The annual Lawyer of the Year awards ceremony was held in Moscow on 3 December 2016. These prestigious legal awards were established by presidential decree in 2009. The winner in the Advocacy category was Boris Puginsky, Doctor of Laws, Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation, and Professor of Commercial Law and Legal Method at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Law.
Natalia Korosteleva, Competition Law Practice Partner at EPAM, has been named as one of the Global Competition Review’s Women in Antitrust 2016. Natalia is the only lawyer from Russia to be featured among the 100 elite practitioners working on public and private aspects of antitrust litigation and enforcement across multiple jurisdictions.
IFLR1000, annual legal guide focused on finance and corporate law, recommends EPAM for all CIS jurisdictions, including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
EPAM once again has been ranked among the world’s top-100 leading law firms for international investigations according to annual independent International Corporate Investigations Research conducted by Global Investigations Review (GIR). EPAM remains the only CIS-based law firm in the GIR 100.
Three EPAM Ukraine lawyers have been recognized among world’s foremost legal practitioners in two more practice areas for Ukraine.
Authoritative international publication World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) has ranked Pavel Sadovsky, Head of Intellectual Property / TMT Practice at EPAM among the best practitioners in Russia in both research categories – trade marks and patents.
On June 20, 2017 Russia’s leading business publication Kommersant published the results of the annual international ranking Best Lawyers 2017. According to the guide, EPAM is the leader among Russian law firms by the number of lawyers recommended for various practice areas. EPAM also became the only Russian law firm among the top-10 law firms by the number of lawyers recommended. Ilya Nikiforov, the Firm’s managing partner, has been recommended more than any other lawyer: 13 times for various areas of his expertise. In addition, the member of the Partners' Committee Dimitry Afanasiev gained personal recommendations in 6 categories, including litigation, antitrust and corporate law, international arbitration, investment, mergers and acquisitions.
The newly released edition of IFLR 1000 2016 – Energy and Infrastructure recommends EPAM among the top law firms in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
EPAM Ukraine has strengthened its positions in the newly released 2016 edition of the national legal directory “Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients”. The firm has been ranked among the country’s top law firms in Capital Markets, International Arbitration, International/Foreign Trade and IT.
Eight EPAM Ukraine lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the Fifth Edition of Best Lawyers in Ukraine in 15 practice areas, with two lawyers recognized for the first time. These results place EPAM Ukraine among the top five law firms in Ukraine based on the number of lawyers selected for inclusion.
A reputable annual The Lawyer European 100 Report publishes its 7th edition. According to the publication, EPAM remains the only CIS law firm among the top-100 leaders of Continental Europe. The Firm also tops the list of the leading law firms as per average revenue per partner in 2015.
Who's Who Legal 2016 has ranked the leading experts of EPAM in M&A and Governance, as well as Government Contracts both in Russia and Ukraine.
EPAM persistently keeps its top positions on the market according to newly released Chambers Europe 2016, covering 52 jurisdictions across Europe. For the second year in a row the Firm has become the only Russian law firm listed in the CIS ranking published by Chambers.
EPAM is recognized as the only Band 1 ranked law firm for Competition by the newly released Chambers Europe 2016. Practice Head Natalia Korosteleva occupies a leading position (Band 1) in the individual ranking of the leading experts in the field of competition law in Russia.
For the second consecutive year, EPAM Ukraine has been nominated for the prestigious International Tax Review’s European Tax Awards 2016.