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.
On April 14, 2021, The Legal 500 EMEA released its annual rankings in which Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has been recommended in all areas of law researched in Russia and Belarus for over several years now.
On April 2, 2021, EPAM Chairman Dimitry Afanasiev and Partner Andrey Mashkovtsev were officially rewarded at the Kremlin’s Catherine Hall.
On March 17, 2021, Kommersant released the results of its annual legal market study.
The Russian Supreme Court commended Maria Kobanenko, Partner at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, for her active role in the working group to draft the Resolution of the Russian Supreme Court Plenum “On Certain Matters Arising from Antitrust Enforcement by Courts".
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has solidified its status as one of Belarus’s leading law firms: the firm has been ranked in all 12 areas of law researched by Pravo.ru-300 International.
In February 2021, leading US legal media company Lawdragon, released its debut guide for the best lawyers involved in global litigation — The Lawdragon Global Litigation 500.
On February 18, 2021, Chambers Global released the results of its annual ratings. Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners tops the rankings in key practice areas and thus reaffirms its leadership on the market.
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.
