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QUESTIONNAIRE/APLICATION

For the CIS Local Counsel Law Firms

in preparation for the second CIS Local Counsel Forum in Baku on June 20-22, 2007

16 April 2007

Section 1: Law Firm

  1. Name and country of the law firm:”BakuLawCenter” LLC
  2. Contact Information:

Primary Firm Location:Azerbaijan, Baku

Office address: 14 Boyuk Gala str., Icheri Sheher, BakuAZ 1000 Azerbaijan Respublic

Telephone:+994 12492 28 83

Fax:+994 12492 28 83

e-mail:

website:

Other Offices:

Office address: Aktau, Kazakhstan, SunkarBusinessCenter, office 601,

Micro-district 2 / 47B

Telephone: (+7 32 92) 54 50 41

Fax: (+7 32 92) 54 50 41

e-mail:

  1. Primary Contacts:

Name: Anar Baghirov

Email:

  1. Other Contacts:

Name: ______

Email:______

  1. Year of establishment: 2001

Section II: Lawyers and Support Staff

  1. Number of Partners: 3
  2. Number of Associates :7
  3. Number of Paralegals : 0
  4. Please indicate number of lawyers with the advanced degrees: LLMs: ______Candidate of Legal Sciences: 1
  5. Languages spoken at the Firm: Azeri, Russian,
  6. ______

______

  1. How many lawyers speak

English: 10German: 0Russian: 10French: 0 Spanish: 0

  1. Interpreters on the staff: Azeri, Russian

(please indicate the languages)

Section III: Client Details

  1. Classify your clients (in percentage):

Corporate Clients 70 %International Law Firms 20%

Non-Corporate clients 10%

  1. Please indicate up to five major corporate clients (if your firm’s policy is not to disclose client names, please provide brief description on a no-name basis):

Siemens AG Representative Office in Azerbaijan, Gedeon Richer Representative Office Azerbaijan, Schlumberger LLC , Mc Camm Erickson LLC, PCH Offshore PTY LTD

  1. Please indicate up to five international law firms you serve as a local counsel to (if your firm’s policy is not to disclose client names, please provide brief description on a no-name basis):

Lansky Ganzger partners, ООО «Пепеляев, Гольцблатипартнеры»

  1. What percentage of your work is dedicated to international corporate clients:

0% (the law firm has no international clients)

X up to 70% (two-thirds of clients are international

up 30 % (each third client is international)

up to 100% (almost all clients are international)

up to 50% (half of clients are international)

  1. What percentage of your work is dedicated to serving as local counsel to international law firms:

0% (none)

X up 30 % (each third client is an international law firm)

up to 70% (two-thirds of clients are international law firms)

up to 100% (almost all clients are international law firms)

up to 50% (half of clients are international law firms)

  1. Method of payment (choose all options that apply):

X per hourly rates contingency (percentage of the value of the contract/claim)

other ………………………………………

fixed (fixed budget)

  1. Illustrative projects in 2006-2007: ______

______

______

______

______

Section IV: Law Firm Profile

  1. Law Firm Profile (500 words):BakuLawCenter is a large, multidisciplinary Azerbaijan law firm, established in 2001. The firm has a reputation for professional excellence and client service throughout Azerbaijan. Our lawyers bring to their clients’ needs a wide range of experience, talents and knowledge. We advise on all aspects of Azerbaijani law. Our practice encompasses corporate law, banking and financial services, privatization, energy and natural resources, environmental law, real estate, intellectual property, employment and private law matters. In addition to general commercial legal advice we provide comprehensive dispute resolution and litigation services.

Our clients range from multi-national corporations to individual entrepreneurs. We also state bodies, governmental agencies and international institutions.

The number and variety of challenging projects we have helped to implement is the confirmation of our dedication to clients’ needs and project management skills. Regardless of market situation, our clients can be confident that their interests will be always addressed by the best possible combination of legal expertise, professional excellence and business awareness.

  1. Please provide references (name of the firm, contact person and his/her contact information) of one or more International Law Firms, which we may contact for a recommendation of your firm. Lansky, Ganzger+partner Tel :+431533 33300 Fax : + 431532 84 83
  2. Details of membership in local and international law firm networks, databases, alliances, or associations: ______

______

______

______

  1. Practice Areas:

Please mark the practice areas of your firm from the list below. Also please indicate other practice areas and areas of special expertise of your firm that are not included in the list.

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Administrative Law

Admiralty and Maritime Law

Advertising and Marketing

Agency and Distribution

Agricultural Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution:

Arbitration, Mediation

Antitrust and Competition

Aviation and Aerospace

Bankruptcy

Banks, Banking and Financial Services

Business Law

Commercial Litigation

Commercial Real Estate, Zoning, Planning and Land Use

Communications and Media

Construction Law and Litigation

Consumer Law

Contract Law

Corporate Finance

Corporate Law

Criminal Law

Energy

Entertainment and the Arts

Environmental Law

Finance

Foreign Investment

Franchise and Franchising

Government Procurement and Contracts

Immigration and Naturalization

Information Technology

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Insurance Law

Intellectual Property:

Copyright

Trademarks

Patents

Other

International Public Law

International Litigation and Arbitration

International Trade

Labour/Employment

Media Law

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mortgages Property Funding and Security

Natural Resources

Oil and Gas

Privatization Law

Product Liability

Regulatory Law

Securities and Stock Exchange

Taxation

Technology and Science

Torts

Transportation

Other practice areas:

Areas of Special Expertise:

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