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About
Minsk Legal Forum (MLF) is an entirely new conference format. It is more than a professional discussion; it is an informal meeting for lawyers from all over Europe. It is a platform designed for lively interaction free from scientific monologues.
We are proud of being one of the first to offer such a type of the event. It is already the third time we support the idea of informal “get-togethers” for best attorneys, lawyers and partners of the largest law firms of neighboring countries. Last year we managed:
- to gather an excellent company of more than 200 representatives of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Baltic States and Western Europe;
- to talk about a lawyer’s life, starting from ” rising stars” and proceeding further to “extinct volcanoes ” of the legal market;
- to enjoy a symphony orchestra and to ride enormously huge cars!
What to expect in 2017?
Only more. Only better and even more non-standard. There is just one thing that remains practically unchanged – the structure. The first day is for chilling out and getting to know each other. However, there is an update in the timetable here. This year at Minsk Legal Forum for the first time will be held a high-profile award ceremony in honor of the winners of the contest «BEST LAW FIRM WEBSITE 2017».
The second day is the main business day of the Forum with speeches and open-space discussions. The third is dedicated to the entertainment program (so far kept by the organizers in secret).
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MLF 2017: (R)EVOLUTION MUST GO ON!
“People meet, people fall in love, they get married.”©. And it happens sometimes that people are getting divorced and starting to divide their belongings.
Perhaps you are wondering now about the connection between these words about marriages and divorces and a legal forum. We than surprise you. There is a direct connection between these issues at Minsk Legal Forum 2017!
The main topic of our already third-time-being hold MLF is “Partnership Relations in Consulting”. The participants will manage to talk upon the laws and paradoxes of “family relations” in partnership, about alliances and misalliances in legal business and even touch upon some forbidden topics of their profession.
If you still know nothing about “guest” legal marriage and marriage contracts for company’s partners, than Minsk Legal Forum will be able to change your vision of our profession!
This year, the speakers geography is much wider. We are waiting for the speakers from Lithuania, Latvia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia, etc. It means that participants will be able to see how much legal relations in neighboring regions differ.
The discussion is expected to be hot – it is not for nothing that the main format of 2017 is “Shock Forum”!
Minsk Legal Forum 2017
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Forum program
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up to 15:00Meeting of the participants from all over the world, checking into a hotel
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15:00 - 15:30Welcoming coffee
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15:30 - 15:40ANDREY YERMALINSKI and ALEXANDER STEPANOVSKIInformal opening of the Forum
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15:40 - 16:20high-profile award ceremony in honor of the winners of the contest «BEST LAW FIRM WEBSITE 2017»
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16:20 - 17:20session-claim by HOLGER ZSCHEYGERosy blockchain future of law, comrades! Myths and reality
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17:20 - 17:40Coffee break
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17:40 - 19:10NATALIA SHEKINA (SP&P, Belarus), OLGA PROSYANYUK (Aver Lex, Ukraine), DARYA KONSTANTINOVA (Zabeyda & partners, Russia)Revolutionary battle between 3 Post-Soviet schools of criminal defense of modern NEP-men. A thief belongs in jail or investigating officer’s and attorney’s points of view
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19:10 - 19:30Buffet lunch
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19:30 - 21:00Concert of WZ-ORKIESTRA “A Villain and Love”
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21:00 - 23:00Buffet lunch continuation
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8:30 - 09:15Registration, welcoming coffee
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09:15 - 09:30Opening of the Forum
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09:30 - 10:50Session 1: partnership love. Associations and unions of law firmsCo-moderators: IVAN APATOV (WCS, Russia), IRYNA NIKITINA (IOCONS, Bulgaria – Ukraine)
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09:30 - 09:50IVAN APATOV (WCS, Russia), IRYNA NIKITINA (IOCONS, Bulgaria – Ukraine)Alliances and misalliances:why there is no arket consolidation?
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09:50 - 10:10ANDREY KORELSKIY (KIAP, Russia) and ALEXANDER STEPANOVSKI (SP&P, Belarus)Partners relations and agreements: for love or for a marriage contract?
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10:10 - 10:30Representatives of law firm "Grata""Guest" legal marriages and unions, including cross-border: what are the advantages and disadvantages?
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10:30 - 10:50GLENN KOLLEENY (Dentons, Russia)Expansion of Dentons. The first results of the work of the partner regional network
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10:50 - 11:20Coffee break
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11:20 - 13:00Session 2: Divorce in legal partnerships
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11:20 - 11:40ALEXANDER ZABEYDA (Zabeyda & partners, Russia), DENIS SAUSHKIN (ZKS, Russia)Civilized divorce in consulting: practical experience
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11:40 - 12:00SERGEY SAVELIEV (Saveliev, Batanov & Partners, Russia)Different strategies and vision of the future, as the basis for the division of business
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12:00 - 12:20UMID ARIPDJANOV (Centil Law Firm, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan)Farewell of Slavianka: why do partners fade away?
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12:20 - 12:40Sergey Kovalev (Kovalev, Tugushi and partners, Russia)Achieving balance between the interests of the majority and the interests of the main income generators in the legal business
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12:40 - 13:00TATIANA BENKO (LMS, Ukraine)Seven laws and paradoxes of "family relations" in partnerships
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13:00 - 14:00Lunch
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14:00 - 15:40Session 3
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14:00 - 14:30RAMUNAS AUDZEVICIUS (Motieka & Audzevičius, Lithuania), Lauris Liepa (COBALT, Latvia), Marco KoryakOverview of mergers / divisions on the Baltic market
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14:20 - 14:50EVGENY ZHILIN (QUORUS, Switzerland)New legal business in old Europe: practical experience and new opportunities
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14:50 - 15:10EKATERINA KLEIMENOVA (WCS, ПРАВО.RU)Legal ratings: lifehacks by Ekaterina Kleimenova
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15:10 - 15:30Anna Zeitlinger (Lansky, Ganzger + partner, Austria)Under consideration
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15:30 - 16:00Coffee break
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16:00 - 17:10Session 4: Forbidden topics in consulting: open dialog
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16:00 - 16:25VICTORIA YESAULENKO (Asters, Ukraine)Eros and Thanatos in consulting: opportunities and dangers of legal marketing
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16:25 - 16:50DIMA GADOMSKY (Axon Partners, Ukraine)The oldest profession in consulting: what is common?
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16:50 - 17:10ALEXANDER STEPANOVSKI, ANDREY YERMALINSKI, ANDREY KORELSKIYSumming up the results. Concluding remarks of the organizers
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18:00 - 20:00Closing drinks and buffet
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10:00 - 16:00Surprise from the organizers
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Partners
Dentons is one of the largest international law firm teams in Russia. We provide the legal advice you seek in all sectors and service areas in which you do business.
Working from offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with a combined team of over 150 legal practitioners, we can assist you throughout Russia, using local contacts as and when necessary. Tap into one of the best and broadest networks in the CIS region, with additional offices in Almaty, Astana, Baku, Kiev and Tashkent, plus an associate office in Ashgabat.
MLF's co-authors. The largest business attorneys at law team. Professional experience of SPP's specialists varies from 10 to 30 years. SPP is recommended by international legal guides, such as Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, IFLR 1000.
MLF's co-authors.
KIAP offers their clients the full range of the legal services most often required by today’s businesses. This is confirmed by recommendations in such international and Russian legal reference publications as Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Best Lawyers and Pravo.Ru-300.
Zabeyda & Partners is a Russian law firm that specializes in criminal law cases in the sphere of economical and corruption and malpractice. Besides that, together with foreign legal firms the specialists of the company consult clients on the issues of cybercrimes and international wanted notices.
ZKS represents business owners, top managers, company officers and public officials in criminal proceedings on charges of economic and white-collar crimes, safeguard businesses against the unlawful interference of law enforcement agencies and attempted or detected fraud.
Since 2009 the lawyers of the company have been solving problems of both individuals and legal entities. The team consists of specialists with extensive knowledge in every law area. There are two main principles of their work work: rule of law and customer advocacy.
The company provides informational and legal support to more than 18 000 companies from all over Belarus.
INTELLECT-S is, and has been for almost a decade, rolling from success to success as a diversified, multidisciplinary, full-service firm. 14 successful industry-focused practices, with a few illustrious names at the lead of some, are integrated so as to cover almost all advisory requirements of our clients in business.
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