Kazakhstan

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Aequitas Law Firm was founded in January 1993, a year after proclamation of Kazakhstan independence. During that time the country was in a very difficult economic situation and the existing post-soviet legislation did not meet the requirements to the developing market relations.  However, owing to academic knowledge, combined with work in the state agencies, foreign trade companies, and scientific institutions, the lawyers of the firm were able to offer to the clients an adequate resolution of their problems during the period of Kazakhstan’s transition to the market economy, and gained very valuable experience of providing legal services.
 
Due to a tremendous self-devotion and strict compliance with the principle of high professional level of services, the firm gained a leading position among the law firms in Kazakhstan. 

Over the recent years, the worldwide law directories European Counsel 3000, Global Counsel 3000 and “Legal 500”named Aequitas as one of the most recommended law firms of Kazakhstan.  Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers edition recognized Aequitas as a leader in the corporate and commercial law sector and in the energy and natural resources section and in a number of other nominations, including a banking and finance sector. 

One of the well-known aspects of the activity of the firm is research and analytical work.  Over the recent years, Aequitas made reviews of the various branches of the Kazakhstan legislation for the IBA (annual publication «Getting the deal through»); for the World Bank (annual reports of the World Bank – Doing Business in [2005, 2006, 2007]).  Analytical papers and reviews of our lawyers on the various aspects of Kazakhstan law are regularly published in specialized journals and analytical legal reviews in Kazakhstan and abroad. 

The prestige of the firm is also confirmed by close professional contacts with the major international law firms, including Debevoise & Plimpton; Norton Rose; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Vinson & Elkins; Allen & Overy; Dewey LeBoeuf; Baker Botts, as well as by corporate and personal membership in professional organizations, including IBA (International Bar Association), AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators), EUROBAK (European Business Association of Kazakhstan), KPLA (Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers Association).   

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Corporate Law
• Banking, Finance, Capital Markets
• Construction
• Information Technologies
• Telecommunication, Postal Services
• Energy
• Agricultural Industry
• Settlements of Dispute
• Consumer Goods and Industrial Products, Trade
• Ecology
• Due Dilligence
• Privatisation
• Labor