«Gazprombank» (Joint – stock Company) is one of three largest banks in the Russian Federation in terms of total assets and equity. Our principal business areas are corporate banking, retail banking, investment banking and depositary services. Our banking activities also include securities trading, foreign exchange operations, precious metals operations, clearing operations and settlement services.

We provide a broad array of commercial banking services to a variety of our corporate customers, including lending in various currencies, trade finance, settlement and cash management services. One other very important sphere of our relationship with our corporate customers is funding we receive in the form of customer current accounts and term deposits.

Our investment banking activities include capital markets, brokerage, corporate finance and project finance services, asset management and private equity investments. In the course of our investment banking activities we conduct private equity investments in companies from different industries not connected with banking.

The Bank’s investment portfolio includes companies from key industries of the economy and in which the Bank has unique experience and deep professional expertise.

The Bank’s projects and transactions are regularly highly rated by influential international experts.

Sberbank is Russia’s largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is the founder and principal shareholder of Sberbank owning 50% of the Bank's authorized capital plus one voting share, with the remaining 50% held by domestic and international investors. Sberbank has more than 145 million individual customers in 21 countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia with almost 15,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.

The Bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the Bank of Russia.

www.sberbank.com

Inter RAO is a diversified energy holding working in various segments of Russian and international electric power industry. Inter RAO is a leading exporter and importer of electric energy in Russia actively increasing electricity generation and sales, and developing new lines of business.

The corporate strategy of Inter RAO is focused on making Inter RAO a global energy enterprise, a key player in the global energy market, and the leading Russian energy company by energy efficiency. Inter RAO Group owns and operates approximately 32,7 GW of installed power generating capacity.

ROSATOM is the Russian Federation national nuclear corporation bringing together circa 400 nuclear companies and R&D institutions that operate in the civilian and defense sectors.

With 70 years' expertise in the nuclear field, we are a global leader in technologies and competencies offering cutting-edge industry solutions. We work on a global scale to provide comprehensive nuclear services that range from uranium enrichment to nuclear waste treatment.

State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)” is a national development bank and one of Russia’s largest financial institutions. Established in 1924, Vnesheconombank has been operating in compliance with the special federal law On the Bank for Development since 2007. The Bank’s supreme governing body is the Supervisory Board headed by Chairman of the Russian Government. The Vnesheconombank Strategy 2021 provides for Vnesheconombank to focus on financing highly sophisticated projects, infrastructure development, non-resource exports; support for innovations and the National Technological Initiative (NTI) projects.

Vnesheconombank proactively searches for projects that correspond to the priorities of the state, deeply analyzes business projects with customers, attracts private co-investments, monitors high technology projects.

Philip Morris Sales and Marketing Ltd. is a Russian affiliate of Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI), the world’s leading international tobacco company, with its products selling in more than 180 markets. Six of the top fifteen international brands in the world belong to PMI, including Marlboro, the world’s number one selling brand. The company is proud of its high quality products. In addition to the sale of cigarettes, the company is engaged in the commercialization of products with reduced-risk potential, which were introduced to the Russian market in 2015 under the IQOS brand.

The company’s mission is to encourage all legal age smokers, who intend to continue smoking, to switch to better alternatives. The company affirms its commitment to designing a smoke-free future.

Rosgeo is the largest Russian geological exploration holding, with 63 subsidiaries across Russia and more than 20,000 employees. Rosgeo is a state company, included in the list of Russian strategic companies. The Company has unique competencies and provides a full scope of geological exploration services, including regional surveying, prospecting for oil, gas, water and solid minerals, geophysical studies of wells and parametric drilling. Rosgeo discovered more than 1,000 fields in Russia, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, including some of the major oilfields and solid mineral deposits. Rosgeo’s key customers are Gazprom, Rosneft, LUKOIL, Norilsk Nickel and other Russian and international corporations.

Gazprom Energoholding LLC – a specialized company (a 100%-owned subsidiary of PJSC Gazprom) of managing Group “Gazprom” companies in electric utility industry. “Gazprom Energoholding” is the leader in the thermal power and electric energy production by the energy generating companies in Russia. “Gazprom Energoholding” power stations are generating about 16 % of Russia’s entire energy sector capacity. “Gazprom Energoholding” occupies a leading position in the heat supply market of the Moscow region that is the world's largest heat market. The main product companies of “Gazprom Energoholding” are PJSC Mosenergo, PJSC TGC-1, and PJSC OGK-2, which generate electric and thermal power mainly based on natural gas and coal. The Group also includes PJSC MOEK that is the largest heat supply organization of the Moscow region.

Joint Stock Company Russian Railways is one of the largest railway enterprises in the world with a colossal volume of passenger and freight operations.

The Company has a distinguished financial rating, a pool of staff, highly qualified in all the fields of railway transport, a vast R&D basis, as well as engineering and construction capacities and an extensive track record of international cooperation. 100% of shares of the Company, which owns and operates an 85.3 thousand km railway network, belong to the Russian Federation. Every year JSC Russian Railways transports over 1 billion passengers and accommodates more than 45.3% of the freight turnover of the entire transportation system of the country (including pipeline transport). JSC Russian Railways is one of the top three leading railway companies in the world. The Company’s mission is aimed at satisfying the market demand for transportation, increasing its operational efficiency, quality of services and deep integration into the Eurasian transport system.

AHML (Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending) was established in 1997 by the Government of the Russian Federation for implementing the government policy on the housing and mortgage markets. In 2015 the Integrated Development Institution for the Housing Sector was founded on the AHML basis. The main task of the Integrated Institution is to provide a complex support of the housing sector in Russia and to make housing more affordable for Russian citizens.

The main AHML goals are further development of the mortgage and securities markets, development of rental housing and real estate mutual funds, implementation of means for enhancing the investment appeal of housing sector, providing developers with land resources, creation of a comfortable and quality living environment.

Rosneft is the leader of Russia’s petroleum industry and the world’s largest public oil and gas company by liquid hydrocarbon production and reserves. The Company’s core operations are in hydrocarbon exploration and appraisal, production of oil, gas and gas condensate, offshore developments, refining, marketing of oil, gas and oil products inside and outside Russia. Hydrocarbon production of Rosneft in 2017 amounted to more than 280 mtoe.

Rosneft’s exploration and production geography spans across all key oil and gas provinces of Russia located in Western Siberia, Southern and Central Russia, Timano-Pechora, Eastern Siberia and the Far East. The Company also implements projects in India, Venezuela, Egypt, Brazil, Vietnam, Norway, Mozambique, Indonesia.

Rosneft is one of the major investors in Russia’s economy and the country’s biggest taxpayer. Working environmentally responsible is the cornerstone of Rosneft’s operations.

Microsoft Inc. is the world leader in information technology, software, devices and IT services. It is one of the largest corporations in the world with representatives in more than 190 countries. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is doing this by building an intelligent cloud, reinventing productivity and business processes, and making computing more personal. In all of this, we will maintain the timeless value of privacy and preserve the ability for customers to control their data.

Fedresurs (fedresurs.ru), a federal register operated by the Interfax Group, is the main e-channel for the disclosure of legally valid information about Russian economic entities and is a publicly accessible resource for the analysis of counterparties, encumbrances and charges and the monitoring of bankruptcies. Court-appointed insolvency trustees and auctioneers use the portal to disclose information about the course of insolvency proceedings, and the conduct and results of auctions for the sale of debtors' property. In the practice of arbitration courts in 2017 there were more than 20,000 references to the register, which is 20% more than in 2016.

MegaFon is a company of digital solutions that occupies leading positions on the Russian telecommunications market. The company and its subsidiaries operate across Russia and in Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Tajikistan. The total subscriber base as of 2017 was more than 77 million people, which is more than half the country’s population.

MegaFon is one of the innovation leaders with the most saturated infrastructure of any Russian operator – more than 205,000 radio-electronic facilities as of the end of 2017, according to Roskomnadzor – which is the foundation for development of digital solutions and for meeting the requirements of subscribers today. MegaFon was the first in Russia to roll out 3G, 4G, LTE and LTE Advanced and is leading development of the 5G standard. In 2017, MegaFon set an absolute mobile internet speed record in Russia, demonstrating operation of a 5G network at speeds of 35 GB/s. The company was also granted permission for frequencies from the state commission for the creation of 5G test zones at the 2018 World Cup. The company also provides access to the fastest mobile internet in Russia, according to Speedtest by Ookla testing conducted in 2017.

MegaFon is actively involved in implementation of the Digital Economy state program: it creates integrated solutions for state and business and is rolling out new technologies in Russia’s regions. Agreements have already been reached with the administrations of the Ulyanovsk, Pskov and Saratov regions and with the Udmurt Republic. Development priorities include big data and the Internet of Things. MegaFon also won a tender to provide telecom infrastructure to ensure mobile and fixed line services at 2017 Confederations Cup and 2018 World Cup venues.

Ilim Group is the leader in the Russian pulp and paper industry and one of the industry leaders globally

Since 2007, International Paper has been Ilim Group’s strategic partner within the joint venture.

Ilim Group has three largest pulp and paper mills and two modern corrugated box plants. The business assets are located in Koryazhma (Arkhangelsk Oblast), Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk (Irkutsk Oblast), Kommunar (Leningrad Oblast), and Dmitrov (Moscow Oblast).

The Company’s mills produce over 75% of all domestically produced market pulp, 20% of board, and 10% of paper. The Company's total annual pulp and paper output exceeds 3.2 million tons.

Rosbank is a universal bank, part of Societe Generale Group.

The Bank serves more than 4 mln customers in 70 regions of Russia. The bank’s regional network numbers around 350 outlets and 2200 ATMs. The Bank of Russia included Rosbank in the list of 11 systemically important banks (SIBs).

Rosbank has been assigned highest credit ratings by National rating agencies ACRA AAA(RU) and RAEX (Expert RA) ruAAA. The Bank has also country ceiling ratings by international rating agencies Fitch Ratings (BBB- with positive outlook) and Moody’s Investors Service (Ba2). Rosbank is Top-1 in the most reliable Russian banks’ ranking according to Forbes magazine (March, 2018).

RCCA is the leading association of professional lawyers in Russia which unites the lawyers of Russian and international companies and promotes the consolidation of legal society’s positions and development of the social institutions.

More than 3000 lawyers are involved in the RCCA activities. Among the RCCA members there are 500 corporate and individual lawyers representing the leading companies.

PwC Legal is a professional services network with over 3,200 lawyers in 90 countries, including more than 80 lawyers in their Moscow and St Petersburg offices.

PwC Legal offers legal services for businesses and private clients.

Since 2015, the firm has conducted the In-House Legal Function Benchmarking survey to analyse the parameters affecting the management of legal teams and to offer solutions that enhance the effectiveness of legal functions.

PwC Legal is highly rated by leading international and Russian law ratings, including Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Tax Controversy Leaders, Kommersant and Pravo.Ru.

Baker McKenzie was the first international law firm to open an office in Moscow in 1989. Since then we have built a reputation as an experienced and reliable legal adviser, combining deep knowledge of local law with seamless execution across borders and practices. Baker McKenzie is one of the largest international law firms on the Russian market, with over 120 lawyers in Moscow and St. Petersburg serving an impressive roster of large domestic and multinational clients. We are recognized as a provider of premium services, especially in the areas of dispute resolution, employment, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, tax, TMT, banking and finance, and capital markets.

www.bakermckenzie.com

Pen & Paper, is perhaps the only legal practice of advocates with offices in St. Petersburg and Moscow, specializing in criminal law and particularly white collar crime at the intersection of litigation, corporate and tax law, bankruptcy, antimonopoly law and international private law for more than ten years. P&P’s advocates and lawyers are widely recognized as experts in drafting legislation, having prepared a significant number of proposed laws on reform of criminal law and criminal procedure, including the federal law, that introduced the right of detained persons to make a telephone call - the Russian version of the American Miranda War

www.pen-paper.ru

Pepeliaev Group is a leading Russian law firm offering the full range of legal services in all regions of Russia, most former Soviet countries and abroad. Over 160 lawyers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok (the last within our alliance with Russin & Vecchi), provide legal assistance to over 1,500 companies operating in various industries. 50% of these are international corporations implementing long-term investment projects in Russia.

Our firm’s key practice areas: tax law and tax disputes; corporate law/ M&A; commercial practice; antimonopoly regulation; real estate and construction; dispute resolution and mediation; intellectual property and trademarks; customs law and foreign trade regulation; employment and migration law.

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PwC Legal is a professional services network with over 3,200 lawyers in 90 countries, including more than 80 lawyers in their Moscow and St Petersburg offices.

PwC Legal offers legal services for businesses and private clients.

Since 2015, the firm has conducted the In-House Legal Function Benchmarking survey to analyse the parameters affecting the management of legal teams and to offer solutions that enhance the effectiveness of legal functions.

PwC Legal is highly rated by leading international and Russian law ratings, including Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Tax Controversy Leaders, Kommersant and Pravo.Ru.

pwclegal.ru

Hogan Lovells is a global legal practice that helps clients across the full spectrum of their critical business and legal issues both globally and locally. Our 2,700+ lawyers operating in 48+ offices on six continents provide practical legal solutions wherever your work takes you. The Moscow office was established in 1994 and nowadays our team consists of 4 partners and 45+ associates and other fee earners combining an in-depth knowledge of Russia's unique business dynamics with an understanding of industry-related issues.

Hogan Lovells is internationally recognized as a top performing global leader with over 20 years of relevant and diverse expertise in the M&A, TMT, dispute resolution, intellectual property, PPP, real estate and finance areas of law in Russia and the CIS countries. We advise the largest players in the Russian market, including state corporations, financial and industrial groups, venture capital funds, media and pharma giants, global foreign investors and many others.

www.hoganlovells.com/

The Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration is a permanent arbitration institution which administers arbitration in a modern, efficient and professional manner.

A goal of the Russian Arbitration Center is to facilitate impartial, professional and final resolution of disputes of any complexity in compliance with the established arbitration procedure.

The arbitration administered by the Russian Arbitration Center is governed by the Arbitration Rules, which regulate, inter alia, requests for arbitration, election and appointment of arbitrators, conduct of arbitration and rendering awards.

Functions of resolving disputes are performed exclusively by arbitrators chosen by the parties or appointed by the Board in accordance with the parties’ agreement, the Arbitration Rules and effective legislation.

The recommended list and databases of arbitrators of the Russian Arbitration Center includes leading experts in different legal areas from more than 20 countries.

The structure of the Russian Arbitration Center, the Arbitration Rules and the view of arbitration are based on the best modern practices of the international arbitration community.

Dentons is the world's largest law firm*, delivering quality and value to clients around the globe. Dentons is a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index, a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner and recognized by prominent business and legal publications for its innovations in client service, including founding Nextlaw Labs and the Nextlaw Global Referral Network. Dentons' polycentric approach and world-class talent challenge the status quo to advance client interests in the communities in which we live and work.

www.dentons.com/

* 2017 The American Lawyer – Global 100 law firm ranking by number of lawyers.

The Russian Federal Bar (RFB) is an all-Russian nongovernmental nonprofit organization which comprises 85 regional bars on the basis of obligatory membership. In its turn, each regional bar comprises all advocates residing in the region on the obligatory membership basis.

The Russian Federal Bar was founded on January 31st, 2003 by the decision of the 1st All-Russian Congress of Lawyers.

The Russian Federal Bar acts on the basis of the Federal Law “On Lawyers’ Activity and the Lawyers of the Russian Federation” and the Charter of the Russian Federal Bar, approved by the 8th All-Russian Congress of Lawyers.

According to the Federal Law, The Russian Federal Bar coordinates the activity of bars, ensures high-quality level of legal services provided by the lawyers, represents the interests of the lawyers and bars in state authorities of the Russian Federation.

www.en.fparf.ru

Cleary Gottlieb is a leading international law firm with 16 offices in major world financial centers.

Cleary Gottlieb has been present in Russia for more than 20 years, advising clients on M&A deals, capital markets and financing transactions, competition and foreign investment regulation as well as on arbitrations and litigations. Cleary Gottlieb has also represented the Russian Government on a wide range of matters.

International Financial Law Review has named Cleary Gottlieb “Russian Law Firm of the Year” seven times over the 13-year history of the award.

The Moscow office of Cleary Gottlieb has around 20 lawyers, including 5 partners and 1 counsel.

www.clearygottlieb.com

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners is the leading law firm in the CIS with offices in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the UK and USA. Since 1993 the Firm provides the full range of legal services to domestic and foreign businesses, public authorities, international organizations and financial institutions across the CIS. Key practice areas: commercial dispute resolution, corporate law, M&A, project finance and PPP, antitrust law, restructurings and insolvencies, energy and natural resources, environment, technical regulation and industrial safety, banking and finance, intellectual property, sports law, criminal law, real estate and construction, taxation, family and labour disputes, marine and transport law, international trade and customs.

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From May 16 to 18, Forum participants can visit the IQOS Lounge Zone, located on the Forum territory in the Palace Square. Here, you will be able to meet with colleagues and take a short break from the intense pace of discussion sessions, unwinding over a cup of tea or coffee in the lounge zone's relaxing atmosphere.

IQOS users will be able to purchase limited edition devices and accessories, ask our staff any questions, try new versions of the product, or take a device for a trial period for the duration of the Forum.

We will be happy to host you in the IQOS Lounge Zone. www.pmiscience.com

Pepeliaev Group is a leading Russian law firm offering the full range of legal services in all regions of Russia, most former Soviet countries and abroad. Over 160 lawyers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok (the last within our alliance with Russin & Vecchi), provide legal assistance to over 1,500 companies operating in various industries. 50% of these are international corporations implementing long-term investment projects in Russia.

Our firm’s key practice areas: tax law and tax disputes; corporate law/ M&A; commercial practice; antimonopoly regulation; real estate and construction; dispute resolution and mediation; intellectual property and trademarks; customs law and foreign trade regulation; employment and migration law.

www.pgplaw.com

Clifford Chance, one of the world's leading law firms, combines the highest global standards with specialised local expertise. The firm has over 3,200 legal advisors in 32 offices across 22 countries.

Clifford Chance focuses on providing unrivalled service in each area of interest in the commercial sector including banking & finance, corporate and M&A, real estate & construction, litigation & dispute resolution, tax, financial regulation and capital markets.

Clifford Chance CIS Limited was established in Moscow in 1991 and is one of the leading international law firms in Russia served by approximately 60 lawyers, including 6 partners.

www.cliffordchance.com

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. EY today is an international organization with 728 offices in 150 countries.

We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, or our clients and for our communities.

For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com

Hogan Lovells is a global legal practice that helps clients across the full spectrum of their critical business and legal issues both globally and locally. Our 2,700+ lawyers operating in 48+ offices on six continents provide practical legal solutions wherever your work takes you. The Moscow office was established in 1994 and nowadays our team consists of 4 partners and 45+ associates and other fee earners combining an in-depth knowledge of Russia's unique business dynamics with an understanding of industry-related issues.

Hogan Lovells is internationally recognized as a top performing global leader with over 20 years of relevant and diverse expertise in the M&A, TMT, dispute resolution, intellectual property, PPP, real estate and finance areas of law in Russia and the CIS countries. We advise the largest players in the Russian market, including state corporations, financial and industrial groups, venture capital funds, media and pharma giants, global foreign investors and many others.

Более подробная информация представлена на нашем сайте: www.hoganlovells.com

Natural water BAIKAL PEARL, the VIII SPBILF official water, comes from an artesian subsurface source at depth of more than 60 meters, in close proximity to Lake Baikal. Water from the aquifer flows into Baikal and is virtually identical to deep water, however there is a very important distinction – it contains useful minerals. Age of the water is approximately 20 million years, which is the age of Lake Baikal itself.

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The Group of Clinics SOGAZ MEDICINE comprises multifield private clinics providing high-quality medical care. The Group includes:

The International Medical Center "SOGAZ" – a multifield premium class clinic, that is the SOGAZ MEDICINE flagship project. The clinic provides modern qualified medical care backed by the expert level high-tech equipment. The clinic has international accreditation.

SOGAZ "PROFMEDICINE" is a multifield clinics chain. Aside from economy class medical services the chain specializes in industrial medicine and medical consulting. A wide range of diagnostic and treatment options are available on outpatient basis.

"White Nights" Medical Resort - IMC "SOGAZ" combines general therapeutic profile with specialized departments. It provides complex treatment and rehabilitation.

The multifield medical center of Gelendzhik is a brand-new premium class modern center in Krasnodar region. The center possesses unique expert-level equipment, thus, providing high-tech medical care.

www.sogaz-clinic.ru

LF Academy is an innovative educational project combining widest technological capabilities of online education and unique content in the format of video lectures delivered by the leading experts of the global legal community.

LF Academy’s mission is to make available unique high-quality knowledge, skills and competences in jurisprudence; enable people to establish the trends of modern legal environment in their own example and vision and be a reliable guide to those who want to excel in their job.

• 600+ hours of lectures
• 150+ lecturers
• 300,000+ viewers

SPBILF’s prominent speakers traditionally record their lectures at the LF Academy Open Studio, which works alongside with the Forum at the Palace Square. In 2017, at SPBILF were recorded over 40 lectures by the leading experts from Russia, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland and USA.

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