TEAM

We place emphasis on the team approach in our firm

We are an integral team, working together to meet our clients’ needs. We assign best lawyers of Kazakhstan according to the complexity of a given matter and the experience of our team. For cost efficiency, we have junior lawyers in support roles when appropriate

Sofiya Zhylkaidarova
Managing Partner

Sofiya is a 20+ years of experience Kazakhstan lawyer working with international clients and government. She is well known and highly regarded professional and great contributor to country's reforms and initiatives aiming to improve investment climate.

Practice areas:
  • Subsoil Use
  • Tax
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
  • New: Private Client
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Abylkhair Nakipov
Senior Partner

Abylkhair has an extensive experience in advising oil and gas, energy and construction companies.

Practice areas:
  • Contracts and Business Law
  • Regulatory Compliance and Environment
  • Construction and Real Estate
  • Subsoil Use
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Liza Zhumakhmetova
Senior Partner

Liza is a 15+ years of experience corporate and M&A lawyer, admitted to the NY State Bar.

Practice areas:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate
  • Corporate Investigations
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Talgat Sariev
Senior Partner

Talgat is heading our dispute resolution and litigation practice.

Practice areas:
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
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Ulan Stybayev
Senior Associate

Ulan has experience in corporate law and corporate investigations.

Practice areas:
  • Corporate
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Investigations
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Nazym Argynbay
Senior Associate

Nazym's core practice area in tax.

Practice areas:
  • Tax
  • Subsoil Use
  • Corporate
  • Employment and Labour
  • Regulatory Compliance and Environment
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Doszhan Kassymbekov
Associate

Practice areas:
  • Corporate
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
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Anel Alzhanova
Associate

Practice areas:
  • Tax
  • Employment and Labour
  • Corporate
  • Subsoil Use
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Sergazy Tuleu
Associate

Специализация Разрешение споров и судебные разбирательства, исполнительное производство.

Practice areas:
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
  • Enforcement Proceedings
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Zhazira Ramazanova
Expert/Business Lawyer

Zhazira’s overall experience as a legal professional is more than 15 years. Through the years of her employment with international company Zhazira went through great transformation from a paralegal into a Head of Legal/General Counsel of major international oil and gas corporation.

Practice areas:
  • Subsoil Use
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Elmira Blackmore
Financial and Tax Expert

Elmira has more than thirty years of experience in foreign and local companies, as well as in the field of accounting and tax services. For over 10 years Elmira has been the Managing Partner of a dynamically developing company in Kazakhstan.

Practice areas:
  • Tax
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Assiya Kazhgaliyeva
Expert/Business Lawyer

Assiya has 20+ years of experience serving as in-house legal counsel/compliance officer for local and international companies of different sectors like trade and direct sales, manufacturing, advertising and medical equipment.

Practice areas:
  • New: inhouser
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