Corporate

We advise international and domestic businesses on corporate, commercial and governance matters across the full business lifecycle.Our Dispute Resolution practice advises international and domestic clients on high-value and strategically significant disputes arising from commercial transactions, corporate relationships, investments, financing arrangements, construction projects and regulated activities.

Our Corporate practice advises clients on establishing, structuring, operating, reorganising and winding up businesses in Uzbekistan. We assist with market entry, the incorporation and restructuring of legal entities, shareholder and governance arrangements, constitutional documents, corporate approvals and ongoing compliance with Uzbek corporate law.

We advise shareholders, boards and management teams on corporate decision-making, delegations of authority, directors’ duties, related-party transactions, intra-group arrangements and employment and management matters.

Our lawyers also draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including supply, distribution, agency, services, licensing, outsourcing, franchising and other operational contracts.

The team works closely with international counsel and in-house legal and business teams, providing practical support on standalone corporate matters and the day-to-day operations of businesses in Uzbekistan.

Capabilities

·         Market entry and corporate structuring

·         Establishment and reorganisation of legal entities

·         Shareholder and governance arrangements

·         Corporate approvals and constitutional documents

·         Commercial contracts and operational matters

·         Employment and management arrangements

·         Ongoing corporate and regulatory support

·         Liquidations and corporate exits

Selected Experience

Masdar (UAE) on the establishment of project companies and their ongoing corporate and commercial activities in connection with renewable energy projects across Uzbekistan with an aggregate capacity exceeding 3 GW.

DeFacto (Turkey) on the establishment of its subsidiary in Uzbekistan, including corporate structuring, incorporation and related market-entry matters.

Voltalia (France) on the establishment of project companies and their ongoing corporate and commercial activities in connection with renewable energy projects in Uzbekistan.

LC Waikiki (Turkey) on establishing its presence in Uzbekistan and providing ongoing corporate, commercial and regulatory support for its local operations.

Uzbek investment fund on comprehensive legal due diligence of a manufacturing business in Uzbekistan in connection with a proposed equity investment, including the preparation of transaction documentation.

Industrial integrator specialising in nuclear medicine and medical infrastructure on the legal structuring and establishment of a multifunctional irradiation centre in Uzbekistan.

Evyap International (Turkey) on the structuring and establishment of a joint venture with a major Uzbek distribution company, including the negotiation of the principal terms and the preparation of the joint venture’s Uzbek law-governed constitutional documents.

Hyundai Engineering (Republic of Korea) on the restructuring of its presence in Uzbekistan, including permanent establishments and representative offices, and related employment matters.

Wendy’s (USA) on the establishment of its retail operations in Uzbekistan.

Management company overseeing several of Uzbekistan’s leading fintech businesses, including UZCARD, ATTO and Plum Technologies, on the structuring and negotiation of a comprehensive management arrangement with the relevant limited liability and joint-stock companies.

GlaxoSmithKline (UK) on the liquidation of its representative office in Uzbekistan following more than 20 years of operations in the market.