Notable representations

• • Legal advise with respect to the merger process of the leading local supermarket chains in Azerbaijan;
  • Legal assistance for the sale of equity stakes in the leading ride and delivery service providers in Azerbaijan;
  • Assistance with antimonopoly clearance for the joint venture registration in Azerbaijan by one of the world’s largest duty-free retailers, and preparing the SHA between the partners for the establishment of the JV;
  • Providing legal support in the drafting, negotiating terms, and finalizing contracts with leading global food and non-food consumer goods manufacturers (Mars, Red Bull, Perfetti, Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive, ETİ);
  • Advising one of the largest digital business service providers on employee personal data protection matters, particularly focusing on HR policy compliance in organizing remote and shift work arrangements in Azerbaijan and ensuring necessary legal amendments;
  • Leading the legal due diligence exercise with regard to the local target company in connection with the agreement between a Georgia based investor and a local entity relating to the establishment and operations of the joint venture company to be incorporated in Azerbaijan and registration of the JV company;
  • Leading legal due diligence exercise with regard to two related local target companies – in connection with the potential acquisition of the shares of the ultimate shareholders controlling group, consisting of Turkish and Azerbaijani subsidiaries by a Turkey based entity offering offers air and ocean transportation, freight handling, and other logistics services to customers worldwide;
  • Conducting legal due diligence of two major local banks for Islamic Corporation for Development of the Private Sector (ICD) with regard to Line of Financing under the ICD’s COVID-19 Support Package;
  • Providing legal support to the producers of renewable energy from the UAE and Malaysia with regard to the registration of the presence in Azerbaijan.