On 24 March 2017 Svetlana London participated in the international legal forum “LEGAL GATES. Export”. The forum was organised with support of St. Petersburg Entrepreneurship and Consumer Market Development committee and others. The organisers’ aim was to bring together representatives from different jurisdictions and to offer Russian exporters an opportunity to gain first hand, relevant information regarding the specificities of working with different countries. Svetlana presented on the effective ways to enter the British market, and extracts from her presentation were published in a special edition of the “Expert. North-west” journal, dedicated to the export.
On 9 March 2017 a Russian-speaking businesswomen society “Women Who Inspire” together with CIS London & Partners и Oleg Klodt Architecture & Design have organised a cocktail reception to mark the International Women’s Day.
On 1 February 2017 Svetlana London and Valeria Ivasikh gladly took part in a Business Breakfast regularly hosted by the Russian-speaking businesswomen club ‘Women Who Inspire’. Svetlana gave a talk ‘Business in the UK: practical advice from a lawyer’ that sparked interest amongst the audience. The guests were especially interested in the topics of liability insurance and entering into an English contract.
On 14 December 2016 Svetlana London ran a workshop for lawyers from Russia and other CIS countries as part of the series of seminars ‘Legal Practice Optimization. Effective Management Models’. The participants discussed ways of implementing management standards at legal departments. The BPP University’s MBA (Legal Services) programme was also presented to the audience.
Svetlana London was invited to host a roundtable ‘What makes the national law firm international?’ at the 10th Annual International Bar Association’s conference on Law Firm Management that took place on 2 December 2016 in Moscow.
The CIS London & Partners team was delighted to support an initiative of its long-standing client Specialized Endowment Fund ‘ISTOKI’ by sponsoring a charitable event ‘For the sake of life’ organised by St. Andrew’s foundation and the Istoki foundation in furtherance of the Russian national programme ‘Sanctity of motherhood’. The event took place on 18 November 2016 at the Ritz-Carlton Moscow hotel.
On 14-16 November 2016 the Law Society of England and Wales hosted the Russian Law Week ‘Establishing Bridges in Challenging Times’. The leading experts and lawyers from Russia and the UK discussed recent developments in the Russian law. Svetlana London gave a talk on ‘Developments and Current Trends in the Russian Court System’ within the session dedicated to the recent changes made to the Russian litigation legislation.
On 3-4 November 2016 the CIS London team participated in the XI annual Kazakhstan Forum of Corporate Lawyers that took place in Almaty.
The programme involved round table discussions, case analysis sessions and workshops held by the best lawyers and business coaches of the CIS region. In particular, Svetlana London hosted two sessions: a workshop on the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme that had recently become available for Kazakhstani lawyers and a workshop on Managing international legal projects. It was a delight to see the participants showing sincere interest in both topics.
