Synergy Partners Law Firm LLC

The firm: Synergy Partners was founded in 2011 as a small group of lawyers who provide legal advice and expertise at the highest levels. The firm demonstrated extraordinary results by completing 15 M&A projects with a total value of more than US$1bn.

Synergy Partners has experience in mergers and acquisitions, investments, takeovers, corporate and securities law, public-private partnerships and corporate governance. The firm handles transactions with Kazakhstan-based assets and counsels both public and private investors and targets.

Litigation is another extensive practice. Synergy Partners counsel boards of directors and senior management in critical situations. The team works together on a task force basis on fiscal and commercial litigation cases. Synergy Partners focuses on matters that require the attention, extensive experience and brain power of the partners. The firm provides original solutions in dispute settlement.

Areas of practice
Corporate: the firm’s practice shows that the Kazakhstan corporate legal environment has become attractive for various investors. It considers that this environment allows all sorts of effective corporate vehicles. Its experience is connected with legal support on various corporate activities such as joint ventures, M&A transactions, corporate governance, corporate and management responsibility, passive shareholding, risk management and compliance issues.

Contracts: the firm’s experience had shown that contracts must be accurately verified and fully agreed. Well-structured contracts avoid misunderstandings and minimise risks as well as receiving certain tax and customs benefits. Synergy Partners has significant experience in working with contracts in trade and commerce, banking and finance, real estate and construction, natural resources and agriculture. It analyses agreements to provide relevant advice and explanations, adds necessary changes or makes additional agreements and statements.

Tax: Kazakhstan tax legislation has been rapidly changing over recent years. It remains challenging for the business community. Issues of securing tax efficiency, tax planning and avoiding any tax-related risks are connected with a certain operational complexity. Synergy Partners provides a full range of tax services to local and international companies in Kazakhstan. Its team of professional tax lawyers has a solid background to assist businesses in passing through the complexity of tax legislation. At the cutting edge of all tax issues, tax lawyers will generate effective solutions for the business and will help to avoid unexpected costs and losses. The firm’s tax team not only provides effective solutions but also ensures effective tax implementation.

Disputes: Synergy Partners Law Firm provides legal assistance in all type of disputes in Kazakhstan. The firm may be engaged in pretrial disputes and negotiations. It has experience in managing litigation cases in Kazakh courts and in arbitration. It has practiced dispute resolution in Kazakhstan concerning taxation, customs, employment, equity ownership and litigation with the states authorities. It participates in Kazakhstan courts including the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. The firm may also be engaged as a Kazakhstan supporting team for the arbitration in cross-border disputes.

M&A: Synergy Partners enjoys a reputation as one of the leading business law firms in Kazakhstan. The firm’s broad experience means that it regularly handles many demanding transactions in Kazakhstan. Its practice is composed of a dedicated core of attorneys with wide experience in high-profile transactions – mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings, joint ventures, enforcement actions and internal investigations.