English Law Day Forum in Almaty

24 May 2017

The British-Kazakh
Law Association
 Welcome

• Dana Inkarbekova, Country Managing Partner, PWC

Kazakhstan

• Joe Egan, Vice-President, the Law Society of England

and Wales

• Aigoul Kenjebayeva, Chair of the Board of the

Kazakhstan Bar Association
 Session 1
Latest news from England and Wales
–
panel discussion

• Moderator: Rashid Gaissin, Partner, Head of Eurasian Legal

Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax & Advisory LLP, Almaty

• Panel members:
• Joe Egan, Vice-President, The Law Society of England and
Wales, London
• Ben Wells, Solicitor, Shepperd and Wetherburn LLP, London
• Islam Gulomov , Director of the Cognitive Programme, Centil,
Central Asia
• Artem Doudko, Counsel, White&Case, London
 Session 1
Latest news from England and Wales
–
panel discussion

• Demystifying the myths around Brexit

– Implications for the use of English Law
– Implications for capital markets and Kazakh companies in Europe
– Latest Developments – The Great Repeal Bill and its effect on EU
regulations

• The Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Provision of Legal

Services

• Development of Sophisticated Pricing Models – What Clients

now expect
Tea and Coffee Break

12:00 – 12:30
 Session 2
Transactional Update
Current market trends in M&A transactions - case study

• Moderator: Graham Conlon, Managing Partner (Ukraine), CMS

Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, & CEE/CIS Co-Head of
Private Equity

• Panel members:
• Gaukhar Kudaibergenova, Senior Associate, Signum Law Firm,
Kazakhstan
• Shaimerden Chikanayev, Partner, Grata International, Kazakhstan
• Victor Mokrousov, Partner, Dechert, Kazakhstan
 Session 2
Transactional Update
Current market trends in M&A transactions - case study

• International M&A transactions under English Law - latest trends

• Latest policy changes in Kazakhstan and implications for cross-border

transactions

• Kazakhstan Privatisation and impact on cross-border M&A

• Financing M&A

• Shareholders' agreements - status and scope under Kazakhstan law

 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30
 Session 3
Disputes update – current market trends in international
litigation and arbitration

• Moderator: Benjamin Paine, Partner, Paine Stevens, Georgia

• Panel members:
• Sarah Vasani, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard, London
• Rupert D’Cruz, Barrister, Littleton Chambers, London
• Andrew Wanambwa, Partner, Lewis Silkin, London
• Bakhyt Tukulov, Partner, Grata International, Kazakhstan
 Session 3
Disputes update – current market trends in international
litigation and arbitration

• Investment arbitration on the rise

• Recent developments in interim remedies practice
• Third party funding of arbitration disputes: Realisation and
constraints - a lawyer's perspective
• Current trends and issues in the dispute resolution system of
Kazakhstan
• International commercial arbitration – latest novelties from
arbitral institutions aimed at making arbitration faster
 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERIM
REMEDIES PRACTICE:

Rupert D’Cruz
(Barrister, Littleton Chambers, London)

Presentation for English Law Day Forum in Almaty: 24 May 201

RECENT CASES ON FREEZING INJUNCTIONS

(1) Lakatamia Shipping Co Ltd v Su [2014] EWCA Civ 636

(2) JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank v Pugachev

[2015] EWCA Civ 139

(3) JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov (No 10) [2015] UKSC 64,
[2015] 1 WLR 4754

(4) Khrapunov v JSC BTA Bank [2017] EWCA Civ 40

 Contact Details

Rupert D’Cruz
(Barrister)

Littleton Chambers
3 King’s Bench Walk
Temple
London EC4Y 7HR
www.littletonchambers.com

Tel: +44 (0)207 797 8600

E-mail: rdc@littletonchambers.co.uk
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Third party funding of

arbitration disputes

May 2017
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All Rights Reserved.

Speakers
Andrew Wanambwa (Partner, Dispute Resolution)
Third party funding of arbitration disputes –
rules of thumb
 Prospects of success
 Size of claim v. funds provided
 Level of success fee

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Third party funding of arbitration disputes –
recent developments
 Growing footprint
 Transparency
 Costs

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Third party funding of arbitration disputes –
ethical/conduct issues
 Conflicts
 Privilege
 Improper influence

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Q&A

Any questions?

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Contact details

Andrew Wanambwa T: +44 0207 074 8160

andrew.wanambwa@lewissilkin.com

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Tea and Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00
 Session 4
Lawyers sans frontiers - panel discussion

Moderator: Artem Doudko, Counsel, White&Case, London

Panel members:
• Anna Nerush, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard, London
• Gani Nassimoldin, Senior Counsel, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, London
• Zhanar Abdullayeva, Partner, Unicaselaw, Kazakhstan
• Yury Babichev, Head of International Arbitration, Goltsblat BLP
LLP, Moscow
 Session 4
Lawyers sans frontiers - panel discussion

Panel discussion in two parts (transactions and disputes)

focusing on best practices and pitfalls to avoid in working
across borders on international matters with lawyers from
other jurisdictions
 Closing remarks

• Joe Egan, Vice-President, the Law Society of

England and Wales
 Thank you

The British-Kazakh
Law Association
Networking reception

17:35 - 19:30