Time 

Session 

09:30-10:00 

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE                    

10:00-10:10 

OPENING REMARKS 

Paul Morris – Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Yerevan 

Hayk Hovhannisyan – Managing Partner at HAP Law Firm  

10:10 – 10:30 

SESSION 1 

“Drafting choice of English law and courts clauses” 

Hayk Kupelyants, Lecturer, King’s College London, Centre for International Governance and Dispute Resolution (CIGAD) 

10:30 – 10:50 

SESSION 2 

“Cross-border arbitration – working between common law and civil code systems” 

Julian Cohen, Barrister&Arbitrator, Resolution Chambers 

10:50 – 11:10 

SESSION 3 

“English Law as a Global Standard: Flexible, Reliable and Pro-Business- Reflections on how and why English law and the English Courts continue to be chosen by businesses all around the world”  

James Lewis, Partner, Fieldfisher 

11:10 – 11:20 

COFFEE BREAK  

11:20 – 11:50 

SESSION 4 

“An introduction to the London Court of Arbitration and its rules” -Harout J. Samra, Of Counsel, DLA PIPER 

11:50 – 12:10 

SESSION 5 

“English Law in Central Asian Free Trade Zones: The Cases of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan”  

Sergey Alekhin, Partner, ELWI 

12:10 – 12:30 

SESSION 6 

“English Law Mergers & Acquisitions: Key data trends”  

Natalia Vygovskaya, Director, DLA PIPER 

12:30 – 12:40 

Q&A SESSION 

12:40 – 13:30 

B2B & NETWORKING LUNCH