Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners' Moscow Office widely recommended as one of the best in Russia, and constantly highly acclaimed by leading International and Russian legal directories and publications.
Since the early 1990's we have been actively promoting the development of business in Russia by protecting the largest domestic and international companies in Russia and abroad in different projects and proceedings, and we have advised leading international law firms and their clients on Russian law matters.
Today, EPAM's Moscow Office employs around 200 lawyers, who provide a wide range of legal services, including dispute resolution, corporate, M&A, project finance and PPP, antitrust, restructurings and insolvencies. We also offer our clients advice on energy and natural resources, governmental property management and privatization, environment, technical regulation and industrial safety, banking and finance, intellectual property, sport law, criminal law, real estate and construction, taxation, family and labor disputes, marine and transport law, international trade and customs.
Our partners and lawyers, mostly graduates of the top Russian law schools, and many who have also received law degrees in Europe, USA and UK, are Russia’s leading experts with extensive experience in managing domestic and cross-border projects.
We offer our clients a comprehensive approach with a blend of Russian and foreign corporate law, dispute resolution in Russia and internationally, representation before federal governmental authorities to resolve national policy formation issues, media relations and public affairs.
The Firm’s attorneys are members of the International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Association of Lawyers of Russia, and other Russian bar associations, which not only provide career development opportunities, but also significant preferences to attorneys, including tax incentives, client immunity and the attorney-client privilege.
The Firm is a co-founder of the Russian-American Business Cooperation Council and an active member of the US-Russia Business Council (USRBC), American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), All-Russia Public Organisation “Delovaya Rossiya”, Association of European Business (АЕВ),International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Russia), and an exclusive Russian member of the world’s leading network of independent law firms Lex Mundi.
The Firm's lawyers speak both English and Russian. We also advise our clients in German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.