Business breakfast: ‘Land law reform in the Russian Federation: terra incognita’
On 1 March 2015 a set of amendments to the Russian Federation Land Code will enter into force. These are introduced by Federal Law No 171-FZ dated 23 June 2014: ‘On the introduction of changes to the Russian Federation Land Code and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation’.
These amendments will affect key aspects of land law such as the formation of land lots, the allocation of state-owned (municipal) land lots – including procedural aspects – and the usage of state-owned land lots without an allocation procedure or a creation of easement.
The business breakfast will take place on 27 February 2015 (Friday), from 10:00 to 12:30, at the Firm’s St. Petersburg office (24 Nevsky Prospekt, 4th floor).
Agenda:
- A general overview of the legislative amendments in land law
- Change in land allocation procedure: a benefit or further barriers?
- How exhaustive is the list of grounds for land allocation without tendering?
- Reform of land sale procedure
- The specifics of lease renewal
- Aspects of lease extension associated with increased construction timescales
Speakers:
- Elena Gavrilina, Partner of EPAM
- Olga Mischenko, Head of Construction and PPP Practice at the St. Petersburg office of EPAM
- Sergey Strembelev, Ph.D., Head of Real Estate Practice at the St. Petersburg office of EPAM
- Yury Nefedov, Associate, Construction and PPP Practice at the St. Petersburg Law Office of EPAM
Participation is free. Participants must register in advance.
The event is intended for lawyers of large and medium Russian company including real estate development, brokerage and other companies of the real estate market.*
Contacts: e-mail: events@epam.ru; phone: +7 (812) 322 96 81 (Yulia Medvedeva; Alena Matveeva).
*The event is closed to representatives of law firms, lawyers in private practice and consulting companies.
**The event program and speakers are subject to change.