Diplomat Law Firm

Corporate practice and M&A

Services

One of the major areas of Diplomat Law Firm’s expertise is corporate practice and mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”). Our team provides complex legal support in:

• M&A transactions
• acquisition of shares in companies
• company acquisition (as a property complex)
• purchase of company’s underlying assets.

We counsel businesses in respect of corporate and antitrust issues in various sectors of the economy. Our lawyers have unique for the local market experience in legal assistance in investment projects, where they provide a full range of legal services at any stage of implementation of an investment project “from the scratch” as well as comprehensive legal support in different matters arising out of day-to-day company’s activities upon completion of such a project.

Moreover, our key advantage in the implementation of both investment projects and the implementation of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is not only legal support and expertise on legal matters, but also consultations on the optimal management of business in Uzbekistan, including taking into account the excellent knowledge of the specifics of a particular industry market, industry nuances of ownership (for example, in trade, in the telecommunications and information technology, pharmaceuticals, real estate and construction etc.).

We firmly believe that each M&A transaction is unique in nature. Therefore, each such transaction requires special and full attention, an in-depth analysis, and meticulous expertise appropriate structuring.

Diplomat Law Firm’s services with regard to corporate and M&A practice include the following:

• Full legal support in M&A transactions, including expertise on each stage of transactions realization;
• Expert elaboration of optimal models of M&A transactions;
• Legal counseling at the stage of transactions structuring;
• Issuance of legal opinions on compliance with the legislation of Uzbekistan on specific issues;
• Legal assistance during negotiations;
• Due Diligence not only in respect of objects to be acquired, but also in respect of realized objects - shares, participating interests, a property complex, underlying assets, etc.;
• Assistance in obtaining necessary permits and consents for an M&A from the State antimonopoly body, as well as another matters related to the antitrust legislation;
• Legal assistance in securities transactions;
• Corporate management;
• Participation in corporate disputes, as well as pre-trial dispute resolution mediation;
• Complex representation of interests in court;
• Participation in the procedures of insolvency and bankruptcy of companies, etc.

Labor law

Services

Labor law issues in Uzbekistan is one of the most actual issues for each company and the employee, especially for companies with foreign capital. Frequently a lot of questions arise on the contents of the employment contract, payment of wages, paid and unpaid vacations, as well as labor disputes.

Lawyers of «Diplomat Law Firm» try to settle most labor disputes through negotiations and conciliations.

We provide complex approach to resolve all labor relations in the company, counsel clients in all matters of employment law, and, essentially we develop recommendations on the optimal use of labor law norms considering specifics of activities each company.

Our services in this practice include:

• Providing legal advice on employment law issues
• Providing due diligence of HR administration, performing it in conformity with acting legislation
• Development of labor agreements (contracts) with employees
• Preparation of the necessary orders (for employment, dismissal, etc.)
• Analysis and preparation of supporting documentation (internal regulations, staffing, etc.)
• providing legal support in recruitment of a foreign personnel
• Outsourcing and out staffing of personnel
• Occupational Safety and Health
• Liability and compensation for damages
• Protection of confidential information
• Providing legal support in resolving of labor disputes in court and out of court.

Litigation

Services

Diplomat Law Firm has a reputation of a professional and reliable partner that represents clients’ interests in majority of commercial disputes. Highly rated litigators of the firm represent clients in litigation at different levels of economic courts of the country and at arbitration courts.

In addition, the key advantages of our team in this practice are the following.

Firstly, we have always been supporters of settling a dispute by means of alternative dispute resolution (mediation). That is why people are coming to us to get legally appropriate and economically justified solutions of complex issues. Presence of our lawyers at negotiations ensures to hold discussions within legal framework preventing strengthening of a conflict situation and guarantees to our clients legal appropriateness of agreements reached.

Secondly, there is a narrow specialization even within this practice. In particular, the litigation practice is conducted by our experts on:

(1) commercial litigation (arbitration)

(2) civil matters

(3) criminal matters

Such specialization, unquestionably providing the most favorable success of each case. Each area of litigation practice, whether commercial litigation, civil or criminal matters, has its own peculiarity about which know only highly qualified professionals.

We are involved in resolving of such disputes, as:

• Debt collection;
• Tax Disputes
• Customs disputes
• Corporate disputes
• Disputes with the competition authority
• Labor disputes
• Disputes in the field of intellectual property
• Real Estate disputes