08:30 – 09:00

Registration. Welcome coffee

09:00 – 09:20

Forum opening

Session 1
YEAR 2010: NEW OPPORTUNITIES, OLD RISKS
09:20 – 11:00
Moderator – Sergiy Koziakov, Volkov Koziakov & Partners

09:20 – 09:40

Maksym Lavrynovych Lavrynovych & Partners

“Outcomes-09”, “Tendencies-10”. Frankly about the law market in names and figures on 12 slides

09:40 – 10:00

Ihor Golovan

Golovan & Partners

Consultants and advocates “huge” та “small”, metropolitan and regional – we form the market together

10:00 – 10:20

Albert Eganyan

Vegas-Lex

“Strategic heights” in law firm development

10:20 – 10:40

Oleksiy Muravyov

Judge of the High Commercial Court of Ukraine  

Do courts always reimburse legal fees and expenses? Quality of legal services through the eyes of justice

10:40 – 11:00

Discussion

11:00 – 11:20

Coffee-brake

Session 2
LOADED WITH THE SAME CHAINS, TIED BY THE SAME GOAL:
BURNING ISSUES OF LAW FIRM PARTNERSHIP
11:20 – 12:50
Moderator – Oleg Makarov, Vasil Кisil & Partners 

11:20 – 11:40

Dmytro Gryschenko

Gryschenko & Partners

Whether a partner you or not – money are expected to be got.   Financial aspects of partnership straight from the shoulder

11:40 – 12:00

Denys Lysenko 

Vasil Кisil & Partners 

Secrets of partnership: Ukrainian law firms experience

12:00 – 12:20

Margaryta Karpenko

DLA Piper Ukraine LLC

Scale of values: who, how, on which criteria and with which consequences evaluates partners in a law firm?

12:20 – 12:40

Armen Khachaturyan

 Asters

E pluribus unum: psychological aspects of partnership in a law firm

12:40 – 13:00

Discussion

Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

Session 3
OUR CLIENTS: WE CHOOSE THEM, THEY CHOOSE US
14:00 – 16:00
Moderator – Armen Khachaturyan, Asters

14:00 – 14:20

Valentin Zagariya

Spenser & Kauffmann

Battle for a client. New marketing weapons. When does PR withdraw?

14:20 – 14:40

Timur Bondarev

Arzinger

Dumping and “doping”. Price setting and competition in the legal market

14:40 – 15:00

Illya Nikifirov

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners

15:00 – 15:20

Maksim Varlamov Varlamov & son

“Boutique” law firm serving a single client: opportunities and risks

15:20 – 15:40

Discussion

15:40 – 16:00

Coffee-brake

Session 4
SEASON WITH  PEPPER, SALT AND READY TO DISH:
”ENTRAILS” OF LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT
16:00 – 18:00
Moderator – Sergei Konnov, Konnov & Sozanovsky

16:00 – 16:20

Sergiy Koziakov

Volkov Koziakov & Partners

Modification of instruments in law firm management. Balance between revolutionary and evolutionary approaches.

16:20 – 16:40

Vasyl Rudomino

Alrud

Planning in a law firm: techlonogoes vs. intuition

16:40 – 17:00

Iryna Nikitina

Magisters

Budgeting in a law firm during the economic recession: save to survive or spend to develop?

17:00 – 17:20

Oleksandr Martynenko

CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

Internal policy makers in a law firm during the shifting period. Finally, are there any changes at all?

17:20 – 18:00

Discussion

18:00 – 20:00

Wine and brie session