Our Support

Bridging the gap between your customers and your goals

What puts us at a competitive edge is our unique ability to assess the client’s needs while treating the client’s interests similar to our own.

We provide world class services in the following areas:

Throughout our career, we have supported some world class strategic trans-border energy projects (e.g. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, TANAP and TAP pipelines) which included local support too. We know how to structure such and similar projects and we know what support clients need, especially from legal standpoint.

We have broad experience and expertise in drafting and negotiating energy projects, which includes without limitation the following type of agreements:

– Procurement related agreements involving international contractors or subcontractors, such as services agreements, supply of goods and works etc. 

– Intergovernmental Agreements; Host Government Agreements; Pipeline Operatorship Agreements; Crude Oil and Natural Gas-Sale Agreements; Crude Oil and Natural Gas Transportation Agreements; Production Sharing Agreements 

– In Mergers & Acquisitions: Sale-Purchase Agreements; Shareholders’ Agreements; Articles of Association; Agreements related to the daily operations of major international JVs, such as services agreements with contractors etc. Our support here includes due diligence of the counterparties and issuance of relevant due diligence reports

Our consultancy includes new-market access and all relevant preparations in that regard, including identification of strategies etc.

This consultancy includes preparations for and tactics in negotiations whether with state owned or privately operated companies, which comes from real and long-term experience

If you are an international investor planning to invest in such countries as Turkey, we may help you to understand the local market better, connect you with the right network and help as part of your business establishment 

If you are an international investor planning to do business abroad, we may greatly help you with your strategies, tactics and legal support, including agreements governed under laws of foreign jurisdictions

We have unique capabilities in the development of compliance programs including in Codes of Conduct, Conflicts of Interest, Gifts & Entertainment, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Policies in accordance with the applicable international standards and the requirements of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act and we specialize in regular support including trainings 

Our compliance support includes without limitation the following:

  • Creating or modifying compliance programs, which includes full-scale regular support afterwards
  • Compliance & Integrity risk management assessment 
  • Compliance & Integrity Gap assessment 
  • Integrity due diligence of counterparties (counterparty due diligence)
  • Annual Compliance Plan 
  • Compliance Risk Register 
  • Help in automation of your compliance systems
  • Fraud management procedure and fraud management investigation
  • Anti-bribery and corruption
  • Anti-money laundering
    In addition, we are well placed in becoming external ethics & compliance officers for your company

We can help you in understanding how international sanctions work and what their impacts on your business/people might be, particularly, the US, EU and UK sanctions. We may also help with ad-hoc or regular trainings 

Digital security is one of the main pillars of modern business’ success. Your one vulnerability may cost you millions of dollars. We may help you here!

Cyber security is one of the top evolved risks globally for all companies globally. Its scale of impact is astonishing. We may help to protect you, your employees and your assets from cyber threats and conduct ad-hoc or regular trainings

Is your organization equipped with some basic tools in tackling cyber security? If not, we may help you as part of that

We are proud about our wide network globally including in the GCC, USA, UK, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye and member countries of the European Union. If you need to grow your business, you may get in touch with us for a quick non-binding chat, where we may explore opportunities together

We have strong experience in managing international JVs and we can help you as part of your daily support. We may also help you as part of investor updates and Board presentations

In today’s globalized world, every employee is a leader of the company. We may help you grow potential of your employees and your managers through dedicated trainings and conversations.

If you need access to local lawyers or law firms and obtain U.A.E. or Turkish law advice, we may help you in contacting the relevant lawyer or law firm best suiting your needs and arranging this scope of work for you

Our trainings’ portfolio is rich and encompasses unique and exclusive trainings in the following areas:

  • Ethics & Compliance
  • Cyber security
  • Sanctions
  • Leadership and management skills
  • Staff & individual motivation

Another quite interesting and unique training in our portfolio is: “Interaction of in-house counsels with external counsels, what are the main pitfalls?” This training shall especially be useful for law firms and as any other training in our portfolio, it is tailored to your needs by populating your organization’s queries in advance

Our purpose includes contribution to the protection of our environment including protection of strained animals, whether through awareness raising sessions or otherwise. We are open to cooperation with other organizations in order to grow number of such projects

We are proud about our wide network globally including in the GCC, USA, UK, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye and member countries of the European Union. If you need to grow your business, you may get in touch with us for a quick non-binding chat, where we may explore opportunities together

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    About us

    The Consultant - an international and independent consultancy company.

    As our founder – Elshad Rustamov says, we are not an ordinary consultancy company.
    We have some unique knowledge, skill set and expertise, which we are bringing into the Turkish market and beyond.