Construction

A US company had expatriate staff located at construction sites in the regions of Azerbaijan for over one year. Due to change in Azerbaijani migration and immigration laws the expatriate staff was suddenly found themselves in violation of the law. The company required the expertise of the expatriate staff in order to complete its project, but was at exposure for fines and penalties for not being in compliance with the new laws.

BACG was able to work with the State Migration Service to resolve all issues in a timely manner.

Oil and Gas

Representative office of one of the multinational company operating in oil-gas industry of Azerbaijan had difficulties with implementation of local labor laws in terms of setting out working regime for on/off - shore employees, as well as, revision of already existing labor agreements and internal procedures in line with the newly introduced system of e-registration of labor agreements. 

BACG legal team has been able to work out flexible working regimes based on needs of each department of the Representative Office alongside with providing legal and written consultations by handling contentious matters in the process of implementation of newly introduced working regimes. Our lawyers specialized in labor law successfully continue to provide legal reviews and consultations to the Representative Office on labor law, payroll calculation and other issues concerning to labor law.