Well-Known Russian Tax Expert Sergey Kalinin Joins EPAM
Sergey Kalinin has joined EPAM as a Counsel and Head of Tax Practice in Russia.
8 February 2016
20 January 2016
EPAM Is Successful at AHML’s Tender for Legal Support of a Strategic Project
EPAM won the tender as legal counsel for issuing mortgage-secured bonds under a pilot project entitled “Mortgage Securities Factory” - a new tool launched by the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) to refinance mortgage loans.
15 January 2016
EPAM Advises AHML on Drafting Amendments to Federal Law “On Mortgage Securities”
The Federal Law dd. 30 December 2015 No. 461-FZ “On Amending of Art. 17 of Federal Law “On the Securities Market” and of Federal Law “On Mortgage Securities” came into force on 10 January 2016. The law was initiated by the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending and drafted by Banking & Finance, Capital Markets Practice of EPAM.
25 December 2015
EPAM Ensures Comprehensive Criminal, Customs and Administrative Protection of Client’s Interests
EPAM managed to have the Rostov Region Arbitrazh Court cancel the decision holding Yakhta-club Center LLC administratively liable. This success was a key stage in the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to protect the client’s interests.
15 December 2015
EPAM Successfully Defends the Interests of the Mediterranean Shipping Company Before the FAS of Russia in a High Profile Case of the International Container Carriers’ Concerted Actions
EPAM' Competition Practice team has successfully defended the large container carrier Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) before the FAS of Russia in a high-profile case related to concerted actions of international sea and ocean container carriers.
13 October 2015
Victoria Burkovskaya Appointed to Co-Chair the Business Against Corruption Center of Public Procedures
Victoria Burkovskaya, PhD, professor, partner of EPAM has been appointed as Co-Chair of the Business against Corruption Center of Public Procedures.
9 October 2015
EPAM Successfully Protects the Interests of Yandex in a Remarkable Dispute With Google
The Competition Practice team of EPAM successfully defended the interests of the largest Russian IT company Yandex against Google’s market abuse in relation to pre-installed app stores for devices on the Android operating system.
1 October 2015
Mikhail Kazantsev, Partner of EPAM, Appointed Public Business Ombudsman on De-offshorization and Capital Amnesty
On October 1, 2015 Mikhail Kazantsev, Partner of EPAM, was appointed public business Ombudsman on de-offshorisation and capital amnesty by the office of Boris Titov, Business Ombudsman under the auspices of the Russian President.
7 July 2015
Antitrust Practice Team of EPAM Obtained Pre-closing Clearance of FAS Russia for the Purchase of Shares in Norbert Dentressangle SA by XPO Logistics in Record-Breaking Time
In June 2015, the US logistics company XPO Logistics announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in the French company Norbert Dentressangle SA. The antitrust practice team at EPAM represented XPO in connection with obtaining clearance from the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, and was able to secure a positive decision from the FAS in record-breaking time.
7 July 2015
EPAM Obtains the Antitrust Authority’s Approval for ROSSIUM’s Acquisition of the Controlling Stake in FC URALSIB
EPAM’ сompetition team managed to obtain the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s approval for the acquisition of the controlling stake in FC URALSIB for the Firm’s client.
7 July 2015
EPAM Successfully Complete the Defense of the White Sea Group
EPAM Litigation Lawyers managed to settle the corporate conflict with the former owners of Vitino Sea Port and Belomorskaya Oil Terminal that had lasted for over two years, as well as have the property of Vitino Sea Port and Belomorskaya Oil Terminal returned and released from third-party claims.
24 June 2015
EPAM Team Successfully Complete the Legal Support of a Securitization Transaction for Housing Finance Bank
The Banking & Finance and Capital Markets Team at EPAM has successfully completed the legal support of another securitization of mortgage assets for the Housing Finance Bank (AO Bank ZhilFinance).
23 June 2015
EPAM Successfully Completes the First Domestic Securitization of Financial Assets for Credit Europe Bank Ltd.
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets Team at EPAM has announced a successful completion of the first Russian securitization of car loans.
29 April 2015
EPAM Successfully Defended Rostec Corporation and Its Affiliate RT Capital in Its Long-Lasting Dispute With Erste Group Bank A.G.
EPAM in collaboration with the UK law firm Macfarlanes successfully defended the interests of the Russian State Corporation Rosteс and its affiliate RT Capital in its dispute with Erste Group Bank A.G. (Erste) which lasted for about three years.
24 April 2015
Ilya Nikiforov and Evgeny Raschevsky Join the Governing Bodies of the Russian Arbitration Association
On April 23, 2015 members of Russian Arbitration Association governing bodies were elected in Moscow. As a result of the vote, Managing Partner of EPAM Ilya Nikiforov was elected as a member of the Board. Evgeny Raschevsky, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, joined the Arbitrators Nominating Committee.