On August 16, 2012 the Russian FAS Directorate for the Samara Region terminated proceedings in respect of SOCIETE GENERALE Life Insurance LLC initiated on charges of violation of Art.11 Part 4 of the Law on Protection of Competition.
EPAM has successfully protected the reputation of Sanofi Aventis, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, during a complex libel case against several Russian publishing houses.
The St. Petersburg City Agency for Industrial Investments announced that it has selected EPAM as a recommended firm into the partners’ network of the Agency.
EPAM announces appointment of new partners and counsel at the Moscow office. From 1 July 2012, Denis Arkhipov and Andrey Porfiriev will become Partners and Victoria Burkovskaya, Natalia Kuznetsova and Igor Serebryakov will become Counsel.
EPAM have secured the denial of a claim for a major international electronics manufacturer in an Intellectual Property dispute in Russia.
EPAM acted as one of the organisers of a Round Table entitled “Legal Environment and its Impact on Business”, held as a part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012.
Today, Tver District Court of Moscow rejected the claim for 2 million rubles compensation by Maria Babalova, music critic and columnist at metropolitan Moscow newspaper against The State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia. The interests of the Bolshoi Theater were represented by the advocates of EPAM.
Dimitry Afanasiev, member of the General Council of Delovaya Rossiya and Chairman of EPAM, called for a number of measures designed to improve Russian law’s competitiveness to be introduced during the Delovaya Rossiya Forum held in Moscow. The proposal was supported by the Forum’s participants and by Boris Titov, Chairman of Delovaya Rossiya. The event was attended by over 1000 people.
EPAM are pleased to announce that Valery Eremenko, a prominent dispute resolution expert, has joined the Firm as a Partner of its Litigation Practice in Moscow.
EPAM acted as Russian law adviser to DFJ during the creation with VTB Capital and RUSNANO of a domestic and parallel international fund to invest in nanotechnology under the name of DFJ-VTB Aurora, the first closing for which took place in December 2011.
The Competition Law Practice team of EPAM advised the Seller on gaining approval from the anti-trust bodies for sale of Swedish Ahlsell by Cinven and GS Capital Partners.
EPAM hosted a client seminar dedicated to tax jurisdictions of Luxembourg and Kingdom of the Netherlands on 22 March 2012 in Moscow.
EPAM are pleased to announce that the Belarusian National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup 2012 International Law Moot Court Competition held in Minsk on February 11, 2012 have been successfully completed.
EPAM represented the owners of Beringov, a consumer electronics retail chain, in its deal to sell their business to Eldorado, one of the largest Russian retailers.
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