Capital Business Events in association with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Commerce and Industry Chamber of Russian Federation, The Anglo Russian Law Association (ARLA) and supported by the Chartered Institute of arbitrators convene an International Law Conference on “Commercial arbitration in Russia, Sweden and England: new business opportunities", 9-10 June 2010 in Moscow, Russia.

Who should attend?

Heads and experts of corporate legal departments, corporate management, practicing lawyers, representatives of the auditing and consulting firms, as well as other representatives of the legal profession.
The corporate lawyers from Russia, Sweden and England will discuss the most important practical legal issues and problems of commercial arbitration.

The leading experts will present and discuss the following topics:

• The correlation of Russian corporate and arbitration law with foreign practices
• Does international arbitration process comply with business needs
• What is the corporate policy of dispute resolution and its definition
• Requirements for the arbitrators
• The burden of proof and who bears the burden
• The overall improvement and facilitation of commercial arbitration process. New technologies.

Topics outline:

• Corporate disputes in the commercial arbitration: Russian, Swedish and British approaches.
• Corporate dispute resolution from the corporate lawyer’s point of view
• How institutional regulations respond to the business requirements.
• Arbitrator selection: independence, impartiality, professional ethics.
• Proof and burden of proof during international procedures
• New technologies in arbitration proceedings.

10th June 2010 15:00 – 18:00 - Round table: Mediation potential in commercial dispute resolution

SPONSORS: 'Arbitration Practice' magazine and the Centre for Mediation and Law

Moderators:

Prof V Isakov, Doctor of Law, Vice President of the RF CCI

Mrs T Shamlikashvili, President of Scientific-methodological Centre for Mediation and Law, Chair of Sub-committee for alternative dispute resolution methods and mediation of the All-Russian society 'The Association of Lawyers of Russia'

Speakers:

Prof V Yakovlev, LLD, Legal Counsel to the President of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honoured Lawyer of the RF

Mrs T Andreeva, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the RF, Honoured Lawyer of the RF, Member of the Council under the President of the RF for Improvement of the Legal System, Member of the Presidium of the Judges of the RF

Mr O Sviridenko, LLM, Chair of the Moscow Arbitration Court

The leading experts will present and discuss the following topics:

• The court’s powers in ADR (alternative dispute resolution)
• Review of the draft law ’On alternative procedure of dispute resolution by mediation (mediation procedure)’ proposed to the State Duma by the President of the Russian Federation
• Practical issues interfering with mediation procedures
• Qualification requirements to mediators and self-regulating mediation organisations. Mediator accountability
• Mediation for parties of different juridical origins
• Out-of-court mediation: civil instruments of enforcing decisions and securing obligations

A detailed conference programme is available through here.

For speaking opportunities or sponsorship please contact Maria Dedikova, Project Manager:
info@capitalbe.co.uk

For accreditation of mass-media representatives please contact: Evgeniya Pshenichnova, PR Director by email: evgeniya.p@capitalbe.co.uk