‘Zhanat Nurmanagbetov is our key person, who is personally involved in all our requests, whether big or small. Very capable, client-oriented and highly professional.’

‘Strong client focus, very responsive and high quality advice and standards.’

‘An excellent team of professionals that can assist with a variety of IP legal issues.’

‘I would recommend Timur Berekmoinov to anyone who is looking for a great IP lawyer! He perfectly knows the Kazakhstani IP sector, works hard to master what the client is looking for, and is able to respond quickly and provide focused advice.’

‘The team is very professional and reactive. They ask the right questions in order to find the best solution for the client. I valued also a lot the transparency in pricing.’

‘I had a chance to work with Timur Berekmoinov. I valued a lot his quality to be available at any time, very responsive and efficient. Compared to the competitors he knows to organize the work in a way you get results very quickly. Very sociable, he also gave me some references regarding other legal matters within and outside his practice.’

‘The team are incredibly agile and adapted well to changing instructions and various ad hoc requests on Kazakh law including on matters of procedure and substantive contractual questions.’

‘We worked extensively with Yerzhan Yessimkhanov who not only provided excellent litigation advice but also acted as an effective gateway to the rest of the firm’s expertise, drawing together tax and TMT advice in the context of ongoing arbitration proceedings.’

‘The prices for the services and the quality of the services provided are satisfactory and flexible. We get the result on time and concrete – this is very important.’

‘We have worked with Baker & McKenzie’s Kazakhstan office for a long time. During these years we have enjoyed the exceptional level of professionalism, dedication and utmost engagement of BM team. Together we managed to realize huge and complex projects on Kazakh telco market and some of those projects were the first of such kind and unique in terms of new approaches and business models.’

‘Andrei Yorsh is the main partner of BM Kazakhstan office supporting us for many years. Andrei constantly shows deep expertise in various areas of legal practice, flexibility, out-of-the-box thinking and extraordinary ideation within complex and ever-changing industrial projects. From the execution side, Andrei is a person whom you can definitely trust that, whatever the case, documents will be prepared to the highest quality.’

‘I’ve worked with Legalmax on many IP cases in the CIS, in particular in the Central Asia region, during the last few years and I was constantly impressed by their responsiveness, good command of English, and quality of advice and services in general. The quality of their work is, in my opinion, superior to other firms in the region. It is very helpful that they cover multiple countries, which makes communication easier and allows for the same level of services across the region.’

‘It is a team of excellent attorneys who provide impressive results.’

‘Our company asked for advice on issues that do not have legal practice in our country. We received a detailed, in-depth report with recommendations for working with legislation.’

‘This law firm has unique experience and knowledge in IP, commercial and data privacy sectors. They demonstrated excellent communication and responsiveness.’

‘They can find solution in very difficult situations.’

‘I worked directly with Natalia Shapovalova. I can note the exceptional customer focus, flexibility and open-mindedness.’

‘This is a very client-oriented team with a high level of expertise.’