Members of the General Council as well as its new Chairman have been elected following the general meeting of the Non-Commercial Partnership “Competition Support” held on April 23, 2014.

Anna Numerova, Counsel of the Competition Law Practice at EPAM, was elected as Chairman of the General Council. This is the first time the Partnership has changed its Chairman since 2007 when it was established.

Natalia Korosteleva, Partner, Head of the Competition Law Practice at EPAM, was elected by the General Council to become one of 5 members of the governance board responsible for the overall Partnership management.

“Throughout its existence, the Partnership has gained a reputation as an effective platform for cooperation between business and antitrust authorities, facilitating an efficient development in the sphere of competition in Russia, which is the main goal of the Partnership,” says the newly elected Chairman Anna Numerova.

Non-commercial partnership "Competition Support", created in May 2007 , is a platform uniting representatives of major international and Russian law firms and the business real sector to form a consolidated position of the business community and the government on regulatory issues in the development of competition. The purpose of the Partnership is the interaction of the FAS Russia and the legal community on the issues of effective competition law enforcement practice and participation in legislation drafting on competition.