Legal Services

• Registration of legal entities, their branches and representative offices in the relevant state registry (depending on the composition and number of founders: legal or natural persons, residents or non-residents)
• Registration of amendments made to constituent documents (legal representative, legal and actual address, name of legal entity, etc.) and subsequent changes to registered facts
• State registry registration of the transfer of shares in authorized capital to other persons
• State registry registration of the reorganization of a legal entity (depending on the type of reorganization)
• Liquidation and deregistration of a legal entity, or a representative office or branch of a foreign legal entity

• Drafting the charter (statute) of an enterprise or organization
• Providing an opinion on the charter (statute) of an enterprise or organization
• Drafting regulations for structural divisions within an enterprise
• Providing an opinion on regulations for structural divisions within an enterprise
• Drafting job descriptions
• Providing an opinion on job descriptions

We draft each of the following agreements or provide a legal opinion on an existing draft.

• Sale and purchase agreement
• Supply agreement
• Barter / exchange agreement
• Contractor agreement
• Assignment / mandate agreement
• Transportation agreement
• Leasing agreement
• Brokerage agreement
• Loan agreement
• Lease agreement
• Property rental agreement
• Storage agreement
• Commission agreement
• Concession agreement
• Annuity / rent agreement
• Commercial representative agreement
• Settlement agreement and acknowledgment of existing debt
• International trade agreements
• Factoring agreements
• Licensing agreements
• Registration of trademark-related agreements
• Merchandising agreements
• Distribution agreements

• Pre-litigation resolution of disputes arising between contracting parties
• Legal assistance in the amicable division of jointly and partially owned property

• Drafting collective agreements and arrangements
• Preparing relevant documents for the hiring of employees under a collective agreement
• Preparing relevant documents for the dismissal of employees under labour legislation
• Drafting job descriptions in accordance with relevant positions

• Legal opinions on matters arising under various fields of legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• Organizing legal defence of taxpayers during field and desk tax audits
• Drafting complaint letters against tax audit reports
• Refund of export VAT
• Obtaining a VAT refund certificate for goods
• Approval of residency certificate application (Form DTA-01)
• Approval of application for credit of taxes paid abroad against AR tax liability (Form DTA-02)
• Approval of application for applying DTA exemption or reduced withholding rate on non-resident income (Form DTA-03)
• Approval of application for confirmation of taxes paid by a non-resident in AR (Form DTA-04)
• Approval of application for refund of excess withholding tax on non-resident income (Form DTA-05)
• Obtaining a VAT certificate at the 0% rate
• Preparing tax analysis for business transformation projects
• Conducting tax training for company employees
• Building the company's tax strategy, tax planning, and optimizing tax payments
• Reviewing the company's operations for compliance with the tax legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Assessing tax implications of contracts
• Providing consultations on matters of AR tax legislation
• Legal assistance in tax registration of a non-resident's division not constituting a permanent establishment in AR
• Obtaining a certificate on whether founding shares are encumbered

• Pre-litigation resolution of disputes related to insurance payments to policyholders as a result of an insured event

• Pre-litigation legal regulation where an administrative act has not been adopted within the legally prescribed period

• Protecting a party's rights by participating in enforcement of court acts by enforcement authorities
• Organizing enforcement proceedings to collect monetary amounts or other property from a debtor

• Pre-litigation legal prevention of actions by state or other bodies violating entrepreneurs' rights
• Obtaining special permits (licenses) for activities subject to licensing under AR legislation
• Participation in inspections conducted at business premises to protect entrepreneurs' lawful interests

Legal assistance to foreigners, stateless persons and their employers in:

• Registering foreigners and stateless persons at their place of residence or stay in AR
• Obtaining temporary residence permits for foreigners and stateless persons in AR
• Extending temporary residence permit duration for foreigners and stateless persons in AR
• Obtaining permanent residence permit (ID card) for foreigners and stateless persons in AR
• Obtaining work permits (individual permits) for foreigners and stateless persons in AR
• Extending work permit duration for foreigners and stateless persons in AR
• Extending the temporary stay period of foreigners and stateless persons in AR
• Obtaining refugee status for foreigners and stateless persons in AR
• Drafting and electronic registration of employment contracts for foreigners and stateless persons
• Regulating the labour rights of foreigners and stateless persons
• Determining citizenship affiliation with the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Assistance for foreigners and stateless persons in obtaining AR citizenship
• Pre-litigation resolution of issues related to the admission of migrants to AR citizenship

• Resolution of contractual disputes in court as representative of claimant or defendant
• Filing a claim for compensation of property damage, based on the amount of damage
• Filing a claim for compensation of damage caused to the life and health of a natural person
• Participation in court proceedings for compensation of damage caused by defective goods, works, or services
• Division of jointly and partially owned property
• Representing one party in court on the division of jointly and partially owned property where no agreement exists
• Court recognition and protection of rights relating to land and other immovable property

• Participation in first-instance court proceedings for reinstatement of an unlawfully dismissed employee
• Participation in first-instance court proceedings on behalf of employer against dismissed employee's claims
• Organizing court defence in other individual or collective labour disputes

• Filing a claim in first-instance court against decisions of tax authorities
• Filing a claim regarding insurance payments to a policyholder as a result of an insured event
• Filing a claim regarding the insurer's obligation to the insured under a reinsurance agreement
• Filing a subrogation claim in first-instance court
• Filing complaints against administrative offense decisions to higher administrative bodies
• Filing a complaint to first-instance court against administrative offense decisions of state authorities
• Filing a dispute in first-instance court where an administrative act has not been adopted within the prescribed period
• Filing a claim to contest acts of state authorities and local self-government bodies
• Filing a compulsion claim in first-instance court
• Filing a claim regarding performance of obligations or refraining from certain actions
• Filing a claim for declaration or recognition in first-instance court
• Filing a claim to prevent state or other bodies from violating the rights of entrepreneurs
• Migration disputes: expulsion orders, citizenship admission, adoption by foreigners, migrants' rights violations