Projects
Advising a Chinese multinational corporation (a general contractor) in a US$ 300+ million construction dispute with a customer over an increased cost of work in the course of an oil refinery reconstruction project
Represented an oil producing joint venture in a tax and environmental dispute worth approx. US$ 70 million
Advising of an oil and gas company on issues of transition to electronic document management system.
Representing and advising, for eight years, the largest oil and gas construction company in Kazakhstan in a wide variety of construction disputes (over 20) for tens of billions of tenge (recovering the cost of additional work, challenging of transactions, developing protection mechanisms, establishing grounds for the jurisdiction of Kazakhstan courts, bypassing arbitration clauses, challenging of bank guarantees, etc.)
Represented taxpayers in tax disputes over challenging of transactions worth more than KZT 10 billion
Advising a foreign media company with a state participation regarding requirements for the rebroadcasting of foreign TV channels in Kazakhstan, re-registration of foreign TV channels, and other legal issues.
Representing and advising Russia's largest state bank and its investment arm in over US$ 190 million insolvency concerning a Kazakh borrower and numerous pledgors of over 300 thousand hectares of pledged agricultural land
Represented a number of international biopharmaceutical companies in disputes over protection of undisclosed information
Advising one of the world's largest telecommunications company regarding the provision of Internet services, including VoIP services, in Kazakhstan.
Advising Kazakhstan's largest oil and gas construction company in a potential dispute with a large multinational corporation in a dispute over the validity of corporate guarantees worth over US$ 80 million
Represented foreign hedge funds in disputes with large banks over infringement of shareholders’ rights, and taxation of derivative transactions
Advising a client on a potential patent infringement dispute between a joint venture partners, including the patentability of an invention, statute of limitations in intellectual property infringement disputes and other issues.
Representing and advising a Kazakh Ultra High Net Worth individual (guarantor) in a US$ 60+ million dispute with a bank over recovery of debt, validity of guarantees, and insolvency
Represented large Kazakhstani universities in corporate disputes
Enforcement of trademark rights in Kazakhstan and the CIS countries of one of the world's largest producers of soft drinks and other goods, including cancellation of trademarks due to non-use, representation of interests of the client in disputes on infringement of trademark rights, inclusion of trademarks into the customs registers of intellectual property subject matters of Kazakhstan and other countries of the CIS.
Representing and advising a Kazakh Ultra High Net Worth individual in multiple Kazakh and US litigations, among other things, opposing a 28 US Code §1782 application
Represented a major developer in a dispute over the demolition of a newly constructed business class residential facility in Almaty
Representing and advising world's largest crypto farm in a dispute with a US investor in a US$ 14+ million claim
Representing Kazakh minority shareholders in several high-profile corporate litigations over the recovery of damages following a sqeeze out procedure and other violations of corporate law
Representing and advising Kazakhstan’s largest metallurgy company in more than 10 court cases over fraud, damages, challenging of transactions, etc.
Drafting many expert opinions to foreign courts and arbitral tribunals (in England, Russia, Cyprus, Germany, and US) on Kazakh commercial and civil procedure law, and well as insolvency and restructuring.