Legal Risk Management, November 2018

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DAY 1: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Organizing Zeppelin Legal Department operations on the Shared Services principles: Process approach, 6Sigma, SLA, and KPIs

Anna Kalacheva, Legal Support and Sales Administration Department Head

Zeppelin

Transactional and exert function
Implementing process approach
Continuous improvement
Customer requirements
Performance indicators

Siemens experience : Organization of legally binding digital document flow

Ilya Ozozhenko, Legal Department for Corporate Affairs Deputy Director / M & A

SIEMENS Russia & Central Asia

Using foreign digital signature?
For internal documents (accounting, personnel)?
For external documents (contracts, etc.)?

Case Study: Building effective contractual work in Kia Motors Rus

Artur Allaliev, Legal Department Head

Kia Motors Rus

Main Company strategy areas in contractual work
Company divisions and employees involved in contract work - responsibilities distribution and interaction order
Contract work document flow algorithm
When shall one engage external consultants to improve contract work efficiency?
Foreign contractors contract work specifics
Contract Department reports and department efficiency assessment

Compliance control system as part of Legal Department: Legal Officer’s view

Elena Chelembeva, Legal Department Head

Volvo Group & Renault Trucks

What is compliance program - Legal Officer's view
Compliance program methodological basis and content from legal risks point of view
To what extent should lawyers supervise compliance procedures?
Combining the legal and compliance Company departments: pros, cons, consequences

External consultant efficient management: Ways to optimize cooperation and reduce expenses

GR activity-related regulatory risks management: Legal Department role

Dmitry Timofeev, Vice President of Legal Affairse President of Legal Affairs

PIK Group

GR legal regulation specifics in Russia
GR Legal Officer: Does a Legal Department need the employee and what knowledge shall he/she have?
GR Legal Officer's role in a company
Modern GR implementation tools into existing Legal Department regulations and business processes

Comprehensive corporate legal activity automation: Megafon Case Study

Dmitry Zabuga, Head of Automated Legal Solutions, Legal Function

MegaFone

Modern technologies to automate business processes
What automation has to offer to contemporary Legal Department
Some Legal Function business processes automation experience
Automation fields: Agreements, power of attorney, corporate law, litigation - routine operations minimization
Selecting automation system integrators - things to consider

Legal Department management: Legal Department optimization and efficiency increase practice

Artem Afanasyev, Board of Directors member, management board member. Legal Department and Compliance Control Head, DIXY

Alexey Andronov, Head, Legal Department, Megapolis

New threats for Legal Department in crisis
Defining Legal Department key performance criteria and expanding Legal Function powers
Specialization role in Legal Department operations: Finding balance between the legal officers specialization need and interchangeability
What legal problems are hidden behind verified contracts wordings and employees’ actions?
Is there a way to optimize Legal Department budget?
Legal Department centralization and decentralization: Pro or con?

Company legal risks related to company staff optimization

Andrei Petrov, Management of Labor, Administrative Practices and Enforcement Proceedings Department Head

Vimpelcom

Company actions when firing an employee. Contract termination best practice
Staff reduction proper planning: Possible risks and employees’ arguments when challenging dismissal
How to avoid mistakes when dismissing protected employee categories?
Employment contract voluntary termination: Compensation calculations and other matters
Dismissal due to the employee's fault Wat documentation and evidence shall the employer prepare?
Labor disputes on Labor Contract termination: Pitfalls

Powers and closing deals - company permanent risks: Prevention, implementation, consequences minimization based on judicial practice

Pavel Ostashkin, Legal Affairs Head

O’Key

Legal risks associated with the IP creation, use, and commercialization

Lyubov Alimova , Intellectual Property Unit Head, Legal Department

Nestle

Creating and registering IP in various jurisdiction, selecting defense strategy
IP policy in international Company
IP legal risks in digital environment

Legal culture and business ethics as company legal risk management tools

Polina Lebedeva , Legal Directorate Head

Rosbank

Corporate legal culture improvement: Benefit or threat?
Legal Officer’s practical role in a company: not only making right answers but asking right questions
‘Grey zone’ questions How a legal officer shall word answers?
Honesty. How to explain it to business and demonstrate its value?
Best international and Russian practices: Code of conduct, anti-corruption rules
Business ethics tools: Texts, behavior, culture

Due Diligence practical aspects: Working with currrent and new contractors in the modern legal field

Sergey Viktorov , Legal Affairs, Business Ethics and Quality System Head

Novo Nordisk

Research tasks and objects, reliability assessment criteria, things to pay specific attention to
Obtaining reliable information on contractor within existing legislation and avoiding conflicts with third parties - procedure, tools, legal mechanisms to collect information on contractor
Verifying existing contractors: Efficiency, necessity, frequency
Distributing responsibilities between company divisions

DAY 2: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Interactive Master Class

"Legal Officers’ criminal liability! Is it possible? What shall we do?"

Alexander Yerasov , Tax disputes resolution group, criminal law defense for tax crimes Head, Attorney

Anton Gusev , Criminal Justice Practice Head, Attorney

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Russia)

Practice of bringing legal officers to criminal liability
The most frequently used Criminal Code articles to bring legal officers to justice
Will the defense work: “I am consultant only”?
Meeting or criminal conspiracy?
Legal opinion use specifics
Discussing risks inside the company and with external consultants
Managing projects with criminal risks
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Case study: Monetka retail network criminal risk management

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Maxim Doloban, Legal and Corporate Affairs Director

Monetka

Risk management process in Monetka retail network
Minimizing loss risks from government interference: General characteristics
Suppliers field inspection
Internal control
Loss reimbursement

Using regulatory impact assessment mechanisms and public discussion of federal executive bodies draft bills by the Company Legal Department

Arsen Balasanyan , Regulatory Risk Management Head

Tele2

Regulatory impact assessment procedure
Actual benefits from regulatory impact assessing and draft legal acts public discussion mechanism
Improving legislation as a way to manage legal risks

International construction contracts: Risk identification and minimization

Igor Perevoshchikov, Contract Management Department Head of the Large Projects Directorate (BLPS)

GAZPROM NEFT

Concept of an international construction contract in business and engineering practice
FIDIC, JCT, ORGALIME contract models
Implementing large investment projects under international construction contracts
Main risks and ways to minimize them

Corporate governance automation, Etalon Group

Victoria Tsytryna, CEO Deputy - Legal Department Head

Etalon Group

Legal risk management engaging external consultants

Anna Danilova , Corporate Finance Division Head, Legal Department

Rusal Global Management

Consultants engagement process Reasons to engage Remuneration types
Consultant efficient management
Paying for consultants services
Budgeting. Decrease expenses

Legal Officer soft skills as the business/customer communication efficiency base

Rafael Zohrabyan, Legal Affairs and Interaction with the Authorities Head

Saint-Gobain Construction Products Rus

Goal and priority setting skills in structuring complex legal projects
Skills for calibration, adjustment, and communication between legal officer and business representative
Emotional intelligence as the base for legal officer’s success in modern business environment

Real estate lease agreement: Tenant's main legal risks and risk optimization

Yulia Matveeva, Real Estate Transaction Management Department Head

X5

Risks related to leased objects and premise transfer
Lease term and agreement term: Indefinite term, renewable short-term agreements, long-term lease registration
Repair and operations: Things to pay attention to when concluding a contract
Rent and other payments under the agreement
Parties’ responsibilities, losses and expenses reimbursement
Lease agreement termination: It’s better to agree ‘ashore’
Tax risks: Brief analysis and risks minimization ways confirmed by successful tax audits and auditor’s opinions
Things a tenant shall pay attention to when concluding and executing a Lease Agreement

Practical aspects of Warranties and Implementations (431.2 of the Russian Civil Code) norms implementation and Indemnities (406.1 of the Russian Civil Code), Lamoda

Anatoly Markov , Legal Department Deputy Head

Lamoda

Legal institutions description
Reasons to include them into agreements/contracts
Challenges of practical application to interactions with contractors

Law application in economic instability situation - freedom of contract and the freedom limits

Natalia Okuneva, Legal Department Head

UniCredit Bank Russia

Legal cases analysis on agreement amendment and termination due to economic challenges as well as challenging ‘unfair contract terms’
New on transactions: Law enforcement and judicial practice. Amendments to the Russian Civil Code on transactions invalidity
Distribution of currency and other economic risks distribution in the agreement
How to include a disclaimer on the right to unilateral refusal to execute the agreement in the event of bankruptcy proceedings against the contractor?

Case Study: Resolving labor disputes in court

Anna Leonova , “Labor relations” practice Head

Danone Russia

Employee dismissal due to staff reduction or downsize
In relation to repeated non-fulfillment of the employee’s duties without justifiable reasons
If an employee has a disciplinary sanction
Contesting admonition or sanctions

Antimonopoly compliance as a way to decrease the responsibility of executives and organizations

Pavel Chuikov, Legal Department Head

Mitsubishi Motors

Analysis of antimonopoly compliance organizational structure in the Company
Possible forms of antimonopoly compliance system organization
Ways to identify the risks and create risk map
Required documents, procedures, and activities to create, implement, and deploy antimonopoly compliance system
Efficiency indicators and efficiency assessment

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