Kinstellar > Tashkent, Uzbekistan > Firm Profile

Kinstellar
NEW LEVEL Business Centre
23 Taras Shevchenko Street, 3rd Floor
Tashkent, 100060
Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan > Leading firms Tier 1

Counting international financial institutions, banks and companies among its key roster of clients, Kinstellar advises on a plethora of cross-border transactions, particularly in banking, financing, corporate and capital markets. The team is also active in project development, focusing on renewable energy, such as wind power projects. Managing partner Joel Benjamin, who leads the Tashkent, Almaty and Astana offices, has notable expertise in project finance and corporate transactions. A partner in the Tashkent office, Sherzod Yunusov focuses on both debt and equity transactions, along with energy and infrastructure projects.

Practice head(s):

Joel Benjamin

Other key lawyers:

Key clients

Silk Road Fund

EBRD

IFC

ABU DHABI UZBEK INVESTMENT LLC

Emteko Holding SIA

JV LLC “IFODA AGRO KIMYO HIMOYA”

OTP Bank

ACWA Power Company

Wizz Air Group

Work highlights

  • Advised Société Generale, International Finance Corporation, the Austrian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the German development finance institution DEG on a private placement by JSCB “Uzpromstroybank”.
  • Advised Emteko Holding LLC on the acquisition of the pharmaceutical company Reka-Med in Uzbekistan using €10m financing from an existing loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development following a repurchase.
  • Advised OTP Bank on the successful acquisition of Uzbekistan’s fifth-largest bank, Ipoteka Bank.
Photo Name Position Profile
Sherzod  Yunusov photo Mr Sherzod Yunusov Partner