On 22 May the Russian In-house Counsel Congress conducted the “In-house Counsel for Protection and Development of Business Today” event in Moscow.
On 26 April 2008 an academic and business conference “Bidding Law Actors” together with the session of the editorial board of Russian Business (Commercial) Yearbook took place in Saint Petersburg. The conference was attended by attorney Sergey Korolev of EPAM.
London, April 22, 2008 – Partners from the leading independent law firms from around the world held a special morning session during The Russian Economic Forum in London today. Entitled ‘The Battle for Assets: How to Approach the Markets’, it focused on the key challenges and problems faced by Russian investors abroad, and the various strategies and tactics to adopt in a competitive international market. Participating firms were EPAM (Russia), Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (USA), Slaughter and May (UK), Hengeler Mueller (Germany), Bredin Prat (France), Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (Italy), Uria (Spain), De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Netherlands), Mannheimer Swartling (Sweden) and Schönherr (Austria).
Sponsored by Law Offices of EPAM, EuroLawyer 2008 International Legal Forum was held in London on April 4 to 5, 2008 and had become a new venue of fruitful cooperation and contacts between CIS and EU lawyers. Maria Miroshnikova, senior lawyer of EPAM, attended the Forum.
Law enforcement authorities of Norway have reported today the dismissal of the criminal case against OJSC Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet (OJSC ATF) and the captain of Novoazovsk arrested in March 2007 on the charge of violation of Norwegian fishing regulations. Russia was represented in this case by EPAM.
EPAM Law attorneys Ilya Nikiforov, Nikolay Averchenko and Maria Miroshnikova co-authored a new text book “Civil Law” published this week.
British packaging firm Rexam Plc has received permission from Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog to acquire Russian drinks can maker Rostar from En+ Group. At the second hearing Rexam was represented by EPAM Law.
Today, in the port of Huelva, Spain, two trawlers – Yuosas Alexonis and Trawlmeister Mogutov, were returned to their legal owner, Russian State company Archangelsk Trawler Fleet (ATF), after being misappropriated in 2004 by the international group headed by the Mauritanian businessman Abass Bugurbal. The interests of Archangelsk Trawler Fleet were represented by EPAM.
Moscow, December 12, 2007. Man of the Year national award ceremony took place in Christ the Saviour’s Cathedral in Moscow. Among this year's prize winners are Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation; Alexii II, Patriarch; Leo Bokeria, cardio surgeon; Rodion Shedrin, composer; Alisher Usmanov, businessman. In the “Legal” nomination the award was given to Boris Puginsky, co-founder of and named partner in EPAM Law Firm for “Major contribution to the national jurisprudence”.
The ceremony for the Best Russian Law Departments Awards, decided through research by Corporate Lawyer magazine took place today in Moscow. The event, supported by law offices EPAM, was attended by more than 250 participants: heads of the law departments nominated, members of the Expert Committee and special guests, including partners of leading Russian and international law firms, and media representatives.
This year the Annual IBA Conference took place on 14-19 October in Singapore. EPAM was represented by Mr. Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner of the St. Petersburg Office, and Ms. Maria Miroshnikova, Senior Lawyer of the Moscow Office.
Moscow - Oslo, September 25, 2007. – The Supreme Court of Norway announced its decision to dismiss all charges against two Russian vessels, “Captain Gorbatchev” and “Dmitry Pokramovitch”, arrested by the Norwegian authorities in October 2005, charged with breaching Norwegian fishing regulations. EPAM represented the Russian side.
Parties confirmed the completion of its previously announced US$1.54 billion strategic investment in Magna International Inc., a Canadian company listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. EPAM, together with foreign consultants, advised on the deal.
Spain’s Council of Ministers confirmed the decision to extradite Abass Boughourbal, a citizen of Mauritania, to the Russian Federation . He is accused of unlawful appropriation of three fishing trawlers owned by the Russian Federation. This achievement was the result of well-coordinated actions by the Russian Federal Agency for Property Management, Russian General Prosecutor’s Office, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Russia, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Spain, the top management of the OJSC Arkhangelsk Trawler Fleet, Spanish lawyers and EPAM that represented Russia at the proceedings regarding the recovery of the trawlers.
Elena Krotova Sebag, an attorney-at-law of EPAM, was appointed representative of Russian National Committee of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Russia) in Commission on Intellectual Property of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).