Irina Sokolova, Deputy, The State Duma of the Russian Federation:

“I sincerely thank the organizers of the III St. Petersburg International Legal Forum and its wonderful volunteers for the great job they have done preparing and conducting a highly professional Forum that perfectly suited St. Petersburg. Grace to you the Forum has become an anticipated annual event for lawyers from different countries for which delegates spend time preparing. I wish you the best.”

Jan De Kinder, Director General, Nationaal Instituut voor Criminalistiek en Criminologie:

“Congratulation with the wonderful meeting in St. Petersburg. I hope it will be a shift for an international dialogue between forensic laboratories and the different members from the law society on an international level.”

Jim Haines, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Maine:

“Congratulations on an excellent programme. Well-organized and substantively invigorating. Your staff — from senior managers to the young assistants — was helpful and top-notch! It was my honor to attend.”

Sergey Puzerevsky, Head of the Legal Authority, Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation:

“Excellent event! It is a real engine for a legal science and practice.”

Dr. Hans-Christian Haugg, Director, European Patent Office:

“Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this perfectly organized event. The St. Petersburg International Legal Forum once again has become a unique platform for legal cooperation and an exchange of opinions on legal development and practices on the highest level. Besides, the event took place in a magnificent city with a hospitable atmosphere.”

Sidney Brooks, Federal Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado :

“Thank you! This is one of the most worthwhile well organized professional programmes I have attended. Well-done job in all directions.”

Paul Bowden, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer:

“Congratulations to International Legal Forum which is utterly superb event, quite unique amongst the international community. It has been a privilege to participate in the Forum.”

Patrick Moulette, Head of Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD:

“Wonderful opportunity to discuss anti-corruption issues.”

Nataliya Luchkova, Partner, TaxTeam:

“Brilliantly organized event! I was very pleased with the level of discussion and variety of topics. Staff and volunteers at the Forum were always happy to help and assist. I’ve got only positive impressions.”

Edwin Tham, Global Head of Russia Practice Group, Allen & Overy:

“Excellent organization and stimulating discussions.”

Vitaly Ushkanov, General Director, CEO RAPSI :

“Excellent organization of the Forum, nice and caring organizers. Thank you!”

Olga Pleshanova, Chief Editor, Zakon.ru:

“I am very pleased with high interest to the Forum and a large number of participants. I would like to wish the organizers to achieve virtuosity in creating the schedule of round tables. There are so many interesting discussions during the Forum! Sometimes I wish I could be in several places at the same time.”

Gregory Tereposky, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP:

“An excellent conference. Very well organized and high quality content.”

Konstantin Krutilnikov, Senior Partner, Attorneys at law S&K Vertical:

“I would like to estimate the high level of the volunteers ‘preparation, their initiative and desire to help the delegates of the Forum in any situation. Well done.”

Alexander Naumov, Head of Department of the Organization of monitoring and judicial-legal work of Legal Department, Eurasian Economic Commission:

“The level of the Forum preparation, the volunteers who play an important role in the Forum conduction deserve a high praise. The simplicity and sensitivity with which everything was done at the Forum, both at the meetings and during the cultural programme can be especially mentioned. I would like to come back once again.”

Inna Shapovalova, chief editor, «Legal Consultant»:

“Legal Forum is a very interesting idea that is gradually becoming more and more perfectly realized. This is evident from the roundtables and the interest of the delegates of the Forum. We are looking forward to the continuation.”

Tonje Meinich, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security:

“Forum is well organized and features a lot of interesting lectures. It is a good place to meet people of different legal professions and different legal background. I participated for the first time and would like to come back.”

Alexander Golikov, Partner, Bazarov, Golikov & partners:

“Legal Forum is an interesting and weighty event that is so well organized. Thank you very much! Hope to see you next year.”

Anatoly Babkin, Judge, Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation:

“Brilliantly organized, deep, better from year to year but still there is always room for improvement. Good luck!”

Denis Panshin, Chairman of the Coordination Council of Young Lawyers, The Association of Lawyers of the Russian Federation:

“Perfect event! The Forum is getting better and better each year. The platform is becoming wider as well. World trends are reflected in the Forum sections, this is good news! I would like to thank the organizers for a unique opportunity to communicate with the lawyers from all over the world.”

Tatiana Antonova, Head Corporate Control Division, GPB (OJSC):

“Thank you for the excellent organization and interesting speeches.”

An Shouzhi, Partner, director, Wang Jing &Co:

“It’s really valuable, creative and active programme and helpful to all attendance from legal professions, lawyers and government.”

Mr. Teska J.van Vuren, Notary, NautaDutilh:

“Thank you so much for your very friendly assistance, in such beautiful place. Look forward to being here again.”

Ruben Melikyan, Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia:

“The Forum has been organized on a high level. I am sure that St. Petersburg International Legal Forum will become a global trendsetter in the legal world.”

Latif Huseynov, President, Europeran Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Council of Europe:

“I am sincerely grateful for the excellent organization of the Forum — The Legal Davos. Congratulations to you: Forum is successfully done! Long life to him.”

Peter A.Zinn, Senior adviser, National Crime Squard, Netherlands Police Agency:

“Thank you so much. I am impressed by the organization. From the airport to the rooms, everything is great and special. The talks are of high quality, the people are friendly and there are so many hosts and hostesses here when needed. St. Petersburg is phenomenal and I appreciate the effort to provide a social and cultural programme next to the conference.”

Paul Varul, Director of the Institute of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Tartu:

“Very high international level! Brilliant event in the world of law! Thank you for the opportunity to participate.”

Pracha Promnog, Minister of Justice of Thailand:

“Very successful meeting. Congratulations.”

Iya Kuzmenko, Chief of Press Office, Moscow City Government:

“High gratitude and appreciation to the professionalism of the team that made such a big event. It’s very complicated.”

Timothy Endicott, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Oxford University:

“Excellent! A great privilege to be in St. Petersburg and the Forum is outstanding.”

Veniamin Yakovlev, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation:

“The organization of the Forum is brilliant. I would like to note especially the students which are clever and good-looking.”

Vitaly Kalyatin, Head of Intellectual Property Department of the legal and corporate support of JSC «RUSNANO»:

“The Forum has become much more specified and focused on the real business. A very interesting discussion. And everything is well organized.”

Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation:

“Our Legal Forum is absolutely specific, and speeches made by my colleagues today were very informative and practical.”

Alexander Konovalov, Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation:

“We want to make Forum even more specific and turn this event into an actual business meeting, not a nominal one.”

Anton Ivanov, Chief Justice, Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation:

“Forum has become more substantive, diverse and large-scale.”

Eric Holder, Attorney General, Minister of Justice of the United States of America:

“Forum provided an opportunity to discuss important legal issues of concern to both of our nations.”

Aiying Wu, Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China:

“We are absolutely sure that the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum has been contributing effectively to the exchange of ideas of different legal cultures.”

Kenneth Clarke, Lord Chancellor, Former Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

“Forum suggests that the Russian government intends to move towards the rule of law.”

Jean-Paul Decorps, President of International Union of Notaries:

“I think that II Legal Forum has been a success.”

Akira Kawamura, President of International Bar Association:

“The IBA is pleased to continue the partnership with St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.”

Igor Maydannik, Executive Vice-President of Legal Support, TNK-ВР Management OJSC:

“Organizers of II St. Petersburg International Legal Forum for the first time have managed to gather so many in-houses and general counsels.”

Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage:

“This large-scale event takes place in one of the main cultural institutions of the world.”

Nicola Bonucci, OECD Director for Legal Affairs:

“I am astonished with the speakers’ level of professionalism at the plenary session, and profoundness of the discussion.”

Georges Affaki, Vice-Chairman of the Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce:

“Without this Forum we would be losing important experience and possibility to learn from both local and international experts.”

Ghil Tae-Ki, Vice Minister of Justice of the Republic of Korea:

“I was deeply impressed by the fact that the Ministers as well as the government delegations of major countries have attended the forum and such in-depth discussions were held on a variety of topics.”

Salif Lamoussa Kabore, Minister of Mining and Energy of Burkina Faso:

“Legal Forum is the largest international event. Covered themes are indeed universal.”

Fikret Mamedov, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan:

“We had an excellent opportunity to discuss a wide range of challenges in the legal sphere as well as to share best practices to solve problems.”

Sergey Bulavin, Assistant to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation:

“Event’s scale has proven again that the Forum pretends to be one of the most effective mechanisms to develop common approach to improve the legal instruments of the modern world development.”

Tomas Borec, Minister of Justice, Republic of Slovenia:

“I was honoured to take part in this significant event, with gathered together the leading governmental, judicial, academic and business representatives and lawyers.”

Renaud Benoit, Chairman of the High Counsel of Notaries, France:

“The level of Forum’s organization confirms the role of Russia in the world legal community.”

Elisabeth Hoffmann, President of the European Association of Lawyers:

“The number of participants and their diverse constitution was certainly impressive, as were their qualifications.”

John Wotton, President of the Law Society of England and Wales:

“I found this event most useful, both the presentations and the discussions were of very high standard.”

Raimund Lutz, Vice-President for Legal and International Affairs at the European Patent Office :

“The Forum provided an excellent opportunity for an exchange of views on a wide range of legal topics.”

Niels Grubbe, Judge of the Supreme Court of Denmark:

“It was of great interest to engage in the extensive discussions on an array of legal and social themes.”

Wang Xiaoping, Esq., Partner at Grandall Law Firm, Beijing, China:

“The program of Forum is full of news, information, knowledge and excitement and has given the participants uncountable fortune.”

Igor Drozdov, Vice-president, Director for Legal Issues of Skolkovo Foundation:

“There is a growing number of business community representatives. I think it is very important that practicing lawyers take part in such events.”

Laurent Muschel, Deputy Head of Cabinet of the EU commissioner on International Affairs:

“We need such legal forum, similar to economic Davos. And St. Petersburg has something to boast about to become the place where this “legal Davos” takes place.”

Alexandra Nesterenko, President of the RCCA:

“Depth and variety of topics, wide audience, brilliant speakers attract lawyers from around the world to take part in St. Petersburg International Legal Forum. The corporate counsels shared the ideals of justice and rationality of law with the other participants. The Forum was preceded by the Conference of the RCCA; the following words of Alexander Solzhenitsin served as the epigraph for the Conference: “Ethic principles should rise above the juridical and the legal ones”. The Forum embodied the will of the great writer: professionalism and a very friendly atmosphere drew the grateful participants together.”