On 10 June 2016, there was the presentation of Uber service in Astana (Kazakhstan). The services of one of the most popular on-line services in the world, a company valued over than 62.5 bln US dollars and having covered over 70 countries for the recent 7 years is now available in Kazakhstan.
A legal adviser of Uber to launch the service in Kazakhstan is GRATA International.
On 10 June 2016, during the press conference on the launch of the service, a partner of GRATA International - Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, who had led the project on legal support of Uber launch in Kazakhstan, outlined the key legal aspects of the service functioning. More information about Uber operation in Kazakhstan is given by General Manager of Uber CIS - Alex Stakh, and Partner of GRATA International - Yerzhan Yessimkhanov in their interview to vlast.kz.