Sofiya Zhylkaidarova

Leaders in Law endorses Sofiya Zhylkaidarova as our exclusively recommended M&A Law expert in Kazakhstan. If you wish to get in touch with Sofiya please use the contact information provided above.

Sofiya graduated with honours from the Kazakh State National University named after Al-Farabi and obtained Bachelor of Laws, with further Master degree from the same University. She participated in various trainings and workshops on legal and business skills and in oil and gas and mining trainings, has consulting experience in both local and international law firms, and in in-house/industry experience in an international oil and gas company.

Sofiya is currently an EMBA Candidate’2018 at INSEAD. She is an arbitrator of the Kazakhstan International Arbitration and International Commercial Arbitration Court of the Eurasian Mediation Centre. She is an active arbitrator of ICC (Paris) and member of Managing Council of KazBar and Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers Association (KPLA). Sofiya is a native speaker of Kazakh and Russian and fluent in English.

Firm Overview:

SIGNUM is an independent Kazakhstan law firm that services domestic and international clients. The leading Kazakhstan law firm offers out-of-the-box thinking and world-class professional services.

SIGNUM is known for the depth and breadth of its experience, its reliable support of clients and its delivery of effective and creative solutions.

SIGNUM lawyers have successfully served as advisors on numerous complex transactions and high-profile matters involving major local and international companies in a wide range of business sectors.