The London Commercial Court found in favour of UC RUSAL, the world's largest aluminum producer, declaring the purported sale of the 3.99% stake in February 2018 by Crispian to Whiteleave in MMC Norilsk Nickel "invalid and ineffective".
A team from the Litigation Practice at EPAM helped Bank Saint Petersburg to secure victory at the High Court in London in its dispute with borrower Vitaly Arkhangelsky and Oslo Marine Group Ports (OMG Ports).Proceedings in this case began back in 2009 and have spanned four jurisdictions: Russia, Bulgaria, France, and England. Over 20 cases were heard in the Russian courts, whose rulings were recognised and enforced overseas.
In late 2017, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) established the Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change-Related Disputes within its Commission on Arbitration and Amicable Dispute Resolution. Evgeny Raschevsky, partner and head of international arbitration and litigation practice at EPAM, represents ICC Russia in the Task Force.
EPAM has announced the promotion of 3 senior associates based in Moscow – Andrey Bastrakov, Dmitry Kaysin and Vyacheslav Yugay – to counsel, effective 1 January 2018.
On 01 December 2017, the Institute of Modern Arbitration presented Young IMA - its new initiative launched in the form of a forum, bringing together students and young practitioners in the field of dispute resolution.
EPAM’ Litigation Practice team defended TOTAL in a multi-billion-dollar precedent dispute with the Volgograd and Saratov regions’ administrations (Russia), considered by ad hoc arbitrators in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
On 6 April 2016, the International Arbitration Court at the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IAC) included Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner of EPAM, in its recommended list of arbitrators. The list includes just ten other arbitrators from the Russian Federation.
EPAM in collaboration with the UK law firm Macfarlanes successfully defended the interests of the Russian State Corporation Rosteс and its affiliate RT Capital in its dispute with Erste Group Bank A.G. (Erste) which lasted for about three years.
On April 23, 2015 members of Russian Arbitration Association governing bodies were elected in Moscow. As a result of the vote, Managing Partner of EPAM Ilya Nikiforov was elected as a member of the Board. Evgeny Raschevsky, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, joined the Arbitrators Nominating Committee.
Established in 1991, SIAC is one of the world's leading institutions on international arbitration. Many multinational businesses choose to arbitrate in SIAC.
Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner at EPAM, has been officially appointed Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Commission for the International Chamber of Commerce Russian National Committee (ICC Russia).
On March 13 and April 3, 2014, the Moscow Office of EPAM hosted seminars on extensive litigations held in a number of jurisdictions in parallel. At the seminars the Russian and foreign experts covered the main aspects of the development and implementation of strategy and tactics for such litigations and reviewed the most interesting cases .
On 1 January 2014, Ilya Nikiforov was named Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This is the first time a practitioner from Russia or the CIS has been appointed as an officer of the Commission.
The Belarusian National Rounds of the Jessup Competition in international law were held in Minsk on February 7-8, 2014 at the Belarusian State University, Faculty of International Relations.
Litigation team of EPAM has successfully defended the interests of its client in the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC) and in further proceedings, having managed to recover from Belorussian ODO Mostra Group about 100 million rubles in debts assigned by Nestle Russia LLC to Crobotol Investments Limited.