Mr Gani Ashimkhan > Dentons > Almaty, Kazakhstan > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
135 ABYLAI KHAN AVENUE
050000 ALMATY
Kazakhstan

Work Department

M&A, Corporate

Position

Partner, Head of Corporate Practice

Career

  • Partner, Dentons, Almaty, 2020 – present
  • Counsel, Dentons, Almaty, 2017–2020
  • Senior Associate, Dentons, Almaty, 2013–2016
  • Associate, Dentons (formerly Salans), Almaty, 2011–2013
  • Legal Assistant, Litigation and Arbitration Division, Herbert Smith LLP, United Kingdom, 2006–2011
  • Legal Officer, Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan, Astana, 2001–2004

Memberships

  • Kazakhstan Bar Association

Education

  • BPP Law School, United Kingdom, 2009 г., Graduate Diploma in Law
  • University of Hull, United Kingdom, 2005 г., LLM
  • Ministry of Justice of Japan Training course, 2003, International IP Rights
  • Kazakh State National University, 2000, bachelor’s degree in law

Personal

Gani Ashimkhan is a partner and head of the M&A and Corporate practices at Dentons Kazakhstan.

As practice head, Gani leads the team on cross border M&A and regulatory approvals, joint ventures, general corporate transactions and corporate reorganizations.

Since joining Dentons Kazakhstan in 2011, Gani has been at the forefront of negotiating deals for clients across various industries, such as aviation, banking and finance, transportation services, real estate management, telecommunications, medical services, industrial production, subsoil use, real estate and construction as well as related areas. His clients include major players from private equity funds, banks and financial organizations, subsoil users, Astana International Financial Center participants as well as private clients.

Lawyer Rankings

Kazakhstan > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Next Generation Partners)

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Dentons is routinely engaged in advising a range of clients from private clients to state-owned companies on a variety of cross-border transactions, including acquisition finance, joint ventures, and acting on both buy and sell sides in acquisitions. The team, led by Gani Ashimkhan and Abai Shaikenov, covers a wide range of industry sectors, with expertise in advising clients in shipping, mining and financial services. Olga Uriupinskaia advises Kazakh clients on M&A and other cross-border transactions and Bakdaulet Imanbayev recently joined the firm from Centil Law and covers various issues in corporate and commercial law.