Dentons

Banking and Finance, M&A

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.

Managing Partner - Dentons, Almaty, 2022-up to date

Partner - Dentons (formerly Salans), Almaty, 2005-2021

Senior Associate - Salans, Almaty, 2000-2005

Associate, Salans, Almaty, 1999-2000

Junior Associate, Salans, Almaty, 1996-1999

English, Kazakh, Russian

Kazakhstan Bar Association

Board of Directors of EUROBAK

Duke University, 1998, Transactional Summer University for international lawyers in Hong Kong

Kazakh State Legal Institute, 1996, Law Degree, with Honours