Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners has announced new appointments in its Moscow office.
Effective July 1, 2014, Elena Gavrilina is a Partner in the firm's Real Estate and Construction practice, litigation Associates Alexander Vaneev and Vera Rikhterman have become Counsels, and Elena Kazak has been made a Senior Associate in the firm's Competition Practice.
Gavrilina specializes in real estate, land law, privatization, public procurement and other federal and municipal property management matters. According to EPAM, Gavrilina "is experienced in structuring of and providing legal support for major privatization deals; advising on ownership and lease conveyance deals involving public land plots (including agricultural land); advising on the disposal of public properties and other methods of making public properties available for general trade, including implementation of investment projects involving public legal entities; performing market-value appraisals; and performing legal due diligence in respect of privatized and other properties." Before joining EPAM, Elena was Chief of the Legal Support Section in the Legal Department of Vnesheconombank Investment Company (VEB Capital). Prior to that, she worked as Deputy Director of the Legal Department at the Federal Agency for Management of State Property (Rosimuschestvo). Gavrilina also has 10 years of experience working with the Russian Fund of Federal Property, a specialized state institution of the Russian government.
Vaneev has specialized in dispute resolution and commercial law for the past 10 years, primarily on litigation and arbitration matters. He also advises on restructuring and insolvency matters and provides commercial advice to clients active in a number of industries. EPAM says that Vaneev "has been deeply involved as a leading attorney in a number of high-profile domestic litigations in construction, automotive, agricultural, pharmaceutical and financial sectors." Prior to joining EPAM, Vaneev worked as a Legal Counsel at Volvo Financial Services Vostok. He holds an honors degree from the Law School of the State University – Higher Schools of Economic,s where he is now doing postgraduate studies. He also lectures at the Moscow State Academy of Law on international commercial arbitration.
Rikhterman, also a litigator with EPAM, focuses on representing the interests of domestic and foreign companies in litigations related to corporate and sport disputes, as well as disputes arising out of contractual relationships. The firm says that Rokhterman "represent[s] clients in arbitrazh courts and general-jurisdiction courts of all levels, particularly in the Higher Arbitrazh Court and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation," and that "she also specializes in restructuring, insolvency and debt recovery matters." She graduated from the Moscow State Legal Academy with honors and from the Economic Faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute.
According to EPAM, "Kazak is experienced in obtaining clearances from competition authorities with regard to international mergers." Kazak graduated with honors from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law. She has a PhD in Law and had her secondments at the University of Regensburg, Germany, and the University of Salzburg, Austria.
