Raymond Saul & Co
Raymond Saul & Co is a law firm registered in the UK.[640] [641] The firm is linked to several companies registered in the British Virgin Islands that acquired high-value properties in London on behalf of members of the Aliyev family and their business associates.[448] The properties acquired include five apartments in The Knightsbridge, […]
Child & Child
Child & Child is a London law firm.[663] Between 2015 and 2016, the firm facilitated a 59.5 million GBP ($89.4 million) property deal in London on behalf of Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva that was never completed.[664] [570] [1084] The deal fell apart after it was exposed as part of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ […]
Mercure Hotel Suites & Apartments FZ-LLC
Mercure Hotel Suites & Apartments FZ-LLC is a company registered in Dubai.[1200] [11] It was formerly known as Yassat Gloria Hotel Apartments FZ-LLC.[1201] [517] Mercure Hotel Suites & Apartments is ultimately owned by Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva, via the UAE registered company Sahra FZCO.[11] [5] Mercure Hotel Suites & Apartments FZ-LLC is linked to […]
Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa FZCO
Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa FZCO—or Sofitel FZCO—was a company registered in the UAE.[420] Sofitel FZCO was ultimately owned by Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva, via Sahra FZCO, and by Tale and Nijat Heydarov, sons of Azerbaijan’s Emergency Situations Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov, via Shams al Sahra FZCO.[668] [341] [5] [8] It is one […]
Privaxis Services SA
Privaxis Services SA was a company registered in Geneva, Switzerland.[342] The company’s registered office was 15, Boulevard Helvetique in Geneva,[342] an address that was also used on corporate records by Olivier Mestelan,[549] [29] a Swiss lawyer and business associate of Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva.[29] The Aliyeva sisters were also associated with this address, […]
Ripley Management S.A.
Ripley Management S.A. was a company registered in Panama.[73] Swiss lawyer Olivier Mestelan signed the incorporation documents, which were prepared by Morgan & Morgan,[73] [72] a Panama law firm.[639] In 2019, the directors were Mehriban, Leyla, and Arzu Aliyeva.[72] The company was suspended in 2019.[115]
Furies Bia Investments Limited
Furies Bia Investments Limited is a company registered in the UAE.[1090] [1034] In 2018, it was jointly owned by Farnoush Farsiar-Aidi and Robert John Baker.[11] It is closely linked to Farsiar’s Plato Capital, a Dubai-based investment fund,[209] as it owns 1% of an Azerbaijan-based company associated with the fund, which Farsiar ultimately controls.[1090] [1034] […]
Pilatus Bank Plc
Pilatus Bank Plc is company registered in Malta.[150] [149] It was founded in 2013 by Iranian-American businessman Ali Sadr Hasheminejad and received its banking license in 2014.[151] [612] Between 2014, when the bank was set up,[150] [149] and 2018, when it was shuttered over serious anti-money laundering failures,[612] it processed payments worth 1.7 […]
Palma Management Consulting DMCC
Palma Management Consulting DMCC was a company registered in the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Free Zone.[9] Its beneficial owners were Thamer Aidi (66.67%), a London-based investment manager, and Robert John Baker (33.33%), a chartered accountant from Australia and a former KPMG employee.[9] [146] Palma appears in the records of Malta’s Pilatus Bank, which […]
MIRK General Trading LLC
MIRK General Trading LLC is a company registered in Dubai; associated with the MIRK group of companies.[131] [132] [133] [341] Manouchehr Ahadpour Khanghah, an Azerbaijani-Iranian businessman, owns 95% of the company, while his brother, Behzad Ahadpour Khanghah, owns the remaining 5%.[131] [132] [133] [989] The brothers are also the company directors.[131] [132] [133] MIRK General […]
