Business breakfast Energy and Subsoil Use in Russia and CIS: Legal Aspects
On 29 November 2012, CIS Leading Counsel Network (CIS LCN), including AEQUITAS, conducted a business breakfast Energy and Subsoil Use in Russia and CIS: Legal Aspects.
During the Breakfast the law firms' representatives from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and other CIS countries discussed regulatory developments in the area of energy and subsoil use in their respective jurisdictions. In particular, they discussed specifics of the development in the energy sector in Russia and Belarus, major changes in Ukraine’s investment regime that affect oil & gas sector, legislative changes in the area of hydrocarbons in Kazakhstan, including legal aspects of subsoil use, turnover of petroleum products and trunk pipelines, regulation of hydro energy in Kyrgyzstan and many other topical issues of energy and subsoil use regulation in CIS countries.
AEQUITAS Managing Partner, Ms. Olga Chentsova, attended the event speaking on the topic "Legislative amendments in hydrocarbons legislation in a view of a practicing lawyer: What is done and what should be done."