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.
EPAM jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MGUA) will be engaged on the global educational project providing an opportunity to combine their studies and internship at the leading Russian companies to the promising students. The project was introduced at the round table entitled “Problems of the Lawyers Professional Training” held on April 3, 2015 at the IX Forum-Exhibition “Legal Career Day at MGUA”. A new approach to internship arrangements for legal students from all over the country will be developed following the project.
Attorneys-at-Law within the Litigation Practice of the Firm’s St. Petersburg office successfully defended the Karel Hadek trademark at the IPR Court of the Russian Federation. The brand is a producer of high quality aromatherapy products.
EPAM is pleased to announce the promotion of a number of senior associates in its Russian offices. Effective as of January 1, 2015 Evgeny Bolshakov, Maria Kobanenko, Alina Kudriavtseva, Vladimir Pestrikov, Mark Rovinskiy and Pavel Sadovsky were appointed as counsel in the Moscow office. Elena Agaeva and Elena Legashova have become counsel in St. Petersburg.
The litigation team of EPAM have successfully defended the interests of OAO Transammiak in a litigation with Minudobreniya JSC.
On 27 November 2014 a business discussion was held at the Firm’s St. Petersburg office regarding recent amendments to the law on valuation and their impact on how the cadastral value of real estate can be challenged. The speakers were associates at the Firm.
In 2012, an international criminal gang stole over $2 million from a US financial organisation. The money stolen was pulled through a chain of intermediary banks down to a local Krasnodar bank in Russia for further cashing out.
Associates of EPAM have succeeded in defending a client’s interests in the Supreme Court and in negotiations with the bank, reaching a settlement agreement for the client’s benefit.
On July 1, 2014 the EPAM team managed to reverse the Ruling of the Federal Arbitrazh Court of the Volga District dd. February 7, 2014 to force OJSC Transammiak into a contract to transport liquid ammonium with OJSC Minudobreniya. The dispute was remanded for a new trial, whilst the claims of OJSC Transammiak and OJSC Togliattiazot in relation to the supervisory review of judicial decisions previously taken in the case, were satisfied.
EPAM is pleased to announce new appointments in its Moscow office. Effective July 1, 2014 the Firm appoints Elena Gavrilina as a Partner of Real Estate and Construction practice. Leading practice experts Alexander Vaneev and Vera Rikhterman have become Counsel.
Ivan Smirnov has been appointed Managing Partner of the St. Petersburg office of EPAM, one of the oldest law firms in St. Petersburg.
On March 28 and April 4, 2014 EPAM and NPP Russian Corporate Counsel Association held a two-day workshop where the Firm’s leading litigation experts addressed the recent trends and the specificities of dispute resolution in various fields, and provided guidelines on how to avoid disputable situations.
On March 13 and April 3, 2014, the Moscow Office of EPAM hosted seminars on extensive litigations held in a number of jurisdictions in parallel. At the seminars the Russian and foreign experts covered the main aspects of the development and implementation of strategy and tactics for such litigations and reviewed the most interesting cases .
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.