About this office:
Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd. (MWP) is a full service law practice and business consultancy with offices in both Baku and Almaty covering Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Central Asian Region and the Caucasus. MWP was established in Kazakhstan in 1998 and in Azerbaijan in 2003. Combining years of collective experience in the CIS, MWP is ideally placed to provide legal services in a unique region where a cultural understanding and an appreciation of the local approach to legislation and business is vital to commercial success. Key personnel are resident on a full-time basis. Today, MWP continues to maintain its position as the region's largest independent law firm and is as well considered a key strategic partner to its clients in the mining and natural resources sectors, utilities, all aspects of foreign investment, joint ventures, financing, privatisations, restructurings, transportation, litigation, intellectual property, trademarks and general commercial law. The Firm advises both foreign and domestic business clients, including some of the region's largest and most strategically important investors.
Member of the British Business Group and the American Chamber of Commerce; Honoured contributor to the World Bank Doing Business Guide.
You are welcome to contact us at info@mwp.kz or submit an online request at www.mwp.kz for a complete list and references.
Statement of Practice Summary:
Arbitration and Litigation; Banking and Finance; Corporate; Corporate and Project Finance; Construction and Real Estate; Derivatives and Securities; Engineering and Project Development; Foreign Investments and Joint Ventures; General Corporate and Commercial; Infrastructure Development; Intellectual Property (Industrial Property & Copyright); Labour and Employment Matters; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mining; Natural Resources; Oil and Gas; Privatizations; Power Industry (Generation Transmission and Distribution); Tax; Telecommunications; Transportation; Shipping and Aviation.
Year Established: 1998
Languages: Azeri, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Bosnian, English, French, German, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Lawyers are qualified to practice law in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Central Asia and the Caucasus.