Dr. Umid Aripdjanov is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in Central Asian jurisdictions, focusing on Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. As a partner at CENTIL Law Firm, Dr. Umid Aripdjanov has been advising public authorities, foreign and domestic sponsors, and DFIs on multi-billion landmark and award-winning projects, particularly in the oil and gas, mining, energy, infrastructure and finance industries. His expertise in the infrastructure sector includes advising on power sector and renewable energy, water supply and waste-water, solid waste management, medical services, education and public utilities. For two decades, Dr. Aripdjanov has been recognized as the “top-ranked” lawyer by Chambers Global, Legal 500, and IFLR 1000 directories in the area of Energy and Petroleum Laws. Dr. Aripdjanov holds a PhD (2001) and Law Degree (1997) from Tashkent State Institute of Law and received his LLM in US Legal Studies (2002) from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio as a Muskie Fellow.