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Michael Wilson & Partners

NURLY TAU BUSINESS CENTER, 7TH FLOOR, BUILDING 1A, 5 AL-FARABI AVENUE, 050059 ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN
Tel:
Work +7 727 258 4890
Fax:
Fax +7 727 258 4894
Web:
www.mwp.kz
Email:
Baku, Almaty

Michael E. Wilson

Tel:
Work +77272584890 (switchboard)
Email:
Michael Wilson & Partners

Work Department

Director.

Position

Michael was the founding partner of an international law firm with a large presence in the CIS and has been a permanent resident in Kazakhstan since January 1995. Michael has initiated and led many of the major privatisations and other projects to date in Kazakhstan and has been involved in many of the largest projects in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. He has more than 13 years of experience practicing law in London and Sydney and more than 17 years in Central Asia & Russia.

Career

Member of Law Society of England and Wales and Major Projects Association; Founding Partner of Baker & McKenzie in Almaty (1994/95), Tashkent (1995), Bishkek and Astana (1997) and Baku (1998); Founding Partner of Michael Wilson & Partners Limited in Almaty (1998) and Baku (2003); Founding Member, Treasurer and Chairman of the European Business Association of Kazakhstan (1998-2004); Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan; Founding Member of the Business Lawyers Association of Kazakhstan; Selected by the EBRD as a member of the Foreign Investors Council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, being the leading foreign lawyer practising in Central Asia (1998).

Languages

English.

Member

Member of Law Society of England and Wales and Major Projects Association; Founding Member of the Business Lawyers Association of Kazakhstan; Selected by the EBRD as a member of the Foreign Investors Council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, being the leading foreign lawyer practising in Central Asia (1998).

Education

Manchester University, UK, 1980; Chester Law School, UK, 1981.

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