Assel Ilyassova

Assel Ilyassova
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Assel Ilyassova

Partner

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Assel Ilyassova is a Partner and the Head of the Tax and Customs Law Department at GRATA Law Firm. She has 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.

In 2004 Assel was declared the best officer of the Almaty City Tax Committee and in 2006 – the most efficient employee of GRATA International Law Firm.

Education:

  • 2003 - Kazakh Humanitarian and Law Institute (Almaty, Kazakhstan) with a Bachelor’s degree.
  • 2009 - Master’s Degree in Law from City University (London, UK);.
  • 2009 – internship with the Tax Department of Eversheds International Law Firm (London, UK).

Practices:

  • Tax and Customs law.

Languages:

  • English.
  • Russian.
  • Kazakh.
Experience
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Awards
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Legal 500 EMEA, Leading Individual (Kazakhstan), 2022

Kazakhstan: Leading Individuals - Maxim Burak, Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Assel Illyasova

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Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Leading Individual

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Legal 500, Leading individual, 2020

Assel Ilyassova, head of the department, was identified among the best lawyers in the country and was recognised as a Leading Individual,

News

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Partner GRATA International has been elected to the Executive Team of EUROBAK Tax Committee

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GRATA International practices and lawyers ranked high in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

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GRATA International Almaty office hosted a business breakfast on "Changes to the Tax Code for 2024 and Universal Business Declaration (Third Stage)"

Publications

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Review of amendments to the List of goods for which import VAT can be paid by offset method

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Separate procedure for collection of VAT on digital services in the EAEU

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Review of the Ruling of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan on a Tax Dispute