Abylkhair Nakipov
Senior Partner
amn@signumlaw.com
Experience

Abylkhair has an extensive experience in oil and gas, mergers and acquisitions, contracts and commercial law. He primarily focuses on oil and gas and mining companies, as well as servicing companies. He acts as a regular corporate adviser to a number of high profile international and local clients in different areas.

Abylkhair is a member of Almaty Bar Association, KazBar, as well as an Arbitrator of Arbitration Center of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs “Atameken”.

Abylkhair’s selected major projects include:

  • Legal and tax advice to a large special vehicles dealer including legal and tax analysis at structuring the Client’s proposed loyalty and motivation program for its employees (including description of contractual matters, currency control matters, tax structuring and assessment of risks).

  • Legal advice in acquisition finance transaction relating to an anticipated R&D marine asset acquisition.

  • Legal advice to the client on the transfer of the rights of enforcement on USD 4,5 million financial liabilities.

  • Legal advice to the world-leading gas and engineering company on joint venture under a gas processing plant project initiated by the Kazakhstan's national operator for exploration, production, refining and transportation of hydrocarbons.

  • Legal advice to the Kazakhstan’s largest state-owned oil & gas giant, and an American-Anglo-German Fortune 500 multinational chemical company, on creating a joint venture under a gas processing plant project to be built in Zhanaozen, Mangistau Region.

  • Legal advice to an International Publicly Listed Oil and Gas E&P company in relation to the contemplated sale of a concession project for the total amount USD 77 million.

  • Legal advice to a major Kazakhstan subsidiary of a global marine services group engaged in offshore fleet services in Kazakhstan related to structuring of complex and simultaneous multi-party transactions on acquisition of a marine asset, including regulatory compliance, shareholder approval, acquisition financing, proposing restructuring options and other critical transactional matters.

  • Legal advice on the transfer of the rights of enforcement on a factoring deal involving a Kazakh subsidiary of one of top international mining traders.

  • Advising a major international producer of industrial gases on full process of the restructuring (by way of accession), including consulting on transfer of personnel, contracts and customs accounts to the primary company, re-registration of loans, preparation of a full package of documents and implementation of all procedural actions related accession through the state registration of respective statutory changes in both companies;

  • Representation of the interests of the major uranium production company in an arbitration case on recovery of damages under the construction contract (that was dragged on for as many as 3 years) with independent expertises;

  • Advised on a transaction resulting in 100% share sale of a public E&P company (Deal size: USD 515 mln);

  • Provided legal support for acquisition of a large electricity and heating company in South Kazakhstan by foreign investors; participated in drafting transaction documents and relevant applications (Deal size: USD 30 mln);

  • Provided legal support for acquisition of several fields/exploration blocks in Kazakhstan by an Australian public company;

  • Provided legal support to a UK based oil & gas company listed on Toronto and London Stock Exchanges, on acquisition of two Kazakhstan oil & gas projects;

  • Drafted and negotiated a contract on design, delivery of the equipment and materials and construction of pipeline on a «turn-key basis» according to the standard contracts of the International Federation of Civil Engineers (FIDIC) for a large oil producing company working in Western Kazakhstan;

  • Drafted and negotiated complex drilling contracts for a national company;

  • Developed and implemented the data protection system (including personal data protection) for an international manufacturer of construction equipment.

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Education
Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University, International Relations Faculty, International Law
Graduated with honors
JICAP Program in Preston University, UK, sponsored by KnowHow Fund of UK Government
Accolades
“Signum Law Firm handles corporate and M&A matters, and is particularly active in the oil and gas sector. Liza Zhumakhmetova and Abylkhair Nakipov are the key names.”
— The Legal 500, Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, 2018
“‘It was my pleasure to work with Sofiya, Abylkhair, Nazym and Talgat. They are strong professionals with vision.’”
— The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023
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