Ummi Jalilova

Ummi Jalilova
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Ummi Jalilova

Managing Partner, Director of Baku office

Baku, Azerbaijan

Ummi Jalilova has over 14 years of experience in matters of corporate law, commercial law, contract law, labour law, administrative law and international law.

Ummi heads GRATA International law firm’s Baku office and represents local and international clients on a wide range of employment, corporate issues and international business transactions. Her recent representative matters relate to corporate reorganization transactions, including mergers and acquisitions involving multiple jurisdictions, employee share option schemes, leading the team dealing with liquidation of legal entities, recognition of judgments of foreign courts and arbitration institutions in Azerbaijan, drafting and reviewing employment agreements, handbooks and policies, providing guidance/recommendations on mutual separation agreements and voluntary separation schemes, retrenchments, and matters related to employee discipline, including dismissals and misconduct. Currently, Ms.Jalilova also leads local counsel in ADB project, i.e. in Transaction advisory segment of PPP in Azerbaijan, including preparation of amendments to the current regulatory acts in order to improve legislation to make PPP projects in Azerbaijan attractive and comfortable for foreign and local investors.   

Certificates:

  • Honour Certificate from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 2010.
  • Certificate of Appreciation by World Bank Group for contribution to Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium Size Enterprises.
  • Certificate of Appreciation by World Bank Group for contribution to Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency.
  • Certificate of Appreciation by World Bank Group  for contribution to Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency.
  • Certificate of Appreciation by World Bank Group for contribution to Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for all.

Education:

  • 2004 BA in Law – Baku State University (Azerbaijan).
  • 2007 LL.M in Civil and Commercial Law – Baku State University (Azerbaijan).
  • 2011 LL.M - Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law  (USA).

Languages:

  • Azeri
  • English
  • Russian
  • Turkish

Membership:

  • American Bar Association.

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Experience
  • Advising and supporting the acquisition by a foreign investor of controlling participatory interest in a large service company in Azerbaijan.
  • Establishment and registration of an international oil company’s subsidiary in Azerbaijan. providing the entity with constant legal support in the course of its business.
  • Establishment and registration of UAE based airlines’ branch in Azerbaijan.
  • Conducting due diligence for a world-known major telecommunication company as to compliance matters in Azerbaijan.
  • Registration of a head change and liquidation of an American pharma company ‘s local subsidiary in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising a major UK-based energy service company as to their transfer of business in Azerbaijan to another international business player.
  • Advising foreign financial institution as to provision of various loans to certain banks of Azerbaijan.
  • Provided legal support on employment and corporate matters to Canadian helicopter operation company’s subsidiary in the Republic of Azerbaijan (transfer of business to local company).
  • Advising major international banks and investment funds as to Cross-Border Banking and Financial Services.
  • Advising an international transportation & infrastructure company as to various aspects of business law in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising a Swiss multinational information technology company providing IT and telecommunication services to the air transport industry on labour law in Azerbaijan.
  • Incorporation, development of bylaws, internal policies, model contracts, HR documentation for Representative office of Puratos Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. company, Turkish producer of confectionary products.
  • Providing legal support to and representing the shareholder of Turkish company in liquidation of the Company’s subsidiary in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising world-known FMCG companies as to various aspects of advertising and antitrust issues.
  • Advising one of the biggest global pharmaceutical company on adaptation and implementation of internal policies of foreign companies in Azerbaijan.
  • Acted as a local legal counsel in cross border merger project and successfully represented the Global ink company before the state Antitrust authorities and obtained consent of the latter for the project.
  • Advising a German Telecommunication Company on a number of matters and conducting pre-merger Due Diligence in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising and supporting the acquisition by a foreign investor of controlling participatory interest in a large service company in Azerbaijan.
  • Acted as a local legal counsel of Rolls-Royce in Azerbaijan in sale of its Energy Gas Turbine and Compressor business to Siemens.
  • Advising a US multinational manufacturer of networking equipment as to liquidation and deregistration of its Branch in Azerbaijan.
  • Providing legal support to and representing the Turkish company in liquidation of the Company’s subsidiary in Azerbaijan after acquisition of its business by a different company.
  • Advising a local Representative Office of a foreign oil company on liquidation and de-registration in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising Optilan (UK) Limited, a subcontractor of a major oil company in Azerbaijan on corporate aspects of dissolution, incorporation of an LLC and asset transfer from the entity being liquidated
  • Advising a Swedish Telecommunication Company on a number of matters and conducting Due Diligence of the target company (M&A project) in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising a UK Telecommunication Company on regulatory matters in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising a European Company acting as Global Distribution System on various corporate matters, including M&A regulations.
  • Advising a European telecommunication Company on various commercial, corporate and regulatory matters, and immigration law in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising a French Telecommunication Company on various commercial, corporate and regulatory matters (including reorganization through merger) and immigration law in Azerbaijan.
  • Advising the World Bank Group (Financial and Private Sector, Washington DC) in relation to Doing Business in Azerbaijan (Regulations for small and medium-size enterprises), and etc.
Awards
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Chambers Global 2020, Band 3

"Experienced, client-oriented and reliable" lawyer who is "always able to provide tailor-made advice and solutions".

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Chambers & Partners, Individual, 2020

The best lawyer.

News

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The first offline meeting of the “Banking & Finance” Committee in Uzbekistan

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GRATA International is participating at the EBRD Annual Meeting & Business Forum in Uzbekistan

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Ummi Jalilova, Managing Partner of GRATA Azerbaijan spoke on the meeting of the Construction and Infrastructure Working Group of AHK

Publications

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Lexology Getting The Deal Through - Azerbaijan: Arbitration

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Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Arbitration 2022

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Employment and employee benefits in Azerbaijan: overview

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