AEQUITAS strengthens its team
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are happy to inform you about new professionals joining AEQUITAS team.
AISLU A. SHAIKENOVA Ms. Shaikenova is a new AEQUITAS Counsel in the firm's Dispute Resolution practice. Ms. Shaikenova is a former judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan who retired with honors. She has more than 36 years’ experience in court and law enforcement agencies. She initiated and personally led the drafting of practical recommendations on consideration of various categories of civil cases. Ms. Shaikenova represents AEQUITAS clients' interests in complicated cases. She specializes in the support of disputes involving property rights protection, application of banking, antitrust, insurance and intellectual property legislation |
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YELENA PESTEREVA Ms. Pestereva joined AEQUITAS banking and financial practice as a Counsel. She possesses significant experience in provision of support to projects in the sphere of banking and financial law, project financing, M&A, subsoil use and environmental legislation working with such international law firms as Deckert LLP, Chadbourne & Parke LLP and Denton Wilde Sapte. Yelena earned her LLM from the Georgetown University. Ms. Pestereva is a renowned lawyer in Kazakhstan and abroad, specifically recommended by Chambers & Partners and Best Lawyers legal guides in the sphere of banking and financial law, arbitration and mediation. |
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YELENA MANAYENKO Ms. Manayenko returned to AEQUITAS team after 5 years of work at a Kazakhstan office of the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. Her areas of specialization are corporate and commercial law, subsoil use, construction and antitrust legislation. Yelena regularly partakes in complex legal support of major M&A transactions and due diligence of companies. She acted as a key Kazakhstan coordinator for the transaction involving merger of Danone and Unimilk (2010). |
AEQUITAS partners' comments about new team members:
Olga Chentsova, Managing Partner: “Top-level lawyers is the principal component of a successful and responsible law firm, this is why we pay much attention to the formation of AEQUITAS professional team. Aislu Shaikenova, Yelena Pestereva and Yelena Manayenko's joining AEQUITAS team strengthens the firm's practice in different directions at once. We are sure that our work with them will be efficient and will bring much joy to both us and our clients.”
Valikhan Shaikenov, AEQUITAS Partner: “We are very happy to work with such bright professionals. We have been acquainted for many years with each of them and highly appreciate their sound experience and considerate approach to work. Their joining significantly enriched and strengthened our firm's team.”