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.
Michael Copeland has joined EPAM as a part of its Moscow team.
The team of EPAM in Minsk (the Firm) was a legal consultant in the pilot (for Belarus) privatization project of OJSC “Medplast”. An important stage of the project has recently come to an end: shortlists of potential investors were made.
The Minsk Office of EPAM (the Firm) provided legal support of the deal which increased the loan amount by EBRD up to EUR 20 million for the OJSC Stadler Minsk.
On 14 November 2013, a seminar for private clients entitled 'Family Matters: Business, Capital and Inheritance', organised by EPAM and the ATON Investment Company, was held for the first time at the Firm's St. Petersburg Law Office. Experts in the fields of jurisprudence, finance, economics, and corporate governance considered fundamental aspects of managing personal affairs.
EPAM has successfully defended the interests of Alexander Chazhengin, the First Deputy Head of the Republic of Karelia proving that his rights had been infringed and that the opponent, i.e. the Government of the Republic of Karelia, was to comply with the court decision reinstalling Chazhengin to his earlier position.
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.
The V Annual Conference entitled "Antitrust Regulation in Russia" was held by NPP for Promotion of Competition and Vedomosti newspaper and supported by the Federal Antimonopoly Service on October 25, 2013 in Moscow and October 28, 2013 in Brussels. The key specialists of the Firm’s Antimonopoly Practice, including the Partner and the Head of the Practice Natalia Korosteleva, Counsel Anna Numerova and Senior Associates Maria Kobanenko and Evgeny Bolshakov spoke at the event. As in the past, the Firm has partnered the conference.
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 8, 2013 the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) approved the new list of permanent members of the Committee for Development of Pension Schemes and Social Insurance. Andrey Porfiriev, Partner and the Head of the Legislation and Public Policy Practice at EPAM, joined the Committee as a member.
On May 25, 2013, the International Bar Association (IBA) adopted the Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration. Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner of the St. Petersburg Law Office of EPAM, was part of the team in charge of drafting the Russian version of the guidelines, which was released in October 2013.
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.
Anna Numerova, a well-known Russian antitrust expert, has joined EPAM as a Counsel in the Competition Law Practice led by Partner Natalia Korosteleva.
On July 6, 2013, Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner of the St. Petersburg Law Office of EPAM, was accepted to a global panel of energy industry arbitrators – the Energy Arbitrators List (EAL).