Business programme
11.05.2023
16:45–18:15

Legal Protection for Russian Business Abroad

Congress Centre, conference hall D1
Business and Investment in the Face of Sanctions
Broadcast
A host of unfavourable macroconditions have been created for Russian businesses abroad. This state of affairs requires appropriate solutions, both in terms of legal protection, and possible government support. Russian entrepreneurs operating in other countries have seen their rights violated and business freedoms restricted. A number of countries have also taken political decisions which disregard established legal boundaries. Russophobia has not only affected ordinary citizens, but the business community too. What’s more, it has had an impact on choice of jurisdiction. What forms of legal protection do Russian entrepreneurs have recourse to? What legal issues will Russian entrepreneurs have to deal with in the near future? How will the current situation affect national jurisdictions?

Moderator

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

Panellists

Victoria Burkovskaya
Co-Chairman, Center for Public Procedures "Business Against Corruption"; Partner, Head of White Collar Crime Practice, EPAM Law Offices
Alexey Klishin
Chairman of the Presidium, "Klishin and Partners" Interterritorial Bar Association; Chairman of the Commission on Legal Framework of Modern Integration Processes of the Russian Federation, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Vladimir Komarov
Managing Partner, GRATA International; Head, Educational Center for Practical Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law, St. Petersburg State University of Economics
Igor Kondrashov
Vice-President – Director of the Legal Department, Sberbank
Vadim Lobov
President, Synergy Corporation; Member of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the Direction of "Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"
Tatyana Mineeva
Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Protection in Moscow
Alexander Pakhomov
Compliance Director, RUSAL

Front row participants

Dmitry Petrovichev
Vice President, All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA; Managing Director of the Bureau for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs and Investors
Artem Savenkov
Director of Legal and Corporate Support, NASK

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.
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.
Alexey Klishin
Chairman of the Presidium, "Klishin and Partners" Interterritorial Bar Association; Chairman of the Commission on Legal Framework of Modern Integration Processes of the Russian Federation, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Vladimir Komarov
Managing Partner, GRATA International; Head, Educational Center for Practical Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law, St. Petersburg State University of Economics
Igor Kondrashov
Vice-President – Director of the Legal Department, Sberbank
Vadim Lobov
President, Synergy Corporation; Member of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the Direction of "Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"
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Tatyana Mineeva
Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Protection in Moscow
Mineeva Tatiana Vadimovna graduated from Astrakhan State Technical University in 2004, PhD in economics.
2005-2012 - worked in the Government of the Astrakhan region.
2012 - 2013 – Head of a program at ANO «Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects».
2013 - 2019 - Vice President of the All-Russian public organization "Business Russia". In December 2017, she was appointed Head of the Executive committee of the Moscow regional branch of Business Russia.
Since 2019 – the Business ombudsman of the city of Moscow in the Government of Moscow.
In her work as an Ombudsman, she built almost from scratch the infrastructure for the protection of business rights in Moscow – more than 500 businessmen, experts and lawyers were involved on a voluntary basis, 24 public reception offices were opened throughout the capital. Thus, for the first time in Russia, it was formed the integrated community of public businessmen structures called - the Ecosystem of the Business ombudsman of the city of Moscow.
In 2020, 140 victories were achieved in restoring the rights of entrepreneurs, 77 legislative initiatives of the business support for the period of COVID-19 pandemic and 13 system business environment legislative initiatives were implemented. As a result of the work, the second part of the book "How to be friends with the state?" was written and published.
Tatiana is a winner of the open competition «Leaders of Russia. Politics 2020».
Alexander Pakhomov
Compliance Director, RUSAL
Dmitry Petrovichev
Vice President, All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA; Managing Director of the Bureau for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs and Investors
Artem Savenkov
Director of Legal and Corporate Support, NASK
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