Services

The competitive advantages of GRATA Law Firm are its independence as well as 16 years of practice on the market of Kazakhstan. GRATA is the only Kazakh law firm which has specialized departments in different branches of law. GRATA provides full service in regards to any legal issues, starting from company registration and obtaining of licenses  to the newest legal tendencies such as transfer pricing. One of the most important direction of GRATA’s legal practice is Banking & Finance.

"Banking & Finance" Department of GRATA Law Firm provides the following services:

• Consulting in  regards to current issues of banking and currency legislation, securities market regulation, including incorporation of a bank or any other financial organization (broker, dealer, investment portfolio manager), banking operations licensing issues, insurance activity and securities market professional participants issues;
• Consulting in all the issues of applicable acts of Kazakhstani legislation, including shareholders of financial institutions (banks) requirements;
• Negotiating and structuring of a deal;
• Recommendations in regards to deal processing in accordance with applicable legislation of Kazakhstan;
• Obtaining of required authorizations of regulators (FMSA and National Bank) and preparing of appropriate documents;
• Due diligence review of financial organization (bank), borrower, issuer;
• Drafting and analysis of contracts;
• Organization of closing and  post-closing procedures in deals;
• Creditor’s interests representation;
• Legal opinion;
• Other services.

You can learn more about GRATA products in Banking&Finance by clicking here.

Moreover, GRATA has strategic partners such as GRATA AUDIT and GRATA ACCOUNTING, specialized independent companies providing audit and accounting services in banking and finance.

Our clients in Banking&Finance are world leading financial institutions such as ABN AMRO Bank, BNP Paribas,Credit Suisse, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Eurasian Development Bank, HSBC, ING, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Kookmin Bank, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Standard Bank, Standard Chartered, Royal Bank of Scotland, Unicredit, UBS, as well as largest Kazakh banks, namely, BTA Bank, Kazkommertsbank, Eurasian Bank.

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