MOSCOW, December 1 - RAPSI. The "Law and Modernization: Experience, Prospects, Trends" international legal conference will discuss development trends on the Russian legal market, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov said.

The conference is organized by the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) and RIA Novosti.

Ivanov is moderating the conference session, "Corporate Law."

"I consider the conference to be a very important event. We rarely all meet together in one place. Only at such an event, where many people engaged in very different aspects of legal activity are united, can we truly come to understand real legal market development trends," Ivanov said.

The "Law and Modernization: Experience, Prospects, Trends" international legal Conference opened in Moscow on Thursday. The two-day event is organized by the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) jointly with RIA Novosti.

Over 200 lawyers are expected to take part in the event. Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev and Audit Chamber Chairman Sergei Stepashin opened the conference.

The conference's primary objective is to create a forum to launch a dialogue between the many parties affected by the legal sector, such as lawyers, economists, scholars and businessmen. Among the invitees are leading legal experts from the Justice Ministry, international law firms, business associations and legal publications.

The conference will discuss pressing legal issues in the global social, economic and political context. Priority issues of discussion will include legal business development and management, legal practice models, government policy measures to modernize the legal system and the activities of legal market players.