Curtis' establishment of an office in Tashkent reflects its commitment to offering strategic advice to governmental and private-sector clients in Uzbekistan and throughout Central Asia. This expansion builds on the firm's success in growing its international legal offering in Kazakhstan and bolsters our regional capabilities to service the CIS region.

Through its new office in the heart of the business district in Tashkent, the firm is committed to serving clients across Central Asia with sophisticated legal counsel in investor-state arbitrations, commercial disputes, sovereign representation, and corporate and commercial matters.

The Tashkent office is led by a founding group of international lawyers drawn from Curtis's US, UK, and Middle East offices. This team brings depth of experience in international law (as well as English and US law), sector-specific expertise, regional knowledge, and local business language fluency. Supported by more than 30 Russian-speaking lawyers across 18 offices, Curtis' linguistic and cultural advantage edge will provide clients with seamless service throughout the region.

Curtis is renowned for its outstanding sovereign representation worldwide, consistently recognized over decades by leading legal directories such as GAR, Chambers and Legal 500.

The new office will initially focus on sovereign representation, building on the firm's established track record of representing governments and state-owned entities in complex international disputes.

Our market-leading practices will guide clients through:

• Dispute Resolution: International arbitration, Investor-state arbitration, Complex commercial disputes, Cross-border litigation;
• Sovereign & Public International Law: Sovereign representation, Public international law, EU Law;
• Corporate & Commercial Transactions: Investment funds, Mergers and acquisitions, Joint ventures, PPPs, Private equity, Privatization, Project Finance, Sanctions;
• Sectoral Matters: Energy, Oil and gas, Mining and minerals, Real estate, Infrastructure development, Family offices, Financial services.

The firm has a wealth of experience acting for sovereign clients throughout the region: the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and state-owned entities in high-profile negotiations and disputes arbitrations.

Curtis has served as lead adviser on some of the largest projects in energy and mining, demonstrating our capability to handle complex, high-value matters across the CIS.