EPAM Attorneys Assisted One of the Largest Producers of Dairy Products in Europe in the Divestment of Its Russian Subsidiary  

Legal support included advising on the transaction structure, preparation of a package of transaction documents, as well as assistance with signing and closing the deal. Along with a tailored share transfer agreement and related documentation, additional legal instruments were utilised, such as option rights and rights of first refusal, restrictive covenants and guarantee instruments.

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Announces New Appointments at Its Moscow Office

On July 1, 2022, Roman Malovitskiy (Banking & Finance, Capital Markets Practice) was promoted to Partner, while Tatyana Boyko (M&A and Corporate Practice) and Stanislav Dobshevich (Litigation Practice) were both promoted to Counsel.

EPAM Attorneys Protect an International Flooring Market Leader Before the FAS Russia

EPAM competition practice has protected an international flooring market leader by proving the anti-competitive nature of the franchising agreements and bonus programs of its competitor Tarkett, the largest Russian linoleum manufacturer.

EPAM Attorneys Advise on M&A Deal Between the Leading Abu Dhabi Energy Company TAQA and British Engineering Company Tendeka.

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners provided comprehensive legal support on the Russian legal aspects of a cross-border M&A transaction between TAQA, the National Energy Company of Abu Dhabi (UAE), and Tendeka, the leading British engineering company present in the US, the UK, China, Australia, Canada, the UAE, Malaysia and the EU.

EPAM Attorneys Represented the Interests of Northern Capital Gateway Consortium

Ekaterina Verle Joins EPAM Real Estate and Construction Practice Team

Dmitriy Glazounov Elected to the Expert Council on Listing of the Moscow Exchange (MOEX)

On May 30, 2022, the Moscow Exchange Executive board formed a new board of members of the Expert Council on Listing. Dmitriy Glazounov, Partner, Head of Banking & Finance Law and Capital Markets Practice at EPAM, was elected to the Council as a legal expert.

EPAM Attorneys Advised Commercial Metals Company During the Acquisition of TAC Acquisition Corp. (“Tensar”)

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners advised on the Russian aspects of the USD550m acquisition of Tensar – a portfolio company of Castle Harlan Inc.'s funds, and the world-leader in the manufacture and supply of retaining walls, ground stabilisation and soil reinforcement solutions across 80 national markets – by Commercial Metals Company, US steel and metal manufacturer. The transaction was multi-jurisdictional and included Tensar companies in the US, Europe, China, Russia.

EPAM Attorneys Continue to Successfully Defend the Interests of Novartis in a Case Involving Unfair Competition on the Part of the Distributor of the Generic Nilotinib Drug

On April 18, 2022, the Ninth Arbitrazh Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Moscow Arbitrazh Court, which ruled in favour of the international pharmaceutical corporation Novartis, which was represented by the legal team of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners. The court rejected Mammoth Pharm's demands to cancel both the decision and order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in a high-profile case of unfair practices of a generic drug distributor who was producing generics in violation of a patent.

EPAM Attorneys Consulted on an M&A Transaction Between North European Technology Companies: Pearl Group and Convert Group

In 2022, EPAM provided legal support to Pearl Group, one of the leading SAP technology providers in the Nordic region, in connection with the acquisition of Convert Group, a Norwegian e-commerce solution provider.

A Top Manager of a Foreign Company Was Released From Custody Thanks to the Efforts of the Firms’s White Collar Crime Practice Which Achieved Victory Before the Court of Appeals

EPAM Advises French Group BRIAND in Its Acquisition of the Russian Subsidiary Astron From Swedish Lindab Group as Part of a Cross-Border M&A Transaction

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners represented French Groupe BRIAND in its acquisition of the Russian subsidiary Astron from Swedish Lindab Group as part of a cross-border transaction. Groupe BRIAND acquired from Lindab Group companies and assets in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland and Russia.

EPAM Defends the Only Russian Provider of Inmarsat Satellite Services in Multi-Million Dollar Disputes With a Mala Fide Counterparty

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners litigation team defended FGUP Morsvyazsputnik, the only Russian provider of Inmarsat satellite services, in disputes with a mala fide counterparty.

EPAM Attorneys Have Successfully Helped Rusagro Secure Trademark Recognition of the Moscow Provensal Brand

The team of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners provided legal support to the Rusagro Group of Companies, the largest vertical agricultural holding in Russia, in securing trademark recognition of the Moscow Provensal brand.

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Defends Novartis in a Precedent-Setting Case Over Unfair Competition by a Generic Distributor

EPAM’s competition and litigation team of lawyers has successfully defended the interests of multinational pharmaceutical corporation Novartis before the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia and in court in a case involving a breach of the competition protection law by a distributor that commercialised a generic drug in an infringement of the patent rights to the original drug formula.