Aliya Aralbayeva, Representative of “GRATA” Law Firm in London, took part in the “KAZAKHSTAN GROWTH FORUM 2008” – the largest and most prestigious gathering dedicated to Kazakhstan in Europe. The Forum took place on 2nd – 4th July, 2008 at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel in London. The event was organized by Adam Smith Conferences.

Certification in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Practical recommendations.

The third CIS Local Counsel Forum took place in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 25-27, 2008, hosted by the leading Russian law firm of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners.

Collective labour agreement – social tool of the employer

Currently it is quite challenging to imagine the property acquisition of a subsoil user company without a due diligence procedure, the main part of which is the Environmental Due Diligence.

Everybody knows clearly that emissions into the environment  are a  substantial world ecology problem. The problem is especially serious in the Republic of Kazakhstan due to the fact that most of Kazakhstan‘s economy sector is based on industry which is known to be a source of environment pollution.

We would like to inform you about the changes in the Government Decree  # 836, 19 June 2001, concerning attracting a foreign labor force to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"Football, bloody hell!" were the immortal words spoken by Sir Alex Ferguson after Manchester United came from behind to win the European Cup in 1999, and yet he could have been referring to the match in Almaty on 31st May as GRATA Law Firm staged a stunning fight back to beat local rivals Borusan 3-2.

Zhanara Iskhakova, Partner at GRATA took part in the International Forum “Real Estate and Construction in Kazakhstan”, which was held on 1-3 April, 2008 in the Intercontinental Hotel, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Forum was organized by Adam Smith Conferences. The purpose of the program was to discover new business opportunities in one of the most innovative and fast-moving construction and real estate markets in the CIS.

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

Rashid Gaissin, Managing Partner and Zhanara Iskhakova, Partner at GRATA Law firm took part in the 2nd Central Asian Investment Conference (CAIC 2008) entitled «Financing sustainable economic development of Kazakhstan», which was held on 27-28 March 2008 in the Intercontinental Hotel, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Timur Yuldabayev, Lawyer, “Natural Resources” Department at GRATA Law firm took part in the Professional Excellence Programme «International Trading in Crude and Petroleum Products.

Happy Nauryz!

In order to fulfill the mission of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A.Nazarbayev, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan (later CCI RK) jointly with the Federation of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the United Arabian Emirates (later FCCI UAE) created the Kazakhstan-UAE Business Council. For this purpose from the 1 - 5 March 2008 CCI RK held the trade and economic mission of Kazakhstan entrepreneurs in the UAE with the President of CCI RK Yerlan Kozhasbayev.

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