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Marina Kahiani

Marina Kahiani is one of the leading partners of GRATA International qualified to advise on Kazakhstani law and AIFC law. Marina focuses her practice on a wide range of finance transactions, including project finance, aircraft finance and capital markets, infrastructure transactions as well as M&A transactions, financial services regulation and workouts and debt restructurings in many industries. · GRATA International

KazakhstanBanking & Finance, Project FinanceEnglish, Russian

About

Leading partner at GRATA International qualified to advise on Kazakhstani law and AIFC law, Marina Kahiani focuses on finance transactions including project and aircraft finance, capital markets, infrastructure, M&A, financial services regulation, and workouts and debt restructurings. She has over 17 years' experience in the Kazakhstani legal market and previously worked as a banker at BTA Bank and in GRATA's London representative office before relocating to Almaty.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceProject FinanceAviation FinanceCapital MarketsInfrastructureCorporate / M&AFinancial Services RegulationRestructuring & Insolvency

Office

Expertise

AIFC LawInternational Financial InstitutionsBanking & Financial InstitutionsProject FinanceCapital MarketsFormer Soviet Union regional matters

Education

  • LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2009)
  • Kazakh Master Degree with distinction, Kazakh Humanitarian Law University (specialisation: International and European Law) (2006)
  • Bachelor degree with distinction, Kazakh State Law Academy (specialisation: Civil and Corporate law) (2004)

Languages

EnglishRussian