Programme

The current conditions for doing and managing business in Russia have created a new trajectory for drafting and transforming both legislation as well as organizational measures concerning corporate issues. The wide range of decisions and tasks that need to be taken and completed is attributable to the current situation at businesses and the transfer of assets to Russian jurisdiction, as more and more development opportunities emerge. What changes in the legal regulation of corporate issues are most needed today? How can we create favourable conditions for businesses? What is the best way to comprehensively revise the legal regulation of corporate governance?

Moderator
Vladimir Gruzdev, Chairman of the Board, Association of Lawyers of Russia

Vladimir Gruzdev

Chairman of the Board, Association of Lawyers of Russia

Gruzdev Vladimir Sergeyevich – Chairman of the Executive Board of the Association of lawyers of Russia (ALRF).
Born February 6, 1967 in Bolshevo, Moscow region.
Education:
1984: graduated from the Moscow Suvorov military school.
1991: graduated from the Krasnoznamenny Military institute.
2000: graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Law Faculty).
2003: defended his PhD thesis.
Foreign languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English.
Career:
1991-1993 served in the Foreign Intelligence Service of the RF.
1993: founded the trading company “The Seventh Continent”, where he held management positions.
2001: was elected as a deputy of the Moscow city Duma.
2003: was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the fourth convocation.
2007: was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the fifth convocation.
2011-2016: governor of the Tula region.
2009-2016: member of the Presidium of the ALRF.
Since 2016: Chairman of the Executive Board of the ALRF.
Awards:
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd Class;
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd Class and 4th Class;
- Russian Federation Presidential and Governmental Certificates of Honour;
- Gratitudes of the President and the Government of the RF;
- Medal “For Battle Merit”;
- Honourary Title “Soldier-internationalist”;
- Honourary badges of the State Duma and the Federation Council.

Panellists
Victoria Burkovskaya, Co-Chairman, Center for Public Procedures "Business Against Corruption"
Sergey Gavrilov, Сhairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Property, Land and Property Relations
Vadim Lobov, President, Synergy Corporation; Member of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the Direction of "Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"
Tatyana Mineeva, Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Protection in Moscow
Alexander Pakhomov, Compliance Director, Director of Legal Affairs, RUSAL
Dmitry Stepanov, Head of the Corporate Law Department, S.S. Alekseev under the President of the Russian Federation; Partner, Co-Head of Administrative Law Practice, EPAM Law Offices
Ilya Torosov, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Konstantin Chuychenko, Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation
Irina Shitkina, Professor, Department of Business Law, Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Victoria Burkovskaya

Co-Chairman, Center for Public Procedures "Business Against Corruption"

Viktoria Burkovskaya has a post-doctoral degree in Law and is one of the leading experts in Criminal Law, majoring in business-related crimes, criminal trial and compliance with anti-corruption law.
Ms. Burkovskaya provides consult in personal data protection, licensing cryptographic activity and cryptographic services.
Between 2006 and 2009 Ms. Burkovskaya held the position of Senior Research Associate at General Prosecutor’s Office Academy, where she prepared legal opinion on various business-related criminal cases, including illegal business operations, money laundering, smuggling, tax evasion etc., as well as crimes against public order and policies, cases tried by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and cases to extradition of Russian citizens.
Viktoria Burkovskaya plays an active role in reforming criminal legislation of the Russian Federation. She’s a member of the Criminal and Commercial Court Working Group (under International Commercial Court in Paris) and the Co-Chairperson of Business Against Corruption (Center of Public Procedures under Delovaya Rossiya). She has authored over 80 works in law journals. Ms. Burkovskaya is a Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Process and Forensics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, where she teaches legal psychology and forensics.
Viktoria Burkovskaya is an alumni of Voronezh State Teacher Training University (1996, cum laude), Moscow State Law Academy (2002, cum laude), post-graduate program of the Research Institute for Legality Consolidation and Public Order under General Prosecutor’s Office (2000) and post-doctoral program of the Management Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (2005).
In 2015 the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation awarded Ms. Burkovskaya with a Certificate of Merit. In 2016 Boris Titov, the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights, awarded Viktoria Burkovskaya with a Certificate of Merit for her active pro bono work to defend entrepreneurs’ rights.
Ms. Burkovskaya is a member of Moscow City Bar.

Sergey Gavrilov

Сhairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Property, Land and Property Relations

Vadim Lobov

President, Synergy Corporation; Member of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the Direction of "Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"

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Tatyana Mineeva

Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Protection in Moscow

Mineeva Tatiana Vadimovna graduated from Astrakhan State Technical University in 2004, PhD in economics.
2005-2012 - worked in the Government of the Astrakhan region.
2012 - 2013 – Head of a program at ANO «Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects».
2013 - 2019 - Vice President of the All-Russian public organization "Business Russia". In December 2017, she was appointed Head of the Executive committee of the Moscow regional branch of Business Russia.
Since 2019 – the Business ombudsman of the city of Moscow in the Government of Moscow.
In her work as an Ombudsman, she built almost from scratch the infrastructure for the protection of business rights in Moscow – more than 500 businessmen, experts and lawyers were involved on a voluntary basis, 24 public reception offices were opened throughout the capital. Thus, for the first time in Russia, it was formed the integrated community of public businessmen structures called - the Ecosystem of the Business ombudsman of the city of Moscow.
In 2020, 140 victories were achieved in restoring the rights of entrepreneurs, 77 legislative initiatives of the business support for the period of COVID-19 pandemic and 13 system business environment legislative initiatives were implemented. As a result of the work, the second part of the book "How to be friends with the state?" was written and published.
Tatiana is a winner of the open competition «Leaders of Russia. Politics 2020».

Alexander Pakhomov

Compliance Director, Director of Legal Affairs, RUSAL

Dmitry Stepanov

Head of the Corporate Law Department, S.S. Alekseev under the President of the Russian Federation; Partner, Co-Head of Administrative Law Practice, EPAM Law Offices

Ilya Torosov

First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Born on 14 October 1982 in Moscow.
In 2004, graduated from the State University of Management.
2005–2006 Chief Economist, OAO Alfabank.
2006–2008 Chief Specialist, Senior Manager of Corporate Banking Development group in Central region of the Russian Federation, JSC Raiffeisenbank.
2008–2015 Head of the Department for High Profile and Corporate Customer Relations, MDM Bank.
2015–2017 Head of Corporate Customer Service and Financing Directorate, PJSC TransKapitalBank (TKB Bank).
2017–2018 Executive Director/ Executive Partner, UDR group of companies.
From January 2018 to March 2018 Advisor/Acting Deputy Chair of the Board, TROIKA-D BANK.
From 12 March 2018 Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
Candidate of economic sciences.

Konstantin Chuychenko

Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation

Born on July 12, 1965 in Lipetsk.
Graduated from the law faculty of Leningrad State University in 1987.
1987–1989 – intern and investigator for the Prosecutor's Office in Leningrad, Kalininskii District.
1989–1992 – served as an officer in the security services.
1992–1994 – Managing Director of Interiuraudit De Faria and T (joint stock company).
1994–2001 – member of the Saint Petersburg International Bar Association.
2001–2002 – Head of Gazprom’s Legal Department.
2002–2008 – Head of Gazprom’s Legal Department, member of the board at Gazprom.
Since May 13, 2008 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation and Head of the Presidential Control Directorate.

Irina Shitkina

Professor, Department of Business Law, Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Front row participant
Boris Boltyanskiy, Editor-in-Chief, Pravo.ru

Boris Boltyanskiy

Editor-in-Chief, Pravo.ru