Main sessions

Parallel sessions

SESSION 1: Part 1

Trilateral dialog of agricultural investors, state authorities and consultants: Better ways of implementation of business interests and state authorities' issues in agricultural investment: support & cooperation.

Key reports

Invited to participate:
Representative of Russian Ministry of Agriculture

Representative of Russian State Duma Committee on Agriculture

Foreign investor experienced in agricultural investment in different regions

SESSION А:

Financing of agricultural investments

Round table

Coffee-break

SESSION 1: Part 2

Trilateral dialog of agricultural investors, state authorities and consultants: Better ways of implementation of business interests and state authorities' issues in agricultural investment: supporting & cooperation.

Panel discussion

Topics:

• Agricultural investors formulate their business needs

• State authorities set forth their present and future measures to support the investment

• Consulting evaluates feasibility of practical implementation

Moderators:
Olga Romanova, "RATUM" (Kusk), Managing partner
Alexander Khvoshchinskiy, LegalStudies.RU (Moscow), Managing partner

Invited to participate:
Representatives of unions of agricultural producers and agricultural investors
Representatives of regional authorities
Business and legal counsels

SESSION С:

Tax treatment of agricultural investments

Round table

Lunch

SESSION 2:

Regional potential for investments in agriculture and manufacture: land capacity, infrastructure, legal policy

Presentation and Panel discussion

Presentation:
Regional potential for investment in agriculture: summary data and analytics

Panel discussion. Topics:

• Counsels and state authorities evaluate current status of certain regions ready for investment projects

• State authorities present programs of regional development of agriculture

Moderator:  
Oleg Timofeev, T&K Legal (Nizhniy Novgorod), Managing partner

Invited to participate:
Representatives of regional authorities
Business and legal counsels
Agricultural producers/investors

SESSION B:

Find Your Local Counsel

Round table

Topics:

Key factors of choosing and cooperating with local counsel

Counsel team management including international teams

What is the cost of service of experts supporting investment projects

Moderator:
Alexander Khvoshchinskiy, LegalStudies.RU (Moscow), Managing partner

Coffee-break

SESSION 3:

Investment project form «А» to «Z»

Presentation and Panel dicussion

Presentation:
Implementation scheme of investment project in agriculture: analysis and recommendations of  legal counsel
Olga Romanova, "RATUM" (Kusk), Managing partner

Panel discussion. Topics:

• Counsels  formulate implementation scheme of a investment project
• Agricultural producers/investors reveal practical issues of investment projects, including financial problems
• Financial organisations speak about features of financing investment projects

Moderator:  
to be confirmed (TBC)

Invited to participate:
Business counsels
Agricultural producers/investors
Financial organisations

Round table

Coffee-break

SESSION 4:

Forum Declaration: participants formulate best practice to be adopted by all regions

Presentation and discussion

Presentation:
Best practice recommendation principles, elaborated during the Forum

Discussion:
Representatives of legislative/executive authorities comment on practical realization of these principles
All forum participants make their comments and suggestions

Moderator:  
TBC

Participants:
Representatives of legislative/executive authorities
All forum participants

11.00 - 17.00.
Legal support of investment project in agriculture

Fields of Russia: investment practice.
Visiting tour to agricultural enterprises of Kursk region

Master-class | session of LegalStudies.RU

Topics:

• Project planning and task allocation

• Project budgeting

• Practical implementation: breaking points

• Project monitoring and control

Moderator:

Alexander Khvoshchinskiy, LegalStudies.RU (Moscow), Managing partner

Expert opinion concerning work on project of rendering of legal services

Invited experts:

Elena Mitaleva, "RATUM"(Kursk), CEO. Expert opinion concerning the task of forming project teams and allocation of specialists.

Natalia Parshina, "RATUM"(Kursk), Head of Information-analytical department. Expert opinion concerning budgeting of investment projects in agriculture.

Audience:

Law firms

Clients

Schedule TBC