| Time |
Speaker/Event |
Subject |
| 08:45 |
Registration |
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08:45-18:00 |
Exhibition |
Soft-ware and new technologies in the
law firm management and marketing |
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09:30-09:40 |
Welcome
▪ Mr. Fernando
Pombo,
President of IBA
▪ Vassily
Rudomino,
Vice Chairman European Forum
▪ Norman Clark,
Senior Vice Chair, Law firm management Committee
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09:40-11:30
Session 1
REGULATION OF LEGAL PROFESSION:
WHAT PROMOTES AND IMPEDES DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL BUSINESS?
Moderator:
▪
Dimitry Afanasiev, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev &
Partners
Chairman of the Partners'
CommitteeBoard
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| Time |
Speaker/Event |
Subject |
| 09:50-10:15 |
▪ Axel
C. Filges
Federal Bar Association of Germany
(BRAK), President
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What model of regulating legal profession does promote the
legal business in the best way? (to be confirmed)
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| 10:15-11:30 |
Panel discussion and comments
What factors in the regulation of legal profession do
influence a sustainable development of legal business?
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Panelists: |
Topics: |
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▪ Oleg Makarov,
Vasil Kisil &
Partners (Kiev, Ukraine)
▪
Tomasz
Wardynski,
Wardynski & Partners (Warsaw, Poland)
▪
Charles Coward,
Uria Mendez (Spain), Partner
▪
Alexander Muranov,
Muranov, Chernyakov &Partners, (Moscow,
Russia) Managing partner
▪ Martin
Šolc,
IBA Public & Professional Interest
Division Chair
▪ Anne
Ramberg,
Swedish Bar Association, Secretary
General
▪ Mika
Ilveskero,
Finish Bar Association, Vice-President
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Special focus: up-date and
perspectives for Russia and Ulraine
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Regulations v. Deregulation
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Legal services: activities "for profit" or "non for
profit"?
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Admissibility of different corporate structures for law
firms
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Lawyers' exclusive domains and professional
privileges
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Legal practice without admission
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Restrictions on advertising, marketing and other
promotion activities
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|
11:30-12:00 |
Coffee / Tea Break |
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|
12:00-13:30
Session 2
ARE LAWYERS MANAGEBLE?
grading, motivation, leadership,
compensation, role of HR
Moderators:
▪ Vassily Rudomino,ALRUD
Law Firm Managing partner
▪ Lisa M. Walker
Johnson,Walker Clark LL.C., Founding Principal
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| Time |
Speaker/Event |
Subject |
| 12:00-12:25 |
▪ Irina Kalinina,
LegalStudies.RU: consulting &communications (Moscow,
Russia), Managing partner |
Are the lawyers manageable? Instrumental
v. inspirational ways in HR-management aimed at sustainable
profitability of a law firm
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| 12:25-13:15 |
Panel
discussion:
Attracting best lawyers and motivating partners in the
emerging markets |
| Panelists: |
Topics: |
| |
▪ Tim Cole,
Freshfields Deringer (London, United Kingdom), Partner
Develpment Consultant
▪ Sergey Shklyar,
Arzinger & Partners (Kiev,
Ukraine)
Managing partner
▪ Vassily Rudomino,
ALRUD Law
Firm (Moscow,
Russia)
Managing partner
▪ Nikita Prokofiev,
Pynes &Moerner Executive Search Consultants, Head of
practice in searching and selection of legal staff
▪ Rouven Bodenheimer,
IBA Young Lawyers' Committee, Vice Chair
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Strategies for
Global Law Firms
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Strategies for
Independent Law Firms (special focus: case-study
Ukraine and
Russia)
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Special focus: development of partners throughout their
careers
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| 13:15-13:30 |
Comments and
discussion |
| 13:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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|
14:30-16:00
Session 3
MARKETING & PROMOTION FOR THE LAW FIRM
Moderator:
▪ Stephen Denyer
Law firm management committee,
Vice-Chair
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| Time |
Speaker/Event |
Subject |
| 14:30-14:50 |
▪
Stephen Denyer,
Law firm management Committee
|
Introduction:
(Pro)active marketing v. conservative CRM: what are the
best ways to promote your law firm?
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| 14:50-15:10 |
▪ Jason E. Bruzdzinski,
Magisters (Kiev - Moscow), ÑÎÎ |
Re-branding as an instrument for a law firm marketing and
development (to be confirmed) |
| 15:10-16:00 |
Case-studies:
Joint Efforts of Law Firms Fir Promoting Their Legal
Services and Developing Their Legal Commmunities
Comments and
discussion
▪ Jason
Bruzdzinski, Magisters (Kiev-Moscow)
and others |
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▪ Irina Paliashvili,
Uktaine Legal Group (Kiev,
Ukraine) |
Case-study CIS |
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▪ Borislav T. Boyanov,
Borislav Boyanov & Co. (Sofia, Bulgaria) |
Case-study South Europe |
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▪
Artur Eberg,
Eberg, Stepanov & Partners (Rostov,
Russia)
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Case-study South Russia |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee / Tea Break |
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16:30-18:30
Session 4
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS OF LAW FIRMS
Strategies for Development of Independent Law Firm in
Eastern Europe:
Moderator:
▪ Alexander Khvoshchinskiy
LegalStudies.RU: consulting &
communications (Moscow, Russia)
Managing partner
|
| Time |
Speaker/Event |
Subject |
| 16:30-17:15 |
▪ Alan Hortgart,
H4 Partners, Consultant
|
The upside and downside of employing
merger as part of a growth strategy
|
| 17:15-18:30 |
Panel discussion:
How to merge? |
| Panelists: |
Topics: |
| |
▪ Konstantin Mikhel
Vlasova, Mikhel &Parters (Minsk, Belarus)
▪ Jury Raidla
Raidla Lejins &Norcous (Tallinn, Eastonia)
▪ Armen Khachaturyan
Asters (Kiev, Ukraine)
▪ Winfried H.A.M. van den Muijsenbergh
Loyens & Loeff NV (Rotterdam,
The Netherlands)
▪ Albert Yeganyan
Vegas-Lex Law Firm (Moscow, Russia)
▪ Sergey Kozyakov (to be confirmed) |
- Mergers complete: lessons and experienced (Belarus,
Baltic states, The Netherlands)
- Post-merger integration
- Are there alternative strategies for manageable
growth, rather than mergers?
- Merger vs. operational integration of law firms:
short and long term perspectives
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