PRACTICES
REPRESENTATION IN COURTS AND ARBITRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES
Representation in the administrative court of various subsoil users in disputes with the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development on challenging the revocation of a license for the...
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSES
Representing a US-based drilling services multinational before the administrative court on labor matters and alleged violations of sanitary standards; Representation in court in cases of...
ANTIMONOPOLY DISPUTES
Representing Kazakhstan’s largest dairy producer in a dispute with a local producer concerning unfair competition (copying goods’ appearance); Representing a Kazakhstani ice cream...
BANKS, PLEDGES
Advising a syndicate of European banks on the enforcement of pledges and related risks underlying a USD 300 million loan facility; Representing a major Dutch bank in pre-trial negotiations with...
COMMERCIAL DISPUTES
Representing clients in numerous commercial disputes of various complexity involving recovery of contractual debt, losses (including lost profits), invalidation of transactions, recovery of...
CONSTRUCTION
Representing a major international construction company before Kazakhstan courts in a dispute on contesting the validity of construction transactions for over USD 200 million; Representing a...
CORPORATE DISPUTES
Representing foreign hedge funds in disputes with a major bank regarding infringement of shareholder rights; Representing minority shareholders of Kazakhtelecom JSC in a dispute over the terms...
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Representing a global Russian IT company which operates an online taxi service in a dispute over infringement of a Kazakhstani patent; Representing a US-based transinational company in a dispute...
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Representing a subsidiary of a major German gas supplier before the Kazakhstan international arbitration on debt collection matters; Representing one of the ministries of Kazakhstan in...
LABOR DISPUTES
Representing a global hardware supplier in several civil cases on the protection of honor and dignity of a former employee, his reinstatement at work and recovery of wages; Representing the...
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Representing a major Kazakhstani uranium producing company in a civil case over invalidity of a supply contract worth over USD 7 million and the challenging results of procurements conducted...
RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT
Representing on matters involving recognition and enforcement in Kazakhstan of an international arbitration award worth over USD 46 million; Assisting a large international construction company...
TAX AND CUSTOMS DISPUTES
Representing an oil producing joint venture in a tax and environmental dispute worth approx. USD 70 million; Representing foreign hedge funds in disputes with a large bank over taxation of...
TRANSPORT
Representing the largest Russian oil company in a dispute with a national railway operator in respect of compensation of over KZT 1 billion in damages; Representing a major construction company...
REHABILITATION AND BANKRUPTCY
INVESTIGATIONS
CORRUPTION
Assisting one of the largest international law firms in an internal investigation at the request of the largest Kazakhstan oil & gas producer to verify the validity of corruption...
FRAUD
At the request of a leading UK law firm, verifying the validity of allegations concerning fraud in activities of a Kazakhstan company; Investigating the Kazakhstan operations of one of the...
AIFC COURT/ARBITRATION (ASTANA INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER)
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
ACCOMPANYING WITNESSES TO INVESTIGATORY ACTIONS (INTERROGATIONS, CONFERENCES, ETC.)
CRIMINAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF BUSINESS
Termination of the criminal case due to the absence of corpus delicti in the actions of an employee of a large mining company under Art. 277 of the Criminal Code (violation of safety rules during...
INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
Assistance to the founder of the LLP in initiating a criminal case under Art. 389 of the Criminal Code (arbitrariness) in relation to former partners. Assistance to the founder of the LLP...
ISSUES OF SENTENCE ENFORCEMENT
Parole of two accountants convicted on corruption charges. Parole of political activist Asiya Tulesova. Conditional early release of the ex-general. Postponement of execution...
PROTECTION OF SUSPECTS / ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL CASES
Termination of a criminal case due to the absence of corpus delicti at the stage of investigation under Art. 156 part 2 of the Criminal Code (violation of labor protection...
REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS OF VICTIMS AT ALL STAGES OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Representing the interests of a car dealership in a case of fraud by a company employee. Representation of interests of LLP in the case of forgery of documents. Representing the...