Olympex Advisers LLP

Asel Aguanova is an advisor and Managing Director for Business Support. She provides consulting services in the field of audit, tax and legal consulting. Her responsibilities include auditing foreign economic transactions for transfer pricing risks, preparing expert opinions on transfer pricing issues, participating in tax audit support, and appealing the results of notifications on tax audit reports. She has many years of successful experience in providing consulting services on issues of state control in the application of transfer prices, in particular, in preparing expert opinions, reporting on monitoring transactions, developing a methodology for pricing liquefied and natural gas, developing draft Resolutions of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on approving Pricing Rules (Methodology), drafting a draft law and regulatory legal acts on transfer pricing issues, to appeal the results of tax audits in pre-trial and court proceedings and to support tax audits.

Ainagul Akisheva

Ainagul Akisheva is the Director of the International Taxation and Securities Group, a professional accountant. She has many years of experience working in government agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan on international taxation issues. Participated in the development of the Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2017 and 2023, participated in the development of international treaties on the avoidance of double taxation, participated in the process of mutual agreement on controversial issues related to international taxation. She also participated in the development of amendments on the creation and operation of the Astana Hub International Technology Park and consulting on taxation of its participants.; Agreements between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation «On determining the status of process oil in the Tuimazy – Omsk – Novosibirsk -2 and Omsk–Pavlodar trunk oil pipelines»; implementation of the «Tax Free» system in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Actively participates in conducting tax audits and appealing the results of tax audits on international taxation issues.

Elmira Ermagambetova

Elmira Ermagambetova is the Director of the Tax Consulting and Appeal Group. She has a master's degree in economics and Business, as well as a lawyer. For more than 15 years, it has been providing services for conducting tax reviews, accompanying tax audits, providing explanations of tax legislation, and pre-trial and judicial appeals of tax audit results. She has experience working in the tax service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, also in providing consulting services on tax consulting, including international taxation issues. Participated in tax audits of companies in the oil and gas sector of Kazakhstan, the development of amendments and additions to tax legislation.

Bauyrzhan Knatov

Bauyrzhan Knatov is the Chairman of the Board of OLYMPEX ADVISORS LLP. He is a lawyer and financier who specializes in the fields of subsoil use, corporate governance, judicial support, ecology, project management, and rulemaking. He has 18 years of experience in senior positions in the group of companies of JSC National Company «KazMunayGas». He was a member of the working groups on concluding contracts for subsurface use. Bauyrzhan participated in the support of the adoption of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Subsoil and Subsoil use», the Concept of the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as legislative acts in the field of subsoil use. He was engaged in legal support of a number of large projects for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons on the offshore of the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea (Kurmangazy, Zhemchuzhiny, Zhambyl). By the decision of the Registrar of the Astana International Financial Center dated July 17, 2020, he was included in the list of lawyers entitled to represent interests in the AIFC court. Bauyrzhan received a bachelor's degree in law and Finance, as well as a Master's degree in Law and a Master of Business Administration.

Galiya Kurmanseitova

Galiya Kurmanseitova is Managing Director for Economics and Finance at Olympex Advisers. For more than 20 years, she has been providing clients with consulting services in the field of legal, financial, managerial and tax consulting. She has extensive experience in finance, accounting, and tax accounting, as well as experience in conducting tax reviews of large subsurface user companies. In addition, she participated in the provision of tax audit support services. She has the qualification of «Auditor of the Republic of Kazakhstan», the certificate of professional accountant of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the diploma of ACCA Diploma in the International Financial Reporting.

Position Miran Maulenov is a member of the Strategic Management Council. His specialization is in strategic management, corporate governance, project management, and rule-making. He is engaged in the general strategic management of the company, the development of new business areas, the expansion and diversification of the range of services. He has experience in conducting Legal Due Diligence, in providing services for the support of transactions for the purchase and sale of shares and/or shares (M&A), in providing services for the analysis of draft agreements on the construction of oil and gas infrastructure facilities (EPC contract) for companies, in providing services on international taxation, in providing legal services on amendments and additions to contracts for subsurface use, etc. He has extensive experience working in companies in the «quasi-public» sector. He worked at the Institute of Innovative Development «Center for Engineering and Technology Transfer», JSC «National Company «KazMunayGas», etc. Mirangraduated from the Kazakh Humanitarian Law Academy, and then received a master's degree from the same Academy. After that, he completed an internship at Cambridge University, Great Britain. In 2008, he was awarded the degree of Candidate of Law. Miran is an independent director of the «Republican Children's Rehabilitation Center» JSC at the National Medical Holding.

Akbota Nauryzova

Akbota Nauryzova is an advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Olympex Advisors. In the company, she provides consulting on legal support for legislative activities, conducts legal expertise and analytical research. Her specialization is legal consulting of subsurface use services, development and support of draft regulatory legal acts, legal support of production projects, review and legal expertise of draft legal documents, as well as advising clients on the application of the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Akbota graduated from the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law with honors and received a Master's degree in Jurisprudence. In 2009, she was awarded the degree of Candidate of Law and holds a license to practice law.

Dana Omarova is the head of the Tax Consulting practice. She is an accountant-economist, lawyer, and advises clients on taxation, tax support, business planning, tax audit support, pre-trial and judicial appeals of tax audit results, conducting tax reviews, developing tax accounting policies, and standard-setting activities on taxation issues. She has more than 9 years of experience in the tax service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, more than 17 years of experience in the consulting field and experience in providing services on international taxation issues. She provided consulting services to a number of large companies in the Republic of Kazakhstan (including oil and gas companies). Participated in the development of the Tax Codes of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She has a certificate of professional accountant of the Republic of Kazakhstan, an ACCA Diploma in the International Financial Reporting.

Asem Sabit is the head of the Transfer pricing practice. She has many years of experience in providing various advisory services on transfer pricing issues, namely, conducting expert analysis of foreign economic transactions for the export/import of goods, works, and services; compiling and submitting transaction monitoring reports to information system «Tax Reporting Processing System»; preparing an application for participation in an international group and submitting «three-tier» BEPS reporting; developing policy and pricing methodologies for the export/import of goods; tax audit support; successful appeal of the results of tax audits in pre-trial and judicial proceedings (preparation of a draft claim, tactics and strategies for client protection, collection of evidence, presentation at a meeting of the appeal commission at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, litigation, etc.); development of a pricing formula for export/import goods (oil, liquefied natural gas, natural gas, etc.), development of a draft agreement on the application of transfer pricing for the export of goods between the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the subsoil user; development of draft Rules (Methodology) of pricing for exported crude oil and gas condensate. She is also a member of the Working Group on Amendments and additions to the Law «On Transfer Pricing» and other regulatory legal acts. She graduated from Karaganda State University in 2007 with a degree in finance, interned under the International Oil and Petroleum Products Trade program in London, Great Britain, and is currently studying law at Bolashaq Academy.

Bayan Utegenova

Utegenova Bayan is the Director of the Tax Appeal, Lawmaking and Design and Financial Analysis Group.

Galymzhan Zhakupov

Galymzhan Zhakupov – Advisor, Chief of Staff. He carries out administrative and administrative activities, advises the tax consulting practice unit in order to effectively provide tax services, organizes work to clarify the provisions of tax and customs legislation, represent and protect the interests of clients in tax authorities and courts, also advises on taxation issues, the application of international agreements on the avoidance of double taxation, establishing responsibility for violations of tax legislation He has many years of experience working in government agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan on fiscal policy issues. He participated in legislative activities, including the development of the Tax and Customs Codes of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as legislation in the field of transfer pricing. Participated in the development of the draft Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On amendments and additions to the Tax Code regarding the improvement of taxation of large businesses»