Maxim Burak is a Partner at GRATA International in Astana. Maxim got a lot of experience and deep knowledge in the oil and gas industry, subsoil use and corporate transactions.
Maxim’s experience includes obtaining the refusal of the state from the priority right to purchase the alienated subsoil use rights in mergers and acquisitions, consulting subsoil users on local content, implementation of full legal support additional agreements to contracts for subsoil use, in particular regarding the extension of the exploration period and the percentages of Kazakhstani content and implementation Due Diligence contracts on subsoil use.
Education:
- Kazakh University of Humanities and Law, 2005-2009, LL.B, Diploma with Honors;
- Kazakh University of Humanities and Law, 2009-2011, LL.M, Diploma with Honors.
Practices:
- Oil & Gas;
- Contract Law.
Languages:
- English
- Kazakh
- Russian
Individual awards/rankings
Legal 500 EMEA, Leading Individual (Kazakhstan), 2022
Kazakhstan: Leading Individuals - Maxim Burak, Yerzhan Yessimkhanov, Assel Illyasova
Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Next generation partner
Legal 500, Next generation lawyer, 2020
Maxim Burak, who heads subsoil practice in GRATA's Astana office, was named as one of the Next Generation Partners for his expertise in subsoil use and corporate transactions.
Industries
Practice areas
Partner, Head of Subsoil Use Department (Astana)
Astana, Kazakhstan