6–13 September. Legal events in London
On 6–8 September, London hosted the 12th Europe-Caucasus-Asia (ECA) Forum, previously known as the CIS Local Counsel Forum. Since 2016, the Forum has been held under the auspices of the International Bar Association. It is the IBA's only regional conference devoted to the post-Soviet region.
AEQUITAS has been actively partaking in the Forum each year. Since 2016, Valikhan Shaikenov, AEQUITAS Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, has been a member of the Forum Organizing Committee. In 2017, Valikhan moderated the session "Planning and Resolving Construction Disputes in the ECA Region."
In addition to the Forum's region-specific panels and discussions, networking opportunities and cultural program, attendees were invited to visit the London offices of leading law firms. On 8 September, 14 international law firms and one bar association opened their doors to IBA ECA Forum participants.
On the 13th of September, Valikhan Shaikenov, Head of AEQUITAS Dispute Resolution practice, and Ardak Idayatova, AEQUITAS Senior Associate, partook in Allen & Overy’s 2017 Global Relationships Conference. This year the event welcomed 295 guests, representing over 130 relationship law firms from more than 97 countries. AEQUITAS is one of a few Kazakhstan local law firms having partnership relations with Allen & Overy.