At the Leaders of the Legal Services Market 2026 awards ceremony on 9 April 2026, Kommersant Publishing House unveiled its annual ranking of Russia’s leading law firms.
EPAM Law Office continues to maintain its position as the undisputed leader of the sector: the firm was recognised in 55 categories of the federal ranking, all of them in Band 1.
In addition, 38 EPAM lawyers were included in the list of the market’s leading experts, surpassing last year’s figure. The firm’s team is represented across a broad range of practice areas, from international arbitration and corporate law to the digital economy, criminal law and private wealth.
EPAM experts in the individual lawyers’ ranking:
- Ilya Nikiforov (Managing Partner) — International Commercial Arbitration
- Denis Arkhipov (Managing Partner of the Moscow office; Co-Head of Litigation and Arbitration) — Resolution of Commercial and Corporate Disputes; Family and Succession Law
- Elena Agaeva (Partner) — Personal Data Protection; Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions (regional ranking); Employment Law (regional ranking)
- Andrey Bastrakov (Partner, Co-Head of White-Collar Crime) — Criminal Law: Official Misconduct
- Ekaterina Verle (Partner, Head of Real Estate and Construction) — Public-Private Partnerships / Infrastructure Projects; Construction and Real Estate
- Dmitry Glazunov (Partner, Head of Financial and Banking Law and Capital Markets) — Capital Markets; Financial and Banking Law
- Valery Eremenko (Partner, Co-Head of Litigation and Arbitration) — Resolution of Commercial Disputes; Bankruptcy; Insurance Law
- Sergey Kalinin (Partner, Head of Tax) — Taxation: Tax Disputes and Advisory; Private Wealth
- Alexey Karchemov (Partner, Head of Maritime and Transport Law; Head of International Trade and Customs Law) — Customs Law; Maritime Law; Transport and Logistics
- Natalia Korosteleva (Partner, Head of Antitrust) — Antitrust; Digital Economy / Fintech
- Arkady Krasnikhin (Partner, Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Law) — Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Evgeny Rashchevsky (Partner, Solicitor, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation) — International Commercial Arbitration; Resolution of International Disputes
- Pavel Sadovsky (Partner, Head of Intellectual Property / TMT) — Intellectual Property
- Konstantin Tretyakov (Partner, Co-Head of White-Collar Crime) — Criminal Law: Economic Crimes
- Evgeny Bolshakov (Partner) — Compliance; Retail and Trade; FMCG
- Lev Vasilyevykh (Partner) — Insurance Law
- Denis Golubev (Partner) — Resolution of Corporate Disputes; Bankruptcy
- Evgeny Gurchenko (Partner) — Resolution of Commercial Disputes (regional ranking); Bankruptcy (regional ranking); Construction and Real Estate (regional ranking)
- Irina Kosovskaya (Partner) — Intellectual Property; TMT; Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
- Anna Numerova (Partner) — Sanctions Law
- Mikhail Kazantsev (Partner) — Natural Resources
- Maria Kobanenko (Partner) — Antitrust
- Andrey Mashkovtsev (Partner) — Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Roman Malovitsky (Partner) — Sanctions Law
- Andrey Porfiryev (Partner) — Industry
- Vera Rikhterman (Partner) — Resolution of Commercial Disputes; Resolution of Disputes in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Retail and Trade; FMCG
- Dmitry Stepanov (Partner) — Government Relations and Lawmaking
- Vladimir Talanov (Partner) — International Commercial Arbitration
- Anton Alexeyev (Counsel) — Tourism and Sport
- Pavel Baryshnikov (Counsel) — Agriculture
- Maksim Baryshev (Counsel) — Digital Economy / Fintech
- Vladimir Goglachev (Counsel) — Capital Markets
- Alexander Kiselev (Counsel) — Insurance Law
- Alexander Svashenko (Counsel) — Resolution of Commercial Disputes (regional ranking); Bankruptcy (regional ranking); Construction and Real Estate (regional ranking)
- Sergey Ustalov (Counsel) — Energy
- Anastasia Boytsova (Senior Associate) — Environmental Law
- Yulia Sevostyanova (Senior Associate) — Bankruptcy (regional ranking)
- Vladimir Stepanov (Senior Associate) — Employment Law.
When compiling the ranking, the assessors took into account the scale, significance and success of the projects in law firms’ portfolios, as well as the lawyers’ level of professionalism and expertise.
