19 February 2018
Litigation attorneys from the St. Petersburg Office of EPAM have defended the interests of Razvitie Zdorovia i Sporta LLC in a dispute over the recovery of billions of roubles’ worth of losses. The Commercial Court upheld the view taken by the Firm’s associates and dismissed the claim seeking the recovery of over RUB 1 billion. In addition, the Commercial Court granted a counterclaim filed by Razvitie Zdorovia i Sporta seeking to recover RUB 100 million from the plaintiff.
30 January 2018
On 30 January 2018 at St. Petersburg City Court, EPAM defended the interests of companies belonging to the Transstroy Group in high-profile legal proceedings over whether notarial actions may be challenged.
20 December 2017
BlaBlaCar, an international carpooling service, instructed EPAM following a court decision to block the company’s Russian website in response to the prosecutor’s office suit. The prosecutor likened BlaBlaCar’s activities to those of taxi operators who distribute fares to drivers without a taxi licence.
27 October 2017
The Supreme Court allowed a cassation appeal filed by the Firm’s lawyers and set aside an illegal Starooskolsky Court judgment dismissing a suit for division of shares in a major construction company in the Central District constituting marital property.
24 October 2017
On 20 October, a business discussion entitled ‘The Liability of Businesses and Controlling Parties in Times of Financial Crisis’ was hosted in Moscow by EPAM. Partners Valery Eremenko, Victoria Burkovskaya and Evgeny Raschevsky, Counsels Vera Rikhterman, Sergey Kalinin and Alina Kudryavtseva, Senior Associate Julia Bobrova and specially invited experts discussed key trends, problems and solutions for business leaders.
12 October 2017
EPAM’ Litigation Practice team defended TOTAL in a multi-billion-dollar precedent dispute with the Volgograd and Saratov regions’ administrations (Russia), considered by ad hoc arbitrators in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
19 June 2017
The Arbitration Center at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs is an arbitration institution administering arbitration proceedings for domestic and international disputes. The Presidium of RUIE Arbitration Center consists of eight leading Russian lawyers, each with many years of practical experience in dispute resolution and an impeccable business reputation. Dmitry Dyakin, Partner, Co-Head of the Litigation and Arbitration Practice at EPAM, is appointed a Deputy Chairman of the Presidium.
17 April 2017
On 17 April 2017 Arbitrazh Court of Moscow district approved a settlement agreement between the Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Google and Yandex corporations, thereby bringing to an end a dispute which had run for more than two years. With the settlement agreement the parties succeeded in finding an acceptable arrangement for managing the consequences of violations of antimonopoly law previously identified by the FAS, and ensuring competition on mobile app market – for mobile search apps in particular.
23 December 2016
A team from EPAM’ Litigation practice successfully represented the interests of EWS, an oilfield services company offering unique hydraulic fracturing technology, in a dispute against Ruspetro in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Commercial Court. The dispute arose from a service contract to increase the production rate at oilfields in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area.
2 September 2016
ICC Russia Commission on International Arbitration announced the results of the elections to the Appointment Committee. There is annually takes place a rotation of 2 out of 5 members. As a result of the Commission members’ voting EPAM’ Partner Dmitry Dyakin has joined the Committee.
19 August 2016
A team from EPAM’ Competition Law and Litigation practices successfully defended the interests of Russia’s largest IT company Yandex in a dispute with Google at the Court of Appeal. The Court upheld the judgment of the Court of First Instance, in accordance with which Google now must comply with the ruling of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).
16 May 2016
The Firm's dispute resolution team defended the interests of the large shipyard Nordic Yards Wismar GmbH (Wismar, Germany) in the ICAC in the RF CCI in a dispute with a customer - Baltic Shipyard - Shipbuilding.
29 March 2016
The Litigation Practice team of EPAM defended the interests of Ecosoyuz LLC in the Chamber on Economic Disputes of the Russian Supreme Court in a dispute under the contract of vessel chartering.
14 March 2016
The Competition and Litigation Practice team of EPAM successfully defended the interests of the largest Russian IT company Yandex in the Moscow Arbitrazh Court. The Court rejected Google’s lawsuit in which the corporation requested to cancel the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia’s (the FAS) conclusions.
3 March 2016
Litigation and WCC teams at EPAM successfully defended the interests of Allianz Insurance against a group of fraudulent lawyers who filed claims against the company for over 1 billion rubles.