Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Aida is an associate in Morgan Lewis's corporate business transactions practice who represents clients involved in mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, and commercial transactions in Kazakhstan. She also handles matters relating to general corporate, contract, and labor law. Aida has experience in international law and regional integration law, having advised a number of clients on various aspects of the newly formed Eurasian Economic Union and its legislation. For more information, view Aida's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/aakhmetova

A partner in the corporate business transactions practice at Morgan Lewis, Asem Bakenova assists clients with all aspects of corporate law matters, infrastructure transactions, and intellectual property (IP) matters. She is admitted to practice as a patent attorney in Kazakhstan. Asem helps clients draft and negotiate agreements and other supporting documents, including fixed price, cost reimbursable, and hybrid engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) arrangements for major infrastructure projects in Kazakhstan; chemical feedstock and offtake agreements; and trademark protection, copyright, and technology licenses. For more information, view her bio at https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/abakenova.

Aset is the managing partner of Morgan Lewis's Almaty and Astana offices. He concentrates his practice on corporate law and corporate transactions, primarily mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Aset handles transactions in Kazakhstan and throughout Central Asia involving clients in the oil and gas, banking, capital markets and hospitality industries. Chambers, Legal 500 and International Financial Law Review consistently rank him among the top Kazakhstan lawyers for his experience in natural resources and corporate and commercial law. For more information, view Aset’s biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/ashyngyssov

Kazakh and international companies turn to partner Bakhytzhan Kadyrov for advice on a range of corporate matters, including mergers, acquisitions, and tax. His client base spans industries and encompasses luxury hotel developers, mining companies, oil producers, and grain traders. He has advised on a sale of a large confectionary company in Kazakhstan. Bakhytzhan has also provided counsel on complex Kazakh legal issues to a major Kazakhstan real estate developer. For more information, view Bakhytzhan's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/bkadyrov

Klara is a partner in Morgan Lewis's corporate business transactions team who represents clients in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), cross-border investments, and commercial transactions in the oil and gas, telecommunication, infrastructure, banking, and other industries in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries. She also advises various nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on family and education pro bono matters in Kazakhstan. For more information, view Klara's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/knurgaziyeva

Marat is an associate in the firm's corporate business transactions team who focuses his practice on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, finance transactions, and general commercial law. He advises clients on complex transactions in telecommunication, oil and gas, and banking sectors. Marat also represents some clients in commercial litigation. For more information, view Marat's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/mmukhamediyev

Yerke is an associate in the firm’s corporate business transactions practice, which represents diverse clients seeking to manage their business with matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, and strategic alliances. Additional areas of this work involve private equity, private investment funds, finance, restructuring, capital markets, corporate governance, emerging business, outsourcing, real estate, and tax matters. Clients represent industry sectors such as the life sciences, technology, media and entertainment, financial services, energy, shipping, and retail. For more information, view Yerke's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/yalikhanova