Business programme
12.05.2023
09:30–11:00

Sovereign Jurisdiction: The Challenge of the Current Realities

Congress Centre, conference hall D2
Sovereign Law in a Changing World
Broadcast
In the current environment, it has become essential to look at ways of making national jurisdiction more independent and freer from external factors and pressure. Possible changes to the borders of states’ jurisdictions is a matter of particular significance, as is the impact of national jurisdiction on business and the economy as a whole. What is sovereign jurisdiction, and what features should it have? What challenges to national jurisdiction pose the greatest danger to the economy, and how do they need to be addressed? What legal measures need to be taken to strengthen Russian jurisdiction?

Moderator

Vladimir Gruzdev
Chairman of the Board, Association of Lawyers of Russia

Panellists

Elena Borisenko
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank
Victoria Burkovskaya
Co-Chairman, Center for Public Procedures "Business Against Corruption"; Partner, Head of White Collar Crime Practice, EPAM Law Offices
Mikhail Vinogradov
Head of the General Directorate of International Legal Cooperation, General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation
Andrey Gabov
Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexey Guznov
Secretary of State – Deputy Chairman, The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)
Zhang Mingqi
Vice-President, General Secretary, China Law Society (online)
Irina Pankina
Deputy, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on State Building and Legislation, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Pristanskov
State Secretary – Vice President for Relations with Authorities and Administration, Norilsk Nickel
Evgeny Rashchevsky
Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, EPAM Law Offices

Broadcast

Vladimir Gruzdev
Chairman of the Board, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Gruzdev Vladimir Sergeyevich – Chairman of the Executive Board of the Association of lawyers of Russia (ALRF).
Born February 6, 1967 in Bolshevo, Moscow region.
Education:
1984: graduated from the Moscow Suvorov military school.
1991: graduated from the Krasnoznamenny Military institute.
2000: graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Law Faculty).
2003: defended his PhD thesis.
Foreign languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English.
Career:
1991-1993 served in the Foreign Intelligence Service of the RF.
1993: founded the trading company “The Seventh Continent”, where he held management positions.
2001: was elected as a deputy of the Moscow city Duma.
2003: was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the fourth convocation.
2007: was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the fifth convocation.
2011-2016: governor of the Tula region.
2009-2016: member of the Presidium of the ALRF.
Since 2016: Chairman of the Executive Board of the ALRF.
Awards:
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd Class;
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd Class and 4th Class;
- Russian Federation Presidential and Governmental Certificates of Honour;
- Gratitudes of the President and the Government of the RF;
- Medal “For Battle Merit”;
- Honourary Title “Soldier-internationalist”;
- Honourary badges of the State Duma and the Federation Council.
Elena Borisenko
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank
As the First Vice-President and the Member of the Board, Ms. Borisenko is overseeing the Gazprombank’s Legal Department and responsible for addressing all legal matters encountered by Gazprombank and its group of companies.
Education
Saint Petersburg State University, Law School (2000)
Legal practice
Private legal practice, corporate and commercial law (2000-2008)
Member of Saint-Petersburg Bar Chamber (2001-2008)
State Service
2008 - 2009 - Advisor to the Head of the Federal Registration Service
2009 - 2010 - Advisor to the Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation
Feb. 2010 - March 2011 – Head of the Department of Legal Aid and Cooperation with Judicial System, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
2011 - 2012 - Advisor to the Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation, Official Representative of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
2012 - 2015 – Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation.
Teaching and lecturing
Saint-Petersburg State University, Law School, State and Administrative Law Department (2013-till now)
Victoria Burkovskaya
Co-Chairman, Center for Public Procedures "Business Against Corruption"; Partner, Head of White Collar Crime Practice, EPAM Law Offices
Viktoria Burkovskaya has a post-doctoral degree in Law and is one of the leading experts in Criminal Law, majoring in business-related crimes, criminal trial and compliance with anti-corruption law.
Ms. Burkovskaya provides consult in personal data protection, licensing cryptographic activity and cryptographic services.
Between 2006 and 2009 Ms. Burkovskaya held the position of Senior Research Associate at General Prosecutor’s Office Academy, where she prepared legal opinion on various business-related criminal cases, including illegal business operations, money laundering, smuggling, tax evasion etc., as well as crimes against public order and policies, cases tried by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and cases to extradition of Russian citizens.
Viktoria Burkovskaya plays an active role in reforming criminal legislation of the Russian Federation. She’s a member of the Criminal and Commercial Court Working Group (under International Commercial Court in Paris) and the Co-Chairperson of Business Against Corruption (Center of Public Procedures under Delovaya Rossiya). She has authored over 80 works in law journals. Ms. Burkovskaya is a Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Process and Forensics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, where she teaches legal psychology and forensics.
Viktoria Burkovskaya is an alumni of Voronezh State Teacher Training University (1996, cum laude), Moscow State Law Academy (2002, cum laude), post-graduate program of the Research Institute for Legality Consolidation and Public Order under General Prosecutor’s Office (2000) and post-doctoral program of the Management Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (2005).
In 2015 the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation awarded Ms. Burkovskaya with a Certificate of Merit. In 2016 Boris Titov, the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights, awarded Viktoria Burkovskaya with a Certificate of Merit for her active pro bono work to defend entrepreneurs’ rights.
Ms. Burkovskaya is a member of Moscow City Bar.
Mikhail Vinogradov
Head of the General Directorate of International Legal Cooperation, General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation
Andrey Gabov
Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation.

Born November 15, 1973 in Syktyvkar (Komi Republic).

Candidate of Law (1999), Doctor of Law (2010), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2016).

He has extensive experience of working in energy companies, as well as acting as an independent and professional director on boards of directors (supervisory boards) of joint-stock companies, including those with state participation. He is a recognized expert in corporate governance issues.

Alexander is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including 6 monographs.

His scientific activity includes researches of: civil-law relations complicated by conflict of interests, economic dependence, corporate relations, issues of reorganization and liquidation of legal entities, digital economy.

Knowledge and experience of Gabov A.V. are in demand in the system of certification of scientific personnel, he is the Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council on the law of VAK at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Currently he is a member of: the Presidential Council for Codification and Improvement of Civil Law; Scientific and Advisory Council under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation; Council for Improvement of Arbitration Procedure under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation; working group on the normative regulation of the Digital Economy; Scientific and Publishing Council of the RAS and Commission on the Charter of the RAS and several other advisory and expert bodies.

Member of editorial boards (collegiums) of leading national legal journals.
Alexey Guznov
Secretary of State – Deputy Chairman, The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)
Born on 18 June 1967 in Gorky.

Education
1990: graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Candidate of Juridical Sciences (1994); Doctor of Juridical Sciences (2016).

Author of over 80 publications on the theory of law and financial regulation, including tutorials and monographs.

Career
1984–1985: Assembly Mechanic at the Gorky Institute Salyut, Gorky.

1985–1990: student at the the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow.

1990–1991: Legal Advisor (contractor) at the Leisure Centre of the Oktyabrsky District, Moscow.

1991: Legal Team Leader at the International Association of Parliamentarians, Moscow.

1991–1992: Assistant to the Chairman of the Council of the Union of the USSR Supreme Council, Moscow.

1992–1994: Planning Team Leader, Deputy Chief of the Parliamentarianism Section at the Parliamentary Centre of the Russian Federation, Moscow.

1995–1997: Deputy Head of Section, Head of Section in the Banking Legislation Division of the Legal Department at the Bank of Russia, Moscow.

1997–1998: Deputy Head of the Division for Legal Support of Banking Operations of the Bank of Russia’s Legal Department, Moscow.

1998–2002: Deputy Director — Head of the Division for Legal Support of Banking Operations of the Bank of Russia’s Legal Department, Moscow.

2002–2014: Deputy Director of the Bank of Russia’s Legal Department, Moscow.

2014–2022: Director of the Bank of Russia’s Legal Department, Moscow.

Since 2022: State Secretary — Deputy Governor of Bank of Russia.

Member of the Bank of Russia Board of Directors (since 10 October 2018).

He holds the title of Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation; the medal of the Order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland’ 2nd class; awards of the Federation Council and the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; and awards of Russian ministries. Themis Award winner.
Zhang Mingqi
Vice-President, General Secretary, China Law Society
Irina Pankina
Deputy, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on State Building and Legislation, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Pristanskov
State Secretary – Vice President for Relations with Authorities and Administration, Norilsk Nickel
Date of birth: December 17, 1976. In 1999, he graduated with honor from Saint-Petersburg State University, Law Faculty, with a specialization in "Jurisprudence". In 2003, he underwent professional training in the International Institute of Banking with a specialization in "Finance and Credit". Candidate of Juridical Science. He has written more than 10 academic and research articles and publications. In 2013, he published a monograph in bank crediting problems. From 1999 until 2001, he had been working in prosecution authorities as a Deputy Prosecutor in Vyborg District of Saint-Petersburg, later – a Prosecutor of – Department of Lawfulness Observance Supervision at Hearing of Civil Cases by Courts of the Prosecutor's Office of the Leningrad region. From 2001 to 2005, he had been working in commercial organizations. At the Federal Agency for State Property Management, he has been holding a position of the Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management from March 2005 until August 2009. In August 2009, he was appointed to a position of the Head of Scientific Organizations Property Management. From December 2010 until March 2014 – a Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management. Since March 28, 2014 – Director of Federal and Regional Programs of PJSC "MMC "Norilsk Nickel". Pursuant to the order of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation dated April 20, 2016 No. 732-р, Dmitry Vladimirovich Pristanskov was appointed to a position
of the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation – Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management. According to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was decorated with a second-class Medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland.
Evgeny Rashchevsky
Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, EPAM Law Offices
Professional organizations:

· Russian Arbitration Center – Arbitrator
· International Board of the Arbitration center at the RUIE – Arbitrator
· Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) - membership
· International Arbitration Court of Qingdao Arbitration Commission in Demonstration Zone of SCO - Vice-president
· Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB INTERNATIONAL)
· Solicitors Regulation Authority – Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
Practice areas:

- Insolvency Regulation
- International Arbitration and Litigation
- Commercial Contracts
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Electricity Regulation
- Pharmaceutical Regulation, Life Science
Evgeny is a lecturer at the Moscow State University; he has authored numerous articles in specialised Russian and international legal publications in the area of international arbitration and civil law, as well as several leading Russian commentaries in the field of international arbitration.
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