Experience

Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Chairman of the Board

  • Feb 2019 - Present

• Deputy Chief of Staff/Chairperson of Supervisory Board Patent&Trademark Examination Center

  • Jun 2018 - Present



State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR)

• Azerbaijan
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Legal for OGPC Project / Member of Board SFW JV

  • Mar 2010 - Present

  Legal support for Oil and Gas Processing and Petrochemical ProjectHead of Legal Division / Member of Board of Director SFW LLC (Azeri-Italy JV)

• Head of Legal, OGPC Project

  • 2011 - 2014

  • EPCs, FEED, Pre-FEED, Service and Equipment SPAs, engineering agreements, license agreements, tolling agreements, feedstock supply contracts. project finance coordination (ECAs, banks, financial institutions)• Liaise with governmental/state entities• Contract management and contract implementation supervision• legal strategy, legal opinions on all Project related issues, internal control mechanisms, compliance issues• Supervision of procurement/bidding/tendering processes• Investment analyses and cross-border/international transactions, M&A• coordination of team work between external legal, financial and other consultants of the project• Participation in decision making process on daily activity of OGPC Project • Corporate structuring (Special Purpose Vehicles), including off-shore structuring • Work with top English and local Law firms Show less

• Deputy Head of the Strategic Development Department

  • 2010 - 2011

  • Participated in review and development of SOCAR’s strategic plan and major projects• Analyses of investment activity of SOCAR and its affiliates• PPP projects development, including concession agreements • Dealt with legal, organizational, corporate and commercial aspects of the Feasibility Study and SWOT analysis for the purposes of large-scaled projects of SOCAR• Coordinated work with external consultants to SOCAR’s major projects• Preparation of organizational structure, development strategy, internal policies and procedures for SOCAR strategic projects. Participation in Task Force for Special Economic Zone for Oil, Gas and petrochemical industry• Member of Procurement/Tendering commissions Show less



Baku State University/Law School, UNEC - MBA classes

• Azerbaijan

• Professor

  • 2003 - 2015

  Part-time lecturer Subjects: Corporate Law, International Commercial and Business Law (for MBA classes) Part-time lecturer Subjects: Corporate Law, International Commercial and Business Law (for MBA classes)



Ministry of Economic Development

• Azerbaijan

• Director of Corporate Governance Division / Member of large scaled SOEs

  • 2007 - 2009

  • Supervised the development and application of corporate governance standards in Azerbaijan (based on OECD), Corporate Governance assessment of large-scale companies in Azerbaijan (Joint Project with World Bank, USAID, IFC (Corporate Governance Project in Azerbaijan) • Head of governmental Task Force on the development of the legislation in the field of Corporate Governance • Carrying out comparative analysis of legislation on corporate governance and preparing proposal for the improvement of legislation • Supervision of SOE’s - Electricity Grids. As a Member of Board supervising state investment program implementation, financial reports, obtaining monthly, quarterly and annual reports from Managerial Board • Negotiate and prepare / supervise various major cross-border loan, procurement, investment and sales contracts of SOEs • Conduct legal supervision of various major state-owned entities (“SOE”), including certain natural monopolies • Chief of Task Force for Improving Legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Corporate Governance (including development of national standards of Corporate Governance) • Participation in PPP project implementation (including concession and management contracts) Show less



Ministry of Economic Development

• Azerbaijan

• Director of division for WTO Accession / Head of Secretariat of State Commission on WTO Accession

  • 2006 - 2007

  • Preparation Azerbaijan to accession to WTO: Participation in negotiations; Preparation of tariff and non-tariff mechanisms; • Analysis and evaluation as well as drafting of potential bilateral and multilateral agreements, contracts, treaties, pacts on economic relationships regarding entry into WTO; • Preparing reports on foreign-economic activity, participation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in international economic organizations in the region, particularly for the purposes of accession to WTO Show less



Ministry of Economic Development/State Property Commitee

• Azerbaijan

• Ch.Advisor at the Investments and Foreign Economic Relations Dpt./Lead s-list at Privatization Dpt.

  • 2000 - 2006

  • Analysis, evaluation and preparation of drafts of Investment Programs, state programs, legal acts concerning the trade policy, and submitting proposals; PPP Projects analyses; analyzing of trade relations with CIS countries; Preparation of ITB, analysis and evaluation of bids, contract development and negotiations. • Analysis, evaluation and preparation of drafts of Investment Programs, state programs, legal acts concerning the trade policy, and submitting proposals; PPP Projects analyses; analyzing of trade relations with CIS countries; Preparation of ITB, analysis and evaluation of bids, contract development and negotiations.