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Areas of activity (practice)
Subsoil use
Corporate practice
Litigation
M&A
Expertise in law drafting
Antimonopoly regulation
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Erlicon CG
consulting firm
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Why ERLICON CG ?
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Our team is focused on effective results and successful solutions that meet the interests of our clients
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This is facilitated by the many years of practical experience of our experets,
reputation in the market, the complexity of the approach to solving issues, confirmed by the variety of offered practices
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The team includes qualified professionals who have been highly rated by reputable international legal agencies for many years (Legal 500, Chambers)
Examples from the practice of the company's specialists
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consulting support of government authorities of the RoK on subsoil use, conclusion of contracts, additions and changes
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Representing the interests of the largest oil and gas companies in negotiations on subsoil use contracts, consulting support on making amendments and additions to them (over 200 projects)
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Due diligence, M&A (verification of over 100 companies)
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Turnkey support in purchases / sales of the largest domestic oil and gas assets, incl. the largest transaction in 2009 in Kazakhstan
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Creation of joint ventures, incl. with the participation of large foreign investors and based on intergovernmental agreements
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Improvement of the corporate governance system ("turnkey") of large Kazakhstani companies, including national companies, in accordance with advanced international standards
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Legal support in the restructuring of large holdings, including the stages of model development, preparation of documents, implementation, coordination with government agencies
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Advising international organizations on large infrastructure projects, including concession projects, negotiations with government agencies
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Successful participation in dozens of litigations on various issues: subsoil use, ecology, corporate practice, tax relations, antimonopoly practice, etc. Appealing tax claims from tax authorities
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Participation in arbitration proceedings as an arbitrator, a representative of the parties. Assessment of the prospects for arbitration proceedings (including with the participation of the state), preparation of analytical documents, strategies and tactics of arbitration proceedings
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Participation in the development and consideration of draft laws at all stages of the legislative process (Government, Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan): the Code on Subsoil and Subsoil Use, legislation in the field of oil products, gas industry, ecology, amendments to the Tax Code, antimonopoly legislation, etc.
Diyar Yereshev
Managing partner
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More than 20 years of experience in jurisprudence in the areas of taxation, subsoil use, civil law, etc.,: experience in tax authorities, the legal department of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Legal Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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member of the Coordinating Council for the development of oil and gas branch of the Association KAZENERGY
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founder of the Kazakhstan Association of Independent Directors
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Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member of the Kazakhstan Arbitration Court
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Some examples from practice
advising the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on improving legislation in the field of subsoil use
participation in working groups for the Development of the draft Law "On Subsoil and Subsoil Use"
advising on the development of a draft Law "On Gas and Gas Supply"
consulting, participation in working groups on the development of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Subsoil and Subsoil Use"
participation in negotiations on the Zhemchuzhina PSA project between the MEMR of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Omanoil (Shell)
participation in negotiations on PSA projects "Tyub-Karagan", "Kurmangazy" and others.
participation in large M&A projects, incl. in the oil and gas industry
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Author of publications on subsoil use and taxation, court practice
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Member of the working group of the KAZENERGY Association on the preparation of comments to the Subsoil Code
Yessen Massalin
Managing partner
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20 years of experience in leading practices in leading law firms in Kazakhstan. Member of the National Assembly of the Chamber of Legal Consultants "KazBar"
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Founder of the Kazakhstan Association of Independent Directors
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Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member of the Kazakhstan Arbitration Court
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State license for the right to engage in advocacy
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Some examples from practice
Advising state-affiliated holdings, including their main subsidiaries, on various issues: corporate matters, investments, agreements with strategic partners, taxation, coordination with government regulators, etc.
Improving the corporate governance system of dozens of large domestic companies, including within the framework of the People's IPO program
Advising UNDP, Akimat of Almaty, EBRD on the implementation of large infrastructure projects
Engaged on an annual basis since 2011 by the World Bank as a regional legal expert to prepare Doing Business on business regulation in Kazakhstan
Leading a team on due diligence of large Kazakhstani holdings
Maintenance of large M&A projects, incl. in the oil and gas industry, including the largest deal in 2009 in Kazakhstan, as well as being nominated by the Financial Times (the Mergermarket) for the 2011 Young M&A Specialist award
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Author of over thirty publications on corporate governance, subsoil use, taxation, judicial practice, improvement of legislation;
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since 2011 regularly recommended by reputable global legal rating agencies (including Legal 500, Chambers and IFLR1000) as a leading lawyer in Kazakhstan and Asia.
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