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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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7th CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FORUM
LIST OF DELEGATES AND GUESTS

    CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FIRMS1

  1. Mr. David Sargsyan, Partner, Head of Legal Practice, Ameria CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ameria.am
  2. Mrs. Anna Hakobyan, Senior Lawyer, Karakhanyan & Partners, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.kp.am
  3. Mr. Dmitry Matveyev, Senior Partner, Law Group Argument, Minsk, Belarus
    www.argument.by
  4. Mr. Dmitry Arkhipenko, Managing Partner, Revera Consulting Group, Minsk, Belarus
    www.revera.by
  5. Mr. Alexander Bondar, Managing Partner, Sysouev, Bondar, Hrapoutski, Minsk, Belarus
    www.businessconsult.by
  6. Mr. Alexandre Hrapoutski, Partner, Sysouev, Bondar, Hrapoutski, Minsk, Belarus
    www.spb-partners.com
  7. Mrs. Liliya Vlasova, Senior Partner, Vlasova Mikhel & Partners, Minsk, Belarus
    www.vmp.by
  8. Mr. Sandro Bibilashvili, Director, BGI Legal, Tbilisi, Georgia
    www.bgi.ge
  9. Mr. Zaza Bibilashvili, Managing Partner, BGI Legal, Tbilisi, Georgia
    www.bgi.ge
  10. Mr. Alexander Bolkvadze, Partner, BLC Law Office, Tbilisi, Georgia
    www.blc.ge
  11. Dr. Olga Chentsova, Managing Partner, Aequitas Law Firm, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  12. Ms. Yulia Chumachenko, Partner, Aequitas Law Firm, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  13. Mr. Nurlan Sholanov, Partner, Aequitas Law Firm, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  14. Mrs. Gulnar Kalikova, Senior Partner, Kalikova & Associates, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    www.k-a.kg
  15. Mr. Igor Clima, Partner, Corect Law Firm, Chisinau, Moldova
    www.baa-corect-moldova.com
  16. Mr. Alexander Turcan, Managing Partner, Turcan Cazac, Chisinau, Moldova
    www.turcanlaw.md
  17. Mr. Alexey Demekhin, Associate, Advocates Bureau Yug, Krasnodar, Russia
    www.abylaw.com
  18. Mr. Yuri Pustovit, Managing Partner, Advocates Bureau Yug, Krasnodar, Russia
    www.abylaw.com
  19. Mr. Dmitri Lubomudrov, Partner, Andrey Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.agp.ru
  20. Mr. Mikhail Borovsky, Managing Partner, Borovsky & Partners, Moscow, Russia
  21. Mr. Sergey Sipulin, Director, Contract Consulting LLC, Novorossiysk, Russia
    www.con-con.ru
  22. Mr. Igor Stepanov, Managing Partner, Eberg, Stepanov & Partners, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
    www.eberg.ru
  23. Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev, Chairman, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.epam.ru
  24. Mr. Vitaly Ponomarenko, Partner, First Legal Network, Moscow, Russia
    www.federallawyer.ru
  25. Ms. Tatiana Goncharova, Partner, Director, Land Law Company, Novosibirsk, Russia
    www.lc-land.com
  26. Ms. Irina Peskova, Managing Partner, Legal Association for Personal Injury Compensation, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
    www.sila-zakona.ru
  27. Mr. Vyacheslav Leontyev, Managing Partner, Leontyev & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.leontyevpartners.ru
  28. Mr. Vladimir Sokov, Partner, Head of Corporate Division, Pepeliaev Group LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  29. Dr. Alexander Domrin, Head of Department for International Programs, Pepeliaev Group LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  30. Ms. Valentina Orlova, Head of Intellectual Property Group, Pepeliaev Group LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  31. Mr. Sergey Pepeliaev, Managing Partner, Pepeliaev Group LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  32. Dr. Denis Schekin, Senior Partner, Pepeliaev Group LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  33. Mrs. Inna Vavilova, Managing Partner, Prime Advice Saint-Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
    www.hlbprime.com
  34. Ms. Olga Romanova, Managing Partner, Ratum Law Group, Kursk, Russia
    www.ratum.ru
  35. Mr. Alexander Selyutin, Managing Partner, Selyutin & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.selyutin.com
  36. Mr. Gaya Sobolev, Managing Partner, Sobolev and Partners, Tver, Russia
    www.sobolev-partners.ru
  37. Mr. Mikhail Safarov, Partner, Director for Regional Development, VEGAS LEX, Moscow, Russia
    www.vegaslex.ru
  38. Ms. Elena Norkina, Senior Lawyer, Volga Legal, Samara, Russia
    www.volgalegal.ru
  39. Mr. Andrey Sychev, Managing Partner, Volga Legal, Samara, Russia
    www.volgalegal.ru
  40. Ms. Nadezhda Arkhipova, Public Relations Director, Yukov, Khrenov & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.yklaw.ru
  41. Mr. Vasily Vasilyev, Counsel, Yukov, Khrenov & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.yklaw.ru
  42. Ms. Oksana Sosidenko, Business Development Director, Antika Law Firm, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.antikalaw.com.ua
  43. Mr. Armen Khachaturyan, Senior Partner, Asters, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.asterslaw.com
  44. Mr. Oleksandr Padalka, Partner, Asters Law Firm LLC, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.asterslaw.com
  45. Ms. Olga Nevmerzhytska, Senior Counsel, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  46. Dr. Irina Paliashvili, President & Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  47. Ms. Nigora Avazmukhamedova, Partner, Council, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.council.uz
  48. Mr. Makhmud Shaumarov, Head of Analytical Department, Council, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.council.uz

    49. INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS2

  49. Dr. Willibald Plesser, Partner, Co-head for CEE/CIS, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna, Austria
    www.freshfields.com
  50. Ms. Elizaveta Dubrovskaya, Legal Counsel, Russian and CIS-Desk, Lansky, Ganzger & Partner, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
  51. Ms. Dorothea Kipperman, Head of Foreign Business Development, Lansky Ganzger & Partner, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
  52. Ms. Anna Zeitlinger, Partner, Head of CIS-Desk, Lansky, Ganzger & Partner, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
  53. Mr. Johan Lambers, Director, IUSTICA.BE, Brussels, Belgium
    www.iustica.be
  54. Mr. Nikolaas Lambers, Advocaat-Avocat, IUSTICA.BE, Brussels, Belgium
    www.iustica.be
  55. Mr. David Franklin, Partner, Franklin & Franklin, Montreal, Canada
    www.franklinlegal.com
  56. Mr. Gregorios Leontiou, Managing Partner, G. Leontiou LLC, Nicosia, Cyprus
    57. Mr. Georgios Vrikis, Lawyer, G. Leontiou LLC, Nicosia, Cyprus
  57. Mr. Jan Kohout, Partner, PRK Partners, Prague, Czech Republic
    www.prkpartners.com
  58. Mr. Per Dalskov, Partner, Legalink Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    www.legalink.dk
  59. Mr. Ole Erlich-Eriksen, Partner, Legalink Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    www.legalink.dk
  60. Mr. Mika Salonen, Partner, Borenius Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
    www.borenius.com
  61. Ms. Irina Sidorova, Managing Partner, Cabinet Irina Sidorova, Paris, France
    www.avocatsidorova.fr
  62. Ms. Evguenia Dereviankina, Senior Associate, Racine, Paris, France
    www.racine.eu
  63. Mr. Patrick Vovan, Founding Partner, Vovan & Associes, Paris, France
    www.vovan-associes.com
  64. Mr. Stephen Denyer, Global Markets Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt, Germany
    www.allenovery.com
  65. Mrs. Bettina Geisseler, Attorney at Law, Geisseler Law Firm, Düsseldorf, Germany
  66. Dr. Cord-Georg Hasselmann, Partner, Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Berlin, Germany
    www.hengeler.com
  67. Mrs. Olga Mikhaleva, Foreign Lawyer, Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Frankfurt, Germany
    www.hengeler.com
  68. Mr. Armando Ambrosio, Partner, NCTM, Milan, Italy
    www.nctm.it
  69. Mrs. Iraida Zogaite, Partner, Baltic Legal Solutions Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
    www.blslawfirm.com
  70. Mr. Sebastian Lawson, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Moscow, Russia
    www.freshfields.com
  71. Mrs. Maya Petrova, Counsel, Mannheimer Swartling, St. Petersburg, Russia
    www.mannheimerswartling.se
  72. Mr. Sergei Lazarev, Senior Partner, Russin & Vecchi LLP, Moscow, Russia
    www.russinvecchi.ru
  73. Mr. Glenn Kolleeny, Partner, Salans, St. Petersburg, Russia
    www.salans.com
  74. Mr. Marat Mouradov, Partner, Salans, Moscow, Russia
    www.salans.com
  75. Mr. Martin Kriz, Partner, PRK Partners, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
    www.prkpartners.com
  76. Mr. Konstantin Christie, Attorney, Python & Peter, Geneva, Switzerland
    www.pplex.ch
  77. Dr. Thomas Rihm, Partner, Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte, Zurich, Switzerland
    www.thouvenin.com
  78. Mr. Martin Busenhart, Partner, Walder Wyss Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland
    www.walderwyss.com
  79. Ms. Olga Boltenko, Partner, Withers LLP, Zurich, Switzerland
    www.withersworldwide.com
  80. Mr. Itzik Amiel, Director, International Business Development, ANT Trust & Corporate Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.ant-trust.nl
  81. Mr. Diederik Blomhert, Assistant Account Manager, ANT Trust & Corporate Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.ant-trust.nl
  82. Ms. Fanny Marie Brisdet, Partner, Brisdet Spiegeler Advocaten, The Hague, The Netherlands
    www.brisdet-spiegeler.com
  83. Ms. Olga Tsetlina, Head CIS, Hamelink & Van den Tooren, Hague, The Netherlands
    www.hamelinktooren.com
  84. Mr. Servaas van Dooren, Director, Hamelink & Van den Tooren, Hague, The Netherlands
    www.hamelinktooren.com
  85. Mr. Mark Gindileev, Representative Associate, Kemphoogstad Tax Lawyers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.kemphoogstad.com
  86. Dr. Hendrik ten Voorde, Partner, Lustrous Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.lustrouslaw.com
  87. Ms. Carole van Kesteren, Partner, Legal Consultant, Lustrous Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.lustrouslaw.com
  88. Mrs. Natalia Luchkova, Partner, TaxTeam, International Tax Experts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.tax-team.com
  89. Mr. Mark Hoogstad, Partner, van Loman KempHoogstad BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.kemphoogstad.com
  90. Mr. Laurens Lor, Partner, van Loman KempHoogstad BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.kemphoogstad.com
  91. Mr. Dmitri Evseev, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.aporter.com
  92. Mr. Sergey Okoev, Foreign Attorney, Arnold & Porter LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.aporter.com
  93. Mr. Nick Eastwell, Consultant, Kinstellar, London, United Kingdom
    www.kinstellar.com
  94. Mr. Yuri Botiuk, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.pinsentmasons.com
  95. Mr. Sergey Litovchenko, Solicitor, Pinsent Masons LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.pinsentmasons.com
  96. Mr. Jonathan Parker, Senior Manager, SMP Partners Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
    www.smppartners.com
  97. Mr. Douglas Stewart, Consultant, SMP Partners Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
    www.smppartners.com
  98. Mr. Christopher Coffin, Head of Dispute Resolution, Withers LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.withersworldwide.com

    99. CORPORATE COUNSEL3

  99. Mr. David Sandukhchyan, Chief Legal Officer, Armentel CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.beeline.am
  100. Mrs. Irina Chernenko, Legal Affairs Director, Johnson & Johnson LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.janssencilag.ru
  101. Mr. Sergey Lepetan, Legal Director, Johnson & Johnson LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.janssencilag.ru
  102. Ms. Natalya Thotahewage, Director, Strategic Affairs, Johnson & Johnson, Lifescan, Russia CIS and CEE Markets, Moscow, Russia
    www.lifescan.ru
  103. Ms. Olga Korneeva, Legal Director Russia & CIS, The Walt Disney Company, Moscow, Russia
    www.disney.com
  104. Mr. Ara Khzmalyan, Head of Legal Department, Yerevan Brandy Company CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ybc.am

    105. HOST FIRM - AMERIA CJSC

  105. Mr. Karen Babalyan, Senior Legal Adviser, Ameria CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ameria.am
  106. Mr. Zakhar Grigoryan, Junior Lawyer, Ameriabank CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ameriabank.com
  107. Mr. Georgi Khachatryan, Senior Legal Adviser, Ameria CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ameria.am
  108. Mr. Areg Lazaryan, Lawyer, Ameria CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ameria.am
  109. Ms. Nare Manukyan, Junior Legal Adviser, Ameria CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ameria.am
  110. Ms. Sophia Hakobyan, Head of CRM Unit, Development Department, Ameria Group, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.Ameria Group.am
  111. Ms. Armine Ghazaryan, Head of HR Unit, Development Department, Ameria Group, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.Ameria Group.am
  112. Ms. Nona Andreasyan, Senior Outreach Specialist, Development Department, Ameria Group, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.Ameria Group.am

    113. MEDIA4

  113. Mr. George Allcorn, International Business Development Manager, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, London, United Kingdom
    www.martindale.com
  114. Mr. Alexander Khvoshchinskiy, Managing Partner, LegalStratagency GmbH, Berlin, Germany
    www.stratagency.com
  115. Mr. Vladimir Krauz, General Director, LEXPRO, Moscow, Russia
    www.lexpro.ru
  116. Mr. Vitaliy Krec, Editor-in-Chief, Legal Business Journal, Moscow, Russia
    www.legal-business.ru
  117. Mr. Alexander Moskovkin, Deputy CEO, LEXPRO, Moscow, Russia
    www.lexpro.ru
  118. Mr. Evgeny Roshkov, Executive Partner, Kesarev Consulting, Moscow, Russia
    www.kesarev.com
  119. Ms. Iwona Sadowska, Direct Marketing & Data Manager, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, London, United Kingdom
    www.martindale.com

    120. HONORED GUESTS OF THE FORUM 5

  120. Honorable Tigran Sargsyan, Republic of Armenia Prime Minister, The Republic of Armenia Cabinet of Ministers, Yerevan, Armenia
  121. Mr. Aram Orbelyan, Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia, The Republic of Armenia Ministry of Justice, Yerevan, Armenia
  122. Mr. Vahan Qerobyan, Director, Star Devide LLC, Yerevan, Armenia
  123. Mr. Vahan Arushanyan, General Director, Farmatech LLC, Yerevan, Armenia
  124. Ms. Leonora Hayrapetyan, Deputy Director, SAS Group LLC, Yerevan, Armenia
  125. Mr. Armen Mkoyan, General Director, Elite Group CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  126. Mr. Haykaz Bakhshetsyan, Shareholder, Europrofile CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  127. Mr. Amatuni Tonoyan, Director, Meteqs CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  128. Mr. Gagik Danielyan, General Director Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Armenia CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  129. Mr. Hovhannes Melkumyan, Director, Griti LLC, Yerevan, Armenia
  130. Mr. Patrick Achemyan, Financial Director, Hermes CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  131. Mr. Hayk Aloyan, Director, Geoteam CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  132. Ms. Liana Martirosyan, Financial Director, Geopromining Gold LLC, Yerevan, Armenia
  133. Mr. Vahan Harutyunyan, Director, Mikmetal CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  134. Mr. Hripsime Avetisyan, Director, Arsoil CJSC, Yerevan, Armenia
  135. Mr. Levon Maritrosyan, Member of the Parliament, Yerevan, Armenia
  136. Ms. Naira Karapetyan, Member of the Parliament, Yerevan, Armenia
  137. Mr. Koryun Nahapetyan, Member of the Parliament, Yerevan, Armenia
  138. Mr. Hovhannes Manoukyan, Ambassador to Georgia, Chief Justice (retired), Yerevan, Armenia
  139. Mr. Varuj Avedikyan, Head of Legal, CBA, Yerevan, Armenia

    GUESTS OF THE DELEGATES 6

  140. Mr. Anton Borisenko, Guest of Ms. Inna Vavilova, Prime Advice Saint-Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
  141. Mrs. Victoria Dennemark, Guest of Mr. Mika Salonen, Borenius Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
  142. Ms. Anastasia Dorocheva, Guest of Mr. Vitaly Ponomarenko, First Legal Network, Moscow, Russia
  143. Ms. Stella Kalyalina, Guest of Mr. Gregorios Leontiou, G. Leontiou LLC, Nicosia, Cyprus
  144. Ms. Tatiana Rydeard, Guest of Ms. Olga Boltenko, Withers LLP, Zurich, Switzerland
  145. Mr. Akila Thotahewage, Guest of Ms. Natalya Thotahewage, Johnson & Johnson, Lifescan, Moscow, Russia

    FORUM WELCOME TEAM

  146. Ms. Nonna Paliachvili, CIS Local Counsel Forum Global Coordinator, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Washington, D.C., USA
  147. Ms. Lilia Gokieli, CIS Local Counsel Forum Global Coordinator, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
  148. Ms. Liana Tadevosyan, CIS Local Counsel Forum Coordinator in Yerevan, Ameria Group, Yerevan, Armenia
  149. Mr. Adam Felix, Felix a spol., Prague, Czech Republic
  150. Ms. Olga Frolova, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow, Russia
  151. Ms. Zhanna Gaidai, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
  152. Mr. Jan Kaczmarczyk, K&L Gates, Warsaw, Poland
  153. Mr. Harutyun Nikoghosyan, Ameria Group, Yerevan, Armenia
  154. Ms. Narek Abgaryan, Slavonic University, Yerevan, Armenia
  155. Mr. Aram Aramyan, Slavonic university, Yerevan, Armenia
  156. Ms. Narine Aroyan, Slavonic University, Yerevan, Armenia
  157. Ms. Narine Babayan, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
  158. Ms. Mariam Badeyan, French University in Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
  159. Ms. Meri Baghdasaryan, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
  160. Ms. Karine Demirchyan, Slavonic University, Yerevan, Armenia
  161. Ms. Meri Grigoryan, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
  162. Mr. Hayk Harutyunyan, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
  163. Ms. Kristine Margaryan, French University in Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
  164. Ms. Arpine Mkhitaryan, French University in Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
  165. Ms. Hasmik Sargsyan, Ameria Group, Yerevan, Armenia
  166. Ms. Liana Sargsyan, Slavonic University, Yerevan, Armenia
  167. Ms. Syuzanna Shamakhyan, Slavonic University, Yerevan, Armenia
  168. Ms. Ilona Tkachenko, Kiev, Ukraine
  169. Ms. Elza Vardanyan, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
 
1CIS Local Counsel Law Firms are listed in alphabetical order by country and by firm name in each country.
2International Law Firms are listed in alphabetical order by country and by firm name in each country.
3Corporate Counsel are listed in alphabetical order by company name.
4Representatives of the Media are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
5Honored Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
6Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
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