When Abalone Worldwide Ltd. approached us for legal assistance in registering the KASHKHA brand, we faced a significant challenge. The client had previously applied for the registration of a word trademark with the Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan but had been denied.

A project for the modernization and management of one of Uzbekistan’s key airports under a public-private partnership (PPP) framework marks a significant step in the development of the country’s aviation infrastructure. Airports have traditionally been strategic assets under state control, making this project a unique and landmark initiative.

The state-owned company Navoiyuran is implementing a project to expand its activities internationally in the uranium mining sector. Given the current global situation, uranium supplies from Uzbekistan have gained strategic importance, particularly for key buyers in the United States and France, who consider this resource a vital component of their energy security.

Our law firm is providing legal support to a major state-owned company in securing cross-border financing exceeding $100 million. As part of this project, we assisted in adapting loan agreements to comply with Uzbek legislation, ensuring their alignment with legal norms and international standards.

PraeLegal Uzbekistan assisted a major Uzbek private commercial bank in securing a hedging over its cross-border borrowings with one of the leaders in the world on hedging operations under ISDA Master Agreement, ensuring the compliance of the provisions of the executed ISDA MA and its relevant schedules to Uzbek laws provisions and local legal and business practice.

Our law firm has supported a leading foreign payment service provider in structuring its entry into Uzbek market as well assisting its local company being successfully registered as a payment organisation by local regulator.

PraeLegal Uzbekistan successfully provided legal defense for executives of a major commercial bank in a criminal case

The criminal case against executives of the pharmaceutical company Merion Biotech LLC (India) and its distributor in Uzbekistan, Quramax Medikal, has become one of the most widely discussed legal matters in the country.

The economic dispute between a major international construction company and the Specialized Customs Complex Tashkent-AERO involved a claim for over UZS 1.2 billion in customs duties

PraeLegal Uzbekistan successfully represented the interests of a major foreign industrial plant in a high-profile economic case regarding the bankruptcy of the oil company EPSILON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

A well-known restaurant in Tashkent faced a tax authority’s demand for UZS 1.5 billion, but the imposed charges were successfully challenged in court.