Success of our clients is our foundation

Goldberg & Gilmore

Law firm

About us

Key facts

Goldberg & Gilmore is a full-service law firm based in Almaty. Our team consists of high caliber professionals, tax and legal experts with over ten years of experience working for the Big Four and international law firms.

Our clients are leaders in all sectors of economy including telecom, construction, energy and resources, FMCG, IT technologies, finance, shipping, logistics and pharmaceuticals.

We value each other and we value and support our clients all the way from their inception in Kazakhstan to their long-term success.

Key practices

Civil and Corporate Law

Advice on the civil and corporate law, construction and real estate, licensing, on securities, PPP and subsoil use laws, various contracts draft, review and negotiation (including SPA, employment, construction agreements (EPC, FIDIC)).

Formation and registration of legal entities (including drafting and negotiating foundation agreements).
Labour Law

Drafting of HR documentation in Kazakh, English and Russian
Drafting of employment agreements in two languages (i.e. English and Kazakh, Russian and Kazakh, English and Russian).

Advice on all labour matters including termination of labour relations, redundancies, disciplinary actions, secondments of employees, work permits advice for foreign employees, health and safety at a work place.
Litigation

Client representation in civil and administrative disputes (including tax and labour) before state authorities and courts of justice.

Legal analysis of a dispute in question and preparation of the relevant claims and documentations.
International Arbitration.
Alternative Dispute Resolution.
M&A structuring

Due diligence of a target company/assets.
Advice on mergers and acquisitions (i.e. antimonopoly and currency regulations).

Drafting and negotiating of an SPA.
Preparation and analysis of all the necessary documents.
Finance and Investments

Advice on foreign investments, joint ventures and corporate acquisitions, tax law, anti- trust laws, currency regulations, banking legislation.

Meet our partners

Daulet Izbanov

LLM, MPA
Managing Partner at Goldberg & Gilmore LLP
daulet.izbanov@goldberggilmore.com

Daulet’s practice includes the representation of clients in court on a broad range of civil and corporate litigations. He has experience across a wide range of industry sectors, including construction, agriculture, fintech, food and beverage, renewable energy and media. Read more...
Arman N. Tastanbekov, Esq.

Senior Partner at Goldberg & Gilmore LLP
arman.tastanbekov@goldberggilmore.com

Arman is a senior partner with an outstanding legal professional with in-depth experience in corporate, M&A, regulatory, oil & gas and mining industries, financial services, and capital markets. 20 years as associate, counsel and partner with prominent international law firms, country chief counsel for a FTSE100 company, and chief legal officer / member of the executive board for Kazakhstan’s new common law regime-based stock exchange. Admitted to practice law in Kazakhstan and the State of New York.
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Assel Kulisheva

Partner at Goldberg & Gilmore LLP
akulisheva@goldberggilmore.com

Assel has experience across a wide range of industry sectors, including capital markets, fintech, PPP, oil and gas, renewable energy, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and construction. She represents her clients in court both in tax disputes and civil/corporate litigations. Among her clients are the biggest construction, oil and gas, and petrochemical companies in Kazakhstan.

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