Taxation is the most interested issue cared by our Customers. ABG.LA has a vast experience consulting local and foreign clients on the most various tax issues. The experience of studying and applying the tax legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan, coupled with the service rendering, enabled ABG.LA to acquire and consolidate the best practice of tax consulting in various sectors of the Republic of Tajikistan. ABG.LA professionals have been repeatedly involved by the Tax Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan as independent experts in solving complex cases with the participation of large taxpayers, including taking part in the Appeal Commissions of the tax authority when considering controversial cases. ABG.LA professionals provide tax consultation in a variety of fields, including M&A transactions, subsoil use, telecommunications, banking and finance sector and etc.

Services:

• tax accounting and tax risks management
• tax Support in M&A Transactions
• taxation of transactions
• resolving of taxation problems
• international taxation
• cоrporate Taxation
• taxation of non-residents
• tax Preferences and Incentives
• documents preparation for VAT Refund
• international Taxation

ABG.LA renders the widest range of legal services, ranging from verbal consulting to comprehensive support for large projects. ABG.LA lawyers have a rich practice of drafting contracts in a wide variety of industries. Drafting contracts requires a careful study of all conditions that reflect the interests of the client, including minimizing all potential risks that may arise in the performance of contractual relations. We develop supply agreements, loan agreements, memorandum of understandings (MOU), commission agreements and assignments. ABG.LA lawyers also have wide experience in drafting complex agreements and mixed contracts containing elements of various agreements.

ABG.LA lawyers can carry out complex analysis — Due diligence of the company (collection and analysis of information in order to assess the state of the business and potential risks), carry out legal support in making different transactions, prepare legal opinion on related issues of interest to the clients.

ABG.LA is a certified service provider for international financial institutions (EBRD, World Bank, IFC, Eurasian Development Bank). Our lawyers have repeatedly been involved as external consultants in the framework of projects implemented with the participation of these financial institutions, including the execution of loan agreements, pledge agreements of movable and immovable property, as well as Due diligence procedures.

Services:

• development of lease agreements, sale and purchase agreements
• development of supply agreements, carriage agreements
• development of concession and other agreements within the framework of projects in the field of public-private partnership
• development of a loan agreement, pledge agreements of movable and immovable property
• preparation of a package of documents for registration of transactions
• development of memorandum of understandings (MOU)
• development of agreements for subsoil users, telecommunications companies, banks, manufacturers and suppliers of various types of goods
• consulting suppliers of products and equipment as part of the conclusion of agreements with clients
• analysis of commercial contracts within the framework of Due diligence procedures

In ordinary course of company’s business, more often there are questions somehow seriously affecting to entire activity of company. The task of ABG-LA lawyers is to provide assistance in developing and applying of solution which meets the interests of business owners, to prevent potential lawsuits, to minimize the risks in corporate component of company, in sum, to help the client as much as possible in the correct organization of his business management. ABG.LA lawyers advise clients on issues such as protection of shareholders' rights, the responsibility of top managers, and the activities of boards of directors.

ABG.LA lawyers have a comprehensive practice in supporting M&A transactions, including a full range of services, inter alia obtaining government approvals and permits in relation to these transactions.

Services:

• development of Constituent Documents
• increasing or decreasing the authorized capital
• change of ownership in the composition of shareholders or participants
• development of various agreements within the framework of M&A transactions
• entering the records to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs
• preparation and registration securities issue prospectus with an authorized state body
• registration of transactions for sale of equity, shares
• coordination of the transactions terms in state regulators

In any company irrespective of organization-legal form and property, the relation between employer and employees is established basically in accordance with the norms labor laws. The correct execution of labor relations facilitates in avoiding of dispute situations between the employer and employee.

Services:

• HR audit (assessment of current HR records management and analysis of local statutory acts of the client for compliance with the requirements of labor laws)
• restoration of HR records
• development of local statutory acts (internal labor order regulations; collective agreements; bonus provisions; commercial secrets provisions, leave schedule and etc.);
• development of HR records documentations (labor agreements, full financial liability agreements, job descriptions, orders for employment, orders for dismissal, transfer, reward and punishment of employees and etc.);

In Tajikistan, for conducting of some type of business, the legal entity or individual entrepreneurs should in prior obtain the required licenses or permissions of state bodies. ABG.LA renders the whole range of services relating to obtaining/extension the maturity period of permits in various spheres of activities.

Services:

• drafting the package of documents needed for obtaining of permits
• drafting of formal request to state authorities
• submission of documents to state authorities for purposes of further obtaining the permits
• submission of documents for extension the maturity term of permits.

The litigation between business entities is a least way of resolving disputable situation. We always recommend our Clients in case of appropriate bases, to solve disputable issues in extrajudicial procedure as it will allow saving time and retrenching possible undesirable expenses. In case if pre-judicial settlement of dispute doesn't bring positive results, our lawyers are ready to represent interests of the Client in court.

Services:

• representation of the Client's interests in the court of first, cassation and supervisory instances
• preparation of various claim letters
• preparation and filing the statement of claim
• preparation of an objection to the statement of claim
• preparation of other documents related to the consideration of the dispute in court
• calculation of the cost of state fees, depending on the nature of the case
• calculation of forfeit and other penalties

ABG.LA has a vast experience in supporting various projects including with the participation of foreign developers, consulting on licensing issues and obtaining permits. Our Company renders the will range of services related to legal support of development activities, from issuance of a land plot to the commissioning the completed objects.

ABG.LA lawyers render services related to the registration of real estate transactions, legal study of real estate objects, including their history, provide legal assistance in real estate disputes.

In the assets of ABG.LA exist several successful cases related to the full support of projects on construction of business centers and hotels, built by foreign investors, including pursuant to the interstate agreements.

ABG.LA has several successful cases related to the full support of projects for the construction of business centers and hotels built by foreign investors, including in accordance with interstate agreements.

ABG.LA renders various legal services to companies operating in the telecommunications sector. With the baggage of the rich practice, ABG.LA lawyers have been acting as external legal consultants for one of the largest mobile operators in Tajikistan for many years.

ABG.LA renders various legal services to companies operating in the field of trade and production, including comprehensive legal support. The company's experience includes successful support of projects from “scratch”, including the opening of a milk and dairy production plant, a factory for the production of chocolate products, legal support for a large producer of soft drinks, as well as providing services to a number of large distribution companies.

ABG.LA is one of the few law firms in Tajikistan that has a rich practice of consulting companies operating in the field of natural resources. The services of ABG.LA are used by a number of large companies engaged in the extraction of gold, concentrates, zinc, copper, lead and other minerals.