SIGNUM Law Firm
Noted for their ‘specialist team with an excellent understanding of oil and gas legislation in Kazakhstan,’ SIGNUM Law Firm handles work for international investors and project developers with the firm advising on all aspects of the energy trade, including projects within oil and gas in transactions in the region. Liza Zhumakhmetova , Sofiya Zhylkaidarova and Abylkhair Nakipov jointly lead the practice, while Nazym Argynbay specialises in subsoil use, alongside providing full legal support for major oil and gas companies.
Testimonials
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‘Very responsive and proficient in communication. Strong market sense on top of high quality in legal service.’
‘Responsive, efficient, technically strong, an exporter of work as well as a receiver; always my number one choice for Kazakh law advice.’
Key clients
- EBRD
Work highlights
- Advising a supermajor Fortune 500 listed oil & gas company on a €1.08bn dispute relating to the failure on contractual obligations in the wake of sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
- Representing one of Europe's leading financial services groups on a $750m project finance facility to be used to expand the delivery of copper products from Kazakhstan.