Programme

In the context of a dynamically changing geopolitical situation, it is crucial for businesses to respond flexibly to emerging market conditions and adapt, or sometimes fundamentally restructure, their cross-border economic activities.
Undoubtedly, the state should not remain indifferent to the changes occurring in the private law sector. The establishment of new trade relations, the implementation of investment projects, and the formation of large financial flows in promising regions of the world necessitate strengthened legal guarantees for economic operators and the provision of equal rights regardless of specific jurisdictional affiliation.
For the legal support of cross-border entrepreneurship, a special supranational legal toolkit is necessary. This encompasses a comprehensive set of international treaties and acts that regulate the exchange of official documents, dispute resolution, interaction between competent authorities, cross-border asset searches of debtors, and the enforcement of judicial decisions.
Considering the diverse spectrum of national legal systems, including those of the BRICS countries, it is essential to create an optimal model that ensures comprehensive legal protection for business activities. The best global practices for establishing a homogeneous legal framework, developed in international organizations, can be used to harmonize legal systems.
What legal challenges arise when implementing cross-border projects today, and how can they be overcome? In what formats and to what extent can the legal systems of BRICS countries be brought closer together to develop international trade? How can the efficiency of existing dispute resolution mechanisms and the enforcement of judicial decisions be improved in the new conditions? What tools can be used to ensure the ‘legal security’ of economic operators and reduce sanction risks?

Moderator
Igor Krasnov, Chief Lawyer, Head of the Legal Unit, VEB.RF

Igor Krasnov

Chief Lawyer, Head of the Legal Unit, VEB.RF

Panellists
Habib Al Mulla, Founder, Habib Al Mulla and Partners; Lawyer
Vladimir Gruzdev, Chairman of the Board, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Veronika Nikishina, General Director, Russian Export Center
Natalia Pavlova, Judge, Court of the Eurasian Economic Union
Zhanna Sedova, Deputy General Director, Director for Legal Affairs and Corporate Relations, EL5-Energo

Habib Al Mulla

Founder, Habib Al Mulla and Partners; Lawyer

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.

Veronika Nikishina

General Director, Russian Export Center

Panel member (Minister) of commerce in Eurasian Economic Commission since February 2016.
Born 29 April 1968. PhD in Economics, presented a thesis on Managing the access of Russian goods to foreign markets in modern conditions.
Prior to appointment as member of Commission had held a position of assistant to the First Deputy of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Veronika Nikishina held management positions in the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, including Deputy Director of the Department for Trade Negotiations, Head of the Department of American Countries and the Department for Coordination, Development and Regulation of Foreign Economic Activities.
After 17 years of working for the Ministry of Economic Development, Veronika Nikishina has extensive experience in identifying and eliminating various trade barriers, applying trade protection and veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, as well as experience in international negotiations.
Currently Veronika Nikishina supervises a number of key areas for the Eurasian Economic Union, such as customs tariff and non-tariff regulation, the establishment of preferential trade regimes with third countries (free trade area), and the application of protective measures by the Eurasian Economic Union.
From February 2020 - General Director, Russian Export Center.

Natalia Pavlova

Judge, Court of the Eurasian Economic Union

Zhanna Sedova

Deputy General Director, Director for Legal Affairs and Corporate Relations, EL5-Energo

Front row participant
Olga Savina, Managing Partner, Savina Legal

Olga Savina

Managing Partner, Savina Legal