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VLM has the depth of experience and vision necessary to help you with your activity within both debt and equity capital markets. We can assist in the efficient and proactive delivery of IPO and secondary listings for issuers and their advisors.

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Issuance, disclosure and market conduct requirements.

We regularly support well-known corporations in their transactions in securities. VLM acts as a one-stop-shop firm for such transactions, navigating complex challenges in all stages of the process.

Our capital markets team provides both transactional and regulatory advice to a broad range of clients on a wide variety of capital market products.

Our capital markets team provides both transactional and regulatory advice to a broad range of clients on a wide variety of capital market products. We have extensive experience issuing and re-calling bonds issued in the Azerbaijani market.

What we do

We provide full legal support regarding the processes below:

  • Issuance and placement of securities
  • Transactions in securities, including purchase, encumbrance, and disposal of securities
  • Transactions in derivatives
  • Registration of foreign law issued securities
  • Establishment of investment companies, clearing houses, and investment funds' depositories and obtainment of the required licenses
  • Regulatory compliance of issuers, investment companies, clearing houses, investment funds' depositories, and other capital market participants
  • Enforcement of debt securities and other financial instruments

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The amendments, decrees and court decisions that change what a business operating in Azerbaijan has to do next.

6 August 2026 · Corporate

The Law on Amendments to the Labor Code, the Civil Code, and the Laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Currency Regulation", "On Investment Funds" and "On the Securities Market"

8 January 2025 · Tax

New business opportunities in Azerbaijan: Tax and Customs duty exemptions

21 August 2023 · Banking and finance

New requirements for the payments market are on the way: a close look at the Law on Payment Services

30 December 2022 · Labor and migration

New changes related to work permits

30 December 2022 · Public private partnership

Law on Public-Private Partnerships: what is improved with the new Law

17 May 2022 · Firm news

Project on strengthening the financial stability of the Gabala Vocational School

14 March 2022 · Firm news

Professional Legal Services

9 March 2022 · Dispute resolution

Dispute Resolution Services

1 March 2022 · Intellectual property

Why register a trademark?

28 January 2022 · Labor

Penalties for administrative violation of labor rights have been increased

30 December 2021 · Labor

Increase of minimum monthly salary

9 September 2021 · Dispute resolution

Constitutional Court Decision on termination of an employment contract and labor disputes settlement

10 August 2021 · Firm news

COVID-19 Update

17 May 2021 · Labor

SUMMARY of Law dated 02 April 2021 on Amendments to the Labor Code

26 March 2021 · Firm news

Vugar Mammadov, VLM's Managing Partner gave an interview for the Legal500.

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