EPAM retains its top positions in Chambers Global 2014, one of the most reputable legal rankings. This year the Firm has been recommended for all key practice areas in every jurisdiction of its presence. Additionally, the guide praises the Firm and its experts for their unique international law capacities.
EPAM, the largest law firm in Russia and the CIS, triumphed yesterday at The Lawyer European Awards 2014, taking home three awards, including the top prize of the night: European Law Firm of the year. This is the first time the national giant has been recognized as the leader in the European market, and the first time a Russian firm won the title of European Law Firm of the year.
EPAM has been top ranked by the most reputable legal directory Chambers Europe 2013 for its three core CIS jurisdictions including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Chambers recommends the Firm for a range of practices including Dispute Resolution: Corporate Crime, Domestic, and International; General Business law, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Restructuring/Insolvency, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Intellectual Property, Energy & Natural Resources, Tax, TMT.
Best Lawyers 2013 states that EPAM (EPA&P), in relation to the number of lawyers rated, is a top-ranking firm. This year a total of 27 lawyers and partners of the Firm have been recognised as leading experts in 24 practice areas in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, this confirms the Firm’s status as one of the leading player in the CIS legal market.
EPAM has once again been top ranked by Chambers Global 2013. This time the Firm has been recommended for all key practice areas across in jurisdictions of its presence including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the UK, the USA. The firm’s experts have been separately recommended for their German and Austrian law capacities.
Over the last year EPAM has significantly strengthened its positions in the CIS. The firm is top ranked in Belarus. In Russia it has been recommended for 11 practice areas with a number of new faces appearing in the guide among the top experts for certain practice areas. In Ukraine EPA&P is highly ranked for all key practice areas.
This year, EPAM has significantly strengthened its positions in Best Lawyers 2012. A total of 27 lawyers and partners of the Firm have been recognised as leading experts in 24 practice areas in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, thus making the Firm the leading player in the CIS market.
Legal 500 has ranked EPAM as a top tier law firm in 4 practice areas in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The Firm has been also recommended for 13 other key practice areas with 7 lawyers listed in the elite list and 21 lawyers included in the general ranking.
EPAM has once again been top ranked by Chambers Global 2012. This is the first time after two mergers that the Firm has been recommended in all key practices across 5 jurisdictions, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the UK.
The newly released International Finance Law Review 1000 (IFLR 1000) recommends the joint team of EPAM not only for Russia but also for three other CIS jurisdictions of the Firm's presence that has been extended significantly after its merger with Magisters. It is noteworthy that in Belarus, the Firm is the absolute leader of the ranking.
On June 16 Vedomosti published a rating of top lawyers in the country, based on Best Lawyers® surveys - one of the most authoritative publications specializing in lawyer assessment.
The international legal directory The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2011 which provides annual information for a significant number of reputable legal firms, recommended EPAM for different practice areas including dispute resolution, banking and finance, corporate and M&A, shipping and transport.
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.
Dimitry Afanasiev, Nikolay Averchenko, Grigory Chernyshov, Mikhail Kazantsev, Anton Kostenko, Arkady Krasnikhin, Maxim Sokolinsky, Victor Dumler, Elena Sokolova, Ilya Tur have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Best Lawyers® list for Russia.