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0102.2021

SZP Senior Associate Gulmira Abenova Promoted to Counsel

The Partnership Council of Sayat Zholshy & Partners has decided to promote Gulmira Abenova to counsel.

In her counsel position, and as a member of Dmitriy Chumakov’s team, Gulmira will go ahead with the development of the Firm’s practice in the area of PPP project support and technical regulation/certification, and will extend a newly established practice in the field of audits run by regulatory and oversight authorities.

In 2019, Gulmira, as a PPP specialist, presented her case study on judicial and arbitration resolution of disputes to the XIV Kazakhstan Forum of Corporate Lawyers.

In April 2019, at the Astana Legal Forum, Gulmira threw light on the most pressing issues of the Kazakhstan PPP and concession regulatory framework.

In November 2019, Gulmira moderated the “PPP Disputes: Litigation or Arbitration” session at the First International PPP Forum “People First - PPP and Responsible Investment (ESG) for Sustainable Development” where she also delivered a presentation.  Her contribution to the Forum was greatly appreciated by the Kazakhstan Public-Private Partnership Centre JSC in the form of an official letter of gratitude.

In February 2020, Gulmira Abenova was admitted to the Almaty City Bar.