- Advising Polymetal on its $600 million acquisition of Bakyrchik Mining Venture;
- Advising Kazatomprom on its acquisition 25%+1 share in Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant;
- Advising (as Kazakh local counsel) Nord Gold, an international low-cost gold producer, a unit of Russian steelmaker Severstal, on the $1 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange;
- Advising (as Kazakh local counsel) Nord Gold in respect of the US Notes Offering for $500 million at the Irish Stock Exchange;
- Advising Cammex (Kazakh large gold producer) on its $200 million sale to Verniy Capital and Kazzinc;
- Advising NCOC (operator of Kashagan, the world's largest oil discovery of the last 40 years) on corporate and regulatory matters, state inspections, environmental disputes;
- Representing CNPC Aktobe Munai Gaz in its environmental disputes in Kazakhstan;
- Representing Sinopec Engineering in its tax and custom disputes in Kazakhstan;
- Representing Sinopec Exploration and Production in its tax and custom disputes in Kazakhstan;
Battle of the Titans in the Astana International Financial Centre Court
The Partners of GRATA International (Askar Konysbayev and Baizhan Bekzhanov) and the London office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (Partner Roman Khodykin, Senior Associate Nadia Hubbuck and Associate Elena Matlak) successfully participated in the largest to date (worth over USD 330 million) case in the history of the Astana International Financial Centre Court ("AIFC Court") between shareholders of one of Kazakhstan's largest oil companies.
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Almaty, Kazakhstan