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Sona Taghiyeva

Sona Taghiyeva

Dentons, Czech Republic

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Sona Taghiyeva is Partner in Dentons' Prague office. She focuses on corporate and business law and has broad expertise in energy and infrastructure, banking and finance, compliance, real estate law, construction, licensing and hospitality issues.

Career

Sona joined Dentons (formerly Salans) in 2008. She was promoted to Counsel in 2018 and to Partner in 2021. She shares her time between Prague and Baku offices. She also worked in the firm´s offices in New York and Washington DC. She was an Executive Committee Member at British Business Group Azerbaijan acting as a business liaison from August 2017 till January 2020.

Languages

English, Azerbaijani and Russian

Memberships

Member of the New York Bar and Registered foreign lawyer in the Czech Bar Association

Education

University of San Diego, 2010, LL.M., in Comparative Law, specialising in Corporate and Business Law; Baku State University, 2007, Master's Degree, in International Law, cum laude; Baku State University, 2005, Bachelor's degree, in International Law.