Deloitte TCF, LLP

The firm: Skilled and experienced Deloitte Legal* professionals work together with other Deloitte professionals in tax, consulting, risk- and financial advisory to guide their clients through a project in a coordinated way around the world. Deloitte Legal, present in over 84 countries, is able to provide holistic guidance around strategic business decisions as well as offer support services that can increase efficiency and reduce the cost of some routine legal activities. As part of the global Deloitte professional services network, Deloitte Legal helps you in delivering multinational legal solutions that are Consistent, Technology-enabled, Tailored, and Sensitized.

Deloitte TCF, LLP is part of the Deloitte Legal network. The practice in Kazakhstan provides holistic guidance around strategic business decisions, offering cost-effective support for routine legal activities.

The Kazakh legal group was established with the goal of enhancing the ability of Deloitte to offer its clients an integral approach to their business needs and to deliver comprehensive top-notch legal advice in a more diversified and cost-effective manner. The firm has acted as counsel for numerous clients including local companies, multinational and foreign investors advising them on choosing optimal legal solutions. It provides legal expertise and advice, transaction support services and legal assistance in the day-to-day running of companies.

The goal of the Kazakh legal group is the success of its clients. Truly effective help to clients is possible not only through the wide scope of services it renders and the professionalism of Deloitte Legal group’s lawyers, but also thanks to many years of extensive international practical experience. The integrated network of Deloitte offices worldwide and the close collaboration among lawyers from different countries ensures that clients receive the full range of high-quality professional services on demand.

With 16 legal professionals in Kazakhstan, Deloitte Legal* offers competent yet pragmatic advice in many fields of national and international business law. Our professionals provide tailored solutions for demanding projects and complex domestic and international transactions. And we offer even more: Multidisciplinary advice incorporating tax, consulting, risk- and financial advisory.

Whether family-owned smaller and medium-sized companies, listed stock corporations or international groups of companies—with our service lines Commercial, Corporate/M&A, Employment Law & Benefits, and Legal Management Consulting , Projects, energy and natural resources, Real estate, Litigation we cover those fields of business law that are important for our clients.

Collecting and combining multidisciplinary expertise in our industry groups Financial Services, Energy, Resources and Industrials, Consumer, TMT, and LSHC enables us to render interdisciplinary advice which anticipates industry- or sector-specific trends and developments. And thereby help our clients to face the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory and economic environment.

We understand legal advice not as an isolated component, but as a contribution to a comprehensive solution of the issues that our clients face. Working together with our Deloitte colleagues we can help our clients in taking informed decisions in the context of legal as well as other business considerations.

Areas of practice
Commercial law solutions: Companies are facing an increasing number of business challenges globally including more rigorous regulations and enforcement by local authorities in the countries where they operate. As experienced advisers with a practical focus Deloitte Legal* can help clients meet these challenges and develop commercial solutions. Our experience and expertise allow us to provide businesses facing complex legal regulations and challenges with personalized, tailor-made services. Services included but not limited to are:

• Commercial Advisory
• IP for BEPS: Transfer Pricing of Intangibles
• Data Protection
• Full-Scale Pre-Insolvency Solutions
• Commercial Contracts
• Transfer Pricing Documentation
• Dispute Resolution (including tax litigation)

Corporate and mergers and acquisitions solutions: Deloitte Legal* provides a full range of corporate law services from complex advisory services related to major business life events (including advising in restructuring and mergers and acquisitions processes) through to general secretarial services. Services included but not limited to are:

• M&A Transactions
• Integrated Due Diligence
• Corporate Law, Corporate Governance
• Corporate Reorganizations
• Shareholders Agreement & Joint Ventures
• Post-Merger Integration

Legal and tax services to startups: Turbulent economic times require companies to be agile and flexible in their staffing to remain competitive. Complex polices, frequent legislative changes and global operations make managing employee relations and compliance with employment law challenging for businesses. Deloitte Legal* provides businesses with the advice they need to make informed decisions and comply with a multitude of regulatory and procedural requirements and minimise their exposure as the result of a conflict (including litigation if appropriate). Services included but not limited to are:

• Employment Law & Benefits solutions
• Compensation & Benefits
• Individual Employment Law
• International Employment Remodeling
• Human Cloud
• Legal Mobility Services
• Social Security

Legal management consulting (LMC):  It is a new approach and a new discipline, developed by lawyers in corporation with other relevant experts. With this collection of models, frameworks, and systems, Deloitte Legal* helps in-house lawyers run their departments more efficiently and meet the needs of their business more comprehensively. Services included but not limited are:

• Legal Department Strategy & Operations Consulting
• Legal Technology Consulting
• Multinational Corporate Entity Management
• Multinational Business Integrity and Legal Risk Management

Real estate: Deloitte Legal* has extensive experience in conducting legal environmental due diligence for leading national oil and gas companies, including calculation of payments for environmental emissions, and reviews of reports re environmental emission; review, as well as identification of risks and ways of mitigating them.Litigation: Deloitte Legal* is well experienced in implementing the appeal procedures with the relevant government and judicial authorities, specifically in providing advice on tax/transfer pricing/environmental/employment and other disputes and appeals, and representation of clients’ interests in court.

* “Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.

Main work contacts
Commercial law – Olessya Kirilovskaya,
Assel Assubayeva
Corporate law/M&A – Olessya Kirilovskaya,
Assel Assubayeva
Employment law and benefits –Olessya Kirilovskaya, Assel Assubayeva, Dilbara Kozhamkulova
Legal management consulting – Olessya Kirilovskaya
Projects, energy and natural resources – Olessya Kirilovskaya, Dariga Tokpayeva, Assel Assubayeva
Real estate –  Olessya Kirilovskaya, Dariga Tokpayeva, Assel Assubayeva
Litigation – Olessya Kirilovskaya

Other offices: 84+ countries
Languages: English, Kazakh, Russian
Number of legal professionals: at this office: 10
in this country: 10
worldwide: 2,500+
International groupings: Deloitte Legal* worldwide network