The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has announced that on June 26, 2009, it will hold a Status Conference in $8 million civil suit for damages filed against the U.S. millionaire Andrew Mogilyansky on April 30, 2009. Five young women, Mogilyansky’s victims, are represented by EPAM Law (Russia) and Fox Rothschild LLP (the USA).
Vladimir Lobastov joined Saint Petersburg office of EPAM. The new senior lawyer of the Firm is a recognized expert in real estate, investment and corporate law.
On May 14, 2009 the Swiss Arbitration Association (Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage – ASA) in cooperation with EPAM held a one-day Late Afternoon Seminar Introduction To Arbitration In Switzerland.
Dimitry Afanasiev, Chairman of EPAM, spoke at RUSS!A Investment Roadshow 2009, a leading high-profile platform outside Russia for interaction between Russian businessmen and foreign investors and partners.
On 9–10 April 2009 the Fifth Annual Conference Legal Business in Russia sponsored by EPAM Law took place in Moscow. The two days conference was attended by EPA&P partners Dimitry Afanasiev, Grigory Chernyshov and Dmitry Stepanov.
On the day of remembrance for Anatoly Sobchak the selected winners of the Anatoly Sobchak Grant received their awards at the Law School of the Saint Petersburg State University. Invited by the Anatoly Sobchak Endowment led by Senator L.B.Narusova, Dimitry Afanasiev made a speech to the award winners and other students, in which he announced that Law Offices EPAM were joining the program for encouraging the best law students of Russian schools of higher education by doubling there government grants at the expense of EPAM.
Dmitry Stepanov has joined EPAM. The new partner is a highly regarded expert in corporate and securities regulations. Dmitry has also been actively involved in legislation drafting.
Attorneys Ilya Nikiforov and Nikolay Averchenko from Law Offices EPAM contributed to Volume III of Civil Law Textbook released by VELBI publishing house.
On 5 December 2008 the Russian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce – the world business organization (ICC Russia) held the conference “ICC International Arbitration Court: Opportunities for Russia” on the occasion of the visit of the delegation of the International Arbitration Court to Moscow. The conference was attended by Ilya Nikiforov, the Managing Partner of the Saint Petersburg office of EPAM.
On 13 - 14 November 2008 the methodological conference on “Studying Alternative Dispute Resolution as Part of Higher Education and Supplementary Training” sponsored by EPAM, was held at the Law School of the Saint Petersburg State University.
EPAM has successfully completed its accreditation at Vneshekonombank and is now the designated independent legal expert.
From 30 October to 1 November a research-to-practice conference “Civil and Tax Law: Conflicting Interpretations of Law” was held in the Law School of the Saint Petersburg State University. Ilya Nikiforov, the Managing Partner leading the Saint Petersburg office of EPAM, participated in the conference.
The round table discussion focused on existing legal frameworks for relations between shareholders, analysis of the recent judicial practice in Russia, as well as regulatory perspectives on shareholder agreements in Russia.
15 October 2008 - The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today issued an Order for provisional measures in a case filed by Georgia for the application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. EPAM, together with a group of prominent European lawyers, advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in these proceedings.
On 13 - 15 October 2008, the workshop on “Due Diligence in Russia: Current Issues of Practice” was held in Moscow. Nikolay Averchenko, a senior lawyer of EPAM, made a presentation on the topic of “Current Issues of Practice and Procedure of Legal Due Diligence”.