PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
- Candidate of Legal Sciences (Kazakhstan)
- PhD (Czech Republic)
Diploma in English and European Law, The British Law Centre - Legal consultant with many years of experience in legal consulting in civil law, the law of obligations and contract law (Kazakhstani, European, English), expert in the legal regulation of artificial intelligence and AIFC legislation
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Contract law of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Legal review of contracts
- Assignment of claims (cession) in Kazakhstani law
- English Contract Law: obligations of the parties, structure of contracts, remedies, damages, force majeure, etc.
- Factoring: legal qualification, contract models, risks
- Financial and security instruments (pledge, suretyship, guarantees, independent guarantees, security assignment, etc.)
- Consulting support of commercial projects
- Teaching courses in civil law, contract law, the law of obligations, Roman law, security for the performance of obligations, English contract law and Legal Design.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CONSULTING PRACTICE
Legal consulting for commercial and financial projects
- Legal consulting (civil and commercial law, private international law)
- Drafting, analysing and reviewing civil law and commercial contracts
- Analysing contract models with regard to English contract law
- Resolving disputed contract wording in negotiations, including with foreign counterparties
- Advising on the assignment of claims (cession) and factoring under Kazakhstani and foreign legislation
- Reviewing contractual and financial structures for an audit company (assessing legal risks, compliance with legislation)
- Advising on the use of security instruments in commercial and financial transactions
- Analysing security for the performance of obligations under both Kazakhstani and European legislation
Expert in the legal regulation of AI
- Drafting the Code of Ethics for the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Caspian University
- Preparing analytical materials on copyright in works created using AI
- Expert assessment of the relationship between human creativity and automated content generation
- Developing ethical rules for the use of AI in corporations
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
World Justice Project. Expert participation in the international research project on the rule of law, legal regulation and access to justice (expert for Kazakhstan from 2023 to the present).
International project on transitioning accountants to international accounting standards with the support of USAID, the Pragma Corporation and Busar LLP (2003-2005).
WORK EXPERIENCE
2004 — 2008 — Kazakh Humanitarian Law University | Kazakhstan, Almaty
Position: lecturer at the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure
2008 —2016 — Adilet Higher School of Law, Caspian Public University, Kazakhstan, Almaty
Position: senior lecturer ⎪ from 2010 associate professor
2010 — 2016 — Busar LLP audit company
Position: Legal Adviser
Duties: Legal review of audited entities
2010 — 2015 — Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Position: Arbitrator of the International Arbitration and Arbitration Tribunal at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
February 2019 — 2022 Serkos s.r.o., Czech Republic
Position: administrative officer, lawyer
since 2020 Adilet Higher School of Law, Caspian Public University, Almaty
Education
- Moscow State Social University (with honours). Qualification: lawyer (2000)
- Kazakh Humanitarian Law University
- Almaty Law Academy: candidate's thesis on: "Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the Institution of Cession under the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan". Awarded the degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences (2010)
- Charles University, Faculty of Law (Prague, Czech Republic). Doctoral studies. Thesis topic: "Security of Debt in the Civil Law of the Czech Republic", defended 13.12.2022. Awarded the academic title of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- The British Law Centre, Diploma (Pass) in English and European Law // two-year Cambridge diploma course of the British Law Centres in Prague in cooperation with Charles University (2017 — 2019)
- ČVUT Czech language course (B2) (2016)
- Author of numerous publications in journals and monographs on cession, factoring, selected issues of Roman law and problems of security for the performance of obligations in various countries near and far (including in English and Czech). Participant of legal scientific and practical conferences and colloquia
