Experience

Pretrial Settlement

• pre-trial dispute settlement between a major foreign company and the Government of Kazakhstan regarding the return of investments in the amount of 50 million U.S. dollars;
• pre-trial dispute settlement between oil company and the labour collective regarding the accident at the oil well;
• pre-trial dispute settlement on debt collection between insurance company and insurance brokers regarding the reimbursement of the insured amount and the insurance case availability;
• pre-trial dispute settlement on debt collection between company, which provides services in the field of telecommunications, and companies–users;
• defense of a major European airline interests on recovering of the amount of $ 400 000 U.S. dollars in favour of banks under the bank guarantee;
• pre-trial settlement of labor dispute between a major European service company with a former employee;
• on-going protection of clients interests at the pretrial settlements.

Interests Representation and Protection in the Courts of First, Appellate and Supervisory Instances

• defending major European airlines from claims regarding compensation forpsychological damage;
• defending major European airlines from claims initiated by authorized state bodies with regard to forcing the conclusion of a transaction;
• defending oil companies against the hostile capture of fields;
• defending an oil company from the mala fide actions of a creditor;
• defending a transnational trade company against the seizure of real property and money from the owners hostile takeovers under seizing of the property for the public needs;
• defending an oil company from claims initiated by service companies regarding improper enrichment;
• defending a Kazakh oil company and one of the largest insurance companies against claims initiated by a service company with regard to recovering damages;
• defending a major Kazakh uranium-mining company in an environmental dispute, where the amount of the fine was reduced from 9 million tenge to 1 million tenge;
• defending the largest Kazakh mining company from a claim regarding a breach of the contractor’s agreement for the amount of 12 million tenge;
• defending an international production and trade company from claims for the recovery of damages;
• defending a U.S. company in a dispute with a Kazakh company concerning the acquisition of shares of the Kazakh oil company;
• defending a Kazakh oil company and insurance company from a claim for the recovery of damages from a subcontractor as a result of a fire in the shift camp;
• defending a Kazakh oil company in a dispute regarding the unjust enrichment of the company providing drilling services;
• defending a large foreign bank from the claim of a mala fide client;
• defending a major European oil company from the illegal actions of ex-employees;
• defending a major international manufacturing company from a claim brought by the ex-manager of the Kazakh branch of the company regarding the protection of corporate reputation and compensation for moral harm;
• defending a large Croatian pharmaceutical company against a claim for the  recovery of damages relating to the termination of contracts amounting to 7 533 487 tenge;
• defending a Kazakh dealership company from the largest servicing foreign companies’ lawsuit regarding the transaction invalidation;
• labor disputes (dismissal, compensation for moral damage);
• disputes arising from contracts (property disputes on the liabilities execution).

Maintenance Inspections Conducted by State Bodies

• representing subsoil users’ interests in court regarding tax matters (VAT refunds, other tax disputes arising from inspections, administrative cases on  taxes);
• challenging the acts of governmental inspections (prosecutor’s inspections, state bodies actions);
• handling disputes arising from customs matters (accuracy of customs fees and tax calculations);
• appealing on behalf of major Austrian and German oil companies against administrative proceedings commenced by state bodies on matters relating to ecology/subsoil legislation;
• challenging and cancelling several administrative fines received by German and Kazakh (with foreign participation) companies (subsoil-users) pertaining to matters of land legislation;
• protecting a large foreign industrial company and its executive against charges of administrative responsibility for failing to comply with the bailiff’s requirements during an inspection;
• representing a major communication company’s interests during an inspection conducted by financial police;
• protecting a large foreign industrial company during an inspection of immigration officials which sought to attribute administrative responsibility to the company for matters relating to immigration legislation;
• protecting a foreign pharmaceutical company’s representative office during an inspection held by immigration officials.

Arbitration and Enforcement of Both Arbitral and Competent Courts Awards

• legal assistance to the large German company in undertaking of the security measures to ensure the arbitral award;
• protection of Italian company’s interests in the Kazakh arbitration court from the claim regarding the improper performance of the supply contract.

Legal Due Diligence

• advising a group of gold-mining companies on the possibilities of judicial and pre-trial dispute settlement;
• advising a Kazakh airline company on the possibilities of judicial and pre-trial settlement of potential disputes;
• advising Kazakh credit companies commencing proceedings with a view to protecting their reputation and claiming compensation for damages business reputation, and compensation of damages;
• advising a major foreign financial company on the possibility of judicial settlement of the dispute between the shareholders, and on the possibility of a court decision being taken in  the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• advising a major foreign investor on the possibility of a collateral arrest release, where the arrest was demanded by public authorities for ensuring the legal process;
• advising a major Kazakh bank about the possibility of a collateral arrest release, where the arrest was imposed by public authorities for ensuring the legal process;
• advising a foreign bank on the possibilities of a pre-trial settlement of potential disputes under  repo transactions;
• advising one of the creditors of the largest Kazakh bank about possible risks regarding the initiation of criminal proceedings against the former management of the Kazakh bank;
• conducting due diligence reports on the purchase and sale of telecommunication companies;
• conducting due diligence reports on the purchase and sale of oil companies.