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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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6th CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FORUM
LIST OF DELEGATES AND GUESTS

    CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FIRMS1

  1. Mr. David Sargsyan, Head of Legal Services, Ameria, Yerevan, Armenia
    www.ameria.am
  2. Mr. Ilgar Mehti, Managing, Partner, Ekvita, Baku, Azerbaijan
    www.ekvita.com
  3. Mr. Nariman Ramazanov, Managing Partner, Fina LLP, Baku, Azerbaijan
    www.fina.az
  4. Mr. Dmitry Arkhipenko, Director, Arkhipenko, Goretskiy & Partners, Minsk, Belarus
    www.revera.by
  5. Mr. Denis Aleinikov, Senior Partner, Law Group Argument, Minsk, Belarus
    www.argument.by
  6. Mr. Konstantin Mikhel, Managing Partner, Vlasova Mikhel & Partners, Minsk, Belarus
  7. Mr. Alexander Bolkvadze, Partner, BLC Law Office, Tbilisi, Georgia
  8. Mr. Irakli Zhorzholiani, Head of Litigation Unit, BLC Law Office, Tbilisi, Georgia
    www.blc.ge
  9. Mr. Revaz Javelidze, Director and Head of the Georgian Practice, GRATA, Tbilisi, Georgia
    www.gratanet.com
  10. Dr. Olga Chentsova, Managing Partner, AEQUITAS, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  11. Mrs. Violetta Kim, Senior Consultant, AEQUITAS, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  12. Mrs. Tatyana Suleyeva, Partner, AEQUITAS, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  13. Ms. Kanshaim Berkumbayeva, Associate, GRATA, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.gratanet.com
  14. Mr. Rashid Gaissin, Managing Partner, GRATA, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.gratanet.com
  15. Mr. Dmitry Bratus, Partner, Lex Analitik, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.lexanalitik.com
  16. Mrs. Olga Igilikova (Somova), Managing Partner, Lex Analitik, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.lexanalitik.com
  17. Ms. Zhanna Merkusheva, Director, Merkusheva Law Firm, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.zmlaw.kz
  18. Mr. Vitaliy Vodolazkin, Managing Partner, Sayat Zholshy & Partners, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.szp.kz
  19. Ms. Aicholpon Jorupbekova, Partner, Kalikova & Associates, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    www.k-a.kg
  20. Ms. Gulnara Kalikova, Managing Partner, Kalikova & Associates, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    www.k-a.kg
  21. Mr. Vitaliy Yen, Managing Partner, Lex Law Firm, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    www.lex.kg
  22. Mr. Octavian Cazac, Partner, Turcan Cazac, Chisinau, Moldova
    www.turcanlaw.md
  23. Mr. Alexander Turcan, Managing Partner, Turcan Cazac, Chisinau, Moldova
    www.turcanlaw.md
  24. Mr. Yury Pustovit, Managing Partner, Advocates Bureau Yug, Krasnodar, Russia
    www.abylaw.com
  25. Ms. Anna Numerova, Consultant, ALRUD, Moscow, Russia
    www.alrud.ru
  26. Mr. Dmitri Lubomudrov, Partner, Andrey Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.agp.ru
  27. Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev, Chairman, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.epam.ru
  28. Ms. Irina Nikitina, Chief Operation Officer, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.epam.ru
  29. Mr. Victor Pronkin, Special Consultant, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.epam.ru
  30. Mr. Anton Aleksandrov, Partner, Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.mzs.ru
  31. Ms. Galina Balandina, Partner, Pepeliaev Group, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  32. Mr. Alexander Domrin, Head of Department for International Programs, Pepeliaev Group, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  33. Mr. Sergey Pepeliaev, Managing Partner, Pepeliaev Group, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  34. Dr. Denis Schekin, Senior Partner, Pepeliaev Group, Moscow, Russia
    www.pgplaw.ru
  35. Mr. Dmitriy Samigullin, Managing Partner, RosBusinessLegis (RBL), Samara, Russia
    www.rbl-samara.ru
  36. Ms. Elena Saksonova, Senior Lawyer, SA Consulting, Samara, Russia
    www.sa-consulting.ru
  37. Mr. Andrey Sychev, Managing Partner, SA Consulting, Samara, Russia
    www.sa-consulting.ru
  38. Ms. Anna Burdina, Attorney-at-Law, Yukov, Khrenov & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.yklaw.ru
  39. Mr. Vasily Vasilyev, Senior Lawyer, Yukov, Khrenov & Partners, Moscow, Russia
    www.yklaw.ru
  40. Mr. Vladimir Dolzhikov, Managing Partner, ACT, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
    www.act.tm
  41. Mr. Ravshan Adilov, Head of Turkmen Practice, GRATA, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
    www.gratanet.com
  42. Mr. Alexey Kot, Managing Partner, Antika Law Firm, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.antikalaw.com.ua
  43. Mr. Andrey Kuznetsov, Partner, Antika Law Firm, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.antikalaw.com.ua
  44. Mr. Maksym Cherkasenko, Partner, Arzinger, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.arzinger.ua
  45. Mr. Oleksandr Padalka, Partner, Asters LLC, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.asterslaw.com
  46. Mr. Sergiy Karpenko, Managing Partner, FARGO, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
    www.fargo.com.ua
  47. Dr. Irina Paliashvili, President & Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  48. Mr. Victor Kovalenko, Managing Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  49. Ms. Olga Nevmerzhiskaya, Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  50. Ms. Alena Vasilenko, Head of Practice, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  51. Mr. Andrii Kubko, Head of the Section, Salkom, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.salkom.ua
  52. Mr. Pavlo Lukomsky, Head of the Department, Salkom, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.salkom.ua
  53. Mr. Aziz Aripdjanov, Managing Partner, Azizov & Partners, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.azizovpartners.uz
  54. Mr. Petr Avakyan, Director, Council Law Firm, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.council.uz
  55. Ms. Nigora Avazmukhamedova, Partner, Council Law Firm, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.council.uz
  56. Mr. Alisherbek Kadirov, Managing Partner, Council Law Firm, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.council.uz
  57. Mr. Igor Zakharov, Partner, Council Law Firm, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.council.uz
  58. Mr. Muhammadali Makhmudov, Managing Partner, Legalmax, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.legalmax.uz

    59. INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS2

  59. Mr. Sebastian Lawson, Partner, Central and Eastern Europe, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna, Austria
    www.freshfields.com
  60. Dr. Willibald Plesser, Partner, Co-head for CEE/CIS/Turkey, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna, Austria
    www.freshfields.com
  61. Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Partner, Graf & Pitkowitz, Vienna, Austria
    www.gpp.at
  62. Ms. Ainur Kuandykova, Associate, Lansky, Ganzger + Partners, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
  63. Dr. Gabriel Lansky, Managing Partner, Lansky, Ganzger + Partners, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
  64. Mrs. Anna Zeitlinger, Partner, Lansky, Ganzger + Partners, Vienna, Austria
    www.lansky.at
  65. Mrs. Elena Martino, Managing Director, Limar Consulting, Hinterbruehl, Austria
    www.limar-group.com
  66. Mr. Maksim Salahub, Managing Partner, Sorainen & Partners FLLC, Minsk, Belarus
    www.sorainen.com
  67. Mr. Johan Lambers, Partner, Iustica.BE, Brussels, Belgium
    www.iustica.be
  68. Ms. Anna Sussarova, Associate, Iustica.BE, Brussels, Belgium
    www.iustica.be
  69. Mr. Nicholas Eastwell, Consultant, Kinstellar s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
    www.kinstellar.com
  70. Mr. Jason Mogg, Managing Partner, Kinstellar s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
    www.kinstellar.com
  71. Mr. Kamil Blazek, Partner, Kinstellar s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
    www.kinstellar.com
  72. Mr. Per Dalskov, Partner, Legalink Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    www.legalink.dk
  73. Mr. Ole Erlich-Eriksen, Partner, Legalink Danmark, Copenhagen Denmark
    www.legalink.dk
  74. Mr. Mika Salonen, Partner, Borenius & Kemppinen Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
    www.borenius.com
  75. Ms. Yas Banifatemi, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris, France
    www.shearman.com
  76. Mrs. Bettina Geisseler, Attorney at Law, Geisseler Law Firm, Dusseldorf, Germany
  77. Ms. Olga Mikhaleva, Foreign Lawyer, Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    www.hengeler.com
  78. Mr. Carlo Maccallini, Managing Partner, Maccallini, Costantini & Associati, Rome, Italy
    www.studiomaccallini.it
  79. Mr. Armando Ambrosio, Partner, NCTN, Milan, Italy
    www.nctm.it
  80. Mr. Arman Tastanbekov, Counsel, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.dl.com
  81. Mr. Kamal Mamedzade, Partner, Salans LLP, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.salans.com
  82. Mr. Kanat Skakov, Partner, Salans LLP, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.salans.com
  83. Mr. Vilen Adjivefayev, Associate, White & Case Kazakhstan LLP, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.whitecase.com
  84. Mr. Pavel Kornilov, Senior Associate , White & Case Kazakhstan LLP, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.whitecase.com
  85. Mr. Lauris Liepa, Partner, Borenius, Riga, Latvia
    www.borenius.lv
  86. Mr. Hugo Stolkin, Partner, Linklaters CIS, Moscow, Russia
    www.linklaters.com
  87. Ms. Maya Petrova, Senior Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, St. Petersburg, Russia
    www.mannheimerswartling.com
  88. Mrs. Evgenia Teterevkova, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, St. Petersburg, Russia
    www.mannheimerswartling.com
  89. Mr. Sergey Lazarev, Senior Partner, Russin & Vecchi LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.russinvecchi.com
  90. Mr. Glenn Kolleeny, Partner, Salans, St. Petersburg, Russia
    www.salans.com
  91. Dr. Thomas Rihm, Partner, Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte, Zurich, Switzerland
    www.thouvenin.com
  92. Mr. Martin Busenhart, Partner, Walder Wyss AG, Zurich, Switzerland
    www.walderwyss.com
  93. Ms. Olga Tsetlina, Lawyer, Hamelink & Van den Tooren, Hague, The Netherlands
    www.hamelinktooren.com
  94. Mr. Servaas van Dooren, Director, Hamelink & Van den Tooren, Hague, The Netherlands
    www.hamelinktooren.com
  95. Mr. Mark Gindileev, Representative Associate, Kemphoogstad Tax Lawyers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.kemphoogstad.com
  96. Ms. Carole van Kesteren, Partner, Lustrous Law B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.lustrouslaw.com
  97. Ms. Natalia Luchkova, Partner, TaxTeam BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    www.tax-team.com
  98. Mr. Hikmet Kasaroglu, Partner, Kasaroglu Law Office, Ankara, Turkey
    www.kasaroglu.gen.tr
  99. Mr. Lewis Mark Brassey, Partner, Blake Lapthorn, London, United Kingdom
    www.bllaw.co.uk
  100. Mr. Warren Foot, Partner, Blake Lapthorn, London, United Kingdom
    www.bllaw.co.uk
  101. Mr. Michael Swangard, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.clydeco.com
  102. Mr. John Whittaker, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.clydeco.com
  103. Mr. Yuri Botiuk, Director, McGrigors LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.mcgrigors.com
  104. Mr. Sergey Litovchenko, Solicitor, McGrigors LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.mcgrigors.com
  105. Mr. Eugene Matveichuk, Senior Associate, Osborne Clarke, London, United Kingdom
    www.osborneclarke.com
  106. Ms. Marika Pitt, Solicitor, Osborne Clarke, London, United Kingdom
    www.osborneclarke.com
  107. Mr. David Marshall, Partner, Wragge & Co LLP, London, United Kingdom
    www.wragge.com
  108. Mr. Thomas Price, Director, Wragge & Co LLP, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    www.wragge.com

    109. CORPORATE COUNSEL3

  109. Mrs. Vera Obidina, Vice President, Bazis-A, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.basis.kz
  110. Mr. Zhumageldy Yelyubayev, Managing Counsel, Chevron Munaigas Inc., Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.chevron.com
  111. Mrs. Natalya Thotahewage, Senior Legal Counsel, Johnson&Johnson LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.jnj.ru
  112. Mrs. Natalya Chuyko, Lawyer, CIS, Johnson&Johnson LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.jnj.ru
  113. Mrs. Irina Chernenko, Senior Lawyer, Johnson&Johnson LLC, Moscow, Russia
    www.jnjru.ru
  114. Ms. Taissiya Kogutyuk, General Director, Kazakhstan Kagazy JSC, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.kazakhstankagazy.com
  115. Ms. Zhanna Kiinova, Director of International Contracts Department, KazMunayGas JSC, Astana, Kazakhstan
    www.kmg.kz
  116. Ms. Victoria Zalevskaya, Director of Legal Department, KazMunayGas JSC, Astana, Kazakhstan
    www.kmg.kz
  117. Mr. Samat Azhenov, General Manager, Tengizchevroil LLP, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
    www.tengizchevroil.com
  118. Mr. Serik Sisenov, Litigation Manager, Tengizchevroil LLP, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
    www.tengizchevroil.com

    119. HOST FIRM - AEQUITAS Law Firm
    www.aequitas.kz

  119. Ms. Natalya Braynina, Partner, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  120. Ms. Yuliya Chumachenko, Partner, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  121. Mr. Semion Issyk, Partner, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  122. Mrs. Yelena Manayenko, Partner, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  123. Mr. Nurlan Sholanov, Partner, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    124. HONORED GUESTS OF THE FORUM 4

  124. Ambassador Anne Bauty, Head of Mission in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Embassy of Switzerland, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    www.eda.admin.ch/tashkent
  125. Ms. Aya Bralina, Executive Director, Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers' Association, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.kpla.kz
  126. Mr. Kozhakhmet Iskakov, Head of Legal Division, Department of Customs Control of Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  127. Mr. Kemal Kusainov, Head, Justice Department, Almalinsky District of Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  128. Ms. Julie Kussidi, Executive Director, Eurobak, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.eurobak.kz
  129. Ms. Saule Rakhmetova, Head of the Division, National Bank of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.nationalbank.kz
  130. Dr. Svetlana Romanovskaya, President, National League of Consumers of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.potrebitel.kz
  131. Mr. Askar Urtembayev, Director of Legal Department, National Bank of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.nationalbank.kz

    132. MEDIA AND LEGAL INDUSTRY5

  132. Ms. Maya Agibaeva, Chief Editor, Lawyer Magazine, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.zakon.kz
  133. Mr. George Allcorn, International Business Development Manager, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, London, United Kingdom
    www.martindale-hubbell.co.uk
  134. Ms. Assel Duisenova, Executive Director, Kazakhstani International Arbitrage, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.arbitrage.kz
  135. Mr. Chris Johnson, Chief European Correspondent, The American Lawyer, London, United Kingdom
    www.amlawdaily.typepad.com
  136. Mr. Alexander Khvoshchinskiy, Managing Partner, LegalStudies.RU, Moscow, Russia
    www.legalstudies.ru
  137. Mrs. Marina Lushechkina, Deputy Chief Editor, Infotropic Media, Moscow, Russia
    www.legalinsight.ru
  138. Mr. Igor Pereverzev, Correspondent, Expert Kazakhstan Magazine, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.expert.ru/kazakhstan
  139. Mr. Andrey Skirka, Chief Editor, Expert Kazakhstan Magazine, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.expert.ru/kazakhstan
  140. Mrs. Iwona Sadowska, Direct Marketing & Data Manager, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, London, United Kingdom
    www.martindale-hubbell.co.uk
  141. Ms. Anna Shaternikova, Correspondent, Panorama Newspaper, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.panorama.kz
  142. Mr. Yury Sukhorukov, Senior Manager, Vedomosti, Moscow, Russia
    www.vedomosti.ru

    143. GUESTS OF THE DELEGATES 6

  143. Ms. Yulia Kupriyanova, Guest of Mr. Sergiy Karpenko, Fargo, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
    www.fargo.com.ua

    144. FORUM WELCOME TEAM

  144. Ms. Nonna Paliachvili, CIS Local Counsel Forum Global Coordinator, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Washington, USA
    www.rulg.com
  145. Mrs. Lilia Gokieli, Counsel, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  146. Ms. Ilona Tkachenko, Welcome Team Member, Kiev, Ukraine
  147. Ms. Ketevan Betaneli, Associate, Shearman & Sterling, Paris, France
    www.shearman.com
  148. Ms. Zhanna Gaidai, Executive Director, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  149. Mr. Yaroslav Shkvorets, Counsel, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, Kiev, Ukraine
    www.rulg.com
  150. Ms. Yelena Bychkova, Associate, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  151. Mrs. Yelena Nassonova, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  152. Mr. Timofey Nassonov, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  153. Ms. Dina Suleyeva, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  154. Mrs. Tatyana Konovalova, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  155. Ms. Anna Chentsova, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  156. Ms. Tatyana Bigzaeyeva, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  157. Ms. Darya Berizovbskaya, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  158. Mr. Valikhan Shaikenov, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  159. Mr. Jan Kaczmarczyk, Associate, K&L Gates LLP, Warsaw, Poland
    www.klgates.com
  160. Ms. Diana Bogatyreva, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  161. Ms. Yevgeniya Yeropkina, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
  162. Mr. Askar Bakanbayev, Welcome Team Member, Aequitas, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    www.aequitas.kz
 
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.
4Honored Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
5Representatives of the Media and Legal Industry are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
6Guests are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
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