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Azamat Kuatbekov

Azamat Kuatbekov is a managing partner in Baker McKenzie's Almaty office. He has been recommended by legal directories such as Chambers Global and Legal 500 for his litigation and transaction work. Mr. Kuatbekov has solid experience in the natural resources sector, advising clients on dispute resolution, acquisitions and financing. Before joining the Firm, he had worked with the legal department of the national oil company Kazakoil. He has authored numerous articles on oil and gas, corporate law, bankruptcy and litigation in Kazakhstan and has acted for many of the country's major power companies. Mr. Kuatbekov mainly advises large multinational clients in the natural resources sector. He has represented several Kazakhstani subsidiaries of a major US power company in civil and administrative proceedings against Kazakhstani antimonopoly authorities. He has also acted for investors in connection with bankruptcy acquisitions. · Baker & McKenzie - CIS, Limited

KazakhstanLitigation, TransactionsEnglish, Kazakh, Russian

About

Azamat Kuatbekov is a managing partner in Baker McKenzie's Almaty office. He is recommended by Chambers Global and Legal 500 for litigation and transaction work. He has experience in the natural resources sector, advising on dispute resolution, acquisitions and financing. Before joining Baker McKenzie, he worked in the legal department of Kazakoil. He has authored articles on oil and gas, corporate law, bankruptcy and litigation in Kazakhstan and has acted for major power companies.

Practice areas

LitigationTransactionsNatural ResourcesDispute ResolutionAcquisitionsFinancingCorporate LawBankruptcyOil and Gas

Office

Expertise

Dispute ResolutionMergers and AcquisitionsNatural ResourcesCorporate LawBankruptcy

Education

  • Indiana University (M.C.L.) (1997)
  • Karaganda State University (Law Degree, Honors) (1996)

Languages

EnglishKazakhRussian