The II annual conference “Mergers And Takeovers In The Northwestern Region” was held on April 18, 2007 in Saint-Petersburg. The event was organized by the “Mergers and Takeovers” magazine and the Government of Saint-Petersburg. Ilya Nikiforov, a managing partner in Saint-Petersburg office of EPAM, shared expertise in judicial protection from hostile takeovers.
Commercial Court of Huelva, Spain has recognized and rendered subject to execution on the territory of Spain a Judgment of Arbitration Court of Murmansk Region of June 09, 2006, which bound a Mauritanian company Société de Promotion de la Pêche (SPP S.A.) to return the misappropriated ATF’s South Group trawlers to their Russian proprietor, a company 100% owned by the Russian Federation, represented by Russian State Property Management Agency.
An annual practical conference on M&A issues “Adding value to business in sale” was held in Moscow today. The official partner of the event hosted by The Moscow Times was EPAM Law. The firm’s lawyers were in attendance to share their expertise on acting in M&A transactions.
Today Captain Kononov, a Russian trawler misappropriated by a Mauritanian entrepreneur, Abass Boughourbal, has been seized in Namibia. The attachment of the trawler is a security measure that will allow terminating illegal use of the vessel until its return to its legal holder in Russia.
Today the Arbitration Court of Arkhangelsk Region passed an award terminating the bankruptcy proceedings with regard to JSC Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet (ATF). The successful completion of financial recovery procedure has resulted from the efforts of the Russian Federation as the owner, the management and staff of ATF and the lawyers of EPAM who acted for the Russian Federation and ATF in the bankruptcy proceedings.
The European Law Firm of the Year nominee, EPAM attended the 10th Legal Business Awards ceremony in London.
During 1997-2004 Dmitry Lavrov taught the Civil Law department at Saint-Petersburg State Law School. In March 2004 joined EPAM as senior lawyer, where Dmitry acted on complex corporate transactions including foreign trade matters, was responsible for government relations and contributed to preparatory work for Russian companies’ IPOs.
On 7 December 2006, the Centre of Legal Information of All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, hosted the International Bar Association (IBA) roundtable Global and Independent Law Firms in Europe and Russia: Competitive Cooperation Strategies.
Senior lawyer at EPAM Igor Pachosik will take up a position as deputy head of the Property Management Department of Joint Stock Company "Russian Railways".
Ilya Tur and Sergey Strembelev have joined St. Petersburg office of EPAM as lawyers.
Publishing house Kommersant and the Russian Association of Managers have ranked Russia’s Top 1000 Managers. Dimitry Shulga, Head of EPAM Strategic communications department, has been named among the country’s best managers of public and corporate relations.
Since 1998 Dmitry Shulga has been involved in corporate communications. In 1998-2002 he was Director of Public Relations and Communications in Russia and CIS in representative offices of General Motors Corporation and The Coca-Cola Company and during the next two years he was the Head of Corporate Issues Department of Mars Inc. division in Russia. In 2004 he was appointed Deputy General Director of Public Relations of RUSAL - Management Company. In May 2005 he became Director of Corporate Relations and Communications of SUEK.
EPAM (EPA&P"), Russia's leading law firm, is pleased to announce that today the Federal Arbitrage Court of Cassation for the Moscow Circuit approved the settlement between the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) and a Eurocement Group. Both sides characterized this settlement as a complete and satisfactory conclusion of their dispute.