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.
On December 19, 2013 the EPAM in Moscow hosted a business breakfast on the 2014 new real estate taxation principle. At the event the Firm’s experts discussed the new rules under which the corporate property tax for certain types of real estate items would be based on their cadastral value.
EPAM has successfully defended the interests of OJSC Transammiak in a dispute with the largest fertilizers manufacturer OJSC Minudobreniya which initiated multiple compulsions to transport additional volumes of liquid ammonia.
EPAM’ team has successfully defended the interests of OJSC Aviakor, a part of the corporation Russian Machines and one of the largest Russian aircraft manufacturers, in a complicated dispute with the regional tax authorities.
On October 1, 2013 the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation satisfied the supervisory appeals by three offshore companies, the ultimate buyers of Khakass Bentonite OJSC shares, and dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims to recover about 70% of Khakass Bentonite OJSC shares.
On 6 March 2013 EPAM held a business breakfast on Control of Insolvency (Bankruptcy) Proceedings: Skills of Efficient Participation.
The Firm’s Maritime Shipping/Transport Law team defended the Client’s interests in a dispute with insurance company MAKC regarding the payment of insurance compensation in the amount of RUR 23.5 million in connection with the loss of a ship. On 15 May 2012, the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation determined that the compensation should be recovered in full, along with interest for the inappropriate use of others’ funds in the amount of RUR 1.9 million.
On February 7, 2013 EPAM and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) held a conference entitled “Protection of Business Reputation: Legal and PR Aspects”. The event was attended by over 200 guests, including many top managers and heads of legal and PR departments of large Russian and international companies.
EPAM Litigation Practice Team has successfully defended a publishing house, a member of Gazprom-Media Group, in a defamation lawsuit, by convincing the Ninth Arbitrazh Appellate Court to set aside the trial court judgment.
On September 27, 2012 the Ninth Arbitrazh Appellate Court granted the appeal filed by RUSENERGORESURS against the Judgment of the Moscow Arbitrazh Court dated July 5, 2012.
Litigation practice lawyers from EPAM successfully defended BIOTEK, a major Russian pharmaceutical holding, in a challenging an IP dispute.
On 17 September 2012, the Moscow Court of Arbitration rejected a claim of a minority shareholder against Luzhniki Olympic Arena OJSC, which was represented by lawyers from EPAM.
EPAM announces appointment of new partners and counsel at the Moscow office. From 1 July 2012, Denis Arkhipov and Andrey Porfiriev will become Partners and Victoria Burkovskaya, Natalia Kuznetsova and Igor Serebryakov will become Counsel.
EPAM have secured the denial of a claim for a major international electronics manufacturer in an Intellectual Property dispute in Russia.
Today, Tver District Court of Moscow rejected the claim for 2 million rubles compensation by Maria Babalova, music critic and columnist at metropolitan Moscow newspaper against The State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia. The interests of the Bolshoi Theater were represented by the advocates of EPAM.