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Mr Abai Shaikenov
Work Department
Banking and Finance, M&A.
Position
Abai is a Managing Partner at Dentons Kazakhstan.
Abai has been actively advising clients in Kazakhstan and across the CIS for more than 20 years. He focuses on M&A and general corporate transactions including cross-border acquisitions and disposals, privatizations, as well as corporate finance transactions. His experience includes advising on the most complex and unique finance and M&A transactions in Kazakhstan such as the financial restructuring of bank RBK as well as sale of the entire capital of JSC SB “RBS (Kazakhstan)” to Mr Igor Kim.
Abai leads Dentons’ Banking and Finance practice in Kazakhstan. He has been the preferred legal counsel to the leading financial institutions and private investment firms in Kazakhstan for many years, including Citibank, Bank of China, ICBC, EBRD, IFC, Verny Capital and ADM Capital. Abai is a regular speaker at conferences and is a contributing author to many local and international legal and business publications.
Career
Managing partner- Dentons Kazakhstan, 1 January 2022- present
Partner – Dentons Kazakhstan (formerly Salans), Almaty (2005 – January 2022); Associate – Salans, Almaty (1996 – 2004). Qualified in 1996.
Languages
Russian, English, Kazakh.
Memberships
Kazakhstan Bar Association.
Education
TransAsional Summer University for international lawyers in Hong-Kong (Duke University, 1998); Kazakh State Legal Institute (Law Degree with honours, 1996).
Lawyer Rankings
Kazakhstan > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading individuals)Experienced in complex cross-border financing and capital markets transactions, Dentons provides a full service to clients within banking, finance and capital markets, covering deals in multiple areas such as syndicated financing, equipment leasing, asset finance, aviation finance, financial institutions regulation and debt capital markets. Managing Partner Abai Shaikenov advises Kazakh clients in complex and unique transactions, whereas Vassiliy Zenov is recognised for his skills in drafting banking and finance-related statutory amendments. Ali Imanalin is a name to watch for his broad practice involving complex cross-border transactions governed by English law.
Kazakhstan > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)Experienced partners Gani Ashimkhan and Abai Shaikenov head the corporate and M&A practice at Dentons in Almaty. The team handles a wide variety of matters, including high value acquisition finance, taxation in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, and is well known for its strength in proving clients with sector capabilities in areas of energy, mining and industrials. Victoria Simonova has a track record of work including acquisition of assets and other interests in companies in the oil and gas sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Kazakhstan
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Kazakhstan
- Leading individuals Kazakhstan > Banking, finance and capital markets
- Leading individuals Kazakhstan > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
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- Real estate and construction (including projects)
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