Chambers & Partners Recognition: Excellence in Commercial and Corporate Law

PraeLegal Uzbekistan has been consistently recognized in the Global Guide and Asia-Pacific Guide of Chambers & Partners over the past several years, including the 2024 and 2025 editions. Such sustained recognition is reserved for firms that demonstrate long-term excellence, deep market insight, and proven professional credibility.

Chambers highlights our strong capabilities in complex commercial and corporate matters: from mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures to strategic market-entry advisory for Uzbekistan, as well as regulatory matters intersecting with financial services and investment structures. Importantly, this recognition is based not only on our track record but also on detailed feedback collected by Chambers from our clients and peers across the legal industry.

Testimonials emphasize our client-centric approach, our thorough command of local regulations, and our ability to navigate the nuances of the Uzbek legal landscape with confidence and precision.

This continued acknowledgment reaffirms our commitment to providing practical, business-oriented legal solutions tailored to each client’s objectives, supporting their strategic ambitions both in Uzbekistan and internationally.

Legal 500 Recognition:

Legal 500 has once again ranked PraeLegal Uzbekistan as a Tier 2 firm in 2025, reaffirming a position we have confidently maintained for several consecutive years. This sustained ranking reflects not only our sector-focused expertise across real estate, pharmaceuticals, aviation, and retail, but also our established reputation as a mature and consistently reliable advisor in the Uzbek legal market.

Legal 500’s evaluation process relies heavily on feedback from clients and other law firms, and year after year these testimonials underscore the same strengths: our ability to support both local and international clients, our steadily developing litigation and arbitration capabilities, and the strength of our transactional practice including multi-layered corporate and financing transactions that shape Uzbekistan’s business landscape.

Our team is led by Sherzod Abdulkasimov, with significant contributions from Irina Kim and Davranbek Ahmatov, whose specialized expertise deepens our service offering across multiple practice areas. Client feedback featured by Legal 500 continues to highlight that our team is “well-organised, fast, and attentive, with competencies in various fields.”

Maintaining a Tier 2 ranking over several years confirms our consistent performance, strong market reputation, and commitment to delivering comprehensive, business-oriented legal services in Uzbekistan’s evolving commercial landscape.

IFLR1000 Recognition: Excellence in Financial & Corporate and Project Development

PraeLegal Uzbekistan also has been recognized by the IFLR1000 rankings in the practice areas of Financial & Corporate and Project Development, including in the 2025 edition. Our repeated inclusion in this global directory over the past years reflects not only technical strength, but also the firm’s established credibility in advising on sophisticated financial transactions, complex investment structures, and transformative development projects in Uzbekistan and beyond.

The IFLR1000 assessment process relies heavily on detailed interviews and feedback from clients, counterparties, and other law firms. The positive testimonials we receive year after year confirm the trust placed in our team and highlight our ability to provide clear, commercially grounded legal solutions in fast-changing regulatory environments.

This continued recognition underscores our commitment to delivering high-quality, innovative, and strategically focused legal services, supporting clients across industries as they pursue ambitious projects in local and international markets.