10 April 2024
EPAM Leads the Annual Kommersant Ranking of Top Law Firms in 56 Categories

On 10 April 2024, Kommersant published its annual ranking of top law and industry practices, as well as individual lawyer rankings. As a firm advising clients on a wide range of legal matters, EPAM has once again received the most recommendations in the legal market. The Firm has been placed in top Group 1 (Band 1) in 56 of the 59 areas and in the equivalent of Group 1 in the categories where nominations are not divided into groups. Additionally, 26 EPAM lawyers have been recognised as the leading market experts. 

23 experts of the Firm have been included in the individual federal ranking of lawyers and have been recommended in 33 areas of law:

  • Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner at EPAM
  • Denis Arkhipov, Managing Partner at EPAM Moscow Office, Co-head of Litigation Practice
  • Ivan Smirnov, Managing Partner at EPAM St. Petersburg Office
  • Victoria Burkovskaya, Partner, Head of White Collar Crime Practice
  • Sergey Kalinin, Partner, Head of Tax Practice
  • Alexey Karchiomov, Partner, Co-head of International Trade and Customs Practice, Head of Maritime Shipping and Transport Law Practices
  • Natalia Korosteleva, Partner, Head of Co
  • Dmitry Glazounov, Partner, Head of Banking, Finance & Capital Markets Practice
  • Valery Eremenko, Partner, Co-Head of Litigation Practice·             
  • Mikhail Kazantsev, Partner, Head of Public Policy and Natural Resources Practices, Co-head of Real Estate and construction Practicempetition Law Practice
  • Аrkady Krasnikhin, Partner, Head of M&A and Corporate Practice
  • Roman Malovitsky, Partner, Banking & Finance and Capital Markets Practice
  • Taras Rabko, Partner, Head of Energy and Environment, Technical Regulation Practices
  • Evgeny Raschevsky, Partner, Solicitor, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice
  • Pavel Sadovsky, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property / TMT Practice
  • Anna Numerova, Partner, Competition Law Practice
  • Vera Rikhterman, Partner, Litigation Practice
  • Konstantin Tretyakov, Partner, White Collar Crime Practice
  • Ekaterina Verle, Counsel, Co-Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice
  • Irina Kosovskaya, Counsel, Deputy Head of Intellectual Property / TMT Practice
  • Anton Alekseev, Counsel, Real Estate and Construction Practice
  • Vladimir Goglachev, Counsel, Banking & Finance and Capital Markets Practice
  • Vladimir Stepanov, Senior Associate, Labour and Migration Law Practice

Three experts from the EPAM St. Petersburg office have been included in the regional ranking:  

  • Elena Agaeva, Partner, Head of Personal Data Protection and M&A and Corporate Practices (St. Petersburg)
  • Evgeny Gurchenko, Counsel, Head of Litigation Practice (St. Petersburg)
  • Andrey Tuzov, Counsel, Head of White Collar Crime Practice (St. Petersburg)

The ranking results are derived from data evidencing the scope, relevance and effectiveness of projects in the portfolios of the law firms, as well as from the professionalism and expertise of the lawyers involved.

More information about the ranking.

Key contacts

Ilya Nikiforov

Ilya Nikiforov

Moscow, St. Petersburg

Denis Arkhipov

Denis Arkhipov

Moscow, Limassol

Ivan Smirnov

Ivan Smirnov

St. Petersburg

Elena Agaeva

Elena Agaeva

St. Petersburg

Sergey Kalinin

Sergey Kalinin

Moscow, UAE, Limassol

Alexey Karchiomov

Alexey Karchiomov

St. Petersburg

Arkady Krasnikhin

Arkady Krasnikhin

Moscow, Limassol

Taras Rabko

Taras Rabko

Moscow

Anna Numerova

Anna Numerova

Moscow

Evgeny Gurchenko

Evgeny Gurchenko

St. Petersburg

Andrey Tuzov

Andrey Tuzov

St. Petersburg