Baker & McKenzie - CIS, Limited‘s banking and finance practice group focuses on high-end cross border transactions for a vast range of international clients, and has a particular specialism in aviation finance matters. The practice is the sole central Asian member of the Aviation Working Group’s (AWG) Legal Advisory Panel. Azamat Kuatbekov leads the practice, and has experience advising major clients on dispute resolution, acquisitions, and financing. Igor Kolupayev covers M&A and tax matters, while Alexander Korchagin handles matters pertaining to banking, M&A, and capital markets issues.
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Key clients
- ING Bank
Work highlights
Advised a club of banks including ING Bank, ING Bank Singapore, Bank of China Limited Beijing, the Development Bank of Kazakhstan, Halyk Bank, and AB Bank of China Kazakhstan on the financing of the development of a soda ash production facility by the Yildirim Group in Kazakhstan.
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Practice head
Azamat Kuatbekov; Igor Kolupayev; Alexander Korchagin