Discuss Dispute Resolution in CIS-Related Business Transactions on 28 February 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany

The German-Russian Lawyers’ Association (DRJV) and DIS40, the below 40 initiative of the German Arbitration Institute, are organising a conference on “Dispute Resolution in CIS-Related Business Transactions”
(Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine) on 28 February 2019 (Thursday) in Frankfurt, Germany.
This full-day event is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Frankfurt), Börsenplatz 4, 60313 Frankfurt/Main.
The conference language is English (no translation).

The event will comprise the following panels:

– CIS-related disputes from the Western European perspective
– Country reports: Recent Developments (case law and reforms)
– Country reports: Interaction with state courts, interim measures, recognition and enforcement of court decisions and arbitral awards
– CIS-related disputes: The arbitration institutions’ perspective
– Investment arbitration in the CIS region: what is going on and what is yet to come?

The confirmed speakers and moderators include:

• Prof. Dr. Azar Aliyev, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
• Alexey Anischenko, Partner at Sorainen, Minsk
• Dr. Gani Bitenov, Consultant at Herbert Smith Freehills, Frankfurt
• Dr. Axel Boës, Partner at Koch Duken Boës, Hamburg
• Rupert D’Cruz, Barrister, Littleton Chambers, Secretary of the British-Russian Law Association (BRLA), London
• Dmitry Davydenko, Director at CIS Arbitration Forum, Chief Expert at the Centre of Arbitration and Mediation at CCI RF, Moscow
• Artem Doudko, Partner at Osborne Clarke, London
• Dr. Alice Fremuth-Wolf, Secretary General, Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC)
• Dr. Wolfram Gärtner, Legal Director, HeidelbergCement AG
• Nata Ghibradze, Foreign Associate, Hogan Lovells, Munich
• Evgeniya Goriatcheva, Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), The Hague
• Michael Hartleben, Senior Legal Counsel, DSI Underground, Munich/Berlin
• Dr. Susanne Heger, Partner at Heger [&] Partner, Vienna
• Oksana Karel, Senior Associate at Arzinger, Kyiv
• Alexandre Khrapoutski, Partner at SBH law offices, Minsk
• Dr. Volker Knoop, CEO, FORIS AG, Bonn
• Prof. Alexey A. Kostin, International Commercial Arbitration Court at CCI RF (MKAS/ICAC), MGIMO University, Moscow
• Laurence Ponty, Associate at LALIVE, Geneva
• Georg Scherpf, Senior Associate at Luther, Hamburg
• Valikhan Shaikenov, Partner at Aequitas, Almaty
• Olga Tsvetkova, Senior Associate at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev [&] Partners, RAA40 Co-Chair, Moscow
• Serhii Uvarov, Counsel at Integrites, Kyiv

See the Program of the event.

You can find further details here.