1. Negotiations on the conclusion of a lease agreement (Article 434.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). How is practice evolving in this area?

 - How it all started. The Auchan-Dekort, Orion-Tander cases, non-binding - Prokoptsov-Terentiev case.
 - What is new? The  Irian-H&M case.
 - Recommendations on how to conduct negotiations to conclude a lease Agreement.

2. Lease fee in a foreign currency.

 - Development of court practice. What has changed since the VimpelCom-Tizpribor and Svyaznoy-Sklady 104 cases?
 - How do you protect your interests when concluding a lease agreement for real estate with a foreign currency clause favouring the tenant, or the landlord?

3. Defects in the leased property?

 - Legal grounds under Articles 612 and 614 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
 - Specific aspects governing the right of the tenant to eliminate the defects using its own resources and the right to a decrease in the lease fee.

4. Build-to-suit format in lease Relations.

Substance of the format: obligation of the future tenant to pay for the work, including the construction of or modifications to a built property, and also the conclusion of the lease agreement. Legal issues:

• Form of implementation of the built-to-suit concept;
• Assignment of liability for the quality of the property: lease or contracting Agreement?

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