14-15 September
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia

2021

THE FAR EAST
LEGAL

FORUM:
Open Dialogue
all the Parties engaged will speak about the Far East development viewed in the context of the all-Russian experience focused on the peculiar features of the Region.
Atmosphere
in-person attendance will give the advantage to discuss all the hot issues with the leading experts personally and provides the opportunity to hear first-hand about the futures of the development and implementation of various initiatives.
Speakers
lively discussions will provide the opportunity to gain from all-Russian legal expertise of speakers as well as to explore the unique chances to attend the sessions with serving judges and to integrate the theory with the practice of justice administration.
Unique Audience
will be attended by government officials, business leaders and entrepreneurs as well as the most prominent members of legal community – federal legal experts, judiciary establishment, legal practitioners and law firms.
OUR SPEAKERS

Corporate Instruments for Investor’s Rights Protection while Implementing Business Projects:

— Option transactions as a type of guarantee for investors.

— Achieving coherence and consistency between the provisions of the Corporate. Agreement and other ways to provide for the disproportional distribution of profit.

— A convertible loan mechanism for structuring investment portfolios.

— How can the Owner/Investor separate the Management out and supervise their activities?

Developed and Undeveloped Real Estate:

— Developed real estate: practice in effective resolution of disputes between owners.

— Contradictions in land regulations.

— Implementing the program to register the usage of the land resources and provide for its transparency.

Key Considerations for Tax Risks Control in 2021-2022:

— Techniques used by the Tax Authorities to authenticate the ultimate beneficial owner.

— New Regulations for tax audits.

— Tax reconstruction in the context of Article 54 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

— Tax Due Diligence – methodology for identifying and reducing tax risks.

Factors to Improve the Quality and Accessibility of Justice:

— E-justice, technological novelties, export of justice.

— New ways of communicating and their influence on the development of legal community.

— Changing of the practice of the reimbursement for settlements and litigation costs as a factor to decrease the load on the court system and improve the quality of the course of justice.

Regulatory Solutions to Improve the Investment Climate in The Far East:

— Special regimes as a way of the public-private cooperation.

— Development of logistics networks in the Far East. Setting quotas as a form of public-private partnership.

— Anti-monopoly risks while concluding the Investment Agreements.

Digital Transformation: Creating the New Business Environment in The Far East:

— Global digital platform as a way to deal with the geographical strengthening of the Russian Federation.

— National Regulatory Considerations for Digital Transformation: Russian and East-Asian experience (China, South Korea).
KEY TOPICS
FOR DISCUSSION
AT THE FORUM:
PROGRAM
14 September 2021, TUESDAY

CONFERENCE:
THE SOCIETY IN THE NEW REALITIES OF THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT.

Venue: Big Hall, Government of Sakhalin Region
09:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Check-in. Welcoming coffee-break.
Welcoming addresses from the Governor, Forum Organizers, Prime and Top-Profile Partners.
10:00 – 10:20 a.m.

Plenary Session:

10:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Moderators:
Helen Avakyan, Woman of the Year at the European Women of Legal Tech Awards (2021)
Counsel, “Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners” Law Offices
Member, the Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers Council (Moscow)
Sergey Kovalev, PhD in Law
Advocate
Managing Partner, “Kovalev Tugushi & Partners”, Moscow Law Office

Discussion Topics:
— Global digital platform as a way to deal with the geographical strengthening of the Russian Federation;
— Current mutual expectations of businesses and the State: opportunities and special aspects of cooperation;
— Pilot Zone on the International Climate Law Regulations and the impact of Regulations on the development of businesses in the Far East;
— National Regulatory Considerations for Digital Transformation: Russian and East-Asian experience (China, South Korea).

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS A WAY TO CREATING THE NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN THE FAR EAST.

Coffee-break
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
12:30 – 14:00 p.m.

IMPROVING THE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY OF THE COURSE OF JUSTICE.

Moderator:
Boris Boltyanksy, Chief Editor,”Pravo.ru” (Moscow)
Yuly Ta, Advocate, Managing Partner, “Bartolius” Law Office (Moscow)

Discussion Topics:
— E-justice, technological novelties as a possibility to enhance the accessibility to courts, export of justice with re-distribution of load between the regions;
— New technologies of legal education, new ways of communicating and their influence on the development of legal community;
— The problems of proof in civil and Arbitrazh proceedings: concealing evidence, mistakes of experts, etc, and ways of dealing with them;;
— Enhancing the role of Arbitrazh as a factor to move some business disputes from State Courts: what constrains their development?
— Practice of the reimbursement for settlements and litigation costs as an untapped resource to decrease the load on the court system and improve the quality of the course of justice.

Panel discussion:

Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 p.m.
15:00 – 17:30 p.m.

Panel discussion:

Discussion Topics:
— State supportive measures of infrastructural projects in the Far East: special regimes as a way of public-private cooperation;
— How to develop logistics networks in the Far East with the motivating effect of federal and regional legislation;
— Setting quotas as a form of public-private partnerships. Withdrawal of quotas, changing of the conditions of usage, dual usage of inshore areas for bioresources and mariculture development;
— Anti-monopoly risks while concluding Investment Agreements.

REGULATORY SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN THE FAR EAST.

15 September 2021, WEDNESDAY
Venue: Big Hall, Government of Sakhalin Region
09:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Check-in

Panel discussion:

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Moderator:
Sergey Kovalev, PhD in Law
Advocate
Managing Partner, “Kovalev Tugushi & Partners”, Moscow Law Office

Discussion Topics:
— Due circumspection at the assessment of the investment appeal (risks detection at acquisition of objects, carrying out Due Diligence);
— Option transactions as a way to ensure for the provision of balance of investors’ interests;
— Achieving coherence and consistency between the provisions of the Corporate Agreement and other ways to provide for the disproportional distribution of profit;
— How can the Owner/Investor separate the Management out and supervise their activities.

CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS FOR INVESTOR’S RIGHTS PROTECTION WHILE IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS.

Coffee-break.
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Panel discussion:

12:00 - 13:30 p.m.
Moderator:
Roman Bevzenko,
Partner, “Pepelyaaev Group” Law Firm
Member of Working Group on Preparation of Concept of Improvement of the Civil Legislation and the new edition of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation
former Head of the Private Law Department of the Russian Higher Arbitrazh Court (Moscow)

Discussion Topics:
— Developed real estate: practice in effective resolution of disputes between owners;
— Contradictions in land regulations as an investment constraint in the Region;
— Increasing the investment appeal of the Region by implementing the program to register the usage of the land resources and provide for its transparency.

KEY ISSUES IN LAND ADMINISTRATION.

Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 p.m.

Legal workshop.

14:30 – 16:00 p.m.
Moderator:
Sergey Kislov, Advocate
Partner, “Kovalev Tugushi & Partners”, Moscow Law Office

Case studies of high-impact bankruptcies.

10 QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK YOUR LAWYER WHILE PURCHASING PROPERTY IN BANKRUPTCY.

Coffee-break
16:00 – 16:30 p.m.

Panel discussion:

16:30 – 18:00 p.m.
Moderator:
to be confirmed

Dicsussion Topics:
— Tax Due Diligence – methodology for identifying and reducing tax risks;
— New Regulations for tax audits;
— Tax reconstruction in the context of Article 54 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation;
— Authentication of the ultimate beneficial owner to ensure liability for commitments of a legal entity (case study of the techniques applied by Tax Authorities);
— Special regulations of Tax Authorities in bankruptcy cases: key practical insights to a debtor when Tax Authorities initiate bankruptcy proceedings;
— How to safeguard against the inappropriate claims of tax authorities to be included in the Creditors Register (real-life cases studies).

KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR TAX RISKS CONTROL IN BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN 2021-2022.

CLOSING BUFFET RECEPTION
18:00 – 19:00 p.m.
High Profile Partner
Law Office Dmitry Dontsov
& partners
PARTNERS OF THE FAR EAST LEGAL FORUM - 2021
Partners
Media Partners
REGISTRATION
CONTACTS
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+7 383 209 2045
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