Dimitry Afanasiev is Chairman and co-founding partner of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, the largest law firm in Russia and the CIS.
Mr. Afanasiev specializes in international corporate transactions, dispute resolution and public policy issues. He has represented the interests of the Russian Federation and leading multinational and Russian corporations. He is a board member of UC RUSAL, the world's largest aluminium company, and CTC Media Inc., a publicly listed media company.
Dimitry was recognized as one of the world’s Top 40 international lawyers (The Lawyer magazine), has been nominated as European Managing Partner of the Year, is listed amongst Top 10 Russian lawyers (Russian Reporter, 2011) and was nominated for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards 2010. He is recommended by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500 EMEA, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal: CIS and other leading legal guides as a leading practitioner in the areas of M&A and corporate law, dispute resolution, antitrust, banking and finance, investment, restructuring/insolvency, and shipping and transport.
Prior to co-founding Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners in 1993, Dimitry worked at Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis and Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen in Philadelphia (USA). In 1999 he became Chairman of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners.
Dimitry is a board member of Business Russia, an all-Russia public organization, a founding member of the Russian-American Business Council, and a member of the Russian Council for International Affairs, a foreign policy body established by the Russian President. He is Counsel to the President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation, Chair of the Non-Profit Partnership for Advancement of Corporate Law, and Vice-Chair of the International Law Practice Management Forum of the American Bar Association Section of International Law. Dimitry is a Co-Chairman of the CIS Leading Counsel Network, a professional network of the leading law firms across the CIS offering clients integrated multijurisdictional legal advice.
Dimitry was awarded a medal for Professional Excellence by the Federal Chamber of Lawyers and received a commendation from the President of Russia for achievements in defending human rights.
Dimitry studied law at the University of Leningrad, University of Pennsylvania and St. Petersburg Institute of Law. He is a member of the St. Petersburg Bar Association.
