Business programme
26.06.2024
14:30–16:00

Law of the East: Do We Know It?

Congress Centre, conference hall D3
International Law in the New Reality
Broadcast
The pivot to the East that has been seen in Russia’s foreign policy over the past two years has significantly altered the landscape of the country’s foreign economic relations, which cannot help but affect the development of legal education, legal science, and legal practice. Educational programmes with in-depth study of Eastern languages are emerging, the legal systems of individual Eastern states (mainly China and Arab countries) are becoming the subject of systematic scientific and practical research, and major law firms are opening divisions and practices that specialize in work in Eastern jurisdictions. This session aims to bring together members of the academic community who work with the legal systems of Eastern countries and practitioners with experience in such jurisdictions to discuss the further development of the Eastern focus of legal education, legal science, and legal practice. What kind of geography and scope exists in Russian academic research on the legal systems of Eastern countries, and how in demand is such research in the legal community and legal practice? What are the current focuses for the development of higher legal education and the prospects for continuing professional education (professional retraining) programmes in the light of Russia’s foreign policy and foreign economic pivot to the East? What are some of the peculiarities of organizing and running a legal business in Eastern countries? What are some of the distinctive features of the legal culture, as well as professional and business ethics in Eastern countries? What do the legal systems of individual Eastern countries have in common and what makes them special from the standpoint of a legal researcher and a practicing lawyer? What are some of the specifics of the settlement of disputes in the courts and arbitration institutions of Eastern countries? What prospects exist for creating alternative international centres in international commercial and investment arbitration in Eastern countries? How can we understand the forms and methods of international cooperation in Eastern countries?

Moderator

Nikita Molchakov
Dean, Faculty of International Law, MGIMO University

Speakers

Alexander Alekseenko
Associate Professor of the Department of Commercial Law, Scientific Director of the Program "Jurisprudence with In-Depth Study of the Chinese Language and Law of the PRC", St. Petersburg University
Victoria Bortkevicha
Global Managing Partner, Better Chance
Tkhu Cha Mi Vu
Head of the International Development Department, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Vyacheslav Gavrilov
Head of the Department of International Public and Private Law, Far Eastern Federal University
Anna Grishchenkova
Independent Arbitrator; Regional Ambassador in Russia, Committee HK45 (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre)
Prashant Kumar
President, The Bar Association of India
Alexander Molotnikov
Associate Professor, Department of Business Law, Head, Center for Asian Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Timofey Nosov
Partner, Head of Middle East Desk, BGP Litigation
Evgeny Rashchevsky
Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, EPAM Law
Ekaterina Ryzhkova
Associate Professor of the Department of Law and Jurisprudence, MGIMO University
Oleg Skvortsov
Professor of the Department of Commercial Law, St. Petersburg University
Oleg Sherstoboev
Dean of the Faculty of Law, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management

Broadcast

Nikita Molchakov
Dean, Faculty of International Law, MGIMO University
Alexander Alekseenko
Associate Professor of the Department of Commercial Law, Scientific Director of the Program "Jurisprudence with In-Depth Study of the Chinese Language and Law of the PRC", St. Petersburg University
Victoria Bortkevicha
Global Managing Partner, Better Chance
Tkhu Cha Mi Vu
Head of the International Development Department, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Vyacheslav Gavrilov
Head of the Department of International Public and Private Law, Far Eastern Federal University
Anna Grishchenkova
Independent Arbitrator; Regional Ambassador in Russia, Committee HK45 (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre)
Anna Grishchenkova, LL.M, MCiarb, independent arbitrator, ambassador in Russia of HK45 (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre).

Prior to becoming a full-time arbitrator Anna Grishchenkova for 20 years was in charge of dispute
resolution teams and successfully resolved complex disputes.

Anna has been involved in multiple arbitrations under rules of major arbitral institutions both domestically and internationally as arbitrator and expert, and previously as counsel. She has sat in arbitrations administered by the LCIA, ICAC (MKAS), IAC (Belarus), Arbitration centre at Russian chamber of entrepreneurs and the Russian Arbitration Centre. Anna has training both in civil and common law, has LL.M in American business law and passed state auditor exam.

Anna is a specialist in commercial and corporate disputes and has a particular focus on matters in the construction, energy and infrastructure sector.

Anna is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and has been recognised in international arbitration by leading directories including, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500 EMEA, and Best Lawyers where they have described her as a professional with a “sound knowledge of law.” Anna is an author of numerous arbitration-related books and publications; she teaches courses on international arbitration and is a speaker at major arbitration conferences.
Prashant Kumar
President, The Bar Association of India
Prashant Kumar was President of LAWASIA from 2015-2017. A policy economist turned lawyer, Mr Prashant Kumar specialises in constitutional law, commercial and civil matters, arbitration and intellectual property, as well as matters relating to information technology law, infrastructure agreements, public-private partnerships and anti-dumping laws.

Mr Kumar's law firm seconded three domain consultants to the Asian Development Bank led project team to carry out IT reform in the Delhi judiciary as a pilot project in 2003-2005 and he actively engages in assisting infusion of technology in judicial systems on informal basis.


P Kumar, Profile

He has taken keen interest in using technology to carry out legal processes and his firm has developed and worked successfully IT based dispute resolution model for resolving mass auto loan disputes in which statements of claim and documentation is generated in a fully automated manner involving a range of legal and fact variations. Arbitrators are also made available award assist programme, which produces a template award which arbitrators can validate, improve and utilise as a base to pass an appropriate award.

Mr Kumar heads KPA Legal, a boutique law firm with a clientele that includes MNCs and major corporate houses in India.

Mr Kumar is a Life Member of both the Bar Association of India and the Supreme Court Bar Association. He has held various positions in the Bar Association of India and currently serves as its President Elect.
Alexander Molotnikov
Executive Director of the REC Law and Business of Moscow State University
Timofey Nosov
Partner, Head of Middle East Desk, BGP Litigation
Evgeny Rashchevsky
Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, EPAM Law
Partner and Head of the International Arbitration and Litigation Practice at EPAM Law Offices.
In 1999 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Volgograd State University; in 2001 he received a diploma with honors from the Russian School of Private Law (master's degree from the Research Center for Private Law named after S.S. Alekseev under the President of the Russian Federation); in 2004 he received PhD in Law.
Evgeny Raschevsky practices international commercial arbitration and litigation, and specializes in management of complex cross-border disputes. Не is experienced in the arbitration proceedings under ICAC of CCI of Russia (MKAS), ICC, LCIA, SCC and Swiss Rules. His portfolio includes coordination of high-profile court cases in the UK, the USA, Germany, Turkey, India and other countries. His industry specialties include energy development and supply, commodities, shipping, pharmaceutical regulation.
Evgeny is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, a member of International Board of the Arbitration Center at the RSPP, CIArb, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Arbitration of Internal Disputes in Russian Arbitration Center (RAC); Vice President at the International Arbitration Court of the Qingdao Arbitration Commission in the SCO demonstration zone; member of KCAB INTERNATIONAL; included into lists of arbitrators Russian Arbitration Association (RAA).
Evgeny has published a significant number of articles on international arbitration and civil law in specialized Russian and international legal journals, as well as a number of comments on international arbitration issues from the Russian Federation.
He is a teacher of the Master's program "Legal regulation of insolvency (bankruptcy)" of the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, and of the course "Bankruptcy and International Arbitration".
Ekaterina Ryzhkova
Associate Professor of the Department of Law and Jurisprudence, MGIMO University
Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), received PhD in Law, has an academic degree of associate professor.
Ekaterina is a specialist in Muslim law, Islamic finance, foreign and Russian Financial and Administrative law, Comparative law, Theory and history of State and Law.
Work experience with MGIMO — since 1999.
She teaches courses on Muslim law, the Law of the Arab East and Africa.
At the invitation of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade she participated in the drafting of a number of federal laws, she was a member of the Expert Council of the Federal Financial and Budgetary Supervision Service. She is invited by Russian and foreign companies as expert.
Ekaterina is an author of numerous publications on Muslim law, the Law of Africa and the Arab East, Financial law, Theory and History of State and Law.
Oleg Skvortsov
Professor of the Department of Commercial Law, St. Petersburg University
Oleg Sherstoboev
Dean of the Faculty of Law, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
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