Organizing Committee:
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Irina Paliashvili
President and Senior Counsel
RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.
Mr. John Whittaker
Partner
Clyde & Co LLP
Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
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RULG-BLC Anticorruption/Compliance Workshop Tbilisi, Georgia, 11 June 2012
On 11 June 2012 RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group www.rulg.com and a prominent Georgian law firm,
BLC Law Office www.blc.ge jointly organized an international event in Tbilisi, Georgia, that included
Anticorruption/Compliance Workshop followed by optional city tour and dinner with the Georgian legal community.
The Agenda for the Tbilisi program is provided below.
The Anticorruption/Compliance Workshop on 11 June 2012 was held in the heart of Tbilisi, at the elegant Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel with the stunning views of the city.
Event |
Location |
Time 11 June 2012 |
I. Workshop "LEGAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANTICORRUPTION LAWS" |
Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel |
09:30 - 14:30 |
Topic |
Speaker |
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Registration and welcome coffee |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
Opening remarks |
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, Managing Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group - Kiev and Washington, DC; Mr. Alexander Bolkvadze, Partner, BLC Law Office - Tbilisi |
10:00 - 10:20 |
Overview of anticorruption legal regime in Georgia: laws, practices, implementation, enforcement - the biggest success in the region! |
Mr. David Asatiani - Country Manager, Microsoft;
Mrs. Ketti Kvartskhava - Partner, BLC Law Office;
Mr. Levan Bokuchava - Country Manager, Oriflame
Mr. Victor Kipiani - Partner, Mgaloblishvili, Dzidziguri, Kipiani (MKD);
Mr. Zura Chechelashvili - Head of Legal Dept, TBC- Bank
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10:20-11:20 |
Coffee Break |
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11:20 - 11:40 |
Overview of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), Dodd Frank Act (2010) and UK Bribery Act (2011) and their extraterritorial application. |
Mr. Dmitry Dementyev, Salans - Moscow;
Ms. Olga Korneeva, Legal Director Russia and CIS,
The Walt Disney Company; recipient of the "Best Legal Department in Russia - 2011" Award (in Information Technology category) - Moscow
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11:40 - 12:10 |
Overview of anticorruption legal regimes in the countries of the CIS economic region. |
Mr. Nurlan Sholanov, Aequitas Law Firm - Almaty;
Mr. Nariman Ramazanov, Fina LLP - Baku
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12:10 - 12:40 |
Enforcement of the anticorruption laws in Georgia: Government's policies and practical implementation |
Moderator: Ms. Ketevan Betaneli, Shearman & Sterling (formerly Head of State Representation in Arbitration and Foreign State Courts Division, Ministry of Justice of Georgia);
Mr. Otar Kakhidze - Head of Analytical Department,
Ministry of Justice of Georgia
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12:40 - 13:30 |
Questions and answers |
Closing of seminar and words of thanks:
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, Managing Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group;
Mr. Alexander Bolkvadze, Partner, BLC Law Office
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13:30 - 13:45 |
Lunch |
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13:45 - 14:30 |
II. Free Time |
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14:30 - 18:45 |
III. Optional City Tour |
Departure from Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel |
16:00 - 18:00 |
IV. Reception at BLC Law Office |
Departure from Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel |
18:45 – 19:30 |
V. Dinner with the Georgian Legal Community |
Restaurant "In the Shadow of Metekhi" |
19:30 - 23:00 |
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