EPAM is to sponsor the Litigating and Arbitrating Commercial Disputes in England: Practical Issues for Russian Clients and Their Advisers Conference

The Litigating and Arbitrating Commercial Disputes in England: Practical Issues for Russian Clients and Their Advisers conference, organized by the Bar Council of England and Wales and the UK Consulate-General will take place in Saint Petersburg on 24 January 2011 a conference on. The seminar will be held in collaboration with EPAM, Saint Petersburg Law Offices.

The event will be attended by in-house lawyers from Russian companies doing business with their UK partners as well as experts from consulting firms. Leading Russian and UK legal counsel will present practical guidelines for litigation or arbitration in England and share the particulars of commercial dispute resolution for Russian parties to such proceedings. The topics covered during the seminar will include:

• Establishing jurisdiction;
• Interim Remedies - how and when the English courts can protect the parties prior to judgment;
• Interim Remedies - Russian perspective;
• Case management and trial process;
• Arbitration: a summary of Arbitration Act 1996;
• Enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitration awards in England;
• Enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitration awards in the Russian Federation;
• Funding litigation and arbitration disputes in England - the options.

Ilya Nikiforov, managing partner of EPAM will deliver a speech on the subject of Enforcement of Foreign Court Judgments and Arbitration Awards in Russia and discuss the procedure of how foreign court judgments and arbitration awards are recognized and enforced in the Russian Federation, the specifics of enforcement of judgments in the cases involving non-resident companies, and how to overcome challenges on the way to judgment enforcement.

The seminar will be ended with a reception at the UK Consulate-General.

Seminar registration and detailed program