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Provided by Abai Shaikenov
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• Managing Partner - Dentons, Almaty, 2022-up to date
• Partner - Dentons (formerly Salans), Almaty, 2005-2021
• Senior Associate - Salans, Almaty, 2000-2005
• Associate, Salans, Almaty, 1999-2000
• Junior Associate, Salans, Almaty, 1996-1999
• Kazakhstan Bar Association
• Board of Directors of EUROBAK
Abai is a regular speaker at conferences and is a contributing author to many local and international legal and business publications.
• "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidelines for Kazakhstan", Investor Voice, American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan, July 2024
Abai is the Managing Partner at Dentons Kazakhstan.
He has been actively advising clients in Kazakhstan and across the CIS for more than 25 years. He focuses on complex M&A and corporate transactions, including cross-border acquisitions and disposals, as well as the diverse finance transactions. His experience includes advising on the most complex and unique M&A and financing transactions in Kazakhstan.
Abai has been the preferred legal counsel to the leading financial institutions and private investment firms in Kazakhstan for many years, including Citibank, Bank of China, ICBC, EBRD, IFC, KAZ Minerals and ERG.
Abai is a regular speaker at conferences and is a contributing author to many local and international legal and business publications.
Air Astana: Advised the largest airline group in Central Asia and the Caucasus region based on market share, on its Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering and triple listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the Astana International Exchange (AIX) and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).
KazMinerals: Dentons acted for Kaz Minerals Holding B.V. in the second step of its two-step redomiciliation from Netherlands to Luxembourg and then from Luxembourg to Kazakhstan (AIFC), as one of the key milestones in a wider group reorganization aimed at repatriation of the group from Europe to Kazakhstan (following UK delisting and reduced sales in Europe).
Kazakh State Legal Institute
Law Degree
1992 - 1996
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Dentons advises Asian Development Bank on first gender bond on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
Dentons' Almaty office advised the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on listing and placement of the first gender bonds due December 2030 on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.
Dentons advises Asian Development Bank on first gender bond on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
Dentons' Almaty office advised the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on listing and placement of the first gender bonds due December 2030 on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.
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