INDUSTRY EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE

Financial Markets

  • International Financial Institutions
  • Banking
  • Investment
  • Insurance
  • Professional intermediaries

Experience
  • advising a Swiss major international bank as to cross-border banking and financial services
  • advising a leading European fin-tech company as to offering of their Multilateral Trading Facility Platform to the sovereign wealth fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ)
  • advising a European investment & development fund as to a number of money lending transactions to various local banks in Azerbaijan
  • legal review of a bank guarantee issued under the laws of Azerbaijan in favour of a leading printing and document processing company
  • advising a Japanese financial institution as to financial regulatory framework
  • advising a US-based international bank on ISDA Master Agreement applicability under the laws of Azerbaijan
  • advising a US-based global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement as to withholding tax
  • advising a number of Middle East-based banks as to murabaha facility
  • advising a UK-based privately held insurance brokerage firm as to their registration with the Ministry of Finance
  • Advising a US-based online games developer as to virtual currency matters
  • advising to a global insurance and investment organisation as to their registration with the Ministry of Finance and recognition and enforcement of a foreign court decision
  • advising a German government-owned development bank as to cross-border banking and financial services
  • advising a European credit organisation as to oil auctions
  • advising a local bank with foreign investment as to issuance of bonds
  • advising a German financial institution as to variety of regulatory matters
  • advising shareholders of a local bank as to change of control, extensive legal due diligence, increase of charter capital and variety of other corporate, financial and employment matters
  • advising a local bank as to potential acquisition of a competitor, including sale purchase agreement
  • advising two local banks as to merger thereof, including legal due diligence, antitrust and variety of regulatory, corporate, employment and intellectual property matters
  • Energy & Natural Resources

    • Oil & Gas
    • Mining
    • Energy
    • Service

    Experience
  • advising UK-based major international energy industry player on sale of business and assets in Azerbaijan to a German international energy industry player
  • advising an Indian oil & gas company as to acquisition of the stakes in a large regional project
  • advising a French leading international oil & gas company as to their employee share schemes
  • advising a US-based fire protection company as to variety corporate, employment and migration matters
  • advising a UK-based communication and security systems company as to variety of corporate, employment and migration, and employment dispute resolution matters
  • advising a Spanish leading engineering company as to variety of corporate and employment matters
  • advising an Italian engineering, testing, inspection and certification services providing company as to variety of corporate, employment, migration and commercial matters
  • advising a Japanese large energy and machinery company as to variety of corporate, employment and compliance matters
  • advising a Swedish high-technology engineering group as to commercial dispute resolution
  • advising a European waste management company as to commercial and dispute resolution matters
  • Telecommunication & Transport

    • Voice, data, internet services
    • Software development
    • Aviation & Space
    • Railways
    • Sea transport
    • Road transport
    • Logistics & Expedition

    Experience
  • advising a French international telecommunication company as to telecom regulatory matters
  • advising a local telecommunication company as to dispute resolution with a foreign vendor
  • advising a major European international telecommunication company as to sale of their shares in a local telecommunication company, advising as to extensive vendor legal due diligence and sale and purchase of shares
  • advising a local telecommunication group as to a multi-jurisdictional project, including buy-side legal due diligence
  • advising a local telecommunication company as to purchase of a fiber-optic internet provider, including buy-side legal due diligence and sale and purchase agreement
  • advising a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company as to licensing of embedded optical fiber activity
  • advising a global messaging provider as to sale and purchase of participatory interest in a Target co.
  • advising a German multinational software corporation as to variety of matters. Including real-estate and commercial agreements
  • advising a US-based transportation network company as to regulatory, corporate and commercial matters
  • advising a leading Turkish mobile technology firm as to their dispute resolution in Azerbaijan
  • advising a leading US-based aircraft manufacturer as to leasing of aircrafts
  • advising a private equity fund as to potential investment into a Canadian helicopter company
  • advising a Central Asian transportation company on potential sale of shares, including sell-side legal due diligence
  • advising a Spanish major IT provider for the global travel and tourism industry as to variety of corporate and commercial matters
  • advising a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate as to migration matters in Azerbaijan
  • advising a UK-based shipping company as to commercial dispute resolution
  • advising a Kazakh locomotives manufacturer as to leasing of locomotives
  • advising a French international aerospace corporation as to variety of employment and migration matters
  • Industry & Trade

    • Pharmaceuticals and healthcare
    • FMCG & Retail
    • Tourism & Hospitality
    • Agriculture and Agroindustry
    • Machinery & Production

    Experience
  • advising a US-based multinational medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company as to advertising, loyalty programs, distribution of medical samplers and sale of medicines, permanent establishment, employment, compensation and expenses policies, currency, compliance, product liability and other matters
  • advising a US-based pharmaceutical company as to variety of corporate, employment, migration, compliance, real estate, advertising, product liability, data privacy and other matters
  • advising a French pharmaceutical company as to currency control, corporate and employment matters
  • advising a US-based pharmaceutical company as to corporate, employment, registration and distribution of samples, product liability, commercial and employment disputes resolution and other matters
  • advising a US-based multinational biotechnology company as to intellectual property matters
  • advising an Austrian pharmaceutical company as to intellectual property matters
  • advising an Italian pharmaceutical company as to distributorship matters
  • advising a Danish-based multinational pharmaceutical company as to parallel import and counterfeit of pharmaceuticals, and employment dispute resolution
  • advising a Japanese pharmaceutical company as to regulatory matters
  • advising a European healthcare services provider as to potential acquisition of a medical clinic, including buy-side legal due diligence
  • advising a UK-based multi-band retailer on franchising
  • advising a UK-based mono-brand retailer on franchising
  • advising a German sportswear manufacturer as to distributorship
  • advising a German automobile producer as to data privacy
  • advising an international chain of hotels as to employment and data privacy
  • advising a US based battery manufacturer as to advertising matters
  • advising a European luxury goods producer as to data privacy
  • advising an Austrian energy drinks producer as to data privacy
  • Infrastructure & Construction

    • Investment & Development
    • Construction & Project Management
    • Health, Safety & Environment
    • Free Economic Zone

    Experience
  • advising a Canadian international transportation & infrastructure company as to various legal aspects of business, including corporate, regulatory, commercial, customs, tax, employment, migration and etc.
  • advising a US-based leading construction project management company as to variety of legal matters, including corporate, commercial, real-estate, employment, migration, tax, compliance and applicability of FCPA rules in Azerbaijan
  • advising a Dutch engineering company on FIDIC related matters
  • advising and representing in court an Italian international construction group as to commercial disputes with sub-contractor and tax dispute with the state authorities
  • advising a Dutch maritime and dredging contracting company as to customs, administrative and dispute resolution matters