Dentons Rattagan Arocena — Uzbekistan

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- Dentons > Tashkent - Dentons > Uzbekistan The firm: Dentons is the world’s largest law firm, connecting talent to the world’s challenges and opportunities in more than 75 countries. Dentons’ legal and business solutions benefit from deep roots in our communities and award-winning advancements in client service, including Nextlaw, Dentons’ innovation and strategic advisory services. Dentons’ polycentric and purpose-driven approach, commitment to inclusion and diversity, and world-class talent challenge the status quo to advance client and community interests in the New Dynamic. Dentons’ global team builds agile, tailored solutions to meet the local, national and global needs of private and public clients of any size. Dentons understands this market. A pioneer in the CIS and Central Asia region, we have been working in Uzbekistan since 1995. In 2000, Dentons opened a permanent office in Tashkent. Today Dentons is one of the leading international full service legal practices in the country. Dentons’ clients in Uzbekistan benefit from our thorough knowledge of the laws and business practices of the country gained through many years of experience in the country. We support clients from a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, mining, transportation and infrastructure, banking, automotive, telecom, and FMCG. We regularly advise on a wide variety of transactions and matters, covering corporate/M&A, energy and natural resources, infrastructure and PPP, banking and finance, dispute resolution, construction and real estate, employment, health, safety and environmental aspects, licensing and permits and other regulatory compliance issues, etc. Areas of practice Dentons’ lawyers and professionals provide services in the following practice disciplines and industry sectors: Banking and finance: Dentons covers every aspect of banking and capital markets transactions in the world’s leading financial centres. Dentons helps clients access and invest new sources of capital, develop and use financial products, structure financing transactions, comply with regulations, respond to investigations and resolve disputes. Competition and antitrust: Dentons provides legal advice and judicial assistance in all aspects of national and EU competition law, consumer law, state aid, tender procedures and regulatory issues. Clients receive tailored, industry-focused advice on complex litigation, investigations by competition authorities, merger control, competition compliance, or commercial arrangements. Corporate and M&A: Dentons provides clients with comprehensive legal advice on public and private M&A, joint ventures, corporate finance, private equity, disposals, corporate restructurings, and general commercial, antitrust and corporate governance issues. Employment and Labor: With our global presence and contacts, Dentons is one of only a few firms that can provide multinational businesses with a coordinated solution to all their employment and benefits needs throughout the world. The team is known for their creative, business-savvy counselling skills and, when necessary, their results-driven, highly successful litigation practice. Energy: with one of the world’s leading energy practices, Dentons guides clients on strategy, market entry, transactions, political and regulatory issues and dispute resolution. Its clients include oil majors, independents, distributors, power generators and utilities, financial institutions, public entities and large customers, new energy and old. Intellectual property: Dentons’ lawyers identify, protect and help commercialise IP in the most highly developed markets – and in jurisdictions where IP laws and enforcement are still evolving. They represent global corporations, academic and research institutions, inventors and artists, venture capital firms and others invested in patents, trademarks, copyrights and proprietary property. Litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration: Dentons’ highly reputable litigation and dispute resolution lawyers are particularly well known for helping clients resolve disputes in energy, construction and engineering, banking, restructuring and insolvency, life sciences and retail. The team is also highly experienced in EU trade disputes, investigations and international arbitration. Mining: As a global Top 10 law firm with deep experience in the industry, Dentons can help you meet those challenges head-on. Our mining clients include issuers listed on the world’s major stock exchanges, including those in Australia, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, New York and Toronto. Investment banking firms and financial advisors turn to us for our seasoned advice. It’s why we’re certain our global team’s experience will match your global reach. Real estate: Dentons’ real estate practice is the largest in the world. The firm advises real estate owners, investors and lenders on some of the most complex development, acquisition, disposition, debt and equity transactions in today’s market. Restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy: Dentons’ teams formulate strategies for trustees, bondholders, investors, traders, debtors, creditors and creditor committees around the world as they pursue claims for clients through negotiation and litigation. Tax: with experience in worldwide jurisdictions, Dentons provides comprehensive tax advice to individuals, private companies, multinationals and other entities on tax planning, compliance, M&A structuring tax-advantaged investing, transfer pricing, disputes with tax authorities and more. ### Languages ### 70+ languages including - Arabic - Georgian - Hungarian - Italian - Japanese - Kazakh - Mandarin - Polish - Romanian - Russian - Slovak - Afrikaans - Spanish - Turkish - Ukrainian - Uzbek - Azerbaijani - Bulgarian - Czech - Dutch - English - French - German ### Staffing Figures - 0 Number of lawyers - 22 at this office

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Bobur Shamsiev

Bobur Shamsiev is a Partner in Dentons’ Tashkent office. He provides legal advice to foreign and local clients on various aspects, including gaining subsoil use rights, leading negotiations in relation to the contracts, procurement and turnkey construction, privatization, PPP, public procurement, licensing and dispute settlement. Bobur advises on major projects in the energy, mining and construction sectors in Uzbekistan. Bobur has worked in multiple jurisdictions on various matters ranging from employment disputes to the negotiation of a multimillion dollar EPC contracts. Having worked alongside Uzbek state agencies in a number of legal and regulatory reforms, he has a deep understanding of Uzbekistan’s legal, regulatory and policy framework as well as significant experience in drafting and reviewing legal documents. · Energy

Eldor Mannopov

Eldor Mannopov is the Managing Partner of Dentons’ Tashkent office. He specializes in corporate, contract, commercial, construction and tax law. Eldor assists clients in the energy, chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, infrastructure and transportation, corporate, and investment sectors. Eldor has experience advising Uzbek and foreign clients on the incorporation of limited liability companies, litigation and dispute resolution, due diligence, M&A transactions, purchase of immovable assets and privatization of state-owned property. Eldor also advises on taxation regulations affecting local and foreign corporations, permanent establishments, tax optimization structures, licensing of design, construction and operation activities in various fields (EPC, FIDIC contracts). Recognized as a leading lawyer in projects and construction, Eldor assists clients in drafting commercial agreements including EPC, procurement, construction, services and/or works agreements (according to both Asian Development Bank or World Bank standards). Eldor also advises companies in the oil and gas sector on exploration service agreements, agreements under Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto Protocol), investment agreements, EPC contracts, and production sharing agreements. · Corporate Law

Saidakbar Bekitayev

Saidakbar Bekitayev is a Counsel in Dentons' Tashkent office. He has extensive experience in advising clients on litigation and dispute resolution matters. Saidakbar represents clients in various court proceedings, involving economic, civil, criminal and administrative cases. · Litigation

Ulugbek Abdullaev

Ulugbek Abdullaev is a Partner in Dentons’ Tashkent office. Ulugbek is a 14-year plus experienced lawyer helping businesses grow, operate, protect and finance in Uzbekistan and its surrounding Central Asian and Eurasian regions. Ulugbek has worked on or led many of the largest deals in Uzbekistan and has broad experience in advising on corporate, technology, life sciences, intellectual property and regulatory issues. Having published numerous articles on Uzbek law, Ulugbek has a deep understanding of Uzbekistan’s legal, regulatory and policy framework as well as significant experience in drafting and reviewing legal documents. · Corporate