an exhibition - the Law Business Research - Getting the Deal Through

9.30 – 9.45

Welcome

• Mr. Fernando Pelaez-Pier             
  President of International Bar Association 
• Mr. Vassily Rudomino
  Senior Vice-Chair, European Regional Forum, International Bar Association
• Giselle Roselle
  Co-chair of Corporate and M&A Law Committee, International Bar Association

09:44 – 11.15     Session 1
World economic crisis and Mergers & Acquisitions  in Russia and CIS
Session Chairs: Vassily Rudomino, Senior Partner, ALRUD Law Firm, Russia
                           Anton Smirnov, General Director, Mergers&Acquisitions Journal, Russia

Invited speakers:

Dmitry Skripichnikov, Deputy Director Corporate Governance Department of the Ministry for economic development of the Russian Federation
Irakli Mtibelishvili, Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, Russia and CIS, CitiGroup
Anton Smirnov,General Director, Mergers&Acquisitions Journal, Russia
Mikhail Noussinov, Head of M&A for Russia, SG Corporate Finance Advisory, Russia
Maxim Seltzer, General Director,Nomura (CIS) Ltd

11.15 – 11.45

Coffee / Tea Break

11:45 – 13.30      Session 2
Structuring M&A transactions in Russia and CIS
Session Chair: Andrei Dontsov, Partner, Clifford Chance, Russia

- Choice of structure: onshore or offshore?
- Choice of law
- Choice of jurisdiction in M&A transactions
Harvey Nugent, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Russia
Alexander Zharskiy, Partner, ALRUD Law Firm, Russia

Debt restructuring and M&A transactions (debt to equity)
Andrey Dontsov, Partner, Clifford Chance, Russia

Bankruptcy and its effect on M&A transactions
Andrey Goltsblat, Managing Partner, Goltsblat BLP, Russia

Tax structuring in M&A transactions
Irina Dmitrieva, Partner, White & Case

13:30 – 14.30

Lunch

14.30 – 16.00     Session 3 
Key issues in M&A transactions in Russia and CIS - Due diligence, Corruption and others
Session Chair: Oleg de Lousanoff, Partner, Hengeler Mueller, Germany

Due Diligence and Audits (including Tax Audits) in Russia and CIS
Stuart Smith, Managing Partner , Deloitte & Touche CIS

Validity and enforceability of Anglo-Saxon representations', warranties' and indemnities' clauses in Russian M&A Transactions - the Anglo-American and Russian perspective
Zarko Iankov, Partner, SALANS
Andrey Gorodissky, Managing Partner, Andrey Gorodissky & Partners, Russia

Corruption and its effect on M&A transaction. Why it is crucial? - The US and Russian perspective
Mark Green, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, USA
Dimitry Afanasiev, Chairman, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Russia

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee / Tea Break

16.30 – 18.00     Session 4
Antitrust and state interest protection in cross-border M&A in Russia and CIS
Session Chairs: Michael Reynolds, Partner, Allen&Overy, Belgium,
Tomasz Wardyński, Wardyński & Partners, Partner; IBA Legal Practice Division, Elected Member of the Council, Poland

Invited speakers:

Igor Artemyev, Head of Federal antimonopoly service of Russian Federation
Representative of Non-commercial Partnership “Competition Support Association”(TBC) 
Inge Bernaerts, Assistant to the Director-General Competition, The European Commission

Topics: 

• Recent practice and developments in Russian antitrust legislation and cross border M&A transactions.
• Application of antitrust and state aid laws in the recession time.
• CIS antitrust legislation and cross border M&A transactions. Comparative analysis.
• State interest protection in Russia and CIS. Is there a future for M&A transactions in strategic area of business?

19/11/2009, Thursday

9.30 – 11.00      Session 5
Overview of the recent updates in corporate legislation in Russia and CIS
Session Chair: Dmitry Stepanov, Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Russia

Invited speakers:

Dmitry Skripichnikov, Deputy Director Corporate Governance Department of the Ministry for economic development of the Russian Federation
Tatiana Medvedeva, Senior expert of the Federal Financial Market Service
Roman Bevzenko, State Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation*
Timur Bondaryev, Senior Partner, Arzinger, Ukraine
Alexey Anischenko, Partner, Vlasova Mikhel&Partners, Belarus

Topics:

• Recent changes in companies’ laws
• Crisis Relief Regulations in Russia and CIS: Impact on M&A

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee / Tea Break

11.30 – 13.00     Session 6
Post-acquisition litigation
Session Chair: Yuri Monastyrsky, Partner, Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov and Partners, Russia

Invited speakers:

Dmitry Dedov, Arbitrator, the Supreme Arbitrazh Courth of the Russian Federation
Peter Tarn, Partner, Harney Westwood & Riegels, BVI
Mark Crofskey, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, UK
Marcos Georgiades, Partner, Georgiades, Pelides, Cyprus

Topics:

• Adopting Court Practices in the Times of Crisis.
• Recent cases of M&A litigation including those on the state interest protection
• Russia and CIS M&A related disputes in international arbitration
• Russia and CIS M&A related disputes in BVI courts
• Minority shareholders
• Pre M&A litigation strategy

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