Sabina Kerimova is an associate in De Novo. She has experience in corporate, environmental, employment, migration, administrative and registration law.
Sabina specializes in assisting clients in the establishment of branches and local subsidiaries, the procurement of licenses and consents, registration with various state regulatory and tax authorities, obtaining work and residence permits, intellectual property law, including trademark registrations, and various other matters.
Notable representations
- Assisting a local holding with complete legal Due Diligence review for group company, assistance with elimination of issues discovered in course of the review.
- Assisting variety of clients with company establishment, opening a bank account, registration changes to the charter, change of name, registration of the employment contracts and other administrative issues.
- Assisting various clients with application for and receipt of employment and migration permits.
- Advising a major Russian bank on the establishment and perfection of a mortgage over commercial property, including corporate and property due diligence of the local pledger in Azerbaijan.
- Assisting a US based leading enterprise information management services company with compiling dataset on the retention requirements covering corporate, banking and finance, and oil and gas sectors.
- Acting for several overseas banks in banks bankruptcy proceedings in Azerbaijan.
- Advising a major international pharmaceutical company on corporate, employment, commercial and operational issues in Azerbaijan.
Practice areas
- Company law and M&A
- Data Protection and Privacy
- Employment and Benefits
- Intellectual Property
- Permits and Licenses
Education
- Nakhchivan State University, 2011, JD
- Western University, 2005, Master, English literature
- Western University, 2002, B.A., French Language and Literature
Prior Associations
- Associate, Dentons, Baku (2018 – 2020)
- Paralegal, Salans / Dentons, Baku (2008 – 2018)