News 05 Dec. 2024
Partner Dr. Alexandra G. Maier Recognized Again in Lexology Client Choice Award 2025, Mining Experts Category 2025
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Event 23 Oct. 2024
Counsel Mohannad El Murtadi Suleiman to Speak at the 2nd Annual Africa Arbitration Day in New York
Event 18 Aug. 2023
Partner Borzu Sabahi Speaks at FDI Moot Shenzhen
News 25 Jul. 2023
Partner Eric Gilioli Ranked in Top 10 Influential Energy & Natural Resources Lawyers in Kazakhstan in Business Today
Client Alert 20 Apr. 2026
Italy Implements the EU's “Breakfast Directive”: New Rules for honey, Juices, Jams and Milk
News 09 Apr. 2024
Curtis Announces New Partners and Counsels Across Offices in Spring 2024
News 24 Aug. 2026
Curtis Advises Ecopetrol Capital AG on US$1.2 Billion Bridge Financing for Acquisition of Controlling Stake in Brava Energia
News 22 Oct. 2025
Curtis Named Leading Firm in Legal 500: Latin America 2026
News 17 Jun. 2025
Curtis Announces Dual Promotion to Partner and Counsel in Dubai
News 02 Jun. 2025
Curtis advises Al Ain Farms on two strategic acquisitions, making it the largest integrated dairy and poultry producer in United Arab Emirates
News 04 Aug. 2026
Curtis Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Community-Based Organizations in the U.S. Territories in Supreme Court NEPA Case
Client Alert 28 Dec. 2023
U.S. to Impose Secondary Sanctions on Non-U.S. Banks For Financing Russia’s Defense Industry
Client Alert 10 Jul. 2024
EU Adopts New Restrictive Measures Against Belarus
Client Alert 26 Jun. 2024
The EU Adopts its 14th Sanctions Package Against Russia
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Curtis Recognized for International Arbitration in Chambers Latin America 2027
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Trilliant Business Centre Shahrisabz Street, 2 Tashkent, 10000
P +998 55 517 3300
International Legal Excellence in Tashkent
With a proven track record in high-profile negotiations and disputes, and a wealth of experience acting for sovereign and private-sector clients throughout the region, in 2025 Curtis officially put down roots in Tashkent.
Curtis’ office in Tashkent carries on the firm’s commitment to offer strategic advice to governmental and private-sector clients in the Republic of Uzbekistan and throughout Central Asia with sophisticated legal counsel in investor-state arbitrations, commercial disputes, sovereign representation, and corporate and commercial matters.
World-Class Leadership Team
The Tashkent office is led by a founding group of international lawyers drawn from Curtis’ 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, international experience and regional knowledge. Uzbek-speaking lawyers, supported by more than 30 Russian-speaking lawyers across our other 18 offices, give Curtis a linguistic and cultural edge that provides clients with seamless service throughout the region.
Curtis is renowned for its outstanding sovereign representation worldwide, consistently recognized for decades by leading legal directories such as GAR, Chambers, and Legal 500.
The Tashkent office focuses on sovereign representation within the CIS region and beyond, 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:
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 in a range of industries including oil & gas, mining, road construction, infrastructure projects, telecommunication, fintech, and insurance.
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.
Dr. Borzu Sabahi
Partner
Marc Hammerson
Julien Hansen
Marat Umerov
Counsel
Arslan Makharamov
General Director, Tashkent
International Arbitration
Commercial Disputes - Arbitration
Sovereign Representation
Commercial Disputes - Litigation
Energy (Oil & Gas)
Mining and Minerals
Corporate
Public International Law
Legal 500 EMEA 2024- Kazakhstan Energy and Natural Resources