About
Yelena Manayenko is Managing Partner and Head of the M&A practice at AEQUITAS in Kazakhstan. She specialises in corporate and commercial transactions, subsoil-use projects (including oil & gas and mining), infrastructure and construction projects, and has held senior roles at AEQUITAS since 2003, becoming Managing Partner in 2026.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&AEnergy & Natural ResourcesConstructionBanking & FinanceCapital MarketsEnvironmentalCompetition / AntitrustReal Estate
Office
Expertise
Corporate & Commercial TransactionsSubsoil Use (oil & gas & mining)Infrastructure & Construction ProjectsAntitrust / CompetitionProject Structuring (local and international)
Education
- University of Dundee, LLM (2011), Scotland
- Higher Law School Adilet, LLB (1998), Kazakhstan
Admissions
- Kazakhstan Bar Association
- Ius Laboris
- AIFC Legal Services Board
- SIPAC
Languages
EnglishRussian