Corporate, Antitrust, Litigation, Mergers and Acquistions Law Firm in Kazakhstan
Sayat Zholshy & Partners
5, Al-Farabi Ave., Nurly Tay Business Center, 2A Building, 3rd FloorAlmaty 050059
Kazakhstan
+7 727 311 0020
+7 727 311 0022
Law Firm Overview
The company was founded on 25th December 1998 in Almaty.So far Sayat Zholshy & Partners was rated as one of the largest law firms in Kazakhstan by “The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa” 2008 edition.In 2010, Sayat Zholshy & Partners was named “the best” by three highly respected juries:I. THE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR 2010 IN KAZAKHSTAN by the majority of votes of over 100 lawyers representing leading Kazakhstan and international law firms at the 5th Forum of Corporate Lawyers by winning in total four awards:
1) Corporate Team of the Year 2010
2) Antitrust Team of the Year 2010
3) Litigation Team of the Year 2010
4) M&A Team of the Year 2010.
This is an improvement of SZP’s success of 2009, when the firm won three awards of the qualified jury of the 4th Forum of Corporate Lawyers based on the poll of its members representing over 120 major Kazakhstan and international companies, law firms’ clients, and members of the Bolashak Alumni Association:
1) Litigation Team of the Year
2) Tax Team of the Year
3) Antitrust Team of the Year.
II. LITIGATION LAW FIRM 2010 IN KAZAKHSTAN by the majority of votes of prominent lawyers, members of the Kazakhstan International Arbitration headed by its Chairman, Member of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, M.K. Suleimenov.
III. ADVOCATES OFFICE OF THE YEAR 2010 by the majority of voters representing the country’s elite advocates at the contest held by the Union of Advocates of Kazakhstan.
SZP’s team leaders were also recommended as recognized experts by the internationally renowned and authoritative Who is Who Legal: CIS 2010:
1) Aidyn Bikebaev, Chairman of the Board of Partners of Sayat Zholshy and Partners – in the field of antitrust (competition) law in Kazakhstan
2) Vitaly Vodolazkin, Managing Partner – in the field of litigations and arbitrations
3) Rustam Ospanov, Senior Partner – in the field of mergers and acquisitions in Kazakhstan.
The ‘excellent’ and ‘highly professional’ Sayat Zholshy & Partners receives very strong feedback from an impressive range of international clients and is considered ‘very good value for money’. Managing partner Vitaliy Vodolazkin is singled out for his ‘outstanding litigation guidance’, while the firm is commended for its ‘flexibility that by no means diminishes the quality of its service’, by The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East and Africa’s legal market overview 2011.
To render legal services in timely manner and most efficiently, we have an office in the key city of Almaty. Our office is located in the city center and is equipped with up-to-date telecommunication and computer systems. For convenience of our clients and if required we are able to provide presence of our legal staff in other regions of Kazakhstan or abroad.
The Sayat Zholshy & Partners team consists of 5 Partners, 10 Associates, graduates of universities of Kazakhstan, Russia, the USA, Germany and Poland. Our partners teach at the most prestigious higher educational universities of Kazakhstan and are published in the leading print and electronic media outlets. Prof. Iskander Zhanaidarov is a partner of Sayat Zholshy & Partners. He has a Doctor’s degree in law and is a co-author of the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, all Commentaries to the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Civil Law textbook, and the author of more than 100 research and academic works published in Kazakhstan and Russia.
