Baku, Azerbaijan, June 4
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has announced the expansion of its office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan through a collaboration with highly ranked Uzbek firm Avent Advokat, Dentons said in a message.
Eldor Mannopov, the founder and managing partner of Avent Advokat, has joined the firm along with a team of nine lawyers. The move, which comes shortly after Dentons’ entry into Georgia, further strengthens the firm’s market leadership in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Central Asia.
“Dentons’ Tashkent office has been operating successfully on the Uzbekistan market for almost 20 years…By joining forces with Avent Advokat, this office will become one of the top legal practices and the undisputed leader in Uzbekistan,” Aigoul Kenjebayeva, Dentons’ Central Asia Regional Managing Partner said.
“The recently elected Uzbek leaders have implemented a wide and ambitious program to eradicate corruption and create a more favorable environment for businesses and investors. These reforms are giving impetus to foreign investment, and a number of our multinational clients are now seeking quality legal advice in that emerging market,” said Tomasz Dabrowski, Chief Executive Officer of Dentons Europe.
The Tashkent office provides full service business law advice in energy, banking and finance, corporate, M&A, infrastructure and PPP, technology and construction. The team serves clients in English, Russian, Uzbek and Turkish.
Dentons is the only global law firm which, in addition to its vast collaboration of offices worldwide, is able to offer full coverage services in Central Asia and the neighboring countries, particularly in Uzbekistan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and via associated firms in Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
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