About the forum
The International Forum “Bankruptcy Far East” is a leading professional platform for discussing current law enforcement practice, changes in legislation and the development of insolvency law in Russia and abroad.
The Forum is one of the key stages in Russia for the most renowned Russian and international experts in bankruptcy, debt restructuring and distressed asset management.
Since 2014, the Forum has brought together representatives of the banking sector, government bodies, law firms, insolvency practitioners and investors to share experience, develop practical approaches to making bankruptcy procedures more efficient, digitalize processes, discuss financial recovery mechanisms and foster international cooperation in insolvency.
Current bankruptcy issues in Russia and foreign jurisdictions
Practical solutions and law enforcement practice
Digitalization and new technologies in bankruptcy procedures
International experience and cooperation
Networking and business contacts
Program
*The program is preliminary and subject to change
10:10 – 11:40
Bankruptcy – 2026. The “Comprehensive” Law
90 min
Speakers
Moderator
Evgeny Akimov
Senior Managing Director – Head of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Department, Distressed Assets Division, PJSC Sberbank; Member of the Supervisory Board of the Bankruptcy Club
Adviser to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Igor Shuleshov
Chairman of the Board, President of the Union of Arbitration Managers “National Center for Restructuring and Bankruptcy”
Valeria Azbil
PhD in Law, Deputy General Director of the Interfax Group, Head of the Fedresurs project
Alexey Yukhnin
12:00 – 13:30
Business rehabilitation in bankruptcy. Why it will work this time
90 min
Speakers
Moderator
Vladimir Manukhin
Director of the Distressed Assets and Financial Recovery Department, Far Eastern Bank, PJSC Sberbank
PhD in Law, Adviser to the First Vice President – Director of the Legal Department, Gazprombank (Joint Stock Company); Associate Professor, Department of Administrative and Financial Law, Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University
Rustem Miftakhutdinov
Director of the Corporate Overdue Debt Recovery Department, Alfa-Bank JSC
Yuri Negrey
Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of Financial Management, Faculty of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Olga Lvova
Chairman of the Far Eastern Bank, PJSC Sberbank
Andrey Cherkashin
14:30 – 15:50
Personal bankruptcy
80 min
Speakers
Director of the “Retail Collections and Settlement” Division, Distressed Assets Department, PJSC Sberbank
Denis Kuznetsov
Pre-bankruptcy settlement, comprehensive debt settlement
Senior Managing Director – Head of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Department, Distressed Assets Division, PJSC Sberbank; Member of the Supervisory Board of the Bankruptcy Club
Evgeny Akimov
Register of debt advisers
Managing Partner of the law firm “Arbitrazh.ru”, Executive Director of the Bankruptcy Club
Daniil Savchenko
Not discharged! Or why you must not deceive creditors
Managing Director – Head of the Department for Team Development of the Distressed Assets, Partner Financing and ESG Units, PJSC Sberbank
Larisa Kobyakova
Employee in bankruptcy: how employers can prevent it
16:20 – 17:40
Current issues
80 min
Speakers
Deputy General Director, ABK LLC (professional collection organization)
Evgenia Utkina
Luxury life in bankruptcy. Termination
Adviser, Forward Legal
Danil Bukharin
The price of control: how a creditor can avoid losing twice
Managing Partner of the law firm “Zamalaev, Storozhenko and Partners”, arbitration manager
Pavel Zamalaev
Solidarity. The beginning (just the beginning)
Head of the Regulation Department, Consumer Rights Protection and Financial Services Accessibility Service, Central Bank of the Russian Federation
Alexey Chirkov
The debtor’s three “Ks”: from sorrow to joy
*The program is preliminary and subject to change
10:30 – 12:00
Bankruptcy and asset sales in foreign jurisdictions
90 min
Speakers
Moderator
Anastasia Khruleva
Managing Director, Enforcement and Bankruptcy Department, Distressed Assets Division, PJSC Sberbank
PhD in Law, founder of K-Legal, arbitrator at the ICAC at the RF CCI, associate professor, S.S. Alekseev Research Center for Private Law under the President of the Russian Federation
Alexander Kostin
Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (Switzerland)
Anna Kozmenko
Lawyer, Belgravia Law (United Kingdom)
Tamara Ivanova
12:20 – 13:50
Working with collateral
90 min
Speakers
Moderator
Oleg Ilyin
Director of Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy, Distressed Assets and Financial Recovery Department, Far Eastern Bank, PJSC Sberbank
Managing Director – Head of the Distressed Asset Sales and Non-Financial Services Unit, Enforcement and Bankruptcy Department, Distressed Assets Division, PJSC Sberbank
Andrey Amelin
Arbitration manager, member of the Expert Council of the State Duma Committee on Competition Protection, member of the Council of the National Union of Crisis Management Professionals
Sergey Domnin
Partner, Head of the Investment Practice, Distressed Assets Center
Alexey Popovich
Speakers
Venue
What to do in Vladivostok
10 Korabelnaya Embankment St., Vladivostok, 690091
VLADIVOSTOK
Grand Hotel&Spa
Grand Hotel&Spa
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