Regina Spektor is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter, and pianist and Grammy Award nominee. After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City's independent music scenes, Spektor signed with Sire Records in 2004, resulting in greater mainstream recognition.
 
Regina first saw commercial success with the RIAA Gold-certified LP, Begin to Hope, which includes the singles “On the Radio,” “Better,” and “Samson,” as well as “Fidelity,” which climbed the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Spektor’s fifth album, Far (2009), and sixth album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats (2012),...

Dave Pinsky is a partner at the international law firm Covington & Burling LLP. He practices in Covington’s international arbitration group and serves on the firm’s Management Committee.
 
Dave’s recent work includes winning a $5-billion award for Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas company, Naftogaz, in an investment arbitration against Russia, in response to Russia’s unlawful expropriation of Naftogaz’s assets upon annexing the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Dave has also represented Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in an investment dispute against Russia, arising from the Kremlin’s efforts to silence independent media in the country, and...