Recent News from AmCham Member Companies

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ABT-ACTE RUSSIAOn March 29, 2017, the annual ACTE Moscow Forum was held by the Association of Corpo-rate Travel Executives (ACTE Global) and its Russian representative – The Asso-ciation of Business Travel (ABT-ACTE Russia). More than 150 business travel experts discussed the trends of the industry and its technological development in Russia.

The main topics of ACTE Moscow Forum were technolo-gies, especially mobile ones, priorities in building travel programs, communication strategies, KPI, bleisure, arti-ficial intellect and robots in business travel.

Forum experts included 12 speakers from Accor Hotels, Buying Business Travel Russia online magazine, Visa, ATH American Express GBT, Kaspersky Lab and others.

ABT-ACTE Russia holds about 50 business events for in-dustry experts every year. The main event of the autumn will be International MICE Geography Show, the leading venue in Russia for professional growth and the estab-lishment of business contacts between corporate buyers of the event and meetings industry and service providers.

Alinga Consulting Group

On April 5, 2017, Alinga Con-sulting hosted a business breakfast and invited company executives to participate and

discuss topical issues concerning the economy and cur-rent business environment. This is the eighth time Alinga Consulting is holding the business breakfast and the first time it is hosted in St. Petersburg. This event is an oppor-tunity for peer to peer interaction among senior execu-tives. The selection of the questions for discussion under the guidance of Alinga Principals was agreed upon in ad-vance with the participants in order to make the meeting as beneficial as possible.

American Councils for International EducationAmerican Councils for Inter-national Education is pleased to announce a new Business, Technology, and Innovation (BTI) Internship program for American students interested in gaining real-world skills and experience in Russia. In partnership with Moscow International University, American graduates and under-graduates will intern at a host Russian company while simultaneously taking university courses, studying con-temporary Russian culture and language. “American students are increasingly conducting internships abroad, and we believe more should be choosing Russia,” says Graham Hettlinger, Director of Higher Education at Amer-ican Councils. “From international finance, to innovation and STEM fields, Russia is a dynamic environment and offers many competitive advantages for those interested in a hands-on global experience beyond typical study abroad. We look forward to growing this program over the coming years together with host partner, Moscow In-ternational University.”

Baker McKenzie

Chambers Europe names Baker McKenzie the 2017 Rus-sia Law Firm of the Year. The award honors notable achieve-ments over the past year, including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellent client service.

“I am delighted that our lawyers have been rated the best this year. This is a notable recognition of our efforts to be

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innovative, efficient and cost-effective, and to give clear, practical advice based on deep knowledge of our clients’ business. We were the first international law firm to open an office in Moscow 28 years ago and remain top of the Russian legal market. This is a remarkable achievement for our team, and I would like to particularly praise our younger lawyers and partners. This young talent makes our future look very bright,” said Sergei Voitishkin, Baker McKenzie’s CIS Managing Partner.

Brother

Technology specialist Brother is proud to announce it has received the highest honour available from Buyers Labora-tory, the 2017 Line of the Year award, for its range of “High-ly Recommended” monochrome laser printers and MFPs alongside three separate Outstanding Printer awards.

The winning Brother monochrome range was launched in 2016 and was the first mono laser series aimed at large business, tailored for workgroups with a high print volume requirement and designed to print up to 10,000 pages per month and up to 50 pages per minute.

The range offers a full suite of innovative Brother profes-sional print features including print management, NFC-con-nectivity, mobile print support and Brother Web Connect.

Also, Brother received seven 2017 iF Design Awards across its laser, scanner, mobile print and label printer ranges.

This year’s seven awards across four product categories takes the tally of awards to 62 for Brother.

DataSpace

DataSpace, one of the top com-mercial data center operators in Russia, offers a guaranteed level of services providing a reli-able and secure environment for the critical IT infrastruc-ture for Russian and international companies. DataSpace focuses on comprehensive data center management and operation offering premium carrier-neutral colocation se-vices to secure continuity of IT and business processes.

DataSpace’s team of highly qualified and experienced specialists offers expert advice on data center design, construction and operation. Services are provided in ac-cordance with international and Russian standards.

DataSpace provides consulting services on legal and technical client support, contracts drafting on data center services, constructing and putting into operation data centers. For recent business case with Akin Gump please contact DataSpace.

Dow

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: Dow) has been named a 2017 Top Employer in 14 countries by the Top Employers Institute. Dow received 2017 certification as a Top Employer in the following locations: Russia, the United States, China, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Poland, Greece, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Dow is one of only a handful of companies to achieve Top Employer status in 2017, having shown best-in-class Human Resources practices and excellence in employee conditions. Key areas that influenced Dow’s expanded global Top Employer designations include strong policies regarding inclusion and diversity, ben-efits and compensation, learning and development, leadership, and workplace culture. Dow’s ranking was positively impacted by the recent launch of a new, tech-nology-enabled company-wide employee learning sys-tem, an employee-friendly on-boarding program, world-class compensation and benefits, flexible employee leave policies, and other activities the company invests in to support the development of employees.

Gett

Being a leader on the corporate market, Gett is chang-ing the way people move around and Gett things. Gett’s technology enables businesses to instantly book on-demand corporate taxi and delivery, while providing ASAP and pre-booking capabilities, 24/7 live customer care and unique user experience.

Constantly developing, Gett announces a launch of the new corporate class – “Yellow numbers” with only yel-low license plates automobiles, allowing users to exclu-sively experience no-wait rides on special taxi lanes.

Join Gett for Business until May 31, 2017 and activate FREE 10 business rides on Gett’s new “Yellow num-bers” class. For more information, please inquire on b2b.ru@gett.com.

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Gowling WLG

For more than two decades, Chambers Global guides have served as a trusted reference for in-house counsel and executives seeking to identify the world’s top lawyers and firms. Its rankings are based on extensive peer and client feedback assessing a range of key qualities, including client service, technical legal ability, commit-ment and diligence. This year Chambers Global, one of the world’s foremost guides to legal talent, ranked Gowling WLG Tier 1 for IP in Russia. Its professionals Anastassia Sinitsyna, Julianna Tabastajewa, Alexan-der Christophoroff and Vlad Ugryumov achieved list-ings in the Intellectual Property category in Chambers Global 2017.

Grayling

Grayling announces partner-ships with Airbnb, оnline marketplace for short-term rentals, technology platform Uber and fashion retailer Kiabi. In the framework of the strategic cooperation, Grayling will be in charge of ac-tivities aimed to increase visibility of the three brands and boost audience’s awareness about their unique features and experiences available to customers. The agency’s main objectives include building the commu-nications profile, developing and managing content, as well as media and stakeholder relations.

Moscow Marriott Royal Aurora

Marina Skokova was appointed as General Manager at the Moscow Marriott Royal Aurora.

Marina’s exceptional energy, charisma, strong leader-ship, and professional experience will give a new im-pulse to the development of Marriott Royal Aurora. She started her career in the hospitality business in 2005 in Holiday Inn Moscow Lesnaya, and in 5 years shot up to the General Manager of Holiday Inn Moscow Sush-chevsky. In 2011, the project of global re-branding with-in the world initiative of the IHG was successfully imple-mented in the hotel. In 2014, Marina was appointed as General Manager of Marriott Moscow Tverskaya. There her efforts played a major role in the implementation of

a personalized approach to the guest experience, and in 2 years the GSS index increased 3 times.

In 2016, Marina furthered her multi brand background as the General Manager of the 273-room Hilton Mos-cow Leningradskaya, also operated by Interstate. Un-der her management, the GOP of the hotel increased significantly.

PwC

PwC is pleased to invite to take part in “PayWell 2017: General Industry Compensation Survey”, PwC’s annual survey of staff re-muneration systems and relevant case studies of staff pay policy and practices.

For 2017, participants will receive information about benchmarks for staff number by functions and depart-ments, along with a standard report on payroll data and case studies of policies and practices on compensation and benefits.

The survey is being conducted from March to August 2017.

For more details about the survey methodology, timeline and report prices, please visit the website.

To take part in the survey, please follow the link.

If there are any questions about this survey, please contact PwC’s consultants:Natalia Belina, +7 (495) 967-6000 (ext. 3102),natalya.belina@ru.pwc.com; Inna Zubakhina, +7 (495) 967-6000 (ext. 3485),zubakhina.inna@ru.pwc.com

Swissotel Krasnye Holmy

DELICIOUS PHOTOPROJECT IN CITY SPACE BAR & RESTAURANT

This spring guests of City Space Bar & Restaurant can enjoy not only the taste of stunning cocktails and dishes, but also see interesting scenes with these dishes and cocktails in antigravity. The walls of the bar are decorated with paintings in which steaks, sushi and rolls, deserts and cocktail aren’t just standing on the tables, but float-ing above them.

The idea of this unusual project lies in showing the height where time stops, and the main characters of the photo

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appear in antigravity. Given the name, the height of the bar and its shape, which resembles a flying saucer, the project harmoniously fit in the bar concept. Although in reality the dishes of the restaurant do not fly in the air, the serving of many of them remains quite space-like.

To book a table, call +7 (495) 221-5357 or visit www.city-spacebar.com

WatersOAG

WatersOAG partners Olesya Galkova and Russell Waters recently presented during the Doing Business in Eurasia conference organized by the Mid-Atlantic – Eurasia Business Council and World Trade Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The conference was organized to address emerging business opportunities for foreign companies and to provide guidance on the legal, financial and regulatory environment in Eurasian coun-

tries, including the Eurasian Economic Union and Eastern Europe. Mr. Waters provided an overview of the Russian business climate while Olesya Galkova addressed recent legal developments in the Russian Federation.