TELECOM 2011: Legal and tax issues

"Pepeliaev Group" and The Moscow Times are delighted to invite you to take part in the conference "TELECOM 2011: Legal and tax issues", which will be held on 17 November 2011 in Moscow, Marriott Royal Aurora (St.Petrovka 11/20).

PROGRAM:

9:00 — 9:30 Registration. Welcomming coffee 

9:30 — 11:30 Session 1

Opening speech by moderator 
The main trends of the telecommunications industry in 2012
Main directions of tax policy in the field of taxation until 2014 
Planned changes to legislation in the telecommunications industry: a look into the future
Legal stories in the antitrust regulation Trends of jurisprudence in 2011

11:30 — 11:50 Coffee Break

11:50 — 17:45 Tax Unit

11:50 — 13:50 Session 2: Tax Unit

• Major trends in the field of taxation: first results in 2011 and projections for the future

• Overview of changes in tax legislation in 2011

• The main trends of tax audits of telecommunications companies

• Electronic document management in the provision of telecommunications services

13:50 — 14:20 Lunch

14:20 — 16:20 Session 3: Tax Unit

• Review of court practice on tax disputes with telecommunications companies

• Tax risks in the implementation of M&A deals in telecom

• Tax risks in transactions regarding optical fibers

• Issues of tax and accounting operations of telecommunications companies

16:20 — 16:45 Coffee Break

16:45 — 17:45 Session 4: Tax Unit

• Transfer pricing: interdependence and controlled transactions

• New order basis transaction prices

11:50 — 17:45 Legal Unit

11:50 — 13:50 Session 2: Legal Unit

• Legal barriers to the development of the telecommunications industry

• Conversion of the radio frequency spectrum

• Legal aspects of inter-operator interaction in the provision of telecommunications services

• The telecommunications market: new legal regulation

13:50 — 14:20 Lunch

14:20 — 16:20 Session 3: Legal Unit

• Litigation telecommunications companies: industry specific disputes with regulators

• The regulation of relations on the use of land for communication facilities

• Placing objects on top of communication and other elements of residential and nonresidential buildings

• Legal issues of copyright in the Internet

16:20 — 16:45 Coffee Break

16:45 — 17:45 Session 4: Legal Unit

• Planned changes in civil law on intellectual property

• Mechanisms for verifiable public and the identification of violations of the laws

• The third antimonopoly package

 17:45 End of Conference

Speakers:

Sergei Pepeliaev, managing partner, Pepeliaev Group

Sergei Savseris, senior partner, Pepeliaev Group

Akhmetshin Rustem, senior partner, Pepeliaev Group

Vadim Zaripov, head of information and analytical department, Pepeliaev Group

Valentina Akimova, partner, Pepeliaev Group

Olga Baranova, head of accounting and tax consulting, Pepeliaev Group

Elena Sokolovskaya, head of the anti-monopoly regulation, Pepeliaev Group

Ilya Bolotnov, partner, Pepeliaev Group

Valentina Orlova, head of intellectual property, Pepeliaev Group

Alexei Konevsky, head of land law, real estate and construction, Pepeliaev Group

Natalia Ivashchenko, director of telecommunications, Pepeliaev Group

Invited to Report:

Ilya Ponomarev, the committee on information policy, information technologies and communication of the State Duma

Yulia Volkova, deputy chief, MO radio

Elena Semagina, head of risk management, methodology and tax expertise, VimpelCom

Nani Karchava, head of the office of tax policy for accounting and reporting, MegaFon

Dmitry Kornev, director of taxes, MTS

Svetlana Bocharova, head of tax department, Svyazinvest

Sergey Razgulin, deputy director of the department of tax and customs tariff policy of the Russian Federation

Ruslan Ibragimov, vice president of corporate and legal affairs, MTS

Kirill Smirnov, MTS

Tatiana Kletinskaya, head of the legal support of transactions with real estate company, VimpelCom

Andrei Tsyganov, deputy head of FAS Russia

Judge SAC

Representative of the Russian Communications and Press Ministry

Representative of the Federal Press and Mass Media Agency, Roskomnadzor

Regarding registration please contact Valentina Slobodchikova v.slobodchikova@ imedia.ru