Maxim Barashev

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Leaders in Law endorses Maxim Barashev as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Russia. If you wish to get in touch with Maxim please use the contact information provided above.

Managing partner

Maxim has more than 20 years of experience in legal practice. Maxim mainly advises foreign companies operating in the Russian market. Areas of practice: M&A corporate issues, litigation arising from supply contracts and labour relations, international arbitration in the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

Before joining BBNP, he worked for a heavy industry manufacturing company

Expert of OOO Business Russia, Moscow Regional Division
Member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia
Member of New York State Bar Association

  • Expert of All-Russian Organization “Delovaya Rossiya”, Moscow Division
  • Member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia
  • Member of New York State Bar Association
  • Member of American Bar Association
  • Member of International Bar Association
Selective projects
  • Represented KANT, a company selling sports equipment, in court in a dispute with ADIDAS
  • Represented WEBORAMA web-project in court in a dispute with Gala Records
  • Represented Man and the Law magazine in court in a dispute with ZAO Ostankino TV Company
  • Represented a Czech bank in court in a bankruptcy case of OAO Volgotanker, Oil Tanker Shipping Company
  • Represented Rostselmash in the court of Bergamo, Italy
  • Represented a Russian construction company in court in a dispute with SBARRO
  • Represented a Russian tour operator in court in a dispute with Krasnoyarsk Airlines
  • Advised CISCO’s top executive on labour disputes
  • Supported a multi-billion M&A transaction of TOMKINS Group in Russia
  • Advised the sponsors of the exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Marlene Dietrich which was held in Tsaritsyno Museum in Moscow
  • Advised Barry Callebaut on energy issues
  • Advised Tekfen on the construction of a gas pipeline in Russia
  • Advised DAMIANI on corporate issues and Russian labour law
Education

Maxim Barashev holds a master’s degree from Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

He completed postgraduate studies at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

Lectured Arbitration Process and Bankruptcy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Practice & M&A
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration and Investment projects
Foreign Languages

English

Selective publications
  • 2020 Rossiyskaya gazeta: Illegal dismissals. How to protest. Legal comment
  • 2019 Isn’t It Time Yet to Split the Business of Facebook and Other Internet Monsters? Executive.ru
  • 2019 Dangerous Terms & Conditions in Contracts. Generalniy Director (General Director)
  • 2019 Italian Comeback. Expert, Issue 23(1122)
  • 2014 Who to Get the File Cabinet of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation? Yurist Speshit Na Pomoshch (Lawyer to the Rescue), Issue 3/2014
  • 2013 How to Protect Business Owners? finam.info
  • 2012 Legal Due Diligence in Startup Projects. Master class at Skolkovo Moscow School of Management
  • 2011 Acceptance and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Courts’ Awards in Russia. Overview and Problems. International Centre for Dispute Resolution
  • 2011 RIA Novosti: Russian Legal Information Agency, comment on the prosecution of VKontakte users
  • 2011 RIA Novosti: Russian Legal Information Agency, comment on the prospects of the Yukos case
  • 2010 RIA Novosti: Russian Legal Information Agency, comment on the case to recover damages in the amount of 7.567 billion roubles from Astrel Publishing House (AST Publishing Group) in favour of Terra Publishing House
  • 2010 NEWSINFO.RU, comment on the prospects of the US court case on handing over the Schneerson library to the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch group
  • 2009 International Property Management Planning for U.S. Citizens: Thomson Reuters Integrated Approach. Estate Planning, Co-Author
  • 2008 Corruption: Revisiting the Concept and Combating It. Modern Law Journal, Issue 2 (1) 2008
  • 2008 Russia’s Business Environment Ltd., a collection of articles. The articles cover legal aspects of doing business in Russia and the problems of legal regulation of various business sectors. GMB Publishing
  • 2007 Protection of the Rights of Foreign Investors in Russia’s Energy Sector Through International Arbitration. Co-author. Predstavitelnaya Vlast (Representative Authority), 2007 Issue 5 (78)

Firm Description:

BBNP law firm is a Russian law firm with an office in Moscow and a wide network of partner law firms in Russia & CIS. It was organized in 1999.

Today, BBNP is comprised of highly experienced lawyers qualified to practice law in Russia. We are known as a competitive fees law firm with a high level quality.

– Company formation & legal business support
– Corporate. Business law
– Employment issues: resignation, dismissal, hiring of General Director, Managers, Accountants
– IP : registration & protection
– Accounting and tax outsourcing
– Dispute resolution (Litigation)
– Liquidation
– Legal Opinions & Memorandums
– M&A. Sale and Purchase business, real estate, transactions support

We successfully work with foreign companies in Russia as legal and tax advisers. Our monthly basis legal and accounting support helps to keep businesses in good standing.

We realize that our clients’ Russian legal relationships can be specific, and at the same time often difficult to foresee at the outset. We have been very successful in this regard on behalf of our various clients.

BBNP has extensive experience in successfully assisting clients with their broad spectrum of corporate legal requirements, however complicated those might be. Specifically, our lawyers have broad experience in business formation, corporate structures advising, joint-ventures, M&A, as well as general corporate counseling.

Our lawyers’ experience enables us successfully to support transactions, provide advice relating to foreign trade contracts, employment issues, Director dismissals, intellectual property rights, to propose optimized Russian tax strategies and structures for businesses, to perform bankruptcy procedures, and to recover (via litigation or settlement) damages.

 

Jorge Alers

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Leaders in Law endorses Jorge Alers as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Costa Rica. If you wish to get in touch with Jorge, please use the contact information provided above.

Jorge is Dentons’ Chief Executive Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, helping to position Dentons for presence, client service and growth in the region.

Jorge previously served as the general counsel and general manager of the Legal Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and, on a separate occasion, as general counsel of the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the IDB Group’s private sector financing agency.

Jorge also was a partner and head of the Latin America Practice Group at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, as well as a partner and head of the Latin American Practice Group for Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, DC. In these roles, he focused on providing legal support to international clients making investments in emerging markets, with a particular focus on the Latin American region.

A dual citizen of Costa Rica and the United States, Jorge has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School, Wharton and American University, and at numerous conferences on private equity and project finance, among other areas of international finance. He earned his JD from Harvard Law School and his undergraduate degree from Colorado State University.

Firm Description:

Dentons is designed to be different. The challenges that our clients are navigating and the opportunities they are advancing are changing at an accelerating pace. We are a law firm that embraces change and can help you grow, protect, operate and finance your organization. This is why Dentons is organized to offer more than legal insight; we help you find business solutions, in a seamless fashion, across the globe.

What makes Dentons different?

We are polycentric. Dentons has no single headquarters or dominant national culture. Our polycentric, in-and-of-the community approach means we are always a local firm as well as a global firm.

We are global. With offices in more than 200 locations across 80 countries, Dentons can support you everywhere you do business.

We are the largest law firm in the world. With more than 20,000 people around the world, we offer clients talent from diverse backgrounds with a depth and breadth of experience that no other law firm can match.

We are purpose-driven. Dentons is the first global law firm with a purpose statement. As passionate, polycentric changemakers, we create value for our clients and communities by connecting our talent to the world’s challenges and opportunities.

 

Barthélémy Kéré

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Leaders in Law endorses Barthélémy Kéré as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Burkina Faso. If you wish to get in touch with Barthélémy please use the contact information provided above.

In June 2012, he was appointed Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, for the period from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015.

Maître Barthélemy KERE writes and expresses himself well in French and English.

  • Former Bâtonnier
  • Grand Officer of the National Order
  • Lawyer at the bar of Burkina Faso
  • Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor of France Knight in the Order of Saint Gregory of the Vatican State

Experiences and professional background

Maître Barthélémy KERE is the founder of the law firm that bears his name since January 1993.

In 2003, he was elected President of the Burkina Faso Bar Association for a three-year term. Under his mandate, the Autonomous Fund for Pecuniary Settlements of Lawyers (CARPA) was created as a fundamental institution of transparency in the management of client funds held by Lawyers.

In 2006, he was appointed as a Member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of Burkina Faso under the Catholic Community; On August 1, 2011 he was elected President of this Institution. In the logic of his participation as a member, he activates reforms to make even more credible the CENI, the Ad ‘hoc Organ of Election Management: he courageously takes the initiative for the establishment of the initial biometric electoral file of Burkina Faso.

Maître Barthélemy KERE has carried out missions abroad for the observation of elections and for exchanges of experience in the field of electoral management; he took part in meetings organized among others by ECOWAS, La Francophonie and the World Association of Election Management Bodies (A-WEB).

Education & Court Admissions

Maître Barthélemy KERE is a graduate in Criminal Sciences from the University of Bordeaux (France). He has been an Arbitrator at the Center for Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation of Ouagadougou (CAMC-O) since 2008. As such, he has handled and rendered various awards in the cases entrusted to him by the Center in 2009 and 2011 .

Firm Description:

Cabinet KERE was created in 1992 by Maître Barthélemy KERE, former President of the Order of Lawyers of Burkina Faso, Grand Officer of the National Order and Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor of France.

It is located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa).

It has lawyers and jurists, all of whom have expertise in several areas of law and who are supported by a dedicated and competent administrative support team.

Recognized nationally and internationally for the excellence of his services in business law, he is considered one of the Burkinabé leaders in mining law, commercial law, insurance law, business financing and social law. and telecommunications law.

The firm’s lawyers frequently work together on large files and important litigations, and collaborate regularly with eminent American, Canadian and European law firms on cross-border transactions.

The firm’s lawyers frequently work together on large-scale files and important disputes; they regularly collaborate with prominent American, Canadian and European law firms on international and cross-border transactions.

 

Khalid Massoudi

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Leaders in Law endorses Khalid Massoudi as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Afghanistan. If you wish to get in touch with Khalid please use the contact information provided above.

Background

Masnad Law Firm (MLF) is not a simple legal firm, but an experienced family composed of numerous well known and prestigious professionals in every legal domain and practice area. With no discrimination, individuals, private companies, public sector’s entities, and governments can acquire our services in order to easily and effectively obtain their objectives and secure benefits. We ensure prompt results, decisive actions, credible outcomes and winning your dreams.Our joint effort is the gateway to a broader and globally recognized businesses and transactions. Through MLF’s legal network you will experience the essence of no boundary and reality of the world as a reachable global village. You deserve the best and we are committed to help you attain the climax of successes. Devotion of our local and international lawyers is merely dedicated to assist you with practical legal skills, professionalism, influential connections, and appropriate expertise.

Why you should choose us ?

Masnad Law Firm (MLF) is not a simple legal firm, but an experienced family composed of numerous well known and prestigious professionals in every legal domain and practice area. With no discrimination, individuals, private companies, public sector’s entities, and governments can acquire our services in order to easily and effectively obtain their objectives and secure benefits. We ensure prompt results, decisive actions, credible outcomes and winning your dreams.Our joint effort is the gateway to a broader and globally recognized businesses and transactions. Through MLF’s legal network you will experience the essence of no boundary and reality of the world as a reachable global village. You deserve the best and we are committed to help you attain the climax of successes. Devotion of our local and international lawyers is merely dedicated to assist you with practical legal skills, professionalism, influential connections, and appropriate expertise.

Cross-border solution

Masnad Law Firm (MLF) is not a simple legal firm, but an experienced family composed of numerous well known and prestigious professionals in every legal domain and practice area. With no discrimination, individuals, private companies, public sector’s entities, and governments can acquire our services in order to easily and effectively obtain their objectives and secure benefits. We ensure prompt results, decisive actions, credible outcomes and winning your dreams.Our joint effort is the gateway to a broader and globally recognized businesses and transactions. Through MLF’s legal network you will experience the essence of no boundary and reality of the world as a reachable global village. You deserve the best and we are committed to help you attain the climax of successes. Devotion of our local and international lawyers is merely dedicated to assist you with practical legal skills, professionalism, influential connections, and appropriate expertise.

Practice Area

  • Agriculture, Agro-industry & Agribusiness
  • Aviation
  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Business Crimes & Compliances
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Employment & Labor Law
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Government Affairs
  • Health Care Industries
  • Immigration
  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Media and Entertainment
  • Real Estate
  • Tax
  • Diligence & investigation

 

Dr. iur. Helene Rebholz LL.M.

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Leaders in Law endorses Dr. iur. Helene Rebholz as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Liechtenstein. If you wish to get in touch with Dr. Rebholz please use the contact information provided above.

Helene Rebholz is a founding partner of König Rebholz Zechberger. Her key areas of practice cover investment law and corporate law.

Before joining the office she was managing partner of one of the oldest law offices in Liechtenstein. She studied law at the University of Innsbruck (Mag.iur. 2000, Dr.iur. 2006). She holds an LL.M. degree in European Law (Schloss Hofen 2002). She is admitted to the Liechtenstein (2004) and Austrian Bar (2005).

Her areas of practice are investment law, corporate law as well as banking and insurance, M&A, civil law and litigation.

She has co-authored a number of publications on litigation and arbitration in Liechtenstein and is the author of several articles on foundations and trusts was well as regulatory law developments.

Helene Rebholz is fluent in English and German and speaks French.

Investment Funds, Banking and Insurance Practice:

Providers are faced with a huge number of recent and forthcoming regulatory requirements. We advise on and assist in implementing structures and processes and assist in structuring funds on the basis of Liechtenstein’s somewhat unique regulatory landscape.

We also offer advice with regard to the impact these new rules may have on your relationship with customers, business partners and service providers. We deal with the regulatory authorities on your behalf and represent your interests in court.

Anwaltskanzlei König Rebholz Zechberger:

König Rebholz Zechberger Attorneys at law were founded as a spin-off of another Liechtenstein law office in January 2015. The desire to work on a more independent and client-focused basis led to the decision of the three founding partners to set up their own office. In contrast to many other law offices, König Rebholz Zechberger are not associated or indirectly connected with a trust-service provider or another financial intermediary.

Many years of practice in Liechtenstein with national and international clients, a well-established network together with the flexibility of a boutique office drive their desire to shape the perfect solution for each and every client.

Together the partners cover all major aspects of Liechtenstein law, with a clear focus on forensic matters (private client litigation) and regulatory law (banking, investment funds, etc.). Being specialists in their fields of material law and their experience in litigation and arbitration form the basis of their everyday work.

 

Bretton G. Sciaroni

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Leaders in Law endorses Bretton G. Sciaroni as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Cambodia. If you wish to get in touch with Bretton please use the contact information provided above.

Bretton G. Sciaroni has been a lawyer and investment adviser in Phnom Penh since 1993, making him one of the first foreign lawyers in Cambodia in the modern era.

For over twenty years, Mr. Sciaroni has advised national and international clients with investments and/or operations in Cambodia and has been a leading contributor to the development of the Cambodian economy and private sector.

Focusing principally on commercial law, Mr. Sciaroni negotiated the first foreign investment in Cambodia under the 1994 foreign investment law. The firm has enjoyed an excellent working relationship with the Royal Government of Cambodia’s ministries. Mr. Sciaroni has made significant contributions to legal development programs assisting Cambodian governmental institutions in drafting laws and regulations.

In 1995, he entered into a partnership with Tilleke & Gibbins International, the oldest law firm in Thailand, opening an office in Phnom Penh. In 1994 he negotiated the first investment made under the Law on Investment. In 2004, the firm became independent, and now operates as Sciaroni & Associates.

In 1996, Mr. Sciaroni was named a Legal Adviser to the Royal Government in a decree signed by King Norodom Sihanouk. He has been reappointed to this position by Royal Decree in successive governments from 1999. The position carries with it the rank of minister.

In addition to a number of other assignments, Mr. Sciaroni served on the Cambodian government delegation that traveled to Quebec City, Canada in 2008 to attend the 32nd Session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, which inscribed the Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site. He served in a similar capacity in successive Cambodian delegations since 2008. Most recently, the firm provided invaluable research on Colonial Property and Cultural Protection laws and drafted expert witness documentation for the Royal Government of Cambodia and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in support of the successful return of a 10th century warrior statue of a stolen from the temple at Koh Ker.

Mr. Sciaroni continues to serve the private sector business community in key leadership positions. Since 1998 and 2002, he has served as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham Cambodia) and Chairman of the International Business Chamber of Cambodia, respectively. Mr. Sciaroni was named vice chairman representing the ASEAN region for the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC) in 2012. Mr. Sciaroni serves on the Boards of Directors of a number of entities, including banks, commercial enterprises and non­ governmental institutions.

Mr. Sciaroni served as the Co-Chairman of the Working Group on Law, Tax and Good Governance comprised of private sector and government delegates to seek resolution of issues of concern in the business community. In recent years, Mr. Sciaroni was the head of the private sector delegation to successive meetings of the Consultative Group, held by the Royal Government of Cambodia and the donor community.

Prior to coming to Cambodia, Mr. Sciaroni was in private practice in Washington, D.C., where he continues to be a member of both the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the American Bar Association. He has served in the U.S. Government, including positions at the White House and in the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Mr. Sciaroni is a graduate of the U.C.L.A. School of Law and earned degrees from Georgetown University and Claremont McKenna College.

Harry Rigney

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Harry Rigney is an Australian legal practitioner, solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.

Harry has specialised since 1981 in taxation research, advice, and the implementation of taxation solutions through senior positions in professional firms, with responsibilities in achieving national quality assurance standards for firm-wide taxation consulting and compliance. Harry has expertise in the areas of business succession planning, structuring for business and investment within Australia and international, design and implementation of overseas business and joint venture structures for exporters, property development, and asset acquisitions and sales.  His areas of practice include all tax-sensitive areas of commerce and investment.

Harry combines academic and practical professional backgrounds; graduating as Menzies Scholar from Harvard Law School in 1980, lecturing in law in several universities, author of “Australian Business Taxation” published by Butterworths in 1990, National Tax Director for PKF for several years, senior tax manager PwC, tax partner law firm and sole practitioner providing services in all Australian East Coast States since 2004.

His background reflects the ‘revolving door’ ethos acquired and cultivated during his Harvard studies; to deliver excellence in professional service by building and sharing skills and expertise within and across commerce and academic forums.  His work and standing continues to be recognised and acknowledged by international accreditation agencies.

 

Foued Bourabiat

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Leaders in Law endorses Foued Bourabiat as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Algeria. If you wish to get in touch with Foued, please use the contact information provided above.

Foued Bourabiat ‘s experience includes assisting and advising major investors and credit institutions in respect of investments and financings in Algeria and in the MENA region.  He has also secured important M&A mandates in the consumer and healthcare sectors.

Foued worked as a lawyer in renowned international law firms in Paris and London.

Practice Areas

  • Banking and finance
  • Arbitration
  • M&A
  • Joint ventures
  • Cross Border Transactions
  • Project finance
  • Investment Law

Memberships

  • Avocat à la Cour
    Member of the Paris Bar

Languages

French, English and Arabic.

Firm Description

Encompassing over 45 years’ collective experience on the African continent, ADNA is eager to disrupt the status quo of the typical law firm to best serve its clients by being as ambitious as those it works with. Helping to navigate businesses and provide bespoke legal solutions.The firm is founded on the notion of legacy. The legacy to become an institutional law firm and to help grow and promote the next generation of African lawyers.

ADNA’s experience extends beyond transactional work, we look after clients through every stage of the company’s life cycle.We are at the forefront of developments in Africa and always strive to develop innovative structures to simplify the complexities inherent in deals in established and emerging markets on the continent.Our presence in Africa provides us local depth combined with an international insight and a creative thinking.We have full capabilities to get deals done and find innovative solutions on complex matters in Africa.

ADNA is also a member of the award-winningAfrica Legal Network(ALN), which provides a bridge between Anglophone and Francophone Africa. ALN has an expansive and growing coverage of jurisdictions in Africa.

 

Dr. Olga I. Chentsova

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Leaders in Law endorses Olga Chentsova as our exclusively recommended Investment Law expert in Kazakhstan. If you wish to get in touch with Olga please use the contact information provided above.

Olga Chentsova’s areas of specialization are civil law, investment, environmental, oil and gas and mining legislation, private international law and construction.

After graduating from the law department of Kazakh State University, she was invited to work as a professor of civil, economic and Roman law at the University. Ms. Chentsova earned her Doctor of Law degree in 1990. Thesis subject “Civil Sanctions Mechanism in Capital Construction”. In 1990–1991, she worked as an advisor at the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 1991 to 1993, Ms. Chentsova was heading the contract and legal department of Kazmetallexport, a state-owned foreign trade company. Since AEQUITAS establishment in 1993, she has been its Managing Partner.

Ms. Chentsova has been advising major global oil and mining companies and leading local companies on issues pertaining to civil, corporate and environmental legislation, investment, subsoil use, litigation and arbitration for more than twenty years.

Ms. Chentsova was on several governmental working groups to develop important commercial legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan (including the Civil Code, Foreign Investment Law, Petroleum Law, etc.). When engaged by the Scientific Private Law Research Institute under the Kazakh State Law Academy (Private Law Center), she participated in the discussion and preparation of proposals to improve the civil legislation, including the Civil Code, the Subsoil Law and Petroleum Law and a number of other statutes and regulations.

Ms. Chentsova is an arbitrator for a number of Kazakh and international arbitration courts, including Center of Arbitration of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, International Arbitration Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan (IAC), Kazakhstan International Arbitration (KIA), International Arbitration Tribunal of IUS Legal Center, International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) and International Commercial Arbitration Court of the Eurasian Mediation Center.

Ms. Chentsova is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Vice-President of the Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers’ Association (KPLA), one of the founders of the Kazakhstan Bar Association and a member of its Governing Council, member of the Central Council of the National Public Association “Kazakhstan Union of Lawyers” and a member of the Advisory Board of the Best Lawyers publication.

For many years Olga Chentsova has been recommended as a leading lawyer in Energy, Natural Resources, Oil & Gas, Dispute Resolution and M&A areas by a number of reputable international editions, such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal.

Her articles on various aspects of commercial law and subsoil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan are regularly published in foreign and local magazines and periodicals.

Firm Overview:

AEQUITAS, a Kazakh national law firm, was founded in 1993. One of the persons to found AEQUITAS was Professor Yuri G. Bassin, Doctor of Law, a forefather of civil law science in Kazakhstan.

In the early 90s, AEQUITAS was one of the first counsel to provide legal support both to foreign investors coming to Kazakhstan’s market and to the starting domestic businesses. First joint ventures with foreign participation in Kazakhstan were organized with AEQUITAS legal support.

AEQUITAS is one of Kazakhstan’s leading law firms acknowledged in the global legal services market. For many years, authoritative legal guides, including Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, Asialaw Profiles, Best Lawyers and IFLR1000, are rating AEQUITAS and its partners and associates as the country’s most recommended in the Energy & Natural Resources, Corporate & Finance, M&A, Dispute Resolution and other areas. Many publications specifically acclaim the firm’s Labor, Environmental and Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals practice.

AEQUITAS’s clients are companies active in the leading sectors of economy from more than 50 countries, including major international corporations, companies representing world famous brands, banks and financial institutions, most of them working with AEQUITAS for years. According to the rating agencies and the firm’s clients and business partners, AEQUITAS is one of the most client-oriented law firms in Kazakhstan. Alongside with providing legal services of invariably high quality, AEQUITAS is regularly informing its clients of the business-relevant changes in legislation and practice, organizing trainings and seminars and annually holding a Client Day.

AEQUITAS reputation is supported by close professional ties with the world’s largest international and national law firms, such as Allen & Overy, ALRUD, Baker Botts, Clifford Chance, Debevoise & Plimpton, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Pepeliaev Group, and others. The firm’s lawyers are well informed about the legal service markets of Russia, UK, USA and CIS countries. Thanks to cooperation with its international and national partners, AEQUITAS is prepared to provide services in different jurisdictions, without lowering their quality and timeliness.

The firm’s long presence in the legal market, reputation and extensive professional ties allow AEQUITAS engaging the leading Kazakh and foreign experts in all areas of law to participate in its projects and preparation of legal opinions. AEQUITAS’s consultants are renowned scholars, specialists from different sectors of economy and representatives of international organizations.

AEQUITAS team of lawyers is a team of professionals perfectly versed in the Kazakh legislation and specifics of the national market. The firm’s partners and associates are recognized experts both in Kazakhstan and abroad.

AEQUITAS and its lawyers are members in different professional organizations and unions, including International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), European Business Association of Kazakhstan (EUROBAK) and Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers’ Association (KPLA).

AEQUITAS partners are among the founders of Kazakhstan Bar Association (National Public Association) set up on the initiative of the leading Kazakh law firms, including AEQUITAS. Olga Chentsova, the firm’s Managing Partner, is one of the founders of Kazakhstan Bar Association and a member of its Management Board.

AEQUITAS partners and associates are on the lists of arbitrators for the following courts of arbitration and domestic arbitration tribunals: Center for Arbitration and Domestic Arbitration Tribunal Proceedings under the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan International Arbitrage (KIA), International Arbitration Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan (IAC), International Court of Arbitration of IUS Legal Center, International Commercial Arbitration Court of Eurasian Mediation Center and Arbitration Tribunal of Eurasian Mediation Center. AEQUITAS lawyers act as local law experts in disputes reviewed by the leading international courts of arbitration.

AEQUITAS is widely known for its research and analytical work. The firm is annually engaged to prepare reviews on different local law areas for IBA and World Bank. Analytical articles and reviews on different aspects of the Kazakh law and legislation by AEQUITAS lawyers are published in specialized magazines and analytical-and-legal compendia in Kazakhstan and abroad.

AEQUITAS experts have been actively participating in the development and improvement of the most important acts of Kazakhstan’s civil and economic legislation, including the Civil Code and such laws of key importance to the country’s economy as the Foreign Investment Law, Petroleum Law, Subsoil Law, Law on International Commercial Arbitration and a number of other regulatory legal acts.

The firm’s potential allows providing services to embrace practically all issues its clients may have arising, be it legal support in complex projects, advice on various civil law matters, establishment of new companies, or representation in courts at any level.

The firm has offices in Almaty and Astana (Kazakhstan).

 

Yudianta Medio Simbolon

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Founded Simbolon & Partners Law Firm after his departure from one of Indonesia’s fast growing law firm, obtained his law degree from Padjadjaran University, Bandung. He is a holder of a postgraduate degree from the Gadjahmada University, Yogyakarta. Mr. Simbolon is a member of the Indonesian Bar Association and holds a license to practice in Indonesian Courts, Registered Capital Market Legal Consultant, Intellectual Property Consultant and he is also member of several law organizations international.

Before opening Simbolon & Partners, to complete his experiences and expertise, Mr. Simbolon joined the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA). In this agency, Mr Simbolon has faced various types of legal matters with respect to the bank recapitalizations and asset resolutions. With more than a decade of experiences in the field of laws: general corporate and commercial law, foreign investment law, criminal, civil and commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, energy and natural resources law, bankruptcy law, land & property law, insurance law, immigration law, banking and finance law, consumer law, labor law, maritime law, capital market law, alternative dispute resolution, debt recovery.

Mr. Simbolon enjoyed to provide his knowledge by making article, comments and awarded as contributor to local and international organization and firms for producing their books (i.e: Doing Business 2014-World Bank Group, Carter Ruck on Libel and Privacy Sixth Edition-Lexis Nexis). He speaks Bahasa Indonesia and English.

Simbolon & Partners Law Firm:

Simbolon & Partners Law Firm (“the Firm”) is one of young fastest growing Indonesian Law Firm. We provide comprehensive legal services for Companies and Individuals (“the Clients”).

Our vision is to be one of the largest law firms in Indonesia and always enriching and updating our knowledge in order to serve our Clients with proper legal advice.

Our mission is to provide aggressive, careful, diligence, high-quality and caring representation to the Clients.

Simbolon & Partners is Indonesian Law Firm with a high profile team of professionals which renders comprehensive legal services to Clients, both domestic and foreign to meet their interests.

Simbolon & Partners always maintain a good cooperation with our correspondence firm in other countries to obtain our Clients’ need when they are in need of legal services outside of Indonesia,. Therefore our Firm is becoming member of several international legal organizations.

Our Clients choose us because we are skilled practitioners who understand their goals, interests and their businesses as well as partnering with them to achieve the best solutions.

We are looking forward to welcome you to the Firm, highlighting a few features about our legal services and we hope sharing ideas for partnering with you.