Jakhongir Azimov has substantial experience in providing legal assistance for
implementing various investment projects in Uzbekistan. He is renowned for his M&A
practice, due diligence, antitrust law, and litigation representing interests of
foreign investors from China, Canada, India, Pakistan, Russian, Singapore, and
Ukraine before different government authorities. His expertise is acknowledged by
such authoritative international legal rating agencies as Chambers and Partners and
The Legal 500.
+998 (90) 971 01 22 j.azimov@diplomatlaw.com
His professional profile includes, among others, work on the following projects:
Counseling the largest oil company CNPC from China on corporate governance of the
newly established joint venture in Uzbekistan, labour law and taxation issues;
Counseling representative office of the largest gas giant of Russian Federation -
Gazprom in Uzbekistan in Corporate Affairs;
Counseling and providing legal support to the Russian company "Inter-Press Group"
in the acquisition of its stake in the Uzbek company specializing in publishing;
Counseling Chinese investors on doing business in Uzbekistan in such areas as
construction and organization of activities of sanatorium, guesthouses, and holiday
houses;
Counseling and providing legal support to the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in
Uzbekistan in procedure of acquisition of property;
Counseling one of the largest Chinese pharmaceutical companies on implementing its
investment project in Uzbekistan, including, but not limited to setting up a joint
venture in cooperation with Uzfarmsanoat;
Counseling CNLC Petroleum, a Chinese-owned company in Uzbekistan, on a daily basis
(i.e. labor issues, taxation, legal opinions to contracts, etc.);
Counseling large Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani pharmaceutical companies on
implementing their investment project in Uzbekistan;
Counseling Xinjiang Bortala Brave Industrial Trade Co. Ltd., a Chinese company, on
registering its subsidiary in Uzbekistan and servicing its subsidiary on a daily
basis (i.e. labor issues, taxation, legal opinions to contracts, etc.);
Counseling Jiangsu Muyang Group Co., a Chinese company, on opening and operating a
representative office in Uzbekistan;
Counseling German, Russian, and Afghan investors on creating a large holding
company as well as providing them with comprehensive legal support for their
investment project;
Counseling Japanese investors on doing business in Uzbekistan;
Counseling on tax and corporate issues a Japanese-British consortium implementing
its projects financed with the funds loaned by the Asian Development Bank;
Counselling the largest distributor of Procter&Gamble in Russia - a group of
companies "SMILE" in the framework of the investment project on business, as well as
the establishment of trading house in Uzbekistan;
Advising the largest investor from Turkey - Atamak Company within the investment
project to build a plant for processing agricultural products and the development of
agro-industrial complex;
Counseling Singaporean investors on implementing a complex investment project in
the textile industry in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan (i.e. conducting negotiations
with the Uzbek government, drafting an investment agreement, establishing a company,
counseling on general corporate and tax issues);
Counseling on a number of M&A deals between foreign and local companies in
Uzbekistan;
Counseling the largest airline company from the Czech Republic on various
compliance matters;
Rendering legal support to companies from various areas of business in a wide
range of issues arising during their business activity;
Participating in litigation representing foreign companies before Uzbek economical
courts.
For several years worked in the Chamber of Commerce of
Uzbekistan to protect the rights and interests of business. Within the framework of a
number of E.U. projects, Jakhongir
took active part in legislative work regarding the issues on foreign investment and
protection of rights of foreign investors, antitrust regulations, and development of
fair competition.
His articles on M&A and legal due diligence as well as numerous corporate issues have
been published in different professional legal journals and websites.
Jakhongir lectured courses of Constitutional Law of Foreign Countries & Comparative
Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law of European Countries, International Law, Human
Rights, and Philosophy of Law in the Moscow State University of Service and Moscow State
Social University (Moscow branches in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) as well as in the Tashkent
State Institute of Law.
He obtained his LL.M. and LL.B. degrees from the Tashkent State Institute of Law
(Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Mrs. Dildora Abdullaeva
Assistant to Executive Director
Dildora Abdullaeva is responsible for administrative support to the legal team. She
assists the team in arranging travel, calendaring, scheduling, business development,
and event planning.
Dildora obtained her bachelor’s degree in Tashkent State Aviation Institute (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Mr. Andrey Titov is significantly experienced in legal support and services provided in the implementation of various investment projects throughout Russia. He represents the interests of and acts for foreign investors from Korea, Uzbekistan, and Georgia, in and before various governmental authorities. The Russian Branch provides a wide range of legal services such as legal due diligence, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate taxation (including tax optimization and mitigation), national and international trade support, and contract law. The Branch’s team specializes in litigation and judicial proceedings, including winding-up, insolvency and bankruptcy of business entities as well.
The Branch maintains close cooperation with economic security and competitive intelligence experts.
+7 (967) 076 81 82 a.titov@diplomatlaw.com
As part of his professional experience, Mr. Titov was engaged in the following projects by providing:
Legal counselling and support in the course of implementation of a large-scale investment project, FoamLine (Russia), entailing the launch of Europe’s largest integrated polyurethane foam (PU-foam) facility in the City of Kuznetsk (Penza Region).
Legal counselling and support in the course of implementation of a large-scale investment project, FoamLine (Russia), entailing the opening of a joint-venture integrated polyurethane foam (PU-foam) facility in Uzbekistan.
Legal counselling and support in the course of implementation of a large-scale investment project, FoamLine (Russia), entailing the opening of a joint-venture nonintegrated polyurethane foam (PU-foam) facility in Georgia.
Legal counselling and support to the Peshelan Gypsum Plant (Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia) in relation to all corporate, contractual, claim, judicial, taxation, and employment issues, including preparation of legal opinions and others.
Legal counselling and support to the Kompaunt Corrugated Cardboard Plant (Moscow Region, Russia) in relation to all corporate, contractual, claim, judicial, and taxation issues, including preparation of legal opinions and others.
Legal counselling and support to the Gzhel Art Painting Plant (Moscow Region, Russia) in relation to all corporate, contractual, claim, judicial, and taxation issues, including preparation of legal opinions and others.
Legal counselling to a Russian investor regarding the opening of a hotel & catering facility in Nizhny Novgorod Region (Russia).
Legal counselling to a Russian investor regarding the opening of a countryside recreation center in Nizhny Novgorod Region (Russia).
For more than 5 years he served on the management bodies of various joint-stock companies and other entities (including acting as a member and Chairman of the Board of Directors), particularly in OAO Sredne-volzhskiy shtab VGSCh (a Samara-based Middle Volga Staff of Mine Rescue Brigade), OAO Nauchnoe konstruktorsko-tekhnologicheskoe byuro Ferrit (a Voronezh-based Research Bureau for Design and Technology), OAO Nauchno-issledovatelskiy centr po izucheniyu svoystv poverkhnosti i vakuuma (a Moscow-based R&D Center for Study of Surface and Vacuum Properties), OAO DEP 270 (a Penza Region-based Road Maintenance Company), OAO DEP 369 (a Republic of Khakassia-based Road Maintenance Company), OAO Kavtransstroy (a Republic of North Ossetia-Alania-based Transportation and Construction Company), AO Plemzavod Uchkhoz Tulinskoe (a Novosibirsk Region-based Work-Study Farm for Selective Breeding of Livestock), AO Uchkhoz Kokino (a Bryansk Region-based Work-Study Farm).
Provided legal services to companies from various sectors of economy by covering a wide range of issues arising in the course of their business activities;
Participated in judicial proceedings involving national and foreign companies and represented their interests before arbitration courts in the Russian Federation.
Mr. Titov had served for military justice authorities for some years. As part of a number of projects implemented by the Institute for Development of Arbitration Proceedings, the Russian Branch Manager took an active part in evolving the case law practice relating to protection of the rights and legitimate interests of investments and foreign investors, including mediation, and contributed to the development of fair competition.
Mr. Titov’s jurisprudence articles have been published in various professional legal journals including those on the list of the Supreme Qualifying Commission, part of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
The Russian Branch Manager had held a course of lectures on law to students at national higher education institutions in Moscow.
Mr. Titov obtained a PhD in Law at the Military University (Moscow, Russia).
STANISLAV KIM
Partner / Head of Corporate Practice
Stanislav Kim renders full legal services in such areas as company registration,
re-organization and restructuring, corporate governance, general meetings of
shareholders, general corporate accounting, M&A, company liquidation, insolvency and
bankruptcy regulations, labor/employment law (including labor/employment disputes),
and corporate taxation (including tax optimization).
+998 (98) 362 21 02 s.kim@diplomatlaw.com
His professional profile includes, among others, work on the following projects:
Counseling on a number of M&A deals between foreign and local companies in
Uzbekistan;
Counseling and legal assistance in establishment of company with foreign investors
from Georgia – Mobile Innovations in telecommunications, intentional conduct
business with the largest mobile operator in Uzbekistan Ucell on the establishment
and development of dealer relations
Counseling foreign investors from China, India, Korea, Pakistan, and Russia on
registering and re-organizing their businesses in Uzbekistan;
Counseling foreign investors on obtaining work permits in Uzbekistan;
Counseling the largest airline company from the Czech Republic on opening its
representative office in Uzbekistan;
Counseling foreign and local businesses on liquidation matters;
Counseling one of the large Indian investors in the automotive industry on selling
its Uzbek business to a foreign investor;
Counseling large Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani pharmaceutical companies on
implementing their investment project in Uzbekistan;
Counseling Miran International Hotel on registration and re-registration of its
subsidiary in Uzbekistan, providing complex legal assistance for the already
registered subsidiary in labor/employment law, taxation, providing legal opinions to
its contracts, etc.;
Counseling Jiangsu Muyang Group Co., a Chinese company, on opening and operating a
representative office in Uzbekistan;
Counseling one of the largest official distributor of alcohol products on company
registration and re-registration in Uzbekistan as well as providing legal assistance
in labor/employment law, taxation, issuing legal opinions to its contracts, etc.;
Counseling Prima Textile, a large textile company, on taxation, import and export
operations, customs regulation, labor law, and other matters; issuing legal opinions
to its contracts in respect of their compliance with the existing legislation;
Counseling Marikon Audit, an auditing company, on registration and re-organization
of its business in Uzbekistan;
Counseling Filtr.uz, a large company producing filters for vehicles, on registration
and re-registration of its company in Uzbekistan, providing legal assistance in
labor law, taxation; issuing legal opinions to its contract, etc.;
Counseling Lazzat Karamel, a company producing caramel products, on taxation, import
and export operations, customs regulation, labor law, and other matters; issuing
legal opinions to its contracts in respect of their compliance with the existing
legislation;
Counseling Avalon Business Center on company registration and re-registration in
Uzbekistan as well as providing legal assistance in labor/employment law, taxation,
issuing legal opinions to its contracts, etc.
His articles on different corporate issues have been published
in a number of professional legal journals and reviews.
Stanislav obtained his LL.M. and LL.B. in Business Law from the Tashkent State Institute
of Law (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Olga Atik
PARTNER (OF COUNSEL)
Olga Atik specializes in legal issues related to international corporate law,
international trade and contract law, as well as arbitration and mediation.
+ 90 553 266 53 25 o.atik@diplomatlaw.com
Her professional experience includes, among others, work on the following projects:
Comprehensive legal support of the technical logistics department of one of the
leading mobile operator of Uzbekistan, including all import and domestic supply,
maintenance and service contracts with statements of disagreements and negotiations
with partners, as well as supervision of long-term and one-time projects of the
Company and representation of the Company at the public authorities;
Comprehensive legal support of IT Company – leading content provider in the Republic
of Uzbekistan in IT and labor law, taxation, as well as full contract management;
Full management of foreign company setting food production machines and
constrictions, established in the Republic of Uzbekistan to the set goals and
projects and the successful fulfillment of the assigned tasks, followed by quick and
efficient liquidation of the Company;
Project management of foreign textile production in the Republic of Uzbekistan
orientated entirely on export, beginning from ordering fabrics, and including full
control over their processing into unbleached linen and preparation of all documents
related to exportation of the product, as well as management of all contractual
issues of company related to the business;
Counseling Singaporean investors on implementing a complex investment project in the
textile industry in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan (i.e. conducting negotiations with
the Uzbek government, drafting an investment agreement, establishing a company,
counseling on general corporate and tax issues);
Working within UNIDROIT (The International Institute for the Unification of Private
Law) at UNILEX database project, that included capturing and analysis of arbitration
practice concerning application of provision of CISG, analyzing, translation and
abstracting of cases and opinions and publishing them on www.unilex.org.;
Legal consulting and representation of interests of different domestic and foreign
enterprises in the Republic of Uzbekistan, before their business partners and state
authorities.
Olga is a conscientious, hard-working and self-motivated person
with a diversified experience, enjoys working in a team and is not afraid of challenging
conditions.
She obtained her LL.M. in International and European Law at the University of Bremen
city (Bremen, Germany) and LL.B. degree in the Faculty of International Law at the
University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Olga is certified accountant practitioner (keeping CAP certificate from October 2013)
and business manager (keeping PMP certificate of Professional Management Program (JICA)
from March 2013).
Fluent in Russian, English, German and Turkish.
YOKUBJON ISKHAKOV
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Yokubjon Iskhakov is a lawyer on investment and production issues who also
specializes in litigation and arbitration. He started his career in a big
manufacturing factory and later began to advise local and foreign companies on a
number of corporate questions with regard to verification of projects` compliance
with law.
+998 (90) 917 42 52 y.iskhakov@diplomatlaw.com
His professional experience includes, among others, work on the following projects:
Counseling German investors, major cable manufacturers, on corporate governance
issues in Uzbekistan;
Counseling the manufacturer company of sandwich panels, on issues regarding lawsuits
and claims, as well as representing the company in the government authorities;
Counseling one of the largest companies of automotive industry in Uzbekistan on
trade and passenger transportation.
Counseling a major international company on certification of dietary supplements,
cosmetics as well as protection the interests of the company.
Also, Yokubjon has substantial experience in litigation and
arbitration. Many cases with his participation are precedents in their nature and they
have a considerable impact on the formation of progressive practice in similar
categories of disputes.
Yokubjon obtained his LL.B. degree in Law from the Moscow Institute of Business and Law
(Moscow, Russia).
AZAMAT GULYAMOV
ASSOCIATE
Azamat is an employee of company, which interacts with State Agencies, including Tax
and Local Authorities, Law Enforcement Agencies concerning corporate practices, also it
specializes in making decisions of legal issues in arbitration court.
+998 (90) 185-17-95 a.gulyamov@diplomatlaw.com
His working experience includes work on the following projects:
The consulting of major Indian Pharmaceutical Company in arbitration court;
The consulting of different companies and individual entrepreneurs concerning business registration in Uzbekistan;
Representing the interests of State Joint Stock Companies in the sphere of power engineer at the arbitration court;
Consulting of foreign investors in business opening in Uzbekistan;
Consulting of Representative Offices from Australia and China concerning opening the Representative Office in Uzbekistan;
Consulting of Foreign and Local Companies regarding its liquidation;
Consulting of major restaurants of the capital of Uzbekistan;
Consulting of one of the leading local chocolate factory.
Azamat has received the Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in
Criminal Procedural Law at the Tashkent State Institute of Law (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Speaks Uzbek, Russian, and English languages fluently.
Firdavs Khamdamov
ASSOCIATE
Firdavs is an employee of company, which interacts with State Agencies, including Tax
and Local Authorities, Law Enforcement Agencies concerning corporate practices, also it
specializes in making decisions of legal issues in arbitration court.
+998 (90) 185-17-95 f.hamdamov@diplomatlaw.com
His working experience includes work on the following projects:
The consulting of major Indian Pharmaceutical Company in arbitration court;
The consulting of different companies and individual entrepreneurs concerning business registration in Uzbekistan;
Representing the interests of State Joint Stock Companies in the sphere of power engineer at the arbitration court;
Consulting of foreign investors in business opening in Uzbekistan;
Consulting of Representative Offices from Australia and China concerning opening the Representative Office in Uzbekistan;
Consulting of Foreign and Local Companies regarding its liquidation;
Consulting of major restaurants of the capital of Uzbekistan;
Consulting of one of the leading local chocolate factory.
Firdavs has received the Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in
Criminal Procedural Law at the Tashkent State Institute of Law (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Speaks Uzbek, Russian, and English languages fluently.
Gyuzel Sapyazova (LL.D)
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Gyuzel Sapyazova is an expert in the sphere of labor/employee contracts.
Her practical skills and experience with investment projects may assist in conducting
the favorable negotiations between the partners. Her greatest inspiration is the work on
connecting the countries of the Asia-Pacific region with CIS-countries.
Counseling Swedish partners on opening businesses in Japan, Labor law, and taxation issues;
Counseling Japanese investors on opening businesses in Uzbekistan, Labor law, and taxation issues;
Counseling Malaysian investors on opening business projects between foreign and local companies, Labor law, and taxation issues;
Counseling other foreign investors on visa procedures in Japan, and Uzbekistan.
Gyuzel had successfully completed her academic degree at Tashkent State University of
Law (LL.B) and Nagoya University School of Law and Politics (LL.M and LL.D).
After taking her LL.D at Nagoya University, she has started her business career in the local
company of Japan and worked there for three years. She has been involved in such JICA projects as tax education and
collaboration between all sized companies with tax agencies in Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan Republics. After mastering her
basic skills in Japanese business, later, she began to advise foreign and local companies on corporate issues concerning
small and mid-sized businesses, investments and legal regulations. Besides, she was invited as a guest lecturer at Osaka
University Graduate School of Law and Politics.
ASLIDDIN KHUSNIDDIN-ZODA
JUNIOR LAWYER / PROJECT MANAGER
Asliddin works on the organization and monitoring of various types of projects and
promotion (marketing) of the company. He specializes in corporate practice, taking
part in the registration, re-registration, restructuring and voluntary liquidation.
Participated in solving legal issues in civil and commercial matters related to
local and international corporate law.
His professional experience includes participation in the following projects:
Counseling and representing the interests of foreign investors from China and Japan
on doing business in Uzbekistan;
Counseling foreign investors on obtaining work permits for foreign citizens in
Uzbekistan;
Counseling «Golden Tree» on voluntary liquidation of the business;
Counseling and representing the interests of various Chinese companies on
registering their subsidiaries and representative offices in the Republic of
Uzbekistan;
Comprehensive legal support to the hotel «Miran International» in registration and
re-registration process of a subsidiary in Uzbekistan , as well as complex legal
support of already registered subsidiary in such spheres of law like labor law ,
taxation, provision of legal advice to the contracts , etc.;
Assistance in the resolution of the corporate dispute between the founders of major
marketing company;
Counseling various companies and individual entrepreneurs on the registration of
their business in Uzbekistan.
Currently studying for a bachelor's degree in Commercial Law
Faculty of Westminster International University in Tashkent.
Fluent in English, Russian and Uzbek languages.
Mrs. Fazilat Permanova
Assistant to Executive Director
Fazilat Permanova is responsible for administrative support to the legal team. She
assists the team in arranging travel, calendaring, scheduling, business development,
and event planning.
Fazilat obtained her bachelor’s degree in English Philology from the Uzbekistan
State University of World Languages (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).