December 6, 2007 – Moscow hosted the 4th Annual National Forum on Mergers & Acquisitions in Russia, which was sponsored by the Mergers & Acquisitions Journal. EPAM were named #1 M&A legal advisor in Russia at the Forum’s awards ceremony.
EPAM has taken the top spot in Russia’s Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine survey of the top legal firms speacialising in defending Russian companies against hostile takeovers.
More than 80 different firms and organisations appear in the shortlist for this year's Lawyer Awards. EPAM have been short-listed in The International firm of the year category.
The Third annual Vedomosti conference “Legal Business in Russia” has taken place in Moscow today. EPAM was named by the Mergers and Aquisitions magazine as the Best Russian Law Firm in the M&A market and was given the Corporate Lawyer award for their contribution to educational work.
The M&A-Intelligence analytical group of the “Mergers and Acquisitions” magazine has issued a rating of the leading M&A legal consultants on deals involving Russian companies of the year 2006. First time on the rating, a Russian firm EPAM went straight to the rating’s second place.
EPAM has been nominated for the Legal Business European Law Firm of The Year award. It is the first Russian legal firm to receive such a nomination.
The Lawyer (London, UK) has included Dimitry Afanasiev, member of the Partners' Committee of EPAM LawP, in the list of the 40 brightest stars of the international legal market who have been making the biggest waves outside the UK. According to The Lawyer, as the profession's globalists, these lawyers will help shape 2007.