Dentons

Abai is the Managing Partner at Dentons Kazakhstan. He has been actively advising clients in Kazakhstan and across the CIS for more than 25 years. He focuses on complex M&A and corporate transactions, including cross-border acquisitions and disposals, as well as the diverse finance transactions. His experience includes advising on the most complex and unique M&A and financing transactions in Kazakhstan. Abai has been the preferred legal counsel to the leading financial institutions and private investment firms in Kazakhstan for many years, including Citibank, Bank of China, ICBC, EBRD, IFC, KAZ Minerals and ERG. Abai is a regular speaker at conferences and is a contributing author to many local and international legal and business publications.

Artur Utarbayev

Counsel at Dentons's Almaty office. Artur has over 16 years of practical experience in advising clients on a wide variety of legal issues in Kazakhstan. He has extensive experience in representing various categories of cases in several practice areas, including commercial, corporate, construction, real estate, land use, environmental and anti-monopoly disputes. Since 2004, Artur has prepared and published more than 15 scientific articles in legal journals on various criminal procedural issues, as well as several chapters in a book on criminal proceedings.

Darya Vologodskaya

Darya is a Tax Advisor in Dentons’ Almaty office. Darya specializes in providing tax services to large international and local clients of various industries. Darya’s main areas of work are provision of consultations on corporate income tax, VAT, customs legislation, international taxation, tax planning and structuring, assistance in M&A deals from a tax perspective, tax review and due diligence. Darya also specializes in supporting clients during tax and customs audits, as well as appealing the results of such audits. Experience Assistance during tax disputes, cameral control, tax audits; preparation of appeals and claims to the Ministry of Finance and Courts; Corporate tax consulting services (high-level tax reviews and assistance with tax reporting); Customs consulting services and assistance with appealing the results of customs control and customs audit procedures; Consulting services on matters related to international taxation (i.e., analysis of Kazakhstan tax implications upon restructuring of Multinational group, tax matters related to profit repatriation taking into account changes introduced in Kazakhstan tax legislation starting 1 January 2023); Consulting services on applicability of Multilateral Agreement (MLI); Consulting services on tax liabilities of a resident due to existence of a foreign controlled company («CFC»); Tax consulting services of a SPA under the sale of a participation interest in a Kazakhstan resident.

Nazym Bekturova

Nazym Bekturova is a senior associate at Dentons’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice team in Kazakhstan. Dispute resolution Posco Daewoo Corporation: Successfully representing before court with respect to a claim in the amount of US$4 million that was awarded in full. Posco Daewoo Corporation: Successfully representing in four ICC arbitration proceedings with respect to debt recovery from various Kazakhstan debtors; total amount of US$6.6 million recovered. Posco Daewoo Corporation: Representing in local courts with respect to the recognition and enforcement of Arbitral Awards issued in the above ICC arbitrations. EBRD: Representing in the terminated bankruptcy and ongoing rehabilitation proceedings of Kazakhstan Kagazy JSC. Confidential client (major Islamic bank): Representing in a US$19 million dispute against a Kazakhstan debtor which was finalized by a settlement agreement with terms beneficial to the client. Energy and natural resources Cameco Corporation: Advising on and successfully closing the restructuring of the uranium subsoil user JV Inkai LLP, a joint venture with Kazatomprom National Atomic Company JSC. Confidential client (company group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy with uranium reserves in Kazakhstan): Advising on and assisting in successfully obtaining various regulatory approvals in Kazakhstan with respect to the internal restructuring of the group. Confidential client (major German multinational building materials company): Advising and successfully closing the acquisition of two participatory interests in a Kazakhstan producer of widespread minerals leading to the client becoming its 100% owner, successfully obtaining all the regulatory approvals required in the subsoil use sector to complete both transactions. Confidential client (a Hong Kong investment company with a stake in a Kazakhstan wolframite subsoil user): Advising on possible settlement between the shareholders. Confidential client (major oil and gas producer): Advising on issues of extension of the exploration and production terms of the subsoil use contract. Confidential client (major oil and gas producer): Advising on various issues of subsoil use (export of geological information, liquidation of consequences of subsoil use). Confidential client (Malaysian bank): Advising on issues of extending the exploration and production terms under the pledged subsoil use rights.

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