Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners

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Dimitry Afanasiev is the Chairman of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, the Chambers Europe’s 2008 Russian Law Firm of the Year, with offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg and London.

Born in 1969, Mr. Afanasiev studied law at the University of Leningrad, University of Pennsylvania School of Law and St. Petersburg Institute of Law. He is a member of the St. Petersburg Bar Association, associate member of the American Bar Association and International Bar Association. Ideologist of a stronger local legal community in Russia, Dimitry is the Counselor to the President of the Federal Bar Association of Russia.

Dimitry Afanasiev has worked as associate at Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis and Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen in Philadelphia (USA). In 1993 he co-founded Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners; Partners’ Committee Chair since 1999. Member of the Board of Directors of UC RUSAL and Norilsk Nickel.

Mr. Afanasiev’s areas of practice include international business transactions, dispute resolution and public policy issues. Among his clients are the Russian Federation, multinational and Russian corporations, high net worth individuals and charitable organizations.

Dimitry Afanasiev is the Co-Chair of the CIS Local Counsel Forum, an informal network of managing and senior partners of CIS and international law firms, meeting annually in different venues chosen by the Delegates.

Mr. Afanasiev is a Board Member of Business Russia, an all-Russia non-profit association of businessmen, and a founding member of the Russian-American Business Council. He is also active in the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia.

Mr. Afanasiev was awarded a medal “For Professional Excellence” by the Russian Bar Association and received a Letter of Commendation from the President of Russia “For achievements in defending human rights”. Dimitry Afanasiev was listed by The Lawyer (the UK) among the global top 40 lawyers.