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Ilkhom Azizov is the main specialist at Azizov & Partners which until 2002 formed part of Gouldens network of international offices. The firm is regularly referred work from major international firms, and clients include EBRD, Standard Bank, Hitachi, Hyundai, Nokia and Motorola.
Denton Wilde Sapte has five lawyers on the ground in Tashkent, with Mouborak Kambarova the office’s managing attorney. The overall practice is managed from Kazakhstan by Marla Valdez, who is supported by partner Joel Benjamin. The firm also benefits from the expertise of London-based consultant and barrister Hartley Booth, current Chairman of the Uzbek British Trade and Industry Council. The firm regularly advises on major energy, natural resources, banking and corporate deals. Clients include BNP Paribas, Oxus, and Schlumberger.
Headed by Safar Malikov, Grata Law Firm’s Tashkent office has earned a good reputation among domestic clients and foreign investors for its full service offering. Highly rated partners include Umid Aripdjanov, for energy and corporate matters, and Sofia Shakhraziyeva for banking and finance. The firm also boasts a good network of offices across the CIS and Caspian region, and has representative lawyers in the UK and US.
The ‘ friendly, professional and knowledgeable’ Nizomiddin Shakhabutdinov heads the two-partner practice at Leges Advokat which is praised by clients for doing ‘ an excellent job.’ The firm has a ‘ very professional and prompt service’ where the ‘ preparation of documents in Russian and English is very good.’ Partner Azamat Fayzullaev is also commended for his ability to ‘ understand the commercial needs of his clients.’ Recently it advised a Korean consortium headed by Korean Gas Corporation and Lotte Daesan Petrochemical on its $1.84bn joint venture investment into the Surgil Field Project.