Kosta Legal

The firm: Having established the firm in 2015, partners of Kosta Legal have been working in the legal market of Central Asia for over 15 years and have been long recognised as leading experts in their fields of practice by international legal directories. Lawyers of Kosta Legal have extensive experience of assisting foreign companies, multinational corporations, international and regional financial and development institutions, including those operating in the oil and gas, energy and chemical industries.

The firm continues its extensive growth and development. In 2017, Kosta Legal merged with Grigoryan and Partners, a law firm of some of Uzbekistan’s most highly regarded litigators and corporate law practitioners with more than 20 years’ experience. This merger has significantly strengthened Kosta Legal’s commercial litigation and corporate practices.

Kosta Legal is likewise determined to expand geographically with more offices being opened across Central Asia in 2018-2019.

Areas of practice: Kosta Legal is a results-oriented law firm offering a wide range of legal services to both new entrants and well-established businesses in Uzbekistan with particular expertise to offer legal advice and services to foreign investors.

Services of Kosta Legal may include examining complex multi-party loan agreements for their compliance with Uzbek legislation or hiring/firing personnel; representing a client in negotiations for an investment agreement with Uzbek authorities or assisting in obtaining relevant licences to undertake necessary business activities; litigating in court on behalf of a client over a multi million-dollar dispute or assisting in obtaining visas for staff.

Headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Kosta Legal works with multi national and Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions (including regional development banks), the governments of different states, and small and medium-sized businesses, along with start-ups.