On December 23, 2021, Forbes Club presented the results of its first survey of the best law firms in Russia at protecting the interests of wealthy clients. Forbes Club recommends EPAM in all categories researched: dispute resolution and crisis management, asset management, tax and compliance, family law and inheritance, and international projects.
Global Competition Review 100 (GCR 100) has once again classified EPAM among the “elite” law firms specialising in antitrust law.
On December 2, 2021, at 12th awards ceremony of the leading Russian ranking Pravo.ru-300 EPAM once again confirmed its leadership on the Russian legal market: the Firm became the only law firm recommended in all researched categories of the federal ranking as well as led the ranking in terms of earnings, number of lawyers and revenue per lawyer.
The 12th Lawyer European Awards, celebrating excellence across the European legal market, took place on 1st December 2021. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners was once again awarded Law Firm of the Year Russia and CIS, confirming its local and international standing.
The Lawyer released its shortlist for The Lawyer European Awards, the most prestigious award on the European legal market. This year, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has been shortlisted for two awards - Law Firm of the Year: Russia and the CIS and European Competition or Antitrust Team of the Year, which confirms the Firm’s locally and beyond.
On September 28, 2021, International Tax Review released the results of its annual World Tax rankings, which highlights the world leaders in tax. EPAM Tax Practice has been ranked among the world’s best firms for corporate tax.
On September 29, 2021, IP Stars revealed its rankings of young IP professionals (The Rising Stars in IP 2021).
On September 28, 2021, Pravo.ru released the results of its research identifying the most significant players on the Russian bankruptcy market among law firms, based on the review of the final arbitrazh court decisions of 2020.
On August 25, 2021, IFLR1000, which focuses on corporate law, finance, PPP and project finance, released the results of its annual rankings of the best law firms. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has been recommended for its work in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
On July 22, 2021, Chambers & Partners released the results of Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) 2021 rankings, with the Firm now continuing its lead for a number of consecutive years. The Firm is recognised as having “a very good presence in the market”.
On July 15, 2021, the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) released its 14th edition of GAR 100, an annual list of the world’s top 100 arbitration practices. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners is the only Russian firm that has been included in the ratings for 12 consecutive years.
In Russia, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners once again reaffirms market leader status with the release of Best Lawyers® 2022 rankings, which recommend 94 lawyers of the Firm — 18 of which have been rated for the first time. Additionally, the Firm has also been recognised as the Law Firm of the Year in Russia for Labor and Employment Law.
On May 19, 2021, Pravo.ru released the results of its fifth annual research of the Russian litigation market. For two consecutive years now, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has been ranked as Band I in the federal rankings of Russian law firms that acted for clients in over thirty disputes and arbitration cases in 2020.
IFLR1000 Women Leaders-2021 announced its fourth edition which notes the most prominent female lawyers working in the area of financial and corporate law. Anna Rusetskaya, Partner and Head of M&A and Corporate Practice in Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners’ Minsk office, is listed among the world’s leaders.
On April 26, 2021, Forbes released its annual ranking of Russia’s leading law firms. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has become №1 in this ranking for the second year in a row.
