Based on annual survey “50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2013" carried out by Yuridicheskaya Praktika jointly with Kommersant-Ukraine, Law Offices Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine is again acknowledged as one of the leading law firms in Ukraine. According to ranking, the Firm retains its leadership for several consecutive years already.
Serhii Sviriba, Managing Partner, and Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Partner of International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation practice of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine have been recognized as world's leading arbitration experts, according to The International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration 2014.
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners won Russia’s Mergers & Acquisitions Awards, topping The Best Russian Law Firm in 2013 category.
The Lawyer completed the judging for the The Lawyer European Awards 2014. The winner of the previous years, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has been shortlisted for 4 considerable categories.
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners shortlisted for 4 categories of the Lawyer European Awards 2014
From 1 November 2013, Roman Stepanenko will head the Banking & Finance Capital Markets Practice of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners in Ukraine.
The Tax practice of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine, an exclusive member of a network of tax advisors Taxand, is ranked among the world’s leading tax practices by International Tax Review’s 2014 edition of its World Tax guide.
Lawyers of Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine participated in preparation of the report “Doing Business 2014”, XI edition of the series of World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) project “Doing Business”.
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine became official legal partner of Wine and Spirits Committee of the European Business Association (EBA). Senior Associate Arsen Milyutin was appointed as а representative of the Firm to the Committee.
The newly released edition of IFLR 1000, аn annual legal guide focused on finance and corporate law, distinguishes Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners as “the biggest firm in its homeland and the CIS” and highly recommends it for all jurisdictions of its presence in the region including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners’ Ukraine sports law practice team has successfully defended football player Cristobal Marquez, who was involved in an employment contract dispute with football club Karpaty.
Sergiy Grebenyuk, advocate and counsel, co-head of the Criminal Law Practice of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine, was elected as head of the Kyiv branch of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA).
According to the annual research performed by The Lawyer, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners tops The Lawyer European 100 ranking by revenue per partner. The firm also demonstrates strong financial results per associate and stands 18th in the overall ranking being the only CIS law firm listed among the top-100 European leaders.
On May 31, the 10th meeting of the legislative assembly of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) took place in Yalta. The meeting was dedicated to the election of the association governing body for the next two years. Oleksii Reznikov, a partner with Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, was re-elected as a vice president of the association.
EPAP Ukraine has acted for the Joint Lead Managers in connection with the debut issuance of USD 500 million Eurobond by Donetska, Lvivska, Odeska, Prydniprovska, Pivdenna, and Pivdenno-Zakhidna Railways supported by the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine (Ukrzaliznytsia).
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has been top ranked by the most reputable legal directory Chambers Europe 2013 for its three core CIS jurisdictions including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Chambers recommends the Firm for a range of practices including Dispute Resolution: Corporate Crime, Domestic, and International; General Business law, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Restructuring/Insolvency, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Intellectual Property, Energy & Natural Resources, Tax, TMT.