Olympex Advisers LLP

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.

English, Russian, Kazakh

Member of the Bar Association of Akmola region from 2016-2024,

Member of the Chamber of Legal Consultants «Kazakhstan Bar Association».

Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, Faculty of National and International Law (diploma with honors, with entry in the Golden Book), 2006 International Academy of Business, Faculty of Economics, Management and Entrepreneurship (diploma with honors), 2009 Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, Faculty of Financial, Administrative and Constitutional Law, Master of Law degree 2012 Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2014.