ST. PETERSBURG, May 13 (RAPSI, Mikhail Telekhov) - The VI Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF), Russia’s Justice Ministry’s annual conference, will bring together lawyers from over 80 countries on 18-21 May, the LF press office told RAPSI on Friday.

Ministers of Justice, chairmen of the Supreme and Constitutional courts from different countries, representatives of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Court of the Eurasian Economic Union, heads of the leading legal firms, chief legal officers from major companies, judges, representatives of state regulators, international organizations and legal schools are named among participants of the conference.

The Forum will take place in the Eastern Wing of the General Staff Building of the Hermitage Museum, Residence of Russia’s Constitutional Court and Small Hermitage.

The VI Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum is aimed at promotion of justice development in a time of global changes.

The conference offers its delegates an opportunity to identify models for solving most complicated legal issues and share best practices for establishment of a favorable business environment and development of responsible entrepreneurship.

According to the LF press service, in 2015, over 3500 delegates from 84 states including Australia, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, UK, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand, USA, Ukraine, France, South Korea and Japan, took part in the Forum.