PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Practising lawyer / Author of the course "AI for Lawyers" / Lawyer developing digital tools for legal work
Experience in LegalTech and AI training
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chief lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, of which more than 16 years — in the oil and gas industry and subsoil use. Expert in litigation, supporting subsoil users, corporate and tax law. Experience of managing legal departments, liaising with government bodies and supporting strategically important projects with a multi-billion economic effect for business.
February 2025 — present
Absolute Oil Ltd (oil production)
Chief Lawyer
• Managing the company's legal function and organising the work of the legal department.
• Comprehensive support of the subsoil user's activities, including transactions, corporate matters and liaison with government bodies.
• Defending the company's interests in court and handling disputes.
• Legal support of activities within the AIFC.
• Advising management on subsoil use, tax, labour and corporate law.
April 2024 — January 2025
Independent legal consultant / lawyer training
• Advising businesses on complex legal issues.
• Delivering training programmes and advanced training for legal department staff.
February 2012 — March 2024
Alties Petroleum International B.V., Firma Ada Oil LLP (oil production and exploration)
Head of the Legal Department / Deputy Regional Director for Legal Affairs
Key achievements:
• More than 16 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
• 90% of court disputes won.
• Delivered an economic effect for the company of more than 1.5 billion tenge in two court cases.
• Initiated solutions that allowed the company to avoid costs of more than 50 billion tenge.
• Successful experience of liaising with government bodies and supporting subsoil user procurement.
• Practical experience with SAP and the Paragraph Lawyer system.
June 2008 — February 2012
Alties Petroleum International B.V.
Contracts Lawyer
• Legal support of the company's contract activities.
• Defending the employer's interests in court.
• Advising on subsoil use, tax and labour legislation.
January 2007 — June 2008
Kaisar Legal Agency LLP
Director
• Managing the law firm.
• Organising legal services for corporate clients.
• Court representation, registration of legal entities, support of tender procedures.
Education
1993-1998 — Kazakh State Law Institute, Almaty.
Specialisation — business law.
Qualification — lawyer.
FURTHER EDUCATION
2026 — Employer risks upon termination of the employment contract: grounds and procedure for formalising an employee's dismissal, N. V. Gilyova, Borovoye.
2025 — Course "AI for the Lawyer 3.0"
2025 — Cybersecurity course, AqylTech.
2025 — AI in HR: speeding up processes and cutting costs.
2025 — Kazakhstan Legal Forum 2025.
2025 — Seminar on: "Procedure and Specifics of Sending Notices on Obligations under a Subsoil Use Contract. Monitoring the Fulfilment of Contractual Obligations. Auctions and Contract Extensions. Central Commission on Field Development. Planned Changes to the Procurement Rules for Goods, Works and Services in 2025, the Tizilim Platform".
2025 — Regulation of labour relations in the AIFC, AIFC Academy Limited training programme
2025 — Legal tech lawyer course from Doczilla Academy (lecturer: Aziza Stepanyan)
2025 — Neural networks in a lawyer's work, practical course (9 academic hours) from NEXTLEGAL.PRO (lecturer: Olga Valentinovna Alpatova)
2023 — Contractual obligations of subsoil users with the latest amendments and additions
2023 — Legal aspects of subsoil use. Court practice. Consideration of subsoil users' applications by the Expert Commission.
2023 — Contract law. S. I. Klimkin.
2020 — training "General Mediation Course", Almaty, National Chamber of Mediators.
2019 — course "International Commercial Law", Almaty, AIFC Court and International Arbitration Centre.
2019 — conference "Transnational Business Law: Erasing Borders", Almaty, NARXOZ.
2018 — course "Applying Current Legislation in Subsoil Use", Almaty.
2017 — seminar "Tax Control under the New Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan", Almaty.
2017 — seminar "Legal Aspects of Ensuring Industrial Safety at Hazardous Production Facilities in the Oil and Gas Industry", Almaty.
2017 — seminar "Effective Interaction between Enterprises and Government Bodies during Environmental Inspections", Almaty.
2017 — seminar "Explaining the New Approaches of the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 'On Subsoil and Subsoil Use'. Basic Principles of Interaction with Government Bodies on Oil and Gas Operations", Astana.
2017 — course "Time Management: 'Effective Time Management'".
2017 — seminar "Labour Disputes: Their Causes. Procedure for Resolving a Labour Dispute in the Conciliation Commission", N. Gilyova, Almaty.
2016 — training programme "Fundamentals of Mediation and Negotiation", Kazakhstan Mediation Centre.
2016 — course "Legislative Regulation of Labour Relations Taking into Account Amendments and Additions to the Labour Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan", N. Gilyova, Aktobe.
2015 — seminar "Legal Aspects of Labour Legislation with the Latest Amendments", Almaty.
2015 — seminar "Leadership, Team and Personal Effectiveness", Almaty.
2014 — seminar "Practical Issues of Relations between Subsoil User Companies and the Competent Authority in Fulfilling Contractual Obligations" (organised by the Oil and Gas Industry Staff Development Centre branch).
2014 — seminar "Planned Changes to the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Subsoil Use. The Law 'On Subsoil and Subsoil Use': Problems of Enforcement and Directions for Improvement" (organised by Subsoil Consulting Company).
2013 — seminar "Improving the Effectiveness of the Legal Department", Almaty.
2013 — VIII Kazakhstan Forum of Corporate Lawyers (litigation practice, application of labour legislation, corporate legislation, legal regulation of activities in natural resources, tax control and tax risks, legal issues of corporate governance), Almaty.
2013 — training "Introduction to Oil & Gas Global Trend", Seoul, Korea.
2013 — seminar "Transfer Pricing in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Practical Application".
2013 — seminar "Innovations in the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan Regulating the Procurement of Goods, Works and Services in Subsoil Use Operations, Local Content in Goods, Works and Services, Local Content in Staff, with Amendments and Additions" (organised by Successful Development Company).
2012 — Legal English course, Cambridge Law Studio, Cambridge, England.
2010 — training "Kazakhstan Content in Goods, Works and Services in Subsoil Use Operations" (organised by Nurikon).
2009 — advanced training courses "Technical English" (organised by Language Solutions Kazakhstan).
2009 — advanced training courses "Effective Resolution of Tax Disputes" (organised by the Centre for Advanced Training of Advocates and Bar Staff of the Union of Advocates of Kazakhstan).
2009 — advanced training courses "Reducing Employer Risks upon Termination of Employment" (organised by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
2009 — advanced training courses "The New Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2009" (organised by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
2008 — advanced training courses "Legislative Regulation of Labour Relations under the Labour Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (Almaty).
2008 — advanced training courses in English (Aseras International Training Centre).
2008 — advanced training courses "Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering".
2006 — course "Kazakh for Beginners".
2006 — course "Fundamentals of Microsoft Office PowerPoint".
2005 — course "Fundamentals of Adobe PageMaker 7.0".
2005 — Internal auditors of the quality management system.
2004 — Quality management systems under ISO 9000:2000.
2004 — Introduction of the training course "Human Development" at universities in Kazakhstan (organised by UNDP).
2004 — courses "Fundamentals of Combating Corruption".
2002 — training "Fundamentals of Consumer Knowledge".