Bakhyt Tukulov

Commercial Litigation

International Arbitration

Enforcement & Asset Recovery

Fraud & White-Collar Crime

Insolvency & Restructuring

Bakhyt Tukulov is the founding partner of TKS Disputes and one of Kazakhstan’s leading dispute resolution specialists. He advises on high-value commercial litigation, international arbitration and complex cross-border matters involving Kazakh law. His practice includes shareholder and contract disputes, fraud and asset tracing, insolvency litigation, and matters requiring urgent interim relief.

Before establishing TKS Disputes, he led the dispute resolution practice at one of Kazakhstan’s largest domestic firms and previously worked as counsel at an international law firm. He regularly appears before the AIFC Court and Kazakh courts and acts in arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, SIAC and UNCITRAL rules.

Registered Legal Adviser, AIFC Legal Services Board

Member, Kazakhstan Bar Association

Commentary on the Rules of the AIFC Court (2025)

Role: Co-editor and contributing author

Publisher: Zheti Zhargy, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Description:

The first comprehensive 973-page doctrinal analysis of the AIFC Court Rules; foundational reference for practitioners, judges and academics.

Major oil & gas producers and service companies

Large mining and natural resources companies

International construction and infrastructure groups

Leading financial institutions and investment firms

International biopharmaceutical and healthcare companies

Technology, digital assets and telecommunications businesses

Aerospace and defence companies

International media and entertainment companies

Cross-border holding and investment structures

High-net-worth individuals in commercial disputes

Represented a major oil & gas drilling contractor in a complex, high-value construction dispute involving allegations of defective well design and multimillion-dollar claims.

Advised an international automotive manufacturer on contentious regulatory and commercial matters in Kazakhstan.

Acted for a leading foreign bank in a land dispute arising from the withdrawal of pledged assets by a state authority.

Represented international biopharmaceutical companies in disputes concerning protection of undisclosed information.

Advised foreign hedge funds in corporate litigation concerning minority shareholder rights in a major Kazakhstani bank.

Acted for minority shareholders in a dispute over mandatory share buyback terms following a major transaction.

Prepared expert evidence on Kazakh law for foreign courts and arbitral tribunals in cross-border disputes.

Represented clients in insolvency and restructuring proceedings involving pledged assets worth ~USD 180 million.

Acted for taxpayers in significant tax and environmental disputes exceeding USD 70 million.

Kazakh National University

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

2002 - 2006

Georgetown University

Master of Laws (LLM)

2007 - 2008

Harvard Law School

Executive Education

2024 - 2024

Band 1, Dispute Resolution

Chambers Global

2025

Leading Individual, Dispute Resolution

Legal 500 EMEA

2025

Global Elite Thought Leader (Arbitration Under 45)

Who’s Who Legal (Lexology)

2024

Lawyer of the Year

AIFC Legal Awards

2024