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i n t e r n a t i o n a l b a r a s s o c i a t i o n c o n f e r e n c e s
Investments in BRICS: Business Perspectives and Legal Frameworks
25 February 2013 The Waldorf Hilton, London, England
A conference presented by the IBA African Regional Forum, the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum,
the IBA European Regional Forum and the IBA Latin American Regional Forum and supported by
the IBA Antitrust Committee, the IBA Arbitration Committee, the IBA Corporate and M&A Committee
and the IBA Litigation Committee.
Topics include:
• UniqueissuesandopportunitiesforglobalenterprisesdoingbusinessinandwithBRICS
• Inboundandoutboundcorporate/M&AinvolvingBRICS
• CorporatefinanceinandinvolvingBRICS
• Tradecontrols,antitrustissuesandotherspecialregulatoryissuesinBRICS
• DisputeresolutioninBRICS
Who should attend?
Private practitioners and corporate counsel who work in or with Brazil, Russia, India, China or South Africa, and all other
lawyers and other international business professionals doing business in or with BRICS.
uP To 6 CPD/CLE HouRS
AVAILABLE*
ProgrammeMonday 25 february
Conference Co-ChairsJeffrey a blount Fulbright & Jaworski, Hong Kong SAR /Beijing; Co-Chair, IBA Asia Pacific Regional ForumVassily rudomino ALRUD Law Firm, Moscow; IBA Council Member
0800 – 1730 Registration
0800 – 0850 Welcome coffee
0900 – 0915 Opening address Michael reynolds Allen & Overy, Brussels, IBA President
0915 – 0945 Keynote addressanna stupnytska Executive Director and Macro Economist, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, London
0945 – 1045 PLEnaRy sEssiOn
BRiCs’s responses to global economic challenges, and the road ahead The BRICS economies are expected to continue driving world economic growth during 2013. However, 2012 was a difficult year in many respects for BRICS, in light of slow growth and uncertaintygloballyandintheEuropeanandUSeconomiesinparticular. These conditions resulted in investment outflows, stock market falls, weakened export positions and moderation of growth rates in some or all of the BRICS.
This session will address the challenges BRICS are facing in the short to medium term and how they have been responding to these challenges. Panellists will discuss how BRICS may improve their competitiveness and promote economic recovery, particularly in light of their relevant advantages in terms of economic size, resources, domestic markets and availability of capital, and how theseadvantagesmaybemobilisedinacquiringinvestments,technology and markets globally.
Session ChairVassily rudomino
Panellistsabhijit Joshi AZB & Partners, MumbaiPeter leon Webber Wentzel, Johannesburg; Council member, IBA Legal Practice DivisionKonstantin olefir General Counsel, Head of Legal Department, Russian Direct Investment Fund, Moscowantonio Meyer Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados, São Paolocharles Qin Llinks Law Offices, Shanghai
1045 – 1115 Coffee/tea break
1115 – 1245
special opportunities and issues in doing business in and with BRiCsThis session will address investment and trading activities and patterns in and among the BRICS countries, and practical issues that are relevant to lawyers working on matters in or involving BRICS countries. The panel members will describe the legal market in their respective jurisdictions and how it is the best for lawyers to operate in these jurisdictions. The panel members will also discuss how the rapid growth of business and investment activity in and involving the BRICS economies is affecting global legal practice,andwilldiscusstheuniqueculturalandpracticalissuesencountered by practitioners when working in and with each of the BRICS locations.
Session Co-ChairsJacob saah Saah Partners, Accraronaldo c Veirano Veirano Advogados, Rio de Janeiro; Co-Chair, IBA Law Firm Management Committee
PanellistsVictoria bortkevicha Clifford Chance, MoscowJosé luis freire Tozzini Freire Advogados, São Paulo; President/Chairperson, CESAscott Guan Zhong Lun Law Firm, Shanghai
1245 – 1400 Lunchlunch speaker to be confirmed
Exhibitors
Monday 25 february
1400 – 1530 TRaCK OnE, sEssiOn OnE
inbound and outbound corporate/mergers and acquisitions in BRiCs In recent years BRICS countries have experienced an active role in M&A transactions, accounting for an important portion of the M&A market in emerging economies. This session will analyse the different laws and regulations affecting foreign investment, inbound and outbound M&A rules, foreign exchange control issuesandotherregulationsandissuesfrequentlyencounteredbypractitioners in M&A transactions in BRICS countries.
Session Co-Chairscraig cleaver Slaughter & May, London; Secretary, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committeeeduardo sanguinetti Sanguinetti/Fodere Abogados,Montevideo; Co-Chair, IBA Latin American Regional Forum
PanellistsHoracio bernardes neto Motta Fernandes Rocha Advogados, São Paulo; Vice-Chair, IBA Bar Issues Commissionrukshad Davar Majmudar & Partners, Mumbailouis du Preez Werksmans Attorneys, Cape Townalexander Zharskiy ALRUD Law Firm, MoscowWei Zhang Jun He Law Offices, Beijing
1400 – 1530 TRaCK TWO, sEssiOn OnE
Trade, antitrust and other regulatory matters in BRiCsInvestments into businesses activity in the BRICS countries may be subject to regulatory review and can raise substantive or procedural issues. These may in turn significantly affect the way that transactions are structured, overall deal timing as well as deal certainty. In many of these jurisdictions, effective antitrust enforcement is a fairly recent phenomenon and the law and practice of local authorities may still be in a state of flux.
In order to provide practical insights into current enforcement priorities and future trends, this interactive panel will bring together practitioners from all BRICS countries. Panellists will look at the legal framework, administrative practices of local authorities and local policies that shape the application of antitrust rules. They willalsoconsidertheimpactoftheregulatoryrequirementsonthetiming of transactions, the relationship between substantive rules andquestionsofcontractualriskallocationthatmaydeterminenegotiation strategies for corporate and antitrust practitioners involved in the M&A process.
Session Co-Chairsandrea Gomes da silva Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, LondonMarc reysen O’Melveny & Myers, Brussels; Secretary, IBA Antitrust Committee
PanellistsZhan Hao AnJie Law Firm, BeijingHeather irvine Norton Rose, Johannesburg; Vice-Chair, IBA Young Lawyers’ Committeeilya nikiforov Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, St Petersburgamadeu ribeiro Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga, Rio de Janeiro
1530 – 1600 Coffee/tea break
1400 – 1530 COnCuRREnT sEssiOns
Monday contined
The organisers may at any time, with or without giving notice, in their absolute discretion and without giving any reason, cancel or postpone the conference, change its venue or any of the other published particulars, or withdraw any invitation to attend. In any case, neither the organisers nor any of their officers, employees, agents, members or representatives shall be liable for any loss, liability, damage or expense suffered or incurred by any person, nor will they return any money paid to them in connection with the conference unless theyaresatisfiednotonlythatthemoneyinquestionremainsundertheircontrolbutalsothatthepersonwhopaidithasbeenunfairlyprejudiced (as to which, decision shall be in their sole and unfettered discretion and, when announced, final and conclusive).
1600 – 1730 TRaCK OnE, sEssiOn TWO
Corporate finance in and involving BRiCs The session will provide an overview of the financing markets in the BRICS economies and discuss the nuances and issues surrounding acquisitionfinancingintheseeconomies.Panellistswillelaborateonthe impact of the global recession on the economies of the BRICS. With the usual caveats, the panellists will also offer views on coming trends in the financing markets in their economies.
Session Chairchris Parsons Herbert Smith Freehills. London
Panellists
José luiz Homem de Mello Pinheiro Neto Advogados, São Pauloroger rudolph Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Johannesburg
1600 – 1730 TRaCK TWO sEssiOn TWO
arbitration and dispute resolution in BRiCsThis session will focus on achieving the effective resolution of disputes involving transactions in or relating to BRICS. The issues include:• Isarbitrationtheeasyandobvioussell?• Isarbitrationsupportedbydomesticcourts?•Whataretheconcernsaboutlitigationinthedomesticcourts?• Aretherealternativeforaforlitigation?• Doesinvestor-statearbitrationprovideaneffectiveremedy?• Arethereobstaclestotheswiftandeasyenforcementofjudgmentsandawards?
Session Co-Chairseduardo Goncalves Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, São Paulo; Website Officer, IBA Arbitration CommitteeJohn reynolds White and Case, London
PanellistsVladimir Khvalei Baker & McKenzie, Moscowellen Gracie northfleet Former Chief Justice of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court and Vice-President of the Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Centre of the Federation of the Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP), São PauloGauri rasgotra Khaitan & Co, New Delhiluiz Gustavo rossato General Counsel of Magnesita Refratários S A, São PauloJingzhou tao Dechert, Beijing
1830 Conference receptionMiddle Temple, Parliament Chamber
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers. This grand ancient Inn of Court, built between 1562 and 1573, remains virtually unchanged to this day and still continues to serve the legal profession today as Bench, Bar and students who meet there each day for lunch.
Continuing Professional Development/Continuing Legal EducationFor delegates from countries where CPD/CLE is mandatory, the International Bar Association will be pleased to provide a Conference CertificateofAttendancewhich,subjecttotheexactCPD/CLErequirements,maybeusedtoobtaintheequivalentaccreditationinyour jurisdiction.
This conference has been accredited for CPD/CLE by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales. New York and Californian attorneys may submit their certificates of attendance issued, and apply this credit earned to their New York and Californian CLErequirement.Delegatesshouldaskstaffattheregistrationdeskforinformationastohowtoobtainthehours.
1600 – 1730 COnCuRREnT sEssiOns
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Date25 February 2013
VenueThe Waldorf HiltonAldwych London WC2B 4DDTel: +44 (0)20 7836 2400Fax: + 44 (0)20 7240 9277
LanguageAll working sessions and conference materials will be in English.
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international arbitration at a crossroads: is there a coming backlash?
28 June 2013 Taleon Imperial Hotel, St Petersburg, Russia
A conference presented by the IBA Arbitration Committee, supported by the IBA European Regional Forum
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