VII International Forum for the Promotion of Legal Services (1st day)

08:00–09:00

MORNING GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE. FACE CONTROL FOR PARTICIPANTS

09:00–10:30

• What big business lives today – a client of a large law firm: global and Ukrainian development vectors, turbulence factors
• Can lawyers provide silence for big money in Ukraine today
• Is a reduction in government pressure on business expected in 2020? What competencies of lawyers, according to the forecast of the business itself, will be in demand in the near future? Note to law firms: what services, teams are worth developing
• Where and how big business find legal advisers
• Experience with international and Ukrainian law firms: what you liked about the service and now affects the choice

• Andriy VASYLYEV, Deputy CEO, NIBULON
• Yaroslav ZABLOTSKYY, Brand Creator and Owner International Group  ™ «Zablotskyy Clinic»
• Maksym YURKOV, member of the management board, Ukrenergo NPC
• Grygoriy SYTENKO, Legal Affairs Group Leader Country Cluster East Europe & Belarus, BASF
• Myroslav GNYDKA, Head of legal department , Merx Corporation

10:30–11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00–12:30

• How the last two waves of elections influenced the legal market in Ukraine
• Changes in government structures = Are there any new players in the legal services market?
• Trends – 2020: new practices and industries
• Law firms as providers of non-legal services (bots, valuation, forensic, accounting, anti-crisis PR of clients)
• Transition of key players (teams): trend or ordinary Brownian movement
• Global transformation of the service sector – new challenges for law firms (digitalization)

• Rustam KOLESNYK,Editor-in-Chief, Yuridicheskaya Practika Weekly
• Denis BUGAY, Partner, VB PARTNERS
• Olga PROSYANYUK, Managing Partner, AVER LEX
• Artem AFIAN, Managing Partner, Juscutum
• Anna BABYCH, Partner, AEQUO
• Vladimir SAYENKO, Partner, Sayenko Kharenko
• Aminat SULEYMANOVA, Co-managing Partner, AVELLUM

12:30-13:30

LUNCH

13:30–14:30

PUBLIC SPEAKING MASTER CLASS

Gustav VODYCHKA, Writer, Historian, Public Figure

14:30–16:00

• What are the most effective sales channels in legal business today?
• So who should sell anyway? And what is the role of the BD manager and marketer in this process
• Who prevails in the client portfolio of law firms today: business or colleagues
• Pricing policy: how to make money without scaring away the client. Is bargaining appropriate?
• Ideal legal service through the eyes of the client. Purchase criteria of a legal service
• Quality and speed: whether clients and law firms measure in the same units
• What made the client “fire” the law firm? Red lines
• What the client really draws attention and what is a waste of budget and time

Outside сounsels:

• Alexander BOLKVADZE, Senior Partner, BLC Law Office (Georgia)
• Ihor KRAVTSOV, Managing Partner, Evris
• Igor LYNNYK, Senior Partner, Gryphon Group
• Vladlena VARSHAVSKAYA, Senior Partner, Varshavskiy and Partners

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Clients – top management:

• Olga LUKYANOVA, Head of Law department /Compliance officer, Henkel in Ukraine
• Artem SAPRYKIN, Head of Legal, ROSHEN
• Dmytro LUKOMSKYI, CEO, AVENSTON

16:00–16:30

COFFEE BREAK

16:30–18:00

• Position in the rankings for law firms: how to monetize achievements for the year
• How important to clients are the positions in research of their potential legal advisers
• What causes the appearance of a large number of new researches of the legal market: advantages and disadvantages
• What are the main mistakes of law firms when submitting profiles
• Why do some market players started to refuse to participate in ratings?

• Valentyn GVOZDIY, Managing Partner,  GOLAW
• Mikhail ILYASHEV, Managing Partner,  Ilyashev & Partners
• Law Firm Partner
• Evgen KUBKO, President, Senior Partner, SALKOM
• Olga USENKO,  Editor,  Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients
• Victoria YESAULENKO, Marketing Director, Asters

18:00–18:30

COCKTAIL

18:30–21:00

Final game

Premier Hall (1st floor)