Victoria Burkovskaya to Participate in the Bribery & Corruption: Fighting Corruption in the Russian Federation Seminar
On November 16, 2010 McGrigors and the British-Russian Law Association will organize a seminar on Bribery & Corruption as a part of Russian Law Week in London. Victoria Burkovskaya PhD, Senior Lawyer at EPAM to participate in the panel discussion and question and answer session moderated by The Hon. Mr Justice Fulford (currently on secondment as a judge of the International Criminal Courrt).
The main purpose of Russian Law Week is to nurture greater understanding, trust and co-operation between the two different legal systems: British and Russian. Bribery & Corruption Seminar is a very rare opportunity for English based practitioners to hear directly from senior officials of the Russian Government on this important issue.
The keynote speakers of the seminar include:
- Alexander Konovalov, Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation;
- Richard Alderman, Director, UK Serious Fraud Office;
- Victor Astanin, Vice Chancellor, Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation;
- Vadim Yalovitskiy, Head of Unit of International Co-operation, Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.