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GRATA Law Firm
GRATA Law Firm
Office, working hours
104, M. Ospanov Str., Almaty, 050020, Kazakhstan
tel.: +7 (727) 2445-777
fax: +7 (727) 2445-776
e-mail: info@gratanet.com
working hours:
Monday-Friday 8.30.-18.00.; Lunch - 12.30.-14.00.
Saturday & Sunday - days off
GRATA International is an international law firm, founded on April 22, 1992, and providing legal services in the countries of Asia, Europe and America.
GRATA International has offices in the following Asian countries: Kazakhstan (Aksai, Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Ekibastuz, Karaganda, Kokshetau, Kostanai, Kyzylorda, Pavlodar, Petropavlovsk, Taraz, Temirtau, Shymkent, Uralsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk), China (Beijing), UAE (Dubai), Russia (Moscow), Azerbaijan (Baku), Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek), Mongolia (Ulan-Bator), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Turkmenistan (Ashgabat), Turkey (Istanbul), Uzbekistan (Tashkent).
In Europe GRATA International has offices and representatives in Belarus (Minsk), Latvia (Riga), the Czech Republic (Prague), Switzerland (Zurich), the United Kingdom (London), the Netherlands (Amsterdam).
Also GRATA International has representatives in the USA (New York) and Canada (Vancouver).
Now clients benefit from more than 200 highly-qualified lawyers and professionals in more than 20 locations. Lawyers of GRATA International have been recognized by leading international ratings including The Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000, Who’s Who legal, Asialaw Profiles.
Specialisation
As a full-service law firm, GRATA has gained unique expertise in the following areas of practice:
· Telecommunication and Transport
· Construction and Infrastructure
· Tax Law
· Legal Support for the Participation in Procurement Procedures
· Registration of Legal Entities, Branches and Representative Offices in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Personnel, staff
We have established a true partnership with team spirit, creativity and youthful energy that gives us a unique style of working. Constant self-improvement, focus on cost effective success and real friendship are the basis of our team development strategy.
Managing Partners:
Aidar Sarymsakov Senior Partner asarymsakov@gratanet.com
Contact persons:
· Natural Resources
Almat Daumov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Zhanara Iskhakova, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Industry and Trade
Shakhrukh Usmanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Aizhan Mukhammad, Counsel (info@gratanet.com)
· Banking and Finance
Shaimerden Chikanayev (info@gratanet.com)
Marina Kahiani, Senior Lawyer (info@gratanet.com)
· Telecommunications and Transport
Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Construction and Infrastructure
Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Finance and Securities
Shaimerden Chikanayev, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Marina Kahiani, Senior Lawyer (info@gratanet.com)
· Corporate Law
Bolat Miyatov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Assel Mukhambekova, Co-Director of Corporate Law Department (info@gratanet.com)
· Labour Law
Bolat Miyatov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Assel Mukhambekova, Co-Director of Corporate Law Department (info@gratanet.com)
· Subsoil Use
Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Contract Law
Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Real Estate
Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Tax Law
Almat Daumov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Assel Ilyassova, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Transfer Pricing
Arman Mendybayev, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Environmental Law
Leila Makhmetova, Counsel (info@gratanet.com)
· Intellectual Property
Aizhan Mukhammad, Counsel (info@gratanet.com)
· Licenсes and Permits
Leila Makhmetova, Counsel (info@gratanet.com)
Dina Zhuzdubayeva, Lawyer (info@gratanet.com)
· Dispute Resolution
Shakhrukh Usmanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
· Legal Support for the Participation in Procurement Procedures (Tender) Held by the «Samruk-Kazyna» Group of Companies
Aray Seitova, Lawyer (info@gratanet.com)
· Registration of Legal Entities, Branches and Representative Offices in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Anna Kravchenko, Head of Companies Registration Department (info@gratanet.com)
· Customs Law
Assel Ilyassova, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Comments, court decisions
GRATA Law Firm was founded on April 22, 1992.
GRATA has an established track record of successful work with various international law firms on a number of high profile projects throughout the region. Thus, if a transaction requires multi-jurisdiction coordination anywhere in the world, we can manage the deal through our well-established relationships with leading international law firms. For these firms we are the number one choice in Central Asia and the Caspian region.
Our reputation and success is based on a highly developed combination of our operational capacity, regional network of offices, strong local expertise, international standards of services and competitive fee structure. We have commercial awareness, we are creative, and we stay flexible.
GRATA lawyers have been recognised by international experts including The Legal 500, Which Lawyer, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, HierosGamos, Asia Law & Practice, Chambers and Partners, International Law Office, and The White Page Guide to Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS.
Additional Information:
GRATA Law Firm is the member of the following Associations:
· Kazakhstan Association of Taxpayers;
· Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers Association(KPLA);
· European Business Association of Kazakhstan (EUROBAK);
· American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan (AmCham);
· The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· British-Kazakh Law Association;
· British-Kazakh Society.
GRATA Awards
· Best Kazakhstan Law Firm, 2011
· Capital Markets Team of the Year, 2011
· Tax Disputes Team of the Year, 2011
· Construction and Infrastructure Team of the Year, 2011
· Halyk IPO Award: Best Due Diligence Counsel
· Capital Markets Team of the Year 2010
· Mining Team of the Year 2010
· M&A Team of the Year 2009
· Corporate Team of the Year 2009
· Project Finance Deal of the Year (China Law Awards, 2009)
· Energy & Resources Deal of the Year (China Law Awards, 2009)
Biography
Aidar Sarymsakov Senior Partner asarymsakov@gratanet.com
Experience
Aidar specialises in corporate, financial, commercial and investment rights in the fields of natural resources, power and banking. He actively participated in the development of the Kazakh legislation on the use of minerals, ecology, power and the protection of investments.
His clients include Shell Kazakhstan Development, Maersk Oil Kazakhstan, Nations Energy, ONGC Videsh, Oman Oil, Petrom, BMB Munai, Kazakhmys, SUAL, KazZink, Halliburton, Weatherford, EBRD, Kazkommertsbank, Halyk Bank, Eurasian Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Procter & Gamble.
Education
In 1995 Aidar received a distinction from the law faculty of the Kazakh State University. He then undertook postgraduate study at the Institute for Government and Law within the Kazakh National Academy of Science.
From 1997 to 1998, Aidar worked for the State committee of the Republic Kazakhstan in the department of investments where he was a manager responsible for answering legal questions. He analysed legal position of more than 300 of the largest investment contracts, as well actively participated in the formation of legislation on protection and encouragement of investments.
From 1999 to 2001 Aidar trained at leading international law firms in Great Britain and the USA. He has also visited numerous conferences and training events in the field of management, especially management of legal firms, both in the Europe and in Kazakhstan.
Aidar is an active participant and speaker at many international conferences in the field of investment protection, oil and gas and mining industries, corporate management and financing.
Aidar speaks Kazakh, Russian and English.
Finance and Securities
Shaimerden Chikanayev (info@gratanet.com)
Experience
Shaimerden Chikanayev is a Partner and the Head of Finance and Securities Department at GRATA Law Firm.
Shaimerden joined GRATA in September 2009. Previously, he worked for one year as a Lawyer in an international law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf in Almaty, two years as a Lawyer at the Legal Department of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, and three years as a Lawyer, then as a Senior Lawyer at GRATA’s Astana office.
Shaimerden specialises in financial law and securities, bankruptcy and restructuring, as well as Mergers and Acquisitions.
Shaimerden advised on the following deals:
· acted as a Kazakh Lawyer for CNPC on its $3.3 billion acquisition of a 50 percent interest (together with KazMunayGas) of MangystanMunayGas, a leading independent Kazakh oil producer and refiner;
· advised foreign creditors on BTA Bank and Alliance Bank restructuring and general insolvency proceedings in Kazakhstan;
· acted as a Kazakh Lawyer for JSC National Company KazMunayGas (KMG) and its Dutch finance subsidiary, KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub B.V., in connection with an update of their Global Medium Term Note Programme which concerned an increase in size of the Programme to $5 billion and issuance of $1.25 billion 11.75% notes by 2015, guaranteed by JSC National Company KazMunayGas;
· advised an international bank on $ 90 million secured loan to a Kazakh bank;
· advised an international bank on $ 135 million syndicated loan to a Kazakh company to extend construction of a fibre optic communications network along the railway tracks of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy - Kazakhstan’s National Railways Company.
Shaimerden speaks Kazakh, fluent English and Russian.
Education
Shaimerden is a qualified Kazakh Lawyer with LLM degree from Duke University (USA).
Corporate Law
Bolat Miyatov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Experience
Bolat Miyatov is a Corporate Partner at GRATA Law Firm, Almaty, and the Head of the Corporate and Labour Law groups.
Bolat has extensive experience in the banking and finance sector, where he has advised on matters concerning debt capital markets, cross-border financing transactions, trade finance, syndicated loans and securities transactions. He has also significant experience in corporate secretary and compliance matters, Kazakh corporate law and M&A transactions.
Bolat joined GRATA in March 2009 and currently focuses on M&A deals and anti-monopoly issues. Major deals that he has advised on include acting for the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank group, dealing with equity investment in Bank CenterCredit (Kazakhstan) and advising Punjab National Bank, the second major state-owned bank of India, on its recent acquisition of Dana Bank (Kazakhstan).
Bolat regularly advises Kazakh and foreign clients on issues of corporate governance and employment law, including matters of employment for key managerial positions.
Bolat speaks Kazakh, English and Russian fluently.
Education
Bolat graduated from the Kazakh Humanitarian Law University (Almaty), with a diploma in Law with a distinction, in 2003. Then he successfully undertook securities market courses to receive a Kazakh broker/dealer qualification categories.
Commarcial Law
Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Experience
Prior to joining GRATA Law Firm, Yerzhan worked in the Kazakhstan Investment Fund group, in a major Kazak Development Company Capital Partners, and as an Associate of Baker & McKenzie International Law Firm. Yerzhan has extensive experience in the areas of Real Estate & Construction, Subsoil Use and Infrastructure. Yerzhan acted as a Consultant on a number of large infrastructure projects realized within the last several years in Kazakhstan, including work as a head of the legal department working on the Medeu and Chimbulak mountain resorts reconstruction projects realised within the frameworks of Asian Games 2011.
Yerzhan's practice is focused on subsoil use, real estate & construction, contract law and infrastructural projects. Yerzhan is an author of a number of articles and reviews relating to real estate issues, construction and environmental protection in Kazakhstan, including an overview of Kazakhenvironmental legal framework for PLC Cross-border Environment Handbook 2010/11, and Kazakh climate change regulations for BNA Environment Reporter.
He speaks English, Russian and Kazakh.
Education
Yerzhan graduated with high honors from Kazakh State Law University, International Law Faculty in 2004.
Tax Law
Almat Daumov, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Experience
Almat has extensive experience in tax, transfer pricing, investment, oil and gas sectors as well as in the field of litigation.
Almat's practice is focussed on tax issues encountered by all kinds of companies active in Kazakhstan such as oil industry companies, as well as financial institutions. He acts as a regular corporate adviser to a number of high profile international and Kazakh clients.
Almat is a member of the Kazak Petroleum Lawyers' Association and is the authorised representative of the Kazakh Taxpayers' Association.
Almat speaks fluent Russian and English.
Education
Almat graduated from the Kazakh State University of Law with a distinction in 2004. He then undertook a postgraduate course in Taxation, and is currently studying at the Kazakh Humanitarian University.
He has taken part in numerous training courses on both European and Kazakh law. These include EU law training, which was sponsored by TACIS, and training on Transfer Pricing provided by the Kazakh Ministry of Finance.
Customs Law
Assel Ilyassova, Partner (info@gratanet.com)
Experience
At present, Assel is a Partner and the Head of the Tax Law Department at GRATA Law Firm, having joined the firm in 2006.
Previously, Assel worked in the Almaty City Tax Authority as a Senior Tax Inspector in charge of legal support of the Tax Committee, including representation of its interests in court.
Assel specialises in subsurface use taxation, corporate and international taxes and customs procedures, including responsibility for tax and customs crimes.
In 2004, Assel was declared the best officer of the Almaty City Tax Committee and in 2006, the highest performing employee of GRATA Law Firm.
Assel speaks Kazakh, Russian and English.
Education
Assel is an experienced Kazakh lawyer. In 2003, she graduated from the Kazakh Humanitarian and Law Institute (Almaty, Kazakhstan) with a Bachelor’s degree. In 2009, she received a Master’s Degree in Law from City University (London, UK).
In September 2009, Assel underwent training with the Tax Department of Eversheds International Law Firm (London, UK).