Programme Dr. Sergei Avramov Partner, Beiten Burkhardt Attorneys at Law; Member of the Expert Council for Securities Legislation and Securities Market, State Duma, Russian Federation Speakers details back to speakers Dr. Avramov is a senior lawyer in the Moscow Office of BEITEN BURKHARDT’s. Dr. Avramov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Languages in 1985 and received his Ph.D. from the Moscow Institute of Comparative Political Sciences in 1992. In 1997, Dr. Avramov received his law degree from the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciencies. Prior to joining the Firm in February 2003, Dr. Avramov worked in the Moscow Office of one of major international law firms, was the Deputy General Director of the Publishing House “Beck” specializing in legal literature, was the Deputy Director of the International Institute of Stock Market, Economics and Finance (MIFREF), where he was in charge of conducting research and analysis of legal and economic aspects of Russian and foreign capital markets, and from February 1999 worked with the Moscow office of a major international law firm. Mr. Avramov’s expertise covers securities, banking, corporate and antimonopoly law. In addition