Overview
ASG Law Firm is praised for its ‘unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources’, with lawyers who ‘move quickly, efficiently and with substantial knowledge of the differing terrains’. The ten-lawyer firm includes six partners, including senior corporate partner Umid Ubaydullaev, managing partner Saidkhodjaev Saidaziz, and the highly rated Elena Voronina. The firm acts for a range of major clients including Mitsui & Co, PricewaterhouseCoopers and RussKhimMetal.
Four-lawyer firm Azizov & Partners includes senior partner Ilkhom Azizov and managing partner Aziz Aripdjanov. The full service practice acts for a number of international clients including the EBRD, Nokia, Nortel, Taylor Woodrow and Hitachi. The firm is regularly referred work by major international law firms.
SNR Denton’s CIS-based network of offices is complemented by its Tashkent outpost. Managing associate Mouborak Kambarova runs the four-lawyer office on a day-to-day basis, while Marla Valdez oversees matters from the firm’s market-leading Kazakhstan office. The firm is particularly well known for its expertise in energy-related matters.
Grata Law Firm’s three-partner Uzbekistan office forms a key part of its wider offering in the region, which also includes offices in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Georgia. The full-service practice is recommended both for contentious and non-contentious matters and has a very strong track record in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Akhmetzhan Abdullayev, Tlek Baigabulov and Aidar Sarymsakov are the main partner contacts.
Six-lawyer Legalmax Advisers Group impresses on the back of some excellent client feedback and a very strong track record in dispute resolution. Managing partner Muhammadali Makhmudov is praised for his strong ‘decision making and problem solving skills’, while Jakhongir Azimov is ‘another great lawyer with deep knowledge of commercial and corporate law’.
Leges Advokat has established an excellent reputation and is a regular referral choice for international law firms. Managing partner Nizomiddin Shakhabutdinov and Azamat Fayzullaev are the main contacts at the eight-lawyer firm. The firm recently advised the project company on the project financing and construction of a $2.5bn polyethylene and polypropylene factory. The firm has also been extremely active in the financial services sector, acting on several major acquisitions and financings.