KAIRAT SERIKPAYEV

Education

Sverdlovsk Law Institute, Sverdlovsk, USSR

Languages

Kazakh, Russian, English

Expertise and area of specialization

Kairat Serikpayev has been advising businesses and entrepreneurs on legal matters for more than 20 years while working for various international and Kazakhstan law firms. Throughout his carrier his main specializations were corporate issues, mergers and acquisitions and subsoil use transactions. His multiyear expertise includes also providing legal consultancy services in the area of capital market, corporate finance, establishment and activity of joint ventures, on cross-border transactions, and for private equity and venture funds.

Honors and Awards

- Recommended Lawyer for Mergers and Acquisition Transactions – Legal 500
- Mining Team of the Year in Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Lawyers, Academics and Consultants Awards
- Best Kazakhstan Lawyer in Corporate and M&A Practice Areas – Best Lawyer
- Leading Domestic Lawyer in Restructuring & Insolvency – Asian Law Profiles
- Leading Domestic Lawyer in Corporate/M&A and Energy & Natural Resources – Asian Law Profile
- Corporate Restructuring Lawyer of the Year in Kazakhstan – Global Law Experts
- Leading Oil & Gas Lawyer of the Year in Kazakhstan – Global Law Experts
- Recommended Kazakhstan Finance and Corporate Lawyer – IFLR 1000
- Kazakhstan Leading Lawyer – Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa
- Recommended lawyer in finance and corporate – IFLR1000, Annual Guide to the World’s Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms

Membership

Kazakhstan Association of Commercial Lawyers (KazBar)
Kazakhstan Association of Lawyers in Oil and Gas Business

Professional Certifications

Various certificates on completion of education in International Law, Investment Law, Corporate Law and Subsoil Law
Insolvency Administrator, Administrative Receiver and Bankruptcy Trustee