12th Annual Law Firm Management Conference

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1 A conference presented by the IBA Law Firm Management Committee 12th Annual Law Firm Management Conference Follow #IBALFM 7 December 2018, Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow, Russia Topics include: Status of the reform of the legal profession New products, new destinations, new dimensions Who will be our next generation of partners? Managing reputation of a law firm as an employer: how to secure sustainable competitive advantages in attracting and retaining best talents. Attorneys under attack: managing the high risks of legal practice in the current legal environment New ideas about law firm financial performance: how lawyers will make money in the future BOOK NOW AT UP TO 7.25 CPD/CLE HOURS AVAILABLE*

2 Programme Conference Co-Chairs Norman Clark Walker Clark, Fort Myers; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board Alexander Khvoshchinskiy LegalStudies.RU, Berlin Vassily Rudomino ALRUD Law Firm, Moscow; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board Friday 7 December Registration Opening Speech Vassily Rudomino ALRUD Law Firm, Moscow; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board Session 1 Status of the reform of the legal profession Moderator Vassily Rudomino ALRUD Law Firm, Moscow; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board Denis Novak Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Yury Pilipenko YUST Law Firm Session 2 New products, new destinations, new dimensions We kindly asked several thought leaders to share the most innovative and promising elements of the law firm strategies in a format of very short structured presentations: Moderators Denis Kachkin Kachkin & Partners, Russia Alexander Khvoshchinskiy LS-Institute, Germany How Technology Can Influence Legal Practice? Stephen Denyer The Law Society of England & Wales, London; SPPI Chair Russian Legal Business Abroad. Prerequisites for consolidation. How to create a new market for yourself? Establishing an International Desk at a Russian law firm. Case Korea Yaroslav Kulik ART DE LEX Law Firm, Russia New Drivers for Competition Practice Tatiana Kamenskaya Managing Partner, Kamenskaya & Partners, Russia A new vision for a powerful network of law firms based on common understanding of excellence, cooperation and experience Grzegorz E Woźniak Woźniak Legal, Poland White collar criminal defence development. Risks of partnership between business and government in infrastructure projects Daria Konstantinova Zabeyda & Partners Creating a Risk Management & Corporate Crime Investigation service line Aku Sorainen Sorainen, Estonia Crypto practice new product, adapting as we go, changing legal views, scope of practice and interesting cases (crypto funds, tokenized funds, issuers, platforms) Arina Shulga Ross & Shulga PLLC, USA Coffee break Evgeny Zhilin QUORUS GmbH, Switzerland Why Go Over Two State Borders to Purchase and Lease of a Private Jet? Jan Kaczmarczyk KOLS, Poland Kindly supported by

3 Friday continued Session 3 Who will be our next generation of partners? How do law firms identify, develop, and promote their next generation of leaders? This challenge exists in every law firm; but it is especially critical for first generation law firms that want to remain as sustainable business institutions after their founders have retired. Our panelists will share their experiences and observations about managing this transition, as well as its implications for partnership structure, governance, professional development, and financial performance. Moderators Vassily Rudomino ALRUD Law Firm, Moscow; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board Norman Clark Walker Clark, Fort Myers; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board Andrei Dontsov White & Case, Russia Andrey Gorodissky Andrey Gorodissky & Partners, Russia Gerhard Wegen Gleiss Lutz, Germany Valery Zinchenko Pen & Paper, Russia Lunch Session 4 Law firm as an employer: managing reputation in the markets for legal talents Do law firm leaders really care about what their actual and prospective associates think or feel as much as they care about their reputation within a clients or potential clients community? What are the key factors in developing and sustaining a leadership reputation among your people? Moderators Artem Doudko Osborne Clarke, UK Alexander Ermolenko Partner, Russia Tatiana Goncharova LexProf, Russia Zoya Ilyenka 1961 Abogados y Economistas, Spain Alexey Kasatkin Russia Vladislav Zabrodin Capital Legal Services, Russia Coffee break Session 5 Attorneys under attack: managing the high risks of legal practice in the current legal environment Federal Chamber of lawyers of the Russian Federation has announced in the August 2018: practicing as an attorney in Russia is quite dangerous. It is difficult to call government policy benevolent when we speak about advocacy. It seems like the government does everything to make advocacy unpopular for practicing lawyers. Cases of illegal intervention into attorney s activity or hindrance to it count by hundreds and reached thousands per year. On the agenda taking measures to selfdefense of attorneys professional rights and legitimate interests of their principals, including the realisation of the legal right to strike. The reasons of such unfavorable conclusions, among the others, are: lack of judicial independence and trial competitiveness, imitating nature of legal proceedings, accusatory bias, discrimination of the defense in courts, violation of the principle of publicity, lack of law enforcement predictability; violations and abuses against attorneys (murders, beatings, infringement of property) due to their professional activity, including by law enforcement officials, and lack of the right reaction on the violations and abuses; numerous violations of the attorney s professional rights: infringements of attorney-client privilege, illegal searches and examinations with the main purpose to exclude an attorney from the process, illegal investigations against attorneys; lack of special standards of responsibility for hindrance of attorney activity. Counteractions against advocacy and attacks on attorneys are improving in a wide scope of methods. What are the last tendencies? How attorneys may exist and practice in such difficult and unsafe environment? These questions will be the subject of our professional discussion on the session. Moderator Vadim Klyuvgant Vice President of the Moscow Bar Association, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Lawyers Rights of the Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers, Pen & Paper, Russia Alexander Ivanov Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Moscow Bar Association for the Protection of Lawyers Rights, Russia Denis Puchkov Puchkov&Partners, Russia Dmitriy Kravchenko Asnis and partners, Russia Sergey Solovyov Soslovi Law Office, Russia Yuliy Tay Bartolius Law Office, Russia Coffee break Continuing Professional Development/Continuing Legal Education *The number of CPD/CLE hours available may vary depending on the rules applied by the members bar association/law society on time recording criteria. For conference delegates from jurisdictions where CPD/CLE is mandatory, the IBA will provide a Certificate of Attendance for the conference. Subject to CPD/CLE requirements, this can be used by conference delegates to obtain the relevant number of hours accreditation. A CPD/CLE Certificate of Attendance is available to conference delegates on request. Please ask at the IBA conference registration desk for information on how to obtain the certificate.

4 Friday continued Session 6 New concepts of law firm financial performance: how lawyers will be financially sucessful in the future The transparency of the legal market coupled with a competitive environment threatens the traditional law firm model of selling time without limits on budgets. Lawyers have also become entrepreneurs: They need to budget their work, look for areas in which they are profitable, have a strategy, a brand and distinguish themselves from the competition. As a result, it has become more difficult to make good money as a lawyer. In this session we want to discuss with you together with experts what lawyers and law firms should do (or avoid to do) in order to stay or become profitable. We will hear about different success stories allowing us to learn about what we could improve in our firms. The session will be organized as a discussion round addressing topics of actual interest like what areas of law (or outside law) tend to be fertile ground for lawyers to become involved, how to optimize the use of technology, using platforms as a lawyer (the Amazon model) and how to avoid being trapped with falling fees and higher demands posed by clients. The panel will consist of a high-level group of experts on each of the afore-mentioned aspects. How to balance rising client expectations and falling fees. Moderator Hermann Knott Andersen Tax & Legal, Cologne; Council, SPPI Council Member Glenn Kolleeny Dentons, Russia How to balance rising client expectations and falling fees? Oxana Balayan Hogan Lovells (CIS), Russia Should law firms adopt an Amazon model? TBC How to avoid wasting money on technology? Dmitry Grits Grits and partners, Russia Reception The IBA, its officers and staff accept no responsibility for any views expressed, presentations or materials produced by delegates or speakers at the Conference. OFFICIAL CORPORATE SUPPORTER The 2019 Annual Conference will be held in Seoul, South Korea, a thriving metropolis where modern skyscrapers, high-tech subways and pop culture meet Buddhist temples, palaces and street markets. WHAT WILL IBA 2019 OFFER YOU? Gain up-to-date knowledge of the key developments in your area of law which you can put into practice straight away Access to the world s best networking and business development event for lawyers and law firms attracting over 6,000 individuals representing over 2,700 law firms, corporations, governments and regulators from over 130 jurisdictions TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST: Visit: ibamarketing@int-bar.org To receive details of all advertising, exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities for the IBA Annual Conference in Seoul, andrew.webster-dunn@int-bar.org Build invaluable international connections with leading practitioners worldwide, enabling you to win more work and referrals Increase your personal and law firm s profile in the international legal world Hear from leading international figures, including officials from the government and multilateral institutions, general counsel and experts from across all practice areas and continents Acquire a greater knowledge of the role of law in society through rule of law and human rights Be part of the debate on the future of the law

5 Information Date 7 December 2018 Venue Radisson Royal Hotel 2/1 Kutuzovskiy Avenue Bld 1 Moscow, Russia, Language The languages will be Russian and English. How to register Register online at: Fees Online registrations received: on or before until 19 October 19 October IBA member e425 e505 Non-member* e465 e540 Young lawyers (under 30 years) e265 e370 Academics, judges (full-time) e265 e370 * By paying the non-member fee, we welcome you as a delegate member of the IBA for the year in which this conference is held, which entitles you to the following benefits: 1) Password access to certain parts of the IBA website. 2) Receipt of IBA E-news and access to online versions of IBA Global Insight. 3) Pay the member rate for any subsequent conference registrations for this calendar year. Registration confirmation All documentation regarding your attendance at the Conference can now be obtained from the IBA website. Upon receipt of your payment for the Conference, a confirmation will be sent containing instructions on how to download the documents. Registration confirmation will not be distributed by post. Photography and filming Certain sessions and/or social functions may be photographed and/or filmed and some of this content may be used for future IBA marketing materials, member communications, products or services. Should you have any concerns with regard to this, or do not wish to be featured in any of these materials, please contact the IBA Marketing Department at ibamarketing@int-bar.org. Promotional literature Please note that no individual or organisation may display or distribute publicity material or other printed matter during the Conference, unless by prior arrangement with the IBA. Organisations and companies wishing to discuss promotional opportunities should contact the IBA Sponsorship Department at andrew.webster-dunn@int-bar.org. Travel arrangements and visas Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements. It is recommended that you check your visa requirements with your local embassy or consulate. We are unable to dispatch visa invitation letters to support your visa application prior to receipt of your registration form and full payment of registration fees. Please apply for your visa in good time. 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 they are satisfied not only that the money in question remains under their control but also that the person who paid it has been unfairly prejudiced (as to which, decision shall be in their sole and unfettered discretion and, when announced, final and conclusive).

6 International Bar Association the global voice of the legal profession The International Bar Association (IBA), established in 1947, is the world s leading organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations, law firms and law societies. The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. It has a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and more than 190 bar associations and law societies spanning over 170 countries. Inspired by the vision of the United Nations, the IBA was founded in the same spirit, just before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed in Advert space The IBA covers all practice areas and professional interests, providing members with access to leading experts and up-to date information, enabling them to better represent their clients interests. Through its various committees, fora and task forces, the IBA facilitates the exchange of information and views among its members as to laws, practices and professional responsibilities relating to the practice of law around the globe. Law Firm Management Committee overview In the highly competitive and demanding environment where ever-increasing pressures are being felt in the practice of law, every lawyer whether a partner or not, whether performing a specific management responsibility or not must be prepared to meet these challenges. The Law Firm Management Committee provides lawyers with the practical tools that they need to enhance their practice, their business development skills and their management capabilities. The Committee provides a forum for informative, practical and relevant programmes, seminars, discussion forums and articles on all aspects of practice and law firm management for firms of all sizes. Contact information International Bar Association 4th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) member@int-bar.org