The Samara office of GRATA International held a webinar: “Force Majeure in Russia and abroad: Practice of application during the pandemic period”

On May 15, 2020 Dmitry Samigullin, partner of GRATA International (Russia) spoke on  the consequences of failure to fulfill contractual obligations in Russia and abroad.

The speakers were:

• Tatyana Menshenina, English solicitor, partner of the English law firm Withersworldwide (England)
• Olga Silchenko, Vice President, Head of the Department of legal support and personnel policy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Samara Region
• Maria Derra, partner of KAYP Attorneys-at-Law (Germany).

The following issues were discussef during the webinar:

• The position of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Russia on force majeure.
• Force majeure in Europe.
• Force majeure under lease agreements.

The webinar record will be available on our YouTube channel.