The Belarusian National Rounds of the Jessup Competition in international law were held in Minsk on February 7-8, 2014 at the Belarusian State University, Faculty of International Relations.
The attorneys of the White Collar Crime Practice at EPAM have successfully defended the interests of the employees of ZAO Alcoa Metallurg Rus, the Russian subsidiary of Alcoa, the world’s largest aluminum producer, terminating a criminal prosecution.
Litigation team of EPAM has successfully defended the interests of its client in the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC) and in further proceedings, having managed to recover from Belorussian ODO Mostra Group about 100 million rubles in debts assigned by Nestle Russia LLC to Crobotol Investments Limited.
On December 19, 2013 the EPAM in Moscow hosted a business breakfast on the 2014 new real estate taxation principle. At the event the Firm’s experts discussed the new rules under which the corporate property tax for certain types of real estate items would be based on their cadastral value.
Michael Copeland has joined EPAM as a part of its Moscow team.
The team of EPAM in Minsk (the Firm) was a legal consultant in the pilot (for Belarus) privatization project of OJSC “Medplast”. An important stage of the project has recently come to an end: shortlists of potential investors were made.
The Minsk Office of EPAM (the Firm) provided legal support of the deal which increased the loan amount by EBRD up to EUR 20 million for the OJSC Stadler Minsk.
On 14 November 2013, a seminar for private clients entitled 'Family Matters: Business, Capital and Inheritance', organised by EPAM and the ATON Investment Company, was held for the first time at the Firm's St. Petersburg Law Office. Experts in the fields of jurisprudence, finance, economics, and corporate governance considered fundamental aspects of managing personal affairs.
EPAM has successfully defended the interests of Alexander Chazhengin, the First Deputy Head of the Republic of Karelia proving that his rights had been infringed and that the opponent, i.e. the Government of the Republic of Karelia, was to comply with the court decision reinstalling Chazhengin to his earlier position.
EPAM has successfully defended the interests of OJSC Transammiak in a dispute with the largest fertilizers manufacturer OJSC Minudobreniya which initiated multiple compulsions to transport additional volumes of liquid ammonia.
The V Annual Conference entitled "Antitrust Regulation in Russia" was held by NPP for Promotion of Competition and Vedomosti newspaper and supported by the Federal Antimonopoly Service on October 25, 2013 in Moscow and October 28, 2013 in Brussels. The key specialists of the Firm’s Antimonopoly Practice, including the Partner and the Head of the Practice Natalia Korosteleva, Counsel Anna Numerova and Senior Associates Maria Kobanenko and Evgeny Bolshakov spoke at the event. As in the past, the Firm has partnered the conference.
EPAM’ team has successfully defended the interests of OJSC Aviakor, a part of the corporation Russian Machines and one of the largest Russian aircraft manufacturers, in a complicated dispute with the regional tax authorities.
On October 8, 2013 the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) approved the new list of permanent members of the Committee for Development of Pension Schemes and Social Insurance. Andrey Porfiriev, Partner and the Head of the Legislation and Public Policy Practice at EPAM, joined the Committee as a member.