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Herbert Smith Freehills has a leading practice in Kazakhstan and has for many years served the needs of clients, across a range of sectors, doing business in the Republic. Our Kazakhstan Group supports clients with comprehensive, in-depth knowledge of the Kazakh legal and business environment.
We help our clients, both local and those investing into Kazakhstan, particularly in the energy sector, drawing on our experience negotiating with local interests on major projects. Through our extensive experience of advising on transactions and disputes in and relating to Kazakhstan, we understand how projects are managed in the region and the particular challenges they bring – whether in contentious or transactional matters, in JV matters, in procurement or against contractors.
Our team can work in Russian and English and coordinates activities between our global lawyers and local counsel.
We have advised on some of the largest energy and natural resources projects in the country, including Project Balkhash, Ekibaztus GRES, Tengiz, Karachaganak and the Kashagan oil and gas developments.
We can help you with:
a consortium of energy companies on contractor claims arising from productivity issues, disputed variation orders and related matters arising at an oil and gas megaproject in the Republic'
a multinational energy company on disputes arising from the recovery of tax payments from the Republic of Kazakhstan following the importation of oil and gas technology equipment
an international E&P company in Kazakhstan on pricing disputes arising under a 20 year GSA with an Asian counterparty and subject to expert determination
a Swiss corporate investor on investment treaty claims arising from tax audits, retrospective fines and penalties and the tax classification of its business model in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Balkhash Thermal Power Plant, a project company owned by Samruk-Energy and Samsung, on the construction, development, operation and financing of a 1,320MW coal-fired power plant in Kazakhstan, including EPC and O&M contracts, capacity purchase contract, coal supply contract
a consortium on the construction and operation of the "Big Almaty Ring Road" in Kazakhstan on a build-transfer-operate basis
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