GRATA International

The firm

Our team of lawyers in Uzbekistan includes practitioners who have strong academic background from prestigious Western universities and solid professional experience in their relevant areas.

Our reputation as the most reliable advisor in the region results from our continued commitment to the  improvement of our services and the firm’s unique atmosphere of teamwork, flexibility, creativity and responsiveness.

Based on our considerable experience, we offer a wide range of legal services in a variety of areas, including project finance transactions, corporate mergers and acquisitions, taxation, intellectual property, litigation, and we also follow international standards in corporate management and many others. With such knowledge and experience, we can resolve existing issues and eliminate potential problems of your company.

Our lawyers are ranked on regular basis by the leading legal ranking agencies, such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR1000, Asia Business Law Journal, Who is Who Legal, Martindale and others.

We think that it is of the utmost importance that we make ourselves available to our clients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Areas of practice

Natural resources: exploration and extraction of gas; transportation of gas through the territory of Uzbekistan; exploration and extraction of uranium; design, procurement and construction of technological facilities for gas plants.

Banking and finance: structuring cross-border loan agreements; issuance of state guarantees by the government of Uzbekistan; enforcement of creditors’ claims in Uzbekistan; structuring collateral in respect of movable and immovable property.

Construction and infrastructure: EPC projects for supply and construction of various facilities and technological equipment; construction of international automobile roads; construction of medical diagnostic centres.

Consumer goods, retail and wholesale trading: production of consumer products; licensing, certification and labelling of consumer and pharmaceutical products; structuring domestic and cross-border distribution networks; management of intellectual property rights.

Telecommunications industry: licensing data transfer and mobile service operators; issuance of authorisations and permits in the telecommunications industry; licensing, certification and importation of telecommunication equipment; compliance with data protection laws.

Litigation: mediation; litigation in state courts of Uzbekistan and arbitration tribunals; enforcement of foreign judicial decisions and arbitration awards in Uzbekistan.

Tax: taxation of legal entities and individuals; taxation of permanent establishments of non-residents in Uzbekistan; taxation of non-residents’ profits at the source of income; compliance with transfer pricing rules; tax planning and structuring commercial operations of non-residents without establishing legal entities in Uzbekistan.