9 September 2021
Attorneys of EPAM provided comprehensive legal support to the Swedish IT company Burt Intelligence on their purchase of shares in the Russian intelligence platform Inventale.
30 August 2021
The EPAM Competition Law team successfully defended the global pharma corporation Novartis in a precedent-setting case over the breach of competition law by a distributor of Nativa, which had introduced a generic drug in violation of patent rights of the original drug formula.
27 July 2021
On June 11, 2021 the Presidium of the FAS Russia published the Guidelines No. 19 "On the specifics of state antimonopoly control over economic concentration". The document was developed jointly with the Association of Antimonopoly Experts involving EPAM Competition Law Practice experts.
15 July 2021
Lawyers of EPAM successfully represented the interests of Rosgosstrakh in a case initiated under the exemption from liability program, during which Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for the first time considered anti-competitive agreements between two independent insurance companies.
15 June 2021
EPAM announces the approval by the FAS Russia of the merger of two European companies – IFS (Sweden) and Axios Systems (Scotland). On March 22, 2021 IFS announced that it has concluded the acquisition of all shares of Axios Systems.
26 May 2021
EPAM Competition Team EPAM served as legal adviser in Russia to PPG Industries in connection with PPG ‘s tender offer for the shares of Tikkurila.
15 April 2021
The EPAM Competition Team is representing a coalition of several companies in a unique case against Yandex over the company’s abuse of its dominant position on the internet search market, in a case initiated by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS).
29 March 2021
On March 5, 2021, the FAS approved a unique partnership agreement between the taxi aggregators Gett and Citimobil. Under its terms, Citimobil drivers will take on the Gett economy orders. This will enable Gett to use the new “aggregator for aggregators” model and focus on the corporate and premium markets.
11 January 2021
EPAM is glad to announce that Maria Kobanenko has been promoted to Partner effective 1 January 2021.
28 October 2020
EPAM Competition Law Practice Team successfully obtained FAS approval for acquisition of Netwrix Corporation.
31 August 2020
EPAM provided legal support to DynaEnergetics, a world leader in the manufacturing and selling of oilfield equipment, in a complex project on closing its plant and selling its subsidiary in the Tyumen region of Russia.
14 August 2020
On June 30, 2020, Haldia Petrochemicals Limited, the flagship company of The Chatterjee Group (TCG), and investment funds affiliated with Rhône Capital successfully completed the joint acquisition of Lummus Technology from McDermott International. Under the terms of the share and asset purchase agreement, Chatterjee and Rhône committed to acquiring Lummus from subsidiaries of McDermott as part of McDermott’s restructuring process.
7 August 2020
In March 2020, the Finnish energy company Fortum finalized the purchase of a majority stake in the German company Uniper - representing a landmark deal for the energy industry. EPAM represented Fortum before the Governmental Commission for Foreign Investments and the FAS Russia.
4 August 2020
The General Assembly of Association of Antitrust Experts (AAE) members was held on July 30, 2020. EPAM Counsels Denis Gavrilov and Maria Kobanenko were elected to the AAE General Council by a majority vote. Andrey Rego, Head of Regulatory Department at Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, was elected the Chairman of the AAE General Council. This is Maria’s debut appointment to the AAE General Council and the fourth one for Denis.