MOSCOW CITY BAR COUNCIL

Sivtsev Vrazhek lane, 43 Moscow 119002 RUSSIA

Tel./fax.: +7 (499) 241-20-20 e-mail: seminars@advokatymoscow.ru

April, 18th 2016

STAVROS MAVROMATIS Famagusta Bar Association

stavrosm@cytanet.com.cy

Subject: International Networking for Lawyers: Making Connections in Russia Date and Venue: 26- 29 June 2016, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Detailed Information About the Event: http://cecj.co/en/russie/

Dear Mr. MAVROMATIS,

I am pleased to inform you about an upcoming event which we are organising : International Networking for Lawyers. The event will take place in Moscow and St. Petersburg on 26- 29 June 2016.

The programme of the event will include: • Meetings and professional exchange with Russian lawyers interested in establishing connections with

English-speaking lawyers so that they can work together on cases involving Russian clients in differentcountries around the world.

• 15 sessions (divided as follows: 7,5 hours in Saint Petersburg, 27 juin 2016 and 7,5 hours in Moscow, 29 Juin2016) with hundreds of Russian lawyers who are looking for foreign lawyers to represent their clients abroad,especially in the fields of investments law, commercial law, international public law, human rights, immigrationlaw, sanctions regulation and legal advice, real estate transactions, energy and natural resources law,corporate law, international law, European law, tax law and customs law, family law, internationalarbitration and other fields of law where fruitful legal cooperation is possible.

• Publication of a free directory with contact data of foreign lawyers who participate in the InternationalSpeed Networking for Lawyers. 10,000 copies of the directory will be distributed to all the offices of theMoscow and Saint Petersburg lawyers, as well as to Russian regional Bars, so that Russian clients canfind the foreign lawyers.

• 2 conferences (in Moscow and Saint Petersburg) with the participation of the Presidents of the Bars of these 2cities as well as of the Presidents of the Bars from other countries (Russia, Italy, Germany, Spain, countries ofthe Latin America and Baltic countries)

• Interpretation in English/German/Italian/Spanish/Russian/French/Portuguese.• A busy tourist programme, including guided visits to museums and palaces, a trip on a high-speed train, and

excursions on a boat and buses in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.• Interpreters, tour guides speaking English and other working languages, catering, and assistance obtaining

visas.I believe that this event will be of particular interest to English-speaking lawyers, and therefore I kindly ask you to distribute this information to lawyers in your region.

I hope you find this event to be of interest and I look forward to further cooperation between our institutions in the future.

Genri REZNIK, Vice President of the Moscow City Bar