Elena Agaeva, Head of Personal Data Protection Practice and St. Petersburg M&A and Corporate Law Practice, and Alexey Karchiomov, Head of Maritime Shipping / Transport Law Practice, Co-Head of International Trade and Customs Law Practice, have been promoted to Partners.
EPAM lawyers of the Real Estate and Construction Practice assisted X5 Group, one of the largest Russian retailers, in conducting due diligence (within the framework of the acquisition) of the assets of Victoria retail chain operating in various regions of Russia.
On 15 August 2023, an issue of BCS structural bonds was successfully placed on the MICEX. Legal support for the transaction was provided by EPAM.
EPAM attorneys successfully defended the interests of Unilin in cassation court. Unilin, part of Mohawk Industries Inc., the world’s largest flooring company had a case against Tarkett Rus, which had violated competition laws by creating obstacles to other flooring manufacturers entering the market.
We are pleased to announce that starting 3 July 2023, a new team of corporate law experts joins EPAM Law, further strengthening the Firm’s M&A and Corporate practice. The team includes Partner Vyacheslav Yugai, Senior Associates Alexandra Sofronova and Anna Yakomaskina, Associate Liliya Mukhamedyanova and Junior Associate Denis Kuleshov, further enhancing our already strong M&A and Corporate practice.
Inna Elisanova joins EPAM Law as Co-Head of International Trade & Customs Practice, effective 19 June 2023.
EPAM advised on the M&A transaction between Tamerlan company, Pokupochka and PokupAlko convenience store chain operating in the Southern Federal District and Stavropol Territory and X5 Group, the Russia’s biggest food retailer.
On 14 March 2023, the Commercial cassation court of the Moscow Region upheld the previous decisions to dismiss the claims of food distributor Palmira Volga, in a case concerning recovery of more than RUB 730 million in "under-received discounts" and "incentive payments" provided by the distributor to retail outlets from one of Russia's leading brewing companies, AB InBev Efes JSC.
EPAM attorneys defended the interests of the British company Global Metcorp, part of the international group of steel brokers, in the bankruptcy case of the steel supplier LLC Torex.
EPAM Attorneys successfully defended the interests of Unilin, part of Mohawk Industries Inc., the world’s largest flooring company in a case against Tarkett Rus, which had violated competition law regulations by creating obstacles to other flooring manufacturers entering the market.
Effective January 1, 2023, Ilya Novoselov, lawyer at Litigation & Arbitration Practice, has been appointed as Counsel to the Moscow office of EPAM.
Ekaterina Verle, Counsel and Co-Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice at EPAM, has been appointed Co-Chairman of the Real Estate and Construction Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia).
EPAM announces launch of Personal Data Protection Practice
On 17 October 2022, the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeal in Moscow upheld the decision to dismiss the claims of food distributor Palmira Volga, in a case concerning recovery of more than RUB 730 million in "under-received discounts" and "incentive payments" provided by the distributor to retail outlets from one of Russia's leading brewing companies, AB InBev Efes JSC.
In 2021, EPAM and the Higher School of Economics launched an exclusive project - Joint Department with EPAM at the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics, headed by Denis Arkhipov, Ph.D. in Law, Managing Partner of the Moscow office of EPAM.