title: Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
text: # Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
  
  Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPA&P; Russian: Его́ров, Пуги́нский, Афана́сьев и партнёры (ЕПАиП)) 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 in 1993, when Western corporations were beginning to expand into the post-Soviet states.
  
  In July 2011, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners merged with the international law firm Magisters.
  
  In 2015, firm chairman Afanasiev was awarded "European Managing Partner of the Year" by The Lawyer European Awards.
  
  ## Locations
  
  * Moscow, St Petersburg
  * Kyiv
  * London
  * Minsk
  