Rashid Gaissin

Practice Areas

Rashid is a Partner at Eldwick Law, specialising in cross-border litigation, arbitration and sanctions compliance.

Rashid’s day to day focus is on international disputes, primarily commercial and investment arbitration, and High Court of London disputes. His clients include states, quasi-state entities and high net worth individuals from energy rich regions, such as Central Asia and the Middle East where he has extensive experience and contacts.

Rashid’s practice overlaps with Eldwick’s own expertise in commercial disputes, including litigation in the Chancery Division of the High Court and international arbitration centres across the world. Rashid’s jurisdictional versatility is key to our team managing disputes and understanding the commercial needs of clients in the mining, oil and gas, aviation and electronics sectors.

Rashid is dual-qualified in the UK and Kazakhstan.

Career

Armstrong Teasdale (Partner): 2022 - 2023

KPMG (Partner): 2020 - 2021

INTEGRITES (Co-Managing Partner): 2018 - 2020

PwC (Partner): 2015 - 2017

Grata (Managing Partner): 2006 - 2015

Norton Rose Fulbright (Solicitor): 2004 - 2006

Professional Memberships

Independent non-executive member of the Board, Legislative Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee at the Astana Financial Services Authority (the regulator of the Astana International Financial Centre)

Chairman of the British Kazakh Law Association