Nazli Ahmadova has over 12 years of diverse experience in advising the clients ranging from local entities through multi-national companies and international development organizations on various legal matters.

Unlike jurisdictions with well-established legal systems, narrow specialization of lawyers in Azerbaijan is a disadvantage rather than an advantage. In that sense, Nazli has a unique expertise a general practitioner needs to handle the legal matters in an emerging market. Her background and experience in the most important areas of Azerbaijan law are coupled with deep understanding of cross-border issues and knowledge of the regional legal and economic developments.

Nazli started her legal practice as an in-house counsel at a group of companies operating large construction, metal and retail businesses, and had continued with a local law firm before joining then the largest private Azerbaijani group of companies in the energy sector. Her principle concentration was in oil and gas, transport, infrastructure, construction and financing. Nazli has advised the group’s all major projects in oil, shipping and transportation, oilfield services, expansion and operation of oil handling facilities, management of other major assets, construction, real estate, loans, as well as the pre-IPO reorganization and advancement of the corporate governance practices of the group.

Nazli has been ranked and recognized in the 2011 edition of Chambers Global, an annual guide of the leading business lawyers and law firms worldwide, according to which “she is very positively viewed in the oil and gas market”.

Nazli is a member of the Azerbaijan Bar Association and holds a permit for private practice. She has performed certain pro bono work which is part and parcel of legal ethics of Apex Advisors, as well as advised the World Bank’s Doing Business in 2004 manual.

Nazli holds LL.M. from the University of Minnesota Law School (awarded Edmund S. Muskie fellowship) along with Master of Law and Bachelor of Law degrees from the Baku State University.

Nazli is fluent in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English, has a good knowledge of Turkish and a fair understanding of Italian.