Dentons

Banking and Finance, M&A

Managing Partner

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

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.