Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPA&P; ) is an established international law firm in the CIS with offices in Russia, UAE, Ukraine, Belarus, and associated offices in London and Cyprus.

History

The firm was founded by Nikolai Egorov, Dimitry Afanasiev, and Boris Puginsky in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

in 1993, when Western corporations were beginning to expand into the

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. To support the

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in 2004, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners represented the interests of a Russian diplomat and two

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agents who were arrested on 19 February 2004 in Qatar for the assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, who was a separatist leader from Chechnya who was murdered in Doha, Qatar, and gained the release of the diplomat; however, the two GRU agents, stood trial in Qatar and, on 30 June 2004, received life sentences for murdering

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but, in December 2004, the two GRU agents were transferred back to Russia to serve their terms in Russia. In July 2011, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners merged with the international law firm Magisters. Magisters was founded in Kyiv in 1997, as Magister & Partners. Its founders, lawyers Oleg Riabokon and Serhii Sviriba were studying of the Kyiv Institute of International Relations Law department, and the idea to establish a law firm came to them right at the university prom. In 2006, "Magister & Partners" merged with Ukrainian law firm "Pravis:Reznikov, Vlasenko & Partners" and launched in

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by merging with "Legas Legal Solutions", this merge became the first-ever cross-border merger between independent law firms in the CIS and marked the beginning of the Firm's CIS-wide expansion. The years 2008 and 2009 have been a period of active expansion for Magisters. The firm merged with a Belarusian law firm "BelJurBureau" and opened an office in

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. Early 2009, Magisters also set up a representative office in

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, UK. The firm's

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office was raided by the

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on February 3, 2011, for undisclosed reasons. In 2015, firm chairman Afanasiev was awarded "European Managing Partner of the Year" by ''

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'' European Awards.

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Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners 1993 establishments in Russia Law firms established in 1993 Lawyers from Moscow

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