In partnership with SABAH Hub, CLDP will participate in Baku ID, focusing on supporting regional startups at the event. CLDP will bring experts from the U.S. innovation ecosystem to provide 1:1 consultations to startups eager to commercialize in the U.S.

This two-day program is designed to connect Azerbaijani founders, women entrepreneurs, and emerging angel investors with U.S. startup and investment practices. 

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) and the Astana International Financial Centre's International Arbitration Centre (IAC) will host the first edition of the Young Eurasia Arbitration Week and the 6th Central Asia Vis Pre-Moot from March 2–5, 2026, in Astana, Kazakhstan. The event features...

From August 26-28, CLDP will conduct technical consultations in Azerbaijan regarding Strengthening Investment and Partnership Opportunities (SIPO) and Intellectual Property (IP). CLDP’s objective at each technical consultation will be to understand Azerbaijan’s priorities in each of these sectors...

Background Information CLDP’s Trans-Caspian Trade Route (TCTR) project is funded by the U.S. Department of State and supports the C5+1 goals to expand and develop alternative trade routes for Central Asian countries to mitigate trade disruptions and diversify export destinations. The project involves government and private sector representatives from the Central Asian countries, as well as Georgia...

From May 12-16, CLDP sponsored the participation of a delegation of women leaders and entrepreneurs from the Western Balkans and Azerbaijan to form a women’s economic security working group and participate in the International Trade Administration’s Tradewinds Forum in Türkiye. The delegates...

From February 14-18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, led three programs to prepare law students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Germany to compete in the annual Willem C. Vis International...

On January 31-February 1, CLDP hosted a workshop on intellectual property rights (IPR) for practicing lawyers and law students in Baku, in conjunction the American Chamber of Commerce - Azerbaijan conference on the enforcement and protection of IPR. The workshop included sessions on international...

From July 12-14, 2023, CLDP co-hosted a workshop on international commercial arbitration with the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan for more than 50 attorneys in Baku. The comprehensive three-day program raised awareness among legal professionals of the benefits of arbitration as an...

From February 22-26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, led the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot with three programs to prepare law students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, and Germany to...