Elmira Usenova
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Elmira Usenova
Senior Associate
Elmira is an Senior Associate in Bishkek office of GRATA International. She focuses on general corporate matters, finance and banking, alternative dispute resolution and labour matters.
In 2020 and 2021 Elmira participated twice in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Law Moot (FDI Moot).
Practices
- Corporate
- Investment
Industry Sectors
- Banking & Finance
Education
- LL.M. in International Business Law - Central European University (Austria), 2022
- Bachelor of International and Business Law, Diploma with Honors, Ala-Too International University, 2021
Languages
- English
- Russian
- Kyrgyz
- Turkish
Industries
Banking & Finance
Practice areas
Corporate and M&A
Experience
- Advising foreign IT companies, including EPAM Systems and Remote, on establishing a legal presence in the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Advising EBRD for the EBRD Business Reorganisation Assessment, Insolvency Assessment, and Corporate Governance Sector Assessment based on the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Advising Mastercard on several matters, including licensing for clearing activities and testing the feasibility of a new digital payment offering in the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Advising foreign retail corporations on establishing a legal presence in the Kyrgyz Republic and ensuring compliance with local retail regulations and other applicable rules.
- Advising an international payment system operator on establishing a legal presence in the Kyrgyz Republic and compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic.
