The Litigation Practice at EPAM is one of the largest and most experienced teams in the Russian legal market. For more than 30 years, our lawyers have successfully handled landmark disputes involving clients’ key assets, corporate control, strategic obligations, business reputation and overall business resilience.
We represent leading Russian and international companies in disputes of any complexity, including sophisticated cross-border proceedings where success depends on a carefully calibrated strategy and seamless coordination.
Each year, the team handles more than 100 litigation and arbitration matters, many of which are precedent-setting or shape judicial practice.
The scale of our projects, depth of expertise and decades of accumulated experience have consistently secured the practice leading positions in major legal directories and industry rankings.
Acting in our clients’ best interests, we develop comprehensive dispute resolution strategies based on a thorough assessment of the merits of each case, procedural risks and prospects for effective enforcement. Our approach is not merely to succeed in court, but to achieve a commercially meaningful outcome — whether through the effective enforcement of a judgment or the resolution of a dispute on the most favourable terms.
We handle disputes across a broad range of areas, including:
- commercial disputes;
- disputes involving natural monopolies, public authorities and state-owned corporations;
- corporate disputes;
- insolvency-related disputes, including claims against controlling persons;
- business reputation and defamation disputes;
- intellectual property disputes;
- disputes in the energy, real estate, construction and insurance sectors;
- investment, tax and antitrust disputes;
- debt recovery and bond default disputes;
- other disputes requiring in-depth sector expertise.
Our team has extensive experience representing clients before the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and courts throughout the Russian Federation, as well as before arbitral institutions. We also represent clients before patent, customs and antitrust authorities, and in subsequent litigation involving public authorities.
Alongside litigation, we use alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including mediation. Our team includes professional mediators who provide comprehensive support throughout negotiations and help develop mutually beneficial settlement terms.
For major projects, we form multidisciplinary teams, bringing together lawyers from more than 20 of the firm’s practice areas and acting as a one-stop shop for our clients.
Our dispute resolution expertise is recognised in Russia and internationally. EPAM has been named Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year at the Chambers Russia Awards, and our matters are regularly included by Kommersant among the most significant disputes. The practice holds leading positions in Chambers Europe, The Legal 500, Pravo-300, Chambers Global, Forbes Legal Club, Kommersant and other sector-specific rankings and surveys, including individual lawyer rankings.
