CIS legal market leaders meeting
On 7 September 2011 London was welcoming the CIS legal market leaders meeting organized by The Lawyer, a leading British legal publication, supported by the CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN).
The audience included leading in-house counsel and representatives from the UK and international law firms with an interest in this vital economic region.
The participants spoke on legal regulation specifics and good business practices in their relevant jurisdictions and on the aspects of foreign investment and dealing with local government issues, with special focus on M&A market, making practical recommendations on doing business in the CIS region. The discussion also covered the region's economic climate and the most topical taxation and legal developments.
The discussions was held by: Dimitry Afanasiev, Chairman, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (Russia); Stephen Dalziel, Executive Director of Russo-British Chamber of Commerce - RBCC (United Kingdom); Irina Paliashvili, President & Senior Counsel, RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group (Ukraine); Charlie Geffen, Senior Partner, Ashurst (United Kingdom); Tatyana V. Suleyeva, Partner, Aequitas (Kazakhstan).
Olga Chentsova, AEQUITAS Managing Partner, also actively contributed to the discussion, as well as Tatiana Emelianova, Partner, Vlasova Mikhel & Partners (Belarus); Aicholpon Jorupbekova, Partner, Kalikova & Associates (Kyrgyzstan); Vladimir Dolzhikov, Managing Partner, ACT (Turkmenistan).