News

6 february
Atlantic Council Conference “Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations”, 31 January 2011, Washington, DC

23 december
On December 2011 representatives of GRATA Law Firm took part in the Road Show on investment climate of Kazakhstan in Spain, Portugal and Switzerland

14 december
Seminar on CIS –Spotlight on Kazakhstan, 1 December 2011

13 december
Seminar on Corporate Finance in Kazakshtan, 30 November 2011

8 december
Overview of normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 30.11.2011 – 06.12.2011

1 december
Overview of normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 07.10.2011 – 29.11.2011

24 november
Organisational Changes in the Structure of Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Tajik Offices of GRATA Law Firm

21 november
On 13th of November 2011 a friendly volleyball game took place between GRATA Law Firm and Stroyklass construction company

14 november
AmCham Economic Policy Forum was held on 11 November 2011 in Almaty

2 november
Internal Law Seminar organised by SB Sberbank JSC, 28 October 2011

31 october
GRATA Law Firm is acknowledged as a regional contributor to World Bank Doing Business Report 2012

18 october
GRATA Law Firm has appointed Maksim Grekov as Counsel

11 october
Overview of normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 03.10.2011 – 07.10.2011

5 october
OVERVIEW OF NORMATIVE LEGAL ACTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN 01.09.2011 – 04.10.2011

4 october
Seminar 'Amendments Adopted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan 'On Introduction of Amendments to Some Legislative Tax Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 467-IV, dated 21 July 2011', 26 October 2011.

30 september
Seminar on Dispute Resolution, 27 September 2011

27 september
Seminar 'Amendments Adopted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan 'On Introduction of Amendments to Some Legislative Tax Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 467-IV, dated 21 July 2011', 29 September 2011

19 september
International Conference on Accreditation of Conformity Assessment , 16 September 2011

16 september
Seminar "Local Content in Subsoil Use. Local Content Development Program", 9 September 2011

8 september
Kazakhstan-Korean Business Forum, 25 August 2011

24 august
Review of normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 01.03.2011 - 12.08.2011

23 august
On 19 August 2011, Astana Branch of GRATA Law Firm in cooperation with IT Analytical Group has held its first seminar

9 august
GSS Education Center opening in Astana

28 july
GRATA’s 19th Anniversary Greetings!

26 july
Sixth Annual Silk Road Conference, 20 July 2011

20 july
Seminar on Bussines Opportunities within Single Economic Space, 18 July 2011

19 july
GRATA Law Firm has become the first Kazakhstani law firm to be included in the Oil & Gas Working Group of the Kazakhstan Foreign Investors’ Council Association chaired by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

18 july
Kazakhstan Investor Day, 14 July 2011

1 july
10th Annual International Mergers and Acquisitions Conference, 15-16 June 2011

24 june
IV International exhibition “Franchising in Kazakhstan”, 9 June 2011

23 june
The Rule of Law Forum: Protecting Investor Rights, 23 June 2011

21 june
Kazakhstan-German Economic Forum, June 20, 2011

13 june
7th World Islamic Economic Forum, June 7-9, 2011

10 june
Doing Business in Azerbaijan

10 june
GRATA EXPANDS ITS REACH IN ASIA

9 june
Corporate Law Seminar, June 1, 2011

9 june
Kazakhstan has adopted a new Law 'On State Property'

9 june
KAZAKHSTAN – KEY INDUSTRY REGULATIONS

6 june
Kazakhstan Introduces Legislation on Climate Change

3 june
Madina Sagatova – Director of GRATA Office in Aktobe

3 june
Kazakhstan-Spain Business Forum, May 25, 2011

1 june
I Central Asian M&A Forum

1 june
Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Use of Renewable Energy Sources

20 may
Seminar on offshores, May 18, 2011

4 may
Working papers from III Kazakhstan Forum of Subsurface Users

15 april
III Kazakhstan Forum of Subsurface Users, April 29, 2011

11 april
Review on normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 01.04.2011-08.04.2011

4 april
Review of normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 19.03.2011 – 31.03.2011

31 march
Recent developments in the Kazakh corporate legislation

25 march
Review of normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 10.03.2011 – 18.03.2011

18 march
Happy Nauryz!

14 march
GRATA Law Firm jointly with Akyl-kenes Consulting LLP is holding II Forum on Islamic Financing, which will be held on September 20, 2011 in Rixos President Astana Hotel

11 march
Since February 1, 2011 GRATA Law Firm is the member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan

5 march
Round Table on the subject: ‘Issues of Patent Attorneys Activities. Law Enforcement Practice in the Area of Protection of Industry Property Units (trademarks) in Kazakhstan’, February 21, 2011

3 march
GRATA Law Firm jointly with Herbert Smith, International Law Firm in the sphere of dispute resolution, is holding a Seminar on Dispute Resolution on March 11, 2011 in Astana

25 february
Kazakhstan-Estonia Business Forum “Business possibilities today and tomorrow”, February 14, 2011

21 february
WHAT WILL WE EXPECT FROM THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN “ON STATUS OF NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY”, “NAZARBAYEV INTELLECTUAL SCHOOLS”, “NAZARBAYEV FUND”?

6 january
Kazakhstan Islamic Finance Conference (KIFC 2011) will take place on 14-15 March, 2011 in Astana, Radisson SAS Hotel.

5 january
GRATA Representative Office in Karaganda

21 december
PANEL DISCUSSION RE: PERFORMANCE OF LIABILITIES ON THE LOCAL CONTENT

7 december
GRATA, Haynes and Boone and Lawrence Graham’s Joint Seminar on 30 November 2010

25 november
V Annual Forum of Corporate Lawyers 2010 and Annual Award “Best Law Firms of the Year”

15 november
Kazakhstan-U.S. Investment Forum in November, 2010 in New York

2 november
Belgian Business Forum

10 september
Online Webinar "Agribusiness Opportunities for U.S. Business in Kazakhstan"

18 august
Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between the Law Firm «GRATA» and JSC "Regioal Centre for Public-Private Partnership in Karaganda region"

10 august
Angela Merkel named the visit to Kazakhstan as being historical

19 july
III Astana Economic Forum

16 july
Astana Minerals & Metallurgy - AMM 2010

12 july
12 July First Mediterranean Conference on Oil and Gas 2010

12 july
First Mediterranean Conference on Oil and Gas 2010

31 may
10th summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States on oil and gas

6 april
Russian and Eastern European Insurance Markets: Do They Actually Exist?

3 april
EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) – AKTAU LOAN AGREEMENT

30 march
GRATA New Office in Uzbekistan (Tashkent)

25 march
Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL) Special Issue - Kazakhstan. Mr Rashid Gaissin and Ms Zulfiya Akchurina of GRATA Law Firm prepared this special for OGEL.

18 march
GRATA New Office in Azerbaijan (Baku)

12 march
GRATA New Office in Atyrau

11 march
3 March 2010: GRATA Held Joint Seminar with Kennedys

2 march
Acquisition of the 10% outstanding shares in Bank CenterCredit

26 february
Saniya Perzadayeva is the new Head of the Transport, Telecommunication Construction and Infrastructure Department in GRATA.

15 february
IPO master-class "Achieving New Horizons"

10 february
Punjab National Bank had acquired a control stake in the Kazakh Danabank

8 february
The Kazakhstan-Norwegian Business Forum "Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Norway in the Field of Power"

1 february
Islamic Finance Forum 2010

28 january
On the 27th January 2010 in Almaty GRATA, together with international law firm, Herbert Smith held a seminar on dispute resolution at the Old Square Business Centre conference hall.

22 december
GRATA New Office in Aktau

15 december
Round table with the subject Questions of Interaction of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan with Independent Experts

11 december
Minex’10 Technical Committee meeting on 11/12/09

2 december
GRATA New Office in Tajikistan

27 november
Kazakhstan-Korean Business Forum "Business Caravan"

26 november
Kazakhstan - U.S. Investment Forum in November 2009, in New York

19 november
Round Table on the Issues of Economic Diversification and Small and Medium Business Issues

18 november
GRATA and SJ Berwin sponsor a Seminar in London on Acquisition of Subsoil Use Rights and Investment in Hydrocarbons in Central Asia

17 november
GRATA advises China Investment Corporation on acquisition of 11% in KMG EP

13 november
Kazakhstan-Slovenian Business-Forum during an official visit of the President of the Republic of Slovenia D. Turk

10 november
IV Annual Forum of Corporate Lawyers 2009 and Lawyers and Advisers Awarding 2009

30 october
Kazakhstan Issuers Forum

27 october
OGEL special issue on "Kazakhstan Energy"

20 october
Kazakhstan adopted AML&FT Law

1 october
CORPORATE FINANCE PARTNER RE-JOINS GRATA

28 september
Law Society of England & Wales introduces GRATA as independent Kazakh legal practice

28 september
GRATA and Sucden Financial conducted the joint seminar entitled "Hedging on the London Metal Exchange"

17 september
The corporate website of GRATA Law Firm has been accepted by AWARD 2009 selection panel

15 september
Proposal on rendering services on standardization of agreements/contracts

8 june
GRATA New Office

28 may
GRATA held joint seminar with McDermott Will & Emery in London

20 may
Kazakhstan-Saudi Arabian Business Forum

7 may
ALB LAW AWARDS: China Law Awards 2009, Shanghai, China. Date: 24th April 2009. GRATA Law Firm - winner in the Project Finance Deal of the Year Category.

22 april
GRATA celebrates its 17th Birthday

9 april
Seventh International Atyrau Legal Conference

8 april
Law Business in Russia

31 march
GRATA conducted a one-day conference entitled "Subsoil users’ in Kazakhstan"

20 march
II Astana Economic Forum

19 march
Happy Nauryz!

19 february
Joint Seminar “International Arbitration – The Best Alternative of Disputes Resolution”

13 february
GRATA articles on the Legal500

9 february
Proposal on providing service for developing tax accounting policy and special forms of tax registers

3 february
Postcard from... Kazakhstan

21 january
“Kazakhstan-India” Business Forum

12 january
New Appointment at "GRATA" Law Firm

30 december
Happy New Year!

24 december
Kazakh Metals and Mining Conference

22 december
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, one of the largest Japanese banks, established a representative office in Almaty.

18 december
Roundtable discussion on "M&A in Kazakhstan".

18 december
GRATA jointly with Withers LLP hosted "M&A in Kazakhstan" seminar in London.

7 november
GRATA and Norton Rose seminar in London

22 october
KIOGE - 2008

14 october
Opening the Floodgates of Arbitration

28 august
Constitution Day of Kazakhstan!

27 august
Pretrial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

29 july
GRATA advised Citibank, Calyon and other Lenders on relation to a $300mn syndicated loan to Kazatomprom

28 july
GRATA advised Citibank in relation to $100mn financing of ATFBank

25 july
Seminar on the Implementation of Islamic Banking in Kazakhstan

4 july
Kazakhstan Growth Forum

1 july
Certification in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Practical recommendations.

29 june
Third CIS Local Counsel Forum

25 june
Collective labour agreement – social tool of the employer

23 june
Benefits of Environmental Due Diligence

17 june
Difficulties in determining the subjects of emissions into the environment

13 june
A Review of the Changes in the Process of Obtaining a Work Permit to Attract a Foreign Labor Force

5 june
Football Match: GRATA - Borusan

5 april
International Forum “Real Estate and Construction in Kazakhstan”

31 march
Visor Capital acts as an exclusive financial adviser in largest ever cross-border M&A transaction by Korean financial institution.

29 march
The 2nd Central Asian Investment Conference

23 march
International Trading in Crude and Petroleum Products

21 march
Happy Nauryz!

7 march
Kazakhstan-UAE Business Council

11 january
ISLAMIC DEAL OF "BANK TURANALEM" JSC HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS "BEST DEAL OF THE YEAR 2007 in KAZAKHSTAN"

13 december
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

13 december
Independence Day of Kazakhstan

30 november
First Summit of CIS Independent Directors

20 november
Banking acquisition? Ask the expert

7 november
International Conference of Corporate Lawyers

12 october
Kazakhstani-Korean Business Forum

11 october
Seminar “Entering securities market - successful strategy and leading practice”

10 october
Official visit of Prime-Minister of the Republic of Italy, Romano Prodi, to the Republic of Kazakhstan

18 september
Seminars of Educational Center of “GRATA” Law Firm in Almaty, Atyrau and Aktau

23 july
BEELINE Extreme Season 2007 a success!

22 june
Meeting of “GRATA” Law Firm’s veterans

6 june
Conference “State-private partnership as the economic development factor”

5 june
International Conference “The role of Corporate Lawyers in the company's success: effective strategies and practical experience”

29 may
International Investment Forum 2007

28 may
GRATA celebrates its 15th Birthday

23 march
Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan: new business opportunities

5 february
Integration with the global capital markets

1 february
Methodological and instrumental provision of industrial monitoring

29 january
Environmental Audit

7 january
GRATA celebrates a New Year

11 december
Есоlogical ratings — a new instrument of business effectiveness

11 december
Есоlogical ratings — a new instrument of business effectiveness

8 december
The Third Sino-Russo-Kazakh Oil and Gas Forum in Shanghai

28 november
Kazakhstan-UK: new challenges for business

26 october
North Dakota Trade Mission

12 october
A new Partner

12 october
New GRATA Managers

6 october
GRATA, a Bronze Sponsor of KIOGE-2006

28 september
Liability under ecological legislation and Project of ecological code of RoK

21 september
Sales Technique and the Spirit of Negotiation

20 september
Environmental protection: technologies and standards

13 july
Russian Chamber of Commerce opens in Central Asia

7 july
Investing in Kazakhstan's Future

4 july
The First CIS Local Counsel Forum

29 june
IPO in Kazakhstan

28 june
GRATA Partner gets Golden Medal

19 june
SCO Summit-2006

14 june
GRATA in EUROBAK

12 june
Best Practice for Law Firms Management

9 june
COG-2006

5 june
Official visit of Georgian Prime-Minister Z. Nogaideli to the Republic of Kazakhstan

31 may
KITEL-2006

10 may
Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to Almaty

27 april
Kazakhstan Petrochemical Conference in Almaty

24 april
14th GRATA anniversary

17 april
Law business in Russia

12 april
GRATA New Office

7 april
GRATA extends its services

24 february
International conference «Developing Kazakhstan Energy Strategy»

23 february
Business Forum «Kazakhstan-Sweden»

3 february
Kazakhstani-Ukrainian Business Forum

22 october
Kazakhstan—Brazil: new business opportunities

21 october
New Coordinator of GRATA Branch offices in the Central Asian Region and the Caucasus appointed

8 october
GRATA is a KIOGE-2005 Bronze Sponsor

27 september
Scientific & Practical Conference dedicated to the Problems of the Caspian Sea

12 september
Boat Party

25 august
Opening a new representative office of BTA

18 july
Business Forum «Kazakhstan-CPR — the prospects of economic cooperation»

14 july
Fresh UK Recruit Joins Almaty Office

5 july
Encouragement of the Modernization of Law in Kazakhstan in Accordance with International Standards

1 july
Law and Economics for the Future of the Republic of Kazakhstan

24 june
Tashkent office of GRATA Law Firm is participating in reforming of administrative legislation in Uzbekistan

20 june
Conference «Kazakhstan Draws a New wave of Investment: Strategies for Diversification and Sustainable Growth»

14 june
Joint conference on Trends in the International Commercial Arbitration in Kazakhstan

9 june
Seminar for British Companies in Atyrau

1 june
Forum «Assistance of business partnership»

1 june
Sponsorship of the Special Olympics' sports event

27 may
Change of address in GRATA-Aksai

22 may
CIS Bond Congress — 2005

25 april
GRATA celebrated its 13th Anniversary

22 april
GRATA promotes 3 new Partners

20 april
Seminar on «Investing in Kazakhstan: Energy and Infrastructure» in Tokyo

28 february
GRATA's German partner took part in German business conferences

7 february
BISNIS Event on Exploring Central Asia: An Integrated Approach held in Almaty

14 january
Delegation of Indian businessmen in Almaty

13 december
GRATA sponsored 3rd Scientific Student Competition

10 december
GRATA acknowledged one of the 50 best companies in Kazakhstan

10 december
Internal Seminar on «Raising Finance on the International Capital Markets»

1 december
Turkish Business Mission in Almaty

27 november
New Year party for disabled children

29 october
GRATA's lawyers participate at the Seminar for Managers

19 october
Problems and prospects of development of pipeline transportation in the Republic of Kazakhstan

9 october
Seminar in Ispra

7 october
GRATA as a Bronze Sponsor of the KIOGE-2004

4 october
GRATA's Managing partner spoke at the conference on Trade Finance in Istanbul

18 september
GRATA is a Sponsor of the MiningWorld Central Asia 2004' conference

12 july
UK law graduate joins Almaty office

8 july
AIM conference a resounding success

4 june
Round Table of May 27—28, 2004

24 may
Consult Expo-2004

12 may
Sponsorship of ELSA Conference

26 april
Promotion of Kazakhstan's investment climate discussed at London seminar

23 april
Happy Birthday, GRATA!

23 april
«Standart ISO 9000» Seminar

22 april
KazMunaiGaz and Wintershall signed Memorandum on cooperation

20 april
Seminar on Oil and Gas Projects in the Caspian and the Central Asia

10 april
The Second Atyrau Legal Seminar

7 april
Meeting with Bulgarian Businessmen

6 april
Probation Period to the USA

26 march
KBTU Conference

24 march
Seminar on Oil and Gas Projects in the Caspian and the Central Asia

20 march
Seminar at LSE discusses Kazakhstan's future

19 march
CIS Oil and Gas Summit 2004: Russia, Caspian, Caucasus and Central Asia

5 march
GRATA Party in Aktau

26 january
GRATA's Participation at the presentation of the Shell & British Gas High School's International Master Programs

25 december
Reception by Kazakh Embassy in UK on 15 December 2003

23 december
The Participation of the GRATA Law Firm's Representative in London in the presentation of the British-Kazakh Society

30 october
GRATA Law Firm has participated at the Oil and Gas Transportation in the CIS and Caspian Region Conference

15 october
The GRATA Law Firm's Branch office in Atyrau gave a House-warming Party

10 october
GRATA Law Firm is the Official Sponsor of the Oil & Gas Conference and the Exhibition 2003

25 september
GRATA's participation at the International Seminar on Energy