29 December 2008
The Eighth Arbitrazh Appellate Court in Omsk in Siberia has today cancelled the USD 2.8 billion judgment issued against Telenor last August in Khanty-Mansiysk due to gross violations of procedural law at Khanty-Mansiysk trial court. The Appellate Court in Omsk will hear the Farimex claim de novo on 19 February.
5 December 2008
On 5 December 2008 the Russian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce – the world business organization (ICC Russia) held the conference “ICC International Arbitration Court: Opportunities for Russia” on the occasion of the visit of the delegation of the International Arbitration Court to Moscow. The conference was attended by Ilya Nikiforov, the Managing Partner of the Saint Petersburg office of EPAM.
13 November 2008
On 13 - 14 November 2008 the methodological conference on “Studying Alternative Dispute Resolution as Part of Higher Education and Supplementary Training” sponsored by EPAM, was held at the Law School of the Saint Petersburg State University.
10 November 2008
EPAM has successfully completed its accreditation at Vneshekonombank and is now the designated independent legal expert.
5 November 2008
The 5TH Balkan Legal Forum, organized by the IBA European Forum and the Legal Development Foundation, took place on 5-7 November in Sofia, Bulgaria. EPAM was represented by Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner of the St. Petersburg Office.
1 November 2008
From 30 October to 1 November a research-to-practice conference “Civil and Tax Law: Conflicting Interpretations of Law” was held in the Law School of the Saint Petersburg State University. Ilya Nikiforov, the Managing Partner leading the Saint Petersburg office of EPAM, participated in the conference.
30 October 2008
The round table discussion focused on existing legal frameworks for relations between shareholders, analysis of the recent judicial practice in Russia, as well as regulatory perspectives on shareholder agreements in Russia.
15 October 2008
15 October 2008 - The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today issued an Order for provisional measures in a case filed by Georgia for the application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. EPAM, together with a group of prominent European lawyers, advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in these proceedings.
14 October 2008
On 13 - 15 October 2008, the workshop on “Due Diligence in Russia: Current Issues of Practice” was held in Moscow. Nikolay Averchenko, a senior lawyer of EPAM, made a presentation on the topic of “Current Issues of Practice and Procedure of Legal Due Diligence”.
10 October 2008
On 10 October 2008 the III Annual National “Mergers & Acquisitions” Forum took place in Kyiv and attracted more than 100 M&A experts from Russia and Ukraine. Ekaterina Medeyko, a senior lawyer at EPAM, attended the Forum.
6 October 2008
On 6 October 2008 the research-to-practice conference “Commercial Dispute Resolution. Mediation and Arbitration Courts” was held in Moscow. The conference was sponsored by EPAM and attended by more than 50 experts in commercial dispute resolution. Grigory Chernyshov, a Partner leading the Litigation Practice Department at EPAM, took part in the event.
3 October 2008
Attorneys Ilya Nikiforov and Nikolay Averchenko of EPAM contributed to Volume II of the Textbook on Civil Law released by VELBI publishing house.
1 October 2008
On 1 - 4 October Yalta hosted the VII International Legal Forum attended by more than one hundred legal experts from Russia, CIS countries, Baltic states and the European Union. Ekaterina Medeyko, a senior lawyer at EPAM, attended the Forum.
30 September 2008
On 30 September 2008 the VII Annual M&A Forum took place in Moscow. The event, attended by more than 130 delegates. was sponsored by EPAM. Attorneys Grigory Chernyshov and Mikhail Kazantsev from EPAM participated in the Forum.
26 September 2008
On 26 September 2008, the official inauguration of the first “Legal Business in the South of Russia” forum took place in Rostov-on-Don, attended by more than one hundred delegates from 35 law firms of southern Russian cities. Nikolay Averchenko, a senior lawyer of EPAM, took part the event.