Azizbek Akhmadjonov

Education:

University of World Economy and Diplomacy – LLM in International Law, cum laude

Andijan State University, BA in Jurisprudence, summa cum laude

Practice Areas:

Commercial and Private Real Estate

Privatization and Public Sector Assets

Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

International Trade and Customs

Capital Markets and Forex

Bankruptcy

Azizbek Akhmadjonov is a prominent legal expert on real estate. He provides extensive legal support to clients in their real estate transactions for commercial, industrial and residential properties, including acquisitions and disposals, property development and reconstruction, rent, leases and mortgages, as well as real estate litigation, enforcement of judicial awards and foreclosures.

Being a recognized expert in real estate and capital markets Azizbek is frequently engaged by foreign investors in privatization deals. He represents the investors in their negotiation of sale and purchase agreements with the state, including the terms of investment obligations.

Litigation and dispute resolution is another area where Azizbek has invaluable experience and knowledge. He successfully represented clients – plaintiffs and defendants alike, in numerous disputes both in Uzbek courts of all levels and arbitration institutions.

Azizbek also regularly represents foreign investors in the liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings of their Uzbek subsidiaries. He provides a full range of legal services in each stage of the liquidations and bankruptcy, starting from assistance in selecting external management to recovery by the foreign investors of their assets remaining in Uzbekistan.

Representative Matters

Acting as a legal counsel for a borrower, a leading financial leasing company in Uzbekistan, in attraction of a loan of one of the largest Islamic financial institutions;

Acting as a local counsel for international financial institutions in their sale of shares in one of the largest financial leasing companies in Uzbekistan;

Acting as a local counsel for the Government of one of the European states in its transfer of immovable property to a public fund with further sale in open market;

Acting as a local counsel for the Government of a foreign state in purchasing of a residency of the ambassador of this state;

Advising an international mining company in import of specific goods e.g. armored vehicles, live animals and others.

Representing interests of one of the European investors in court in the matter of restoration of control over its local subsidiary and returns of its investments;

Representing interests of one of the Russian investors in court in the dispute with the state on recognition a share purchase agreement invalid;

Acting as a representative of a foreign investor in the liquidation process of its local subsidiary with annual turnover over USD 12 mln.