The primary goal of the new legislation was on the development of the rules for remote work, which made remote employment available for office employees as well. Now that the law has been adopted, most remote work matters can be settled in company regulations and employment contracts.
On February 12, 2021, the World Trademark Review released the 10th edition of WTR 1000 identifying the leading trademark practitioners in Russia, recognizing Pavel Sadovsky, Head of Intellectual Property / TMT as a lawyer focusing on both law enforcement and litigation related to trademarks.
Global Competition Review, which has been researching law firms with a focus on antitrust law around the world for 20 years, has once again recognised the Competition Practice at EPAM as among the strongest in Russia.
Denis Gavrilov, PhD, Antimonopoly Counsel at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, was awarded the Federal Antimonopoly Service Medal “30-Year Anniversary of the Antimonopoly Authorities” for his contributions to antimonopoly policy implementation and the development of antitrust laws in Russia.
On December 4, 2020, Pravo.ru-300 held its 11th awards ceremony where EPAM replicated last year’s success and reaffirmed its status as the leader of the Russian legal market. The Firm was recommended in all 28 categories and was also the winner in the special nomination category “Coronavirus Law – Supporting its Company and Employees during the Pandemic”.
On November 26, 2020, Helen Avakyan, Counsel at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, was named Woman of the Year at the 2020 European Women of Legal Tech Awards.
On November 16, 2020, The Lawyer released the list of nominees for The Lawyer European Awards 2020. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has once again been shortlisted for the most prestigious award in the legal community.
On October 23, 2020, an independent UK-based service which specialises in analysing the practice of international compliance investigations Global Investigations Review (GIR), revealed the results of its annual ranking.
On October 1, 2020, IFLR1000 released the results of its annual rankings focusing on financial and corporate, PPP and project finance. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has been recommended for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
On September 28, 2020, International Tax Review released the results of its annual World Tax rankings. The Firm’s Tax Practice has again been ranked among the best for corporate tax.
In July, Chambers released its High Net Worth (HNW) 2020 rankings, which confirmed the Firm’s leading position in wealth management.
The Best Lawyers™ released the results of its review Best Lawyers® 2021 for Russia and Ukraine, where Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners once again reaffirmed its market leader status.
The Legal 500 has once again recommended Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners for all areas of law researched strengthening the Firm’s leadership in the market.
On March 12, 2020, Chambers Europe posted the results of its annual review of the legal market in Europe including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has maintained its leadership in all key areas and increased its number of individually ranked lawyers.
Chambers Global has released the results of its annual review of the world legal market; once again the Firm’s attorneys secure a dominating position.
