Sergey Mineyev

Practice Areas

Mineyev & Dubrovina Partnership (Nexia Turkmenistan)

(www.nexia.tm)

member firm of Nexia International (www.nexia.com)

Mineyev & Dubrovina Partnership (“M&D”) provides professional services in the areas of legal, tax, and business advisory, including assistance in determining the appropriate treatment of transactions, identifying and mitigating associated risks, and addressing customs and currency control matters as they arise.

M&D is also engaged in handling more complex legal and regulatory issues requiring in-depth research and the preparation of legal opinions, analytical reports, and memoranda, tailored to the specific needs of each client.

Areas of Expertise

M&D’s professional focus covers the legal system of Turkmenistan, with particular experience in advising on:

- various aspects of civil, corporate, commercial, investment, tax, banking, financial, and insurance law;

- legal and business consulting for investment projects in the oil and gas, construction, industrial, financial, agricultural, textile, and other sectors;

- representation of clients before government authorities and facilitation of business negotiations.

Services Provided

M&D offers a broad range of professional services, including:

- Legal, tax, and investment consulting;

- Structuring and support of transactions (including M&A);

- Legal and tax due diligence of assets and entities;

- Drafting and review of contracts and other legal documents;

- Legal and tax support for corporate procedures and operations;

- Legal advice on employment and labor relations;

- Assistance with the establishment of legal entities, obtaining licenses and permits;

- Legal, tax, corporate, and project audits.

Career

Nexia TKM is interested in attracting promising professionals and provides excellent career opportunities for senior students and graduates of specialized economic universities.

The Group welcomes the aspiration to professional growth, promotes the acquisition of new knowledge and its application in practice. Specialists of the Group can take part in all training and educational activities of Nexia TKM.

When selecting employees, the Group's Management assesses the professional, business and ethical qualities of applicants.

Every achievement of our Group is an achievement of all our colleagues. It is the idea of everyone's value in the team that makes our team friendly and firm.

Professional Memberships

Chambers & Partners

NextLaw Referral Network

The Lawyers Global

Other memberships and qualifications within the Nexia Turkmenistan:

Staff members and partners of Nexia TKM possess international qualifications: Chartered business and intangible assets surveyor of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS, UK, www.rics.org), CMC (Certified Management Consultant, ICMCI, www.cmc-global.org), Certified Accountant-Practitioner (CAP, ECCAA, www.eccaa.org), as well being members of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK, www.accaglobal.com), ESOMAR (www.esomar.org), which enabling them to work effectively on the Turkmen market in pursuance with the professional ethics and in compliance with the international professional standards.

Furthermore, Group has been successfully pre-qualified by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for rendering strategic consulting services for small and medium businesses within the SBS Program in Turkmenistan.

Nexia TKM strives to satisfy the needs of its clients by providing professional services within the shortest possible deadlines. For this purposes the Group has introduced the Integrated Management Quality and Information Security System in compliance with the international standards ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 and self-declared for the application the requirements of ISO 20700.

Publications

1. Book: Legal Companion for Business Starters. Ashgabat. 2001. Authors: ACT /V.Dolzhikov, S.Mineyev, R.Tarasova/

2. National Valuation Standards, Ashgabat 2015-2016, S. Mineyev participated as a national legal expert in drafting, compilation and analysis

3. Regulations and Methodology for valuation of Immovable property, Ashgabat 2016, S. Mineyev participated as a national legal expert in drafting, compilation and analysis

4. National system of certification of accountants, 2017, S. Mineyev involved as a national legal expert for research, consulting and creation of the NSCA.

5. National legal expert-editor in “IVS 2017 translation into Turkmen” Project, 2018

6. National legal expert-editor in “IVS 2020 translation into Turkmen” Project, 2020

Personal

Additional education and courses:

Business Advisory Group of EBRD

Period: October 2017

Course: “Project management in consulting companies” seminar-training, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Degree(s)/Diploma(s): Certificate of completion

Central European University, Business School, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Period: from-to(m/y): June 2013

Course: Business Integrity, Transparency and Compliance Workshop and Executive Training

Degree(s)/Diploma(s): Certificate of attendance

CIPA-EN Program

Period: from-to(m/y): 2012

Course: Law and Tax

Degree(s)/Diploma(s): Certificate of compliance

United States Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, USA

Period: from-to(m/y): April 2012

Course: SABIT Program: Intellectual property rights and Technology Commercialization

Degree(s)/Diploma(s): Certificate of training

Central European Summer University, Budapest, Hungary

Period: from-to(m/y) July 2000

Course: The Law of International Business Transactions

Degree(s)/Diploma(s): Certificate of completion

Professional qualifications

Passed examination and obtained the professional license for operating as a private lawyer in Turkmenistan.

Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat

Languages Spoken

Our staff speaks the following languages:

English

French

Russian

Turkmen

Uzbek

Azerbajani

Turkish

Chinese

Education

Awards

Industry Sector Expertise

Oil & Gas Industry Expertise

• Advise on drafting and negotiation of PSA and other oil and gas investment agreements

• Analysis and recommendations on the selection of corporate and other legal forms for preparing and implementing projects involving the exploration and use of natural and energy resources, the development of core documents (foundation agreements, charters, shareholder and other agreements) and the state registration of relevant entities

• Legal support for the daily operations of entities operating in the energy and natural resources sector (corporate, operational, environmental, commercial, tax, employment and other aspects)

• Legal advice on the construction, modernisation and maintenance of energy and natural resources facilities, as well as on energy saving and energy efficiency issues

• Legal consulting on the matters related to the crude oil and oil products and liquid petroleum gas export-import operations

Experience

Nexia Turkmenistan Group's firms also provide:

Audit: professional financial audit service, reviews of financial statements, and other assurance and related services engagements;

Advisory: business & investment planning and consulting, management consulting (including strategy and market research); and tax, accounting, commercial, corporate advisory and consulting on doing business in Turkmenistan;

Appraisal: professional appraisal service, expertise and other services related to appraisal.

Work Highlights

Participated in several seminars organized by the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights, UNHCR, Turkmen State University, UN Development Program, American Bar Association and OSCE.

• Legal regulation of social-economic problems of the refugees in Turkmenistan.

• Legal regulation of migration processes in Turkmenistan.

• General principles of civil-procedural law (International aspects of civil-procedural law).

• Gender equality pursuant to the Constitution and effective legislation of Turkmenistan.

• Formation of civil opinion for prevention of drug abuse amongst young people.

• Investment climate in Turkmenistan and venture financing opportunities

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Turkmenistan

Clients

For more than 27 years of professional activity our Group has participated in many projects. Hereby, we provide a list of our clients, which are foreign firms involved in activities in Turkmenistan. The Group has served these companies within different time-periods and has provided legal, tax and other advisory services.

List of Clients

1. General Electric, USA

2. ABB Vetco Gray Eastern Limited

3. Burren Resources Petr. Ltd. (ENI)

4. British Gas International Ltd.

5. Schneider Electric Industry AO

6. RWE AG

7. Berlanga Turkmenistan BV

8. CUDD Pressure Control, Inc.

9. Marathon International Petroleum, Ltd

10. Merrill Lynch (via Ashurst LLP)

11. Weatherford Oil Tools Middle East

12. Bumi Armada Berhad Sdn. Bhd.

13. Nokia Siemens Titoliken Oi

14. AET UK Limited

15. M-I Drilling Fluids U.K. Limited

16. Petrofac International LLC

17. Parker Drilling AME Limited

18. Tatneft JSC

19. ReedHycalog LP Eastern

20. MAN Turbo AG

21. CITO Petroleum (M) Sdn Bhd

22. Sikom Supplies Sdn. Bhd.

23. EP Engineering Sdn. Bhd.

24. Canneft Inc.

25. OSCA Caspian Ltd. 26. Safar Onshore & Offshore Gas and Oilfields Services

27. UMW Oilpipe Services Sdn. Bhd.

28. Scomi Oiltools Ltd.

29. GAC Marine S.A.

30. PGS Geophysical AS Co.

31. Alcatel AG

32. International Logging Overseas, Inc.

33. Smith Services B.V.

34. ExxonMobil (via ELIG law firm)

35. Schlumberger Lojelco Inc.

36. WesternGeco Overseas Inc.

37. Bentec GmbH

38. BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd.

39. Halliburton International, Inc.

40. Lukoil Europe Holdings B.V.

41. Rosneft

42. Maersk Contractors Turkmenistan

43. MEGAGAZ JSC

44. Caspian Mainport LLC

45. Sumitomo Corporation

46. Siemens AG

47. Microsoft Co., etc.