The Third annual Vedomosti conference “Legal Business in Russia” has taken place in Moscow today. EPAM was named by the Mergers and Aquisitions magazine as the Best Russian Law Firm in the M&A market and was given the Corporate Lawyer award for their contribution to educational work.
The M&A-Intelligence analytical group of the “Mergers and Acquisitions” magazine has issued a rating of the leading M&A legal consultants on deals involving Russian companies of the year 2006. First time on the rating, a Russian firm EPAM went straight to the rating’s second place.
EPAM has been nominated for the Legal Business European Law Firm of The Year award. It is the first Russian legal firm to receive such a nomination.
The Lawyer (London, UK) has included Dimitry Afanasiev, member of the Partners' Committee of EPAM LawP, in the list of the 40 brightest stars of the international legal market who have been making the biggest waves outside the UK. According to The Lawyer, as the profession's globalists, these lawyers will help shape 2007.
The award ceremony took place during the general meeting of the St. Petersburg Bar Association on February, 11 2005. Three other EPAM Law lawyers were awarded the St. Petersburg Bar Association Diplomas.