Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners

What Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners does

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAM Law) is a privately held full-service law firm founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and headquartered in Moscow. The firm operates through three offices – Moscow (its largest by lawyer count and recognized as the market leader by financial indicators), St. Petersburg (the original 1993 office), and Minsk, Belarus – serving international and Russian-headquartered enterprises on cross-border transactions, M&A, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, antitrust, competition law, project finance and industry-specific matters including energy, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, TMT/IP, and infrastructure/PPP.

EPAM's practice is structured around Dispute Resolution, Transactional work, Regulatory matters, Industry-Specific advice and Private Client Services. Its core product is professional legal counsel – not technology – delivered by partners and lawyers qualified in Russian, English and American law, supported by a network of trusted advisors across CIS, Europe, the USA and Asia. Notable mandates include representing the Bank of New York Mellon in a USD 22.5 billion customs litigation, advising on a RUB 171.1 billion financing stage for the Moscow–St Petersburg High-Speed Railway, and supporting marquee transactions for BP, Bayer, Novartis, Pfizer, Fortum, Allianz, Knauf, BlaBlaCar, Auchan, Danone-Unimilk, Shiseido and Tele2 Russia.

Revenue is generated through professional services billing to enterprise clients on fee-for-service terms (hourly rates, transaction-based fees or retainers); pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm is consistently ranked #1 in Russia/CIS by Chambers Europe, Legal 500, Pravo.ru-300, Kommersant, Best Lawyers and GCR 100, and was named Law Firm of the Year: Russia and the CIS by The Lawyer European Awards 2021. Ownership rests with its working partners (including Managing Partner Ilya Nikiforov and co-founder Dimitry Afanasiev); there is no parent company, external institutional investor or public listing.

Name

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners

Legal name

Адвокатское бюро ЕПАМ

Website

https://epam.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAM Law) is the largest full-service law firm in the CIS by lawyer count and revenue, founded 1993, with offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Minsk, serving large international and Russian corporations on cross-border M&A, dispute resolution, antitrust and regulatory mandates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: EPAM generates revenue through professional legal services including M&A advisory, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and transaction support. Services are provided to large corporate clients on a fee-for-service basis, typically hourly rates or fixed fees for specific transactions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAM Law) is a full-service law firm providing legal advisory and representation across Dispute Resolution, Transactional, Regulatory, Industry-Specific, and Private Client practice areas. Services are delivered to large corporations, financial institutions, and international companies on a fee-for-service basis (hourly rates, fixed fees, or retainers) by partner-led teams qualified in Russian, English, and American law. The firm's work spans M&A, cross-border transactions, competition/antitrust, arbitration and litigation, tax, compliance, IP/TMT, energy, pharmaceuticals, project finance, and PPP.

Product overview

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAM) is a Russian law firm providing comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas including Dispute Resolution, Transactional work, Regulatory matters, Industry-Specific advice, and Private Client Services. The firm does not offer software products or technology platforms; it is a traditional legal services firm offering counsel in areas such as Competition Law, M&A and Corporate, Banking & Finance, Project Finance and Public-Private Partnership, Compliance, Intellectual Property/TMT, International Arbitration, Tax, Energy, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare, and Employment and Migration Law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dispute Resolution
• Banking & Finance, Capital Markets
• M&A and Corporate
• Real Estate and Construction
• Project Finance and Public-Private Partnership
• Competition Law
• Compliance
• Tax
• International Trade & Customs
• Personal Data Protection
• Privatisation and Public Sector Assets
• Environmental and Technical Regulations
• Administrative Law
• Technology, Media and Telecommunications
• Maritime Shipping / Transport Law
• Insurance
• Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
• Energy
• Transfer of Wealth
• Family Law
• Employment and Migration Law

Quantifiable outcome

• USD 22.5 billion litigation successfully represented for Bank of New York Mellon
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• White & Case: Global firm with a strong Moscow presence and elite international arbitration practice, directly comparable to EPAM on cross-border disputes and project finance work.
• Clifford Chance: Global Magic Circle firm with a major Moscow office historically active in the same banking, project finance, and cross-border transactions market as EPAM.
• Linklaters: Global Magic Circle firm with a long-standing Moscow practice competing with EPAM on cross-border M&A, banking & finance, and arbitration mandates for multinational and Russian state-owned clients.
• Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP): International firm resulting from the merger of Berwin Leighton Paisner and Bryan Cave, with a significant Moscow operation competing in real estate, finance, and corporate work.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Global Magic Circle firm with a Moscow office active in M&A, antitrust, and international arbitration — closely comparable to EPAM on cross-border corporate and competition matters.
• Dentons: World's largest law firm by headcount with a substantial CIS presence, offering a broad range of corporate, banking, and regulatory services that overlap with EPAM's full-service offering.
• CMS: Top European full-service firm with a Moscow office and strong energy, infrastructure, and corporate practices comparable to EPAM's industry-specific offerings.
• DLA Piper: Global law firm with an established Russian practice, competing with EPAM on cross-border M&A, TMT, and corporate restructuring mandates for international clients.
• Baker McKenzie: Global firm with a long-standing Moscow office providing cross-border tax, M&A, and compliance work for multinationals — directly comparable to EPAM on multinational corporate mandates.

Direct peers

• ALRUD Law Firm: A leading independent Russian law firm with comparable full-service M&A, dispute resolution, and regulatory practices serving large Russian and international corporates — the most direct domestic peer to EPAM in Moscow.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/epamlaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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