Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners is a leading national law firm in Russia with offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg and London. Founded in 1993, the firm combines extensive emerging markets experience with international professional standards. It regularly represents international companies doing business in Russia and Russian companies going international. The firm regularly acts for the Russian Federation in transactional and litigation matters. The firm also frequently serves as Russian counsel to leading international law firms.Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners’ areas of practice include local and international commercial litigation and arbitration; corporate services, including incorporation, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, liquidation, etc.; due diligence investigations of Russian partners/suppliers; international business transactions, dispute resolution and public policy issues.Our clients include some of the largest Russian and international companies. Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners has been entrusted to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in foreign courts with respect to a number of legal matters. Our lawyers have provided litigation services in more than 35 countries worldwide, including the US, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Switzerland.Our attorneys are qualified in Russian and International law. They have distinguished backgrounds in government and academia. In order to best serve our clients, EPA&P lawyers develop an in-depth understanding of our clients' business and consistently work to determine and solve their problems. All of EPA&P's resources are dedicated to serving our clients. The attorneys at Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners form a strong team, empowering each individual to excel in his/her area of expertise in reaching a common goal.In order to assist in solving complex business problems, the Firm applied a multifaceted approach, integrating the legal defense of clients' rights in Russia and abroad, international commercial arbitration, representing clients' interests with government agencies (e.g. with respect to shaping national policies), and assistance in establishing press/public relations, among other services.All EPA&P lawyers have graduated from prestigious law schools. Many of them have received additional legal qualifications in the US and Great Britain.The firm’s working languages are English and Russian, but our lawyers can also work in German, French and Spanish.A number of EPA&P attorneys are active members of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association. Most of Russian attorneys are members of local Bar Associations – associations of high-qualified lawyers, which provide members with access to leading experts and up-to-date information as well as top-level professional development and network-building opportunities.EPA&P lawyers are regularly engaged as consultants on different law aspects by executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Russian Federation and also by Russian and foreign social organizations.Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners is a founding member of the Russian-American Business Council in Moscow. EPA&P is also an active member of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, Canadian Business Association in Russia, and the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Our mission is to uphold justice by combining creativity and traditional Russian ingenuity with legal services meeting international standards.Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners’ strategy is defined by the three key principles:1. Combining the high academic qualifications of distinguished professors and alumni of the Law Departments of the Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University, both leading Russian universities, with the international experience and legal training of EPA&P attorneys in the United States to ensure the highest degree of professionalism according to both Russian and western standards;2. Merging senior partners' professional experience and practical abilities with the vigour and knowledge of younger attorneys to provide superior professional talent within a flexible structure;3. Adhering to internationally acknowledged moral and ethical values to provide clients with reliable, first-class service.Our policy of maintaining constant communication with our clients provides EPA&P with an in-depth understanding of our clients' business. We work to promptly determine and solve clients' legal issues. We provide practical solutions by clearly defining objectives and consistently working to achieve them.We use all resources of our firm, its experts and partners to serve our clients. We work as a team, empowering each player to live up to his/her potential in reaching a common goal.The sustained development of each individual at EPA&P, as well as of EPA&P as a corporate entity is our contribution to our clients' success.Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners was founded in 1993. The Firm's partners and associates are some of Russia's leading law professors and practicing attorneys with experience both in Russia and internationally.In the mid-1990's, when major western corporations began entering the Russian market. The Firm's first clients were international investors and foreign law firms representing investors in Russia. These clients needed competent legal advice with respect to Russian Law from attorneys knowing the realities of the Russian market and how this emerging market might fit into an international framework.As privatization in Russia progressed and Russian private firms began to emerge, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners began representing Russian business interests in the United States and other countries. We combined our unique understanding of Russian companies with our knowledge and practical experience in the US legal system to offer comprehensive representation of clients' interests abroad.Since the late 1990's, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners have been actively involved in the economic development taking place in Russia. In particular, the Firm repeatedly defended the rights and interests of various businesses from attempted hostile takeovers and asserted the rights of shareholders against illegal asset-stripping.Building upon Russian economic growth and increased activity of the Russian business, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has developed into the leading law firm in Russia.Legal adviser on the largest M&A deals in the Russian corporate history, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has became the first Russian law firm to enter the international legal market as a firm of international regard.In 2007 Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners opened its representative office in London, UK. Located at 3 Gough Square EC4, in the City of London, the office neighbours the world’s major law firms and investment banks. London office of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners is the venue for managing international projects for the firm’s Russian clients, as well as liaising with UK, US and European law firms.In 2008 Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners became the first Russian law firm to win the Chambers Europe Russian National Law Firm of the Year award and the Gold Award for the Best Russian Law Firm of the Year 2008 at the International Legal Alliance Summit Awards. The same year the firm was awarded for Achievements in the Legal Profession by the Federal Bar Association of the Russian Federation.

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