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.

The Annual National Forum on Mergers & Acquisitions in Russia traditionally evokes keen interest among domestic and foreign investors, the business community, the executive authorities, the State Duma, managers of major Russian companies and the mass media.

This year leading corporate lawyers, independent experts and government officials presented their visions of the current status of the country’s corporate control market, corporate conflict technologies and the latest M&A practices.

Dmitry Afanasiev, member of the Partners’ Committee of EPAM, presented a paper on the Role and Place of Russian Legal Advisor in Transnational M&A.

This year the Annual National Forum on Mergers & Acquisitions in Russia for the first time featured a ceremony of awards to the best companies on the Russian M&A market as chosen by the Mergers & Acquisitions Journal.

EPAM won in the Best Law Firm for M&A category. According to the findings of a comparative study of the legal advice market conducted by the Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, EPAM proved to be No. 1 on the Russian M&A market.