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Deloitte TCF, LLP > Almaty, Kazakhstan > Firm Profile

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Deloitte TCF, LLP > The Legal 500 Rankings

Kazakhstan > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 2

Deloitte TCF, LLP is an international firm, connecting the Kazakhstan branch with a network of lawyers and other professional services across the region. In the field of banking, finance and capital markets, it has worked with banks across multiple jurisdictions. Almaty-based partner Agaisha Ibrasheva brings over 20 years of experience, supported by Olessya Kirilovskaya and Nur-Sultan-based Dariga Tokpayeva .

Practice head(s):

Agaisha Ibrasheva

Other key lawyers:

Olessya Kirilovskaya; Dariga Tokpayeva

Kazakhstan > Energy and natural resources Tier 2

Agaisha Ibrasheva, who heads up the practice at Deloitte TCF, LLP, is a well-known name among clients in the oil and gas sector. Prior to joining the firm, she worked in-house at several of the biggest oil companies in Kazakhstan. Ibrasheva assists clients with structuring M&A deals, subsoil use and environmental issues, among other areas. Olessya Kirilovskaya and Dariga Tokpayeva are other key practitioners in the group, which also handles the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements, licensing and permits and employment matters. Elsewhere, the firm is increasingly active in the renewables industry.

Practice head(s):

Agaisha Ibrasheva

Other key lawyers:

Olessya Kirilovskaya; Dariga Tokpayeva

Testimonials

‘Professional team. Quick responses. Clear and well-presented reports.’

Kazakhstan > Tax and customs Tier 2

Deloitte TCF, LLP is an international firm, connecting the Kazakhstan branch with a network of lawyers across the region. Its tax services cover tax reviews, tax structuring, transfer pricing, accounting and compliance. Almaty-based partner Agaisha Ibrasheva, who has over 20 years of experience, is supported by Yeldos Syzdykov and Andrey Zakharchuk.

Practice head(s):

Andrey Zakharchuk; Yeldos Syzdykov; Aidana Abdaliyeva

Other key lawyers:

Agaisha Ibrasheva

Kazakhstan > Dispute resolution Tier 3

Deloitte TCF, LLP is a particularly good choice for tax disputes, including disputes involving customs issues, tax audits and tax audit appeals. Other areas of strength are commercial and environmental disputes, including those against state entities. Adept at litigation and arbitration, the practice takes on domestic and cross-border matters, frequently joining forces with colleagues from the firm’s many offices abroad. Additionally, the practice is experienced in administrative and enforcement proceedings. Agaisha Ibrasheva in Almaty is the head of the practice. Director Olessya Kirilovskaya, whose expertise includes oil and gas and construction disputes, is also noted.

Practice head(s):

Agaisha Ibrasheva

Other key lawyers:

Olessya Kirilovskaya; Dariga Tokpayeva

Kazakhstan > Real estate and construction (including projects) Tier 3

Deloitte TCF, LLP, which has a strong profile among domestic and international clients, assists with drafting and reviewing EPC and O&M contracts, regulatory market studies and obtaining permits/licences/consents for construction projects, among other matters. Almaty-based partner Agaisha Ibrasheva has over 20 years of private practice experience.

Practice head(s):

Agaisha Ibrasheva

Other key lawyers:

Olessya Kirilovskaya; Dariga Tokpayeva

Kazakhstan > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 4

Working alongside the professional services firm's broader network, Deloitte TCF, LLP's commercial law department advises on matters of corporate reorganisation, corporate governance, M&A, regulatory reporting, legal due diligence, structuring and related work. Almaty-based partner Agaisha Ibrasheva heads the practice, working with Olessya Kirilovskaya  and Nur-Sultan-based Dariga Tokpayeva.

Practice head(s):

Agaisha Ibrasheva

Deloitte TCF, LLP > Firm Profile

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
– Agaisha Ibrasheva, Olessya Kirilovskaya,
Assel Assubayeva
Corporate law/M&A – Agaisha Ibrasheva, Olessya Kirilovskaya,
Assel Assubayeva
Employment law and benefits – Agaisha Ibrasheva, Olessya Kirilovskaya, Assel Assubayeva, Dilbara Kozhamkulova
Legal management consulting – Agaisha Ibrasheva, Olessya Kirilovskaya
Projects, energy and natural resources – Agaisha Ibrasheva,
Olessya Kirilovskaya, Dariga Tokpayeva, Assel Assubayeva
Real estate –  Agaisha Ibrasheva, Olessya Kirilovskaya, Dariga Tokpayeva, Assel Assubayeva
Litigation – Agaisha Ibrasheva, Olessya Kirilovskaya, Maxim Bazhenov,
Alibi Akylas

Other offices: 84+ countries
Languages: English,Kazakh,Russian
Number of legal professionals: at this office: 12
in this country: 16
worldwide: 2,500+
International groupings: Deloitte Legal* worldwide network

Main Contacts

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Commercial Agaisha Ibrasheva
Commercial Olessya Kirilovskaya
Commercial Assel Assubayeva
Corporate/M&A Agaisha Ibrasheva
Corporate/M&A Olessya Kirilovskaya
Corporate/M&A Assel Assubayeva
Tax controversy Olessya Kirilovskaya
Employment Law & Benefits Dilbara Kozhamkulova
Employment Law & Benefits Agaisha Ibrasheva
Employment Law & Benefits Olessya Kirilovskaya
Employment Law & Benefits Assel Assubayeva
Legal Management Consulting Agaisha Ibrasheva
Legal Management Consulting Olessya Kirilovskaya
Projects, energy and natural resources Assel Assubayeva
Projects, energy and natural resources Olessya Kirilovskaya
Projects, energy and natural resources Dariga Tokpayeva
Projects, energy and natural resources Agaisha Ibrasheva
Real estate Agaisha Ibrasheva
Real estate Olessya Kirilovskaya
Real estate Dariga Tokpayeva
Real estate Assel Assubayeva
Environment Yelena Ryzhkova
Litigation Agaisha Ibrasheva
Litigation Olessya Kirilovskaya
Litigation Maxim Bazhenov
Litigation Alibi Akylas
Dispute resolution Yelena Ryzhkova
Real estate Agaisha Ibrasheva
Banking, finance and capital markets Olessya Kirilovskaya
Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping Yelena Ryzhkova

Lawyer Profiles

PhotoNamePositionProfile
Shayakhmetov Arman photo Shayakhmetov ArmanLawyerView Profile
Ospanbekova Assem photo Ospanbekova AssemLawyerView Profile
Assel Assubayeva photo Assel AssubayevaSenior LawyerView Profile
Agaisha Ibrasheva photo Agaisha IbrashevaLegal PartnerView Profile
Aziza Khalikova photo Aziza KhalikovaJunior LawyerView Profile
Olessya Kirilovskaya photo Olessya KirilovskayaLegal DirectorView Profile
Dilbara Kozhamkulova photo Dilbara KozhamkulovaLawyerView Profile
Zairbek Nurakhan photo Zairbek NurakhanJunior LawyerView Profile
Karina Shamsutdinova photo Karina ShamsutdinovaJunior LawyerView Profile
Dariga Tokpayeva photo Dariga TokpayevaSenior LawyerView Profile
Madina Yerdenova photo Madina YerdenovaLawyerView Profile

Staff Figures

Number of lawyers : 2,000+
at this office : 10

Languages

English
Kazakh
Russian

Memberships

Deloitte Legal worldwide network

Other

Other offices : Aktau
Other offices : Astana
Other offices : Atyrau

Deloitte TCF, LLP > Firm Profile

Firm overview: Skilled and experienced Deloitte Legal* practitioners work collaboratively with other Deloitte professionals in tax, consulting, risk and financial advisory to guide their clients through challenges in a coordinated way around the world. Deloitte Legal*, present in over 80 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 Deloitte organization (the global network of member firms and related entities), Deloitte Legal* helps clients in delivering multinational legal solutions that are consistent, technology-enabled, tailored, and sensitized.

Kazakhstan Deloitte TCF, LLP is part of the Deloitte Legal network. 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.

Deloitte Legal* offers pioneering, yet pragmatic advice in many fields of national and international business law. Its professionals provide tailored solutions for demanding projects and complex domestic and international transactions. It offers 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—Deloitte Legal* covers the fields of business law that are important to our clients.

Deloitte Legal* understands legal advice not as an isolated component, but as a contribution to a comprehensive solution of the issues that companies face. Working with other Deloitte colleagues, Deloitte Legal* can help clients to make informed decisions in the context of legal as well as other business considerations.

* “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 areas of practice: Deloitte Legal organizes its market offerings around three key areas:

Legal Management Consulting
Deloitte’s Legal Management Consulting (LMC) services were developed in collaboration with experts from across Deloitte practice areas such as mainstream management consultancy, risk advisory, tax management consulting, and, of course, legal. The services are configured to identify opportunities to help the General Counsel and the legal department as a whole achieve their desired state: Deloitte practitioners from numerous disciplines collaborate on a long-term roadmap to realize the client’s vision. They benchmark that roadmap with achievable goals, and work with the client from inception to completion.

Deloitte Legal’s LMC services includes assessing and developing legal operating models, evaluating and reconfiguring internal legal processes, developing frameworks for legal risk management, assisting with sourcing (balancing in-house resources with external third party providers), developing and deploying legal technology architecture, and facilitating tailored labs to develop solutions.

Legal Managed Services
Deloitte’s Legal Managed Services were developed to help legal departments keep up with the demands from their businesses for support on a range of legal issues. The legal professionals employ technology (such as dTrax – Deloitte’s award-winning contract management solution) and proven methodologies to act as an extension of a company’s in-house legal team, driving efficiencies through process improvement, and providing support and guidance to help enable their focus to shift to more strategic issues.

Support is offered for:

  • Contract lifecycle management
  • Legal document review and management
  • Any outsourced legal related service
  • Legal entity management
  • Legal project management
  • Legal staffing
  • Legal regulatory mapping

Legal Advisory
Deloitte Legal advisors assist multinational organizations with day-to-day activities as well as corporate life events across many jurisdictions. Deloitte Legal’s professionals leverage leading technologies to deliver efficient and transparent support for the everyday legal activities companies manage.

Deloitte Legal practitioners understand that global organizations are enormously complex organisms, and no one unit is sealed off from the rest. The multi-disciplinary, tech-enabled legal approach allows Deloitte Legal to address legal questions not just in the abstract isolated way but with a holistic understanding of what the client organization is trying to achieve.

With a client-centric approach, Deloitte Legal practitioners expand their knowledge about their clients, the industries they operate in, their regulatory and legislative environments around the world to bring more to the table and provide the best possible legal advice to clients.

Guidance, advice and support are offered in the areas of:

  • Corporate law
  • Digital law
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment law and benefits
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Regulatory and compliance
  • Private clients legal services
  • Real estate
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial law

Main work contacts

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

Main Contacts

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Tax and Legal Agaisha Ibrashevaaibrasheva@deloitte.kz+77272581340 (ext.4787)
Tax and Legal Olessya Kirilovskayaokirilovskaya@deloitte.kz+77272581340 (ext.8717)

Languages

English
Russian
Kazakh

Diversity


Deloitte in Kazakhstan adheres to principles of diversity, integration and corporate social responsibility, which generate new opportunities whereby we can improve market performance. By reinforcing our efforts in this direction, we treat integration and diversity as key resources, strengths and benefits.

  • Forward-thinking talent initiatives attract women and people of all ages to become a part of our team. Women currently account for over 65% of our Kazakhstan offices. Our youngest person is 18 and our oldest is 84!
  • We provide well-being and eco-programmes that aim to teach people about how to care for nature, the environment and each other.
  • Regular recognition programmes help integration and diversity at all levels, establishing links and creating networks with other people in the Caspian Region, at the same time removing distance.
  • Opportunities are created for charity initiatives, through which our people have traditionally dedicated over 500 hours to helping special needs’ children, orphans, war veterans and others.
  • Our annual Donor Days, in conjunction with the National Blood Centre and Red Crescent, have enabled more than 150 of our people to become donors.
  • Within the framework of our Pro Bono initiative, we have built up ties with various organisations such as the Astana Ballet.
  • Our leaders share their knowledge of diversity and integration, including with students at some of Kazakhstan’s leading universities, such as KIMEP, AlmaU, Narxoz, KBTU, SDU and others.

Recognising the importance of integration and diversity leadership, Deloitte Kazakhstan never rests on its laurels. We continue to introduce new initiatives and develop as changes are made to the world we live and operate in. This is why we concentrate our efforts and knowledge on treating everyone fairly and equally, whether they be within or outside our organisation.

Client Testimonials


CLIENT: Parker Drilling
COMPANY/FIRM: Parker Drilling
TESTIMONIAL: Parker Drilling Company operating in Kazakhstan hereby confirms that he service and support given to us by Deloitte in Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK) over the years has been of an excellent standard. Deloitte TCF LLP has a team of consultants who provided experienced and immediate support to our needs. One of the major asset of the company is reliability. The team in RoK has proven its ability to meet very strict deadlines that the nature of our business dictated. Deloitte’s dedication in providing us with assistance and support in a timely and efficient manner is commendable. I would not hesitate to recommend the services of Deloitte in RoK to anyone.


CLIENT: PetrolValves S.p.A.
COMPANY/FIRM: PetrolValves S.p.A.
TESTIMONIAL: In this letter, PetrolValves S.p.A. expresses its appreciation and gratitude to you for high quality services provided to us.

In total in the period of 2016 – up to current days, Deloitte TCF provided PetrolValves S.p.A. and its subsidiaries “PetrolValves Kazakhstan” LLP and “PetrolValves KIOS Kazakhstan” LLP full legal support, inter alia:

  • Legal consulting services, including full legal support of registration of a new entity, including drafting of all required documents;
  • Legal consulting in relation to the participation in tender including preparation of replies to the partners and exit strategy;
  • Preparation of notices of call for the general meeting of participants;
  • Legal assistance with the general meeting of participants and preparation of minutes of such held on 29 June 2020 and 8 September 2020 covering major issues of subsidiary activities;
  • Legal consulting in relation to the deadlock procedure and preparation of deadlock notices and exit offer;
  • Legal consulting in relation to the appointment and authorities of Deputy General Director, Chief Financial Officer and Sales Director;
  • Legal consulting in relation to the audit issues including preparation of request letters and replies to the partners;
  • Preparation of the Roadmap covering deadlock issues with options to proceed;
  • Preparation of power of attorneys for representatives for participation in the meeting regarding possible evaluation of the “PetrolValves KIOS Kazakhstan” LLP and exit process;
  • Full legal assistance with the sale of the participating interest in the local company until the closure of the deal, including registration with the National Bank.
  • Legal assistance with the change of address of subsidiary and ongoing assistance in labour matters.

The engaged team (Olessya Kirilovskaya, Assel Assubayeva, Dilbara Kozhamkulova, Assem Ospanbekova, Karina Shamsutdinova) showed full involvement and professionalism, and recommended Deloitte as reliable partner.

Interviews

Agaisha Ibrasheva, Legal Partner

Agaisha Ibrasheva, Legal partner of Deloitte TCF LLP, part of the Deloitte Legal network, discusses how the firm is adapting to clients' changing needs.

What do you see as the main points that differentiate Deloitte from your competitors?

Since Deloitte Legal first opened its doors in Kazakhstan and the Caspian Region over 20 years ago, we have been commended on many occasions for the excellent reputation we have built as a legal services provider for clients operating in the energy and resources, commercial and corporate, dispute resolution, and finance and banking sectors. Priding ourselves on our excellent commercial awareness, our advice is always tailored to client needs, and our understanding of the CIS market means we can deliver locally relevant approaches and innovative, practical, business driven solutions. As part of the Deloitte Legal network, we work seamlessly with our international colleagues, and promote an international culture that allows us to provide integrated and multi-jurisdictional advice.

We believe that the key is to understand our clients’ needs, so we can partner with them to resolve their most complex and challenging problems, and ultimately delivering the best results. I am proud to say that short-term gains never take priority over client needs and successes, and with that in mind, I am proud to be able to say that we have been with many of our clients since the early days, and cherish the stable and long-term relationships we have built up with them. Our truly integrated one-stop shop approach, and our ability to work closely with other Deloitte member firm service lines, such as transaction services, consulting and advisory to name just a few, differentiates us from other legal services providers.

Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that?

I often discuss this very question with colleagues, and we all recognize the importance of developing further and strengthening areas where we already have a robust market reputation, such as M&A legal support; also focusing on existing areas of expertise such as HR audits and corporate outsourcing, which have proven to be invaluable to clients in their cost-saving initiatives. We believe that given the current economic uncertainty and market volatility, the demand for these products can only increase.

I truly believe our wide-ranging environmental experience makes us unique in the region, allowing us to develop further and tackle the real environmental concerns many of our clients are currently facing. We will also continue to focus on dispute resolution, primarily in relation to tax disputes and IP rights.

What’s the main change you’ve made in the firm that will benefit clients?

The constantly changing economic environment has meant we have had to become more adept at reporting important or relevant legislative changes among our clients. Our goal remains to stay abreast of new trends, changes and client demands, and have successfully adapted specific legal products to meet our clients’ changing needs.

Last year, when we had to adapt to working remotely, we focused on keeping our clients up to date with legislative changes and helping them understand the potential commercial impact of the pandemic. We launched a series of new and innovative legal alerts, and topical webinars, for which we received very positive feedback.

Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them?

Our business and innovations in technology are inextricably linked and the demand for technology-enabled business transformation services is growing rapidly. Deloitte, as you know, is a multi-discipline firm, and we have access to strong global and local technology professional networks that often work together to help clients resolve their most critical information and technology challenges.

Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business?

I am proud of my team’s many client successes, particularly in the subsoil use sector. For example, we recently developed comprehensive tax and legal structuring for a client’s business that spread across several jurisdictions, also advising on how best to set up its expat hiring process to take into account recent employment law and immigration restrictions.

For the same client, we also worked on financing contractual arrangements for the construction of a solar power plant.

We also held a series of renewable energy sector workshops covering a whole range of issues, from market entry requirements to project withdrawal. We also discussed the complex legislative requirements, related tax structuring options, construction approaches, best practices and a number of other relevant issues.

Given our longstanding and open relationship with the client, we were able to obtain significant feedback that confirmed the value the work we performed brought to the client’s business. Ultimately, after the positive feedback, I think the fact that the client is very willing to engage us for varied projects is the best evidence of its satisfaction with what we do.

Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time?

Clients need legal advisors who can assist in day-to-day activities as well as corporate life events across many jurisdictions. By being part of the global Deloitte member firm network, Deloitte Legal can provide holistic guidance around strategic business decisions, offering cost-effective support for legal activities. We will continue working in this area further, and in three years’ time aspire to be one of the top international firms providing legal services in Kazakhstan.


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