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Represented clients before ICSID and ICC Arbitration Centers, local and appeal courts.

Credentials and references may be provided upon request.

• Acting as a local legal counsel of Statoil company in real estate lease transactions.
• Advising a large Japanese Bank on acquisition of an interest in a loan and facility arrangement involving “Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan” main export pipeline as a security. Conducting due-diligence and preparing a number of memorandums, advising on effectiveness and due registration of respective land and facility hypothecation agreements etc.

• Representing interests of a client, one of the largest local real estate development and property management companies, in a potential purchase of several real estate properties (including business and shopping centres) in Nur-Sultan and other cities of Kazakhstan. Scope of work included drafting project documentation, registering ownership and other activities.
• Advising a building company, headquartered in Malaysia, on construction of a luxury resident complex in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Legal assistance included drafting of a construction contract, advising on different aspects of Kazakhstan’s legislation, and negotiations with subcontractors and other parties involved in the project.
• Advising a major global property management company in relation to drafting a set of standard agreements for conclusion of property management contracts in Kazakhstan.)
• Representing a major Turkish real estate developer in a transaction for sale of over 1000 real estate properties (flats and parking spaces) in Almaty. Advising included review of sales and purchase agreements, review of documents confirming ownership, providing assistance during sales and purchase agreement signing and other legal support.
• Advising an international clothing manufacturer on purchase of several buildings and spaces in Kazakhstan. Scope of work included advising on reconstruction, service and maintenance of buildings, and leasing. Total value of purchased buildings – around USD 30 million.
• Advising one of the world's largest construction companies headquartered in Turkey on the dispute with the Kazakh counterparty for construction on one of the largest development projects in Almaty;
• Advising an international construction company headquartered in South Korea on the implementation of the largest commercial real estate construction project in the suburbs of Almaty, Kazakhstan, including construction standards and rules of Kazakhstan, participation in project structuring, the drafting of EPC contracts and of other commercial construction agreements;
• Advising a major development company headquartered in the UAE on construction of a multipurpose administrative and residential compound in the city of Astana, Kazakhstan, including construction standards and rules of Kazakhstan, advising on project structure, and funding;
• Advising a major Turkish construction company on construction of a shopping mall in Almaty, including drafting construction contracts based on FIDIC forms, tax and corporate structuring of activity, obtaining work permits, licenses and construction-related authorisations, and due diligence of the project and participant companies;
• Representing interests of a client from Kazakhstan in potential purchase of a 5-star hotel in Almaty. Scope of work included thorough and complex due diligence of ownership rights and corporate structure, transaction structuring and other legal advice.)
• Advising a designer bureau headquartered in Italy on reconstruction of one of the biggest hotels in Almaty, Kazakhstan, including advice on the form of legal presence in Kazakhstan, drafting and negotiations of construction contracts based on FIDIC forms;

• Representing Bank CenterCredit, a major bank in Kazakhstan, in a dispute over a real estate in Kyrgyzstan worth over 50 million US dollars.
• Advising Finca bank in Kyrgyzstan, subsidiary of Finca International, on acquisition of a building in the capital of Kyrgyzstan to locate the bank’s head office.

• Advised on land transfer transaction between companies;
• Advised and extended land possession title.