EPAM recognized the Best Law Firm in Russia by ‘Pravo.Ru-300’ rating prepared by Pravo.Ru, Russia’s leading professional web-resource for lawyers, together with Russian premier business daily Vedomosti, joint product of Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, and Ernst & Young.
“The Best Law Firm in Russia” according to ‘Pravo.Ru-300’, EPAM regularly represents international companies doing business in Russia and Russian companies going international and acts for the Russian Federation in transactional and litigation matters. Founded in 1993, the firm has received numerous awards and deserved recognition in Russia and abroad. It has not only become the leader in the top-100 of law firms in Russia, but was recognized as top-tier consultant in specialist rankings by ‘Pravo.Ru-300’.
‘Pravo.Ru-300’ is the first ever comprehensive study of the legal industry in Russia. The survey includes over 200 law firms including national and major international firms with offices in Russia. The leaders were identified via detailed polling and numerous phone interviews, based on which EPAM was selected the Best Law Firm in Russia. The project also identified 16 specialist areas and leading Russian law firms in those areas. EPAM was voted the best in 14 of those areas including:
- Corporate law / Mergers and acquisitions
- Commercial real estate / Construction
- Intellectual property
- Natural resources/ Power industry
- Tax law
- Arbitration
- Banking law
- Land law
- Labor law
- Family and inheritance law
- Maritime law
- Bankruptcy
- International arbitration
- Telecommunications and media
Our leadership in Russia is not only the result of a hard work and high standard of service delivered by each of the firm’s 350 professionals based in Moscow, St.Petersburg and London, it also indicates recognition from our clients and colleagues. The accolade proves or case for building a modern Russian national law firm combining extensive emerging markets experience with international professional standards.
The official authentic results of the survey are available at http://pravo.ru/stat/rating300/. The comprehensive results including Best Law Firm Practices (in 16 nominations) will be published at Pravo.Ru on January 27, 2011.