Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd.

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. Headquartered in Almaty, 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.