Chamber Europe 2011, the international legal directory, this year recommends EPAM in a range of practice areas including Dispute Resolution, Corporate and M&A, Restructuring/Insolvency, Antitrust, Real Estate and Energy and Natural Resources. The firm’s high standing in the ranking is endorsed by a number of individual lawyers and clients.
The 4th edition of the Global Arbitration Review 100 (2011) features EPAM among the world’s leading specialist international arbitration firms. EPAM is the only Russian law firm recommended in the survey. Ilya Nikiforov, Evgeny Raschevsky and Victor Dumler are mentioned as the arbitration practice leaders. The report also highly commends Dimitry Afanasiev’s work for BP in its multibillion dollar tussle with its joint venture partner over shares in TNK-BP.
In the recently published Chambers Global 2011, EPAM sustained its top rank for Russia and emerged as a recommended law firm for the UK in the Leading Foreign Law Firms in London category.
March 23, 2011 – The CIS LCN has been chosen as the joint winner of the prestigious IFLR 2011 “M&A deal of the year” Award for its role in the Danone-Unimilk merger. The IFLR Europe Awards 2011 have chosen the team of legal advisers who worked on the deal and demonstrated high quality legal advice combined with outstanding customer service and coordination.
EPAM has once again topped the rating of M&A Legal Advisors as prepared by the Expert-Analytical Group on M&A-Intelligence of the Mergers & Acquisitions Journal.
Danone-Unimilk deal was shortlisted as M&A deal of the year for the prestigious IFLR Europe awards 2011. The merger, creating the new leader for dairy products in the CIS area, was advised by EPAM and members of the CIS Leading Counsel Network, the first pan-CIS “best friends” legal network.
EPAM recognized the Best Law Firm in Russia by ‘Pravo.Ru-300’ rating prepared by Pravo.Ru, Russia’s leading professional web-resource for lawyers, together with Russian premier business daily Vedomosti, joint product of Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, and Ernst & Young.
EPAM (EPA&P), Russia’s leading national law firm, has won the Gold Award as the Best Russian Law Firm at the International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards 2010.
April 8-9, 2010 – EPAM, the official sponsor of the Legal Forum organized by Vedomosti in Moscow, received The Corporate Lawyer Award for Contribution to Legislation. The winners of the Award were announced on the first day of the event.
The 2010 edition of Chambers Global ranks EPAM as the most recommended law firm in Russia in Dispute Resolution. The firm’s Corporate and M&A and Energy & Natural Resources practices are ranked among the best in Russia.
Who's Who Legal has identified the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law in its research CIS 2010. EPAM has been nominated in 5 practice areas.
Dimitry Afanasiev has been voted the winner in the category Best Individual Lawyer in Russia at The World Finance Awards 2010. The Awards also celebrated EPAM’ excellence in the field of M&A and Shipping in Russia.
EPAM (EPA&P), Russia's leading national law firm, has been named "Law Firm of the Year: Russia & the CIS" in The Lawyer European Awards 2009.
13 August 2009, Moscow – EPAM has won the 2009 ACQ Finance Magazine Country Award for Achievement in the category “Most Trusted Law Firm of the Year” in Russia.
International Finance Law Review 1000, the guide to world’s leading financial law firms, ranked EPAM as a leading Russian law firm for financial and corporate advice.