AGERE Law Firm was founded in Almaty by a group of lawyers-practitioners with wide work experience in diverse fields of Kazakhstan Law. The significant portion of legal experience was acquired during work for major law firms, at different arbitration and judicial bodies, and major manufacturers.
AGERE is an independent organization exclusively engaged in providing a wide range of professional legal services to foreign and Kazakhstan clients. Our clients are major foreign and local companies. We represent the interests of and cooperate with the following companies: DHL International in Kazakhstan, BUE Kazakhstan Limited, M-I Drilling Fluids International B.V., Representative office of «Abdi Ibrahim Ilach Sanayi Ve Tidgaret» company, Lloyds TBS Bank plc, «Anelic RU» LLC Bank, Bank of Scotland and others.
Firms’ Activity
Our diverse specialization and experience extend to every possible aspect of Kazakhstan and international legislation including:
- legal analysis and advice on civil, commercial, foreign trade, investment, privatization, natural resource, land, maritime, construction, corporate, financial, currency, and insurance legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, private international law, as well as on licensing of different commercial activities, certification and marking, environment protection, power industry, and intellectual property;
- legal analysis and drafting of various civil and legal agreements, including those on foreign trade, investment, and subsoil use;
- legal assistance on issues related to participation in different tenders, announced by Kazakhstani companies, including preparation of the required documents, obtaining of required permits (conclusions) at the authorized state agencies;
- legal assistance to clients in establishing contacts and negotiating with Kazakhstani state agencies in connection with investments projects, licenses, approvals, and other matters;
- Registration of offshore companies in various world countries;
- drafting of foundation documents and other corporate documents for enterprises of all forms of ownership, including those with the participation of foreign capital, preparation of all documents for representative offices and branches of foreign companies, and their registration with the Kazakhstan authorized state agencies in the shortest possible time;
- legal assistance in obtaining licenses for different types of commercial activity, development of all required documents, and their submission to the authorized state agencies;
- legal assistance in obtaining permits for attracting foreign labor, development of all required documents, and their submission to the authorized state agencies;
- representation of clients in legal and arbitration proceedings in Kazakhstan and participation in arbitration proceedings in foreign jurisdictions;
- assistance in obtaining Apostil, notarization, legalization of any documents, translation of any documents into Kazakh, Russian, and English;
- assistance to clients in taking out both obligatory and voluntary insurance on preferential terms in one of the leading Kazakhstani insurance companies, including the insurance of foreign citizens against accidents and employer's liability insurance, and also legal assistance in case of the insurance accidents;
- Registration of trademarks and preparation of all appropriate documents;
- Legal advice/corporate consulting of business.
Moreover, AGERE regularly provides its clients with a free of charge information service on the changes to current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Our Lawyers regularly publish articles concerning the current issues of the Kazakhstan commercial, civil, and investment legislation in the leading Kazakhstan academic and practical publications.
Principals of our work
PROFESSIONALISM. We are proud that we are able to provide our clients with a high level of legal services. We constantly improve our qualifications and broaden our knowledge;
DECENCY. We guarantee that all our actions comply with the law and the highest principals of morals and professional ethics. All relations with our clients and colleagues are based on honesty, confidence, and respect.
RELIABILITY. We guarantee our clients a complete and high-quality fulfillment of their assignments with strict observation of the agreed deadlines, and ensure our timely and adequate assistance in the resolution of any complicated issues.
CONFIDENTIALITY. We respect requirements of our clients on ensuring confidentiality of any matters related to their activity and our services.
RESPONSIBILITY. We are fully responsible for our work and its results.
Principals of payment for our services
FLEXIBILITY. We are ready to work with our clients on the basis of various mutually acceptable terms of payment, including those on the basis of:
- hourly rates of our lawyers;
- subscription services when the services are rendered on the basis of the subscription agreement and the payments are made in the form of a fixed monthly payment;
- corporate servicing when our lawyers render services directly in a client’s office, and payments are made in the form of a fixed monthly payment;
- agreed (project confined) servicing when the scope of work and definite cost of each project are agreed upon with a client in advance;
- other terms of payment for our services as agreed upon with the clients.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS. We guarantee that all of our invoices and timing billed to the client represent the reality and are appropriate to the scope, quality, and terms of the work performed. We aim to minimize overhead and other expenses of our clients connected with our services, and at any time we are ready to provide our clients with a detailed and conscientious report on the work performed and time spent.
Office
AGERE has a spacious well-equipped office in the downtown of Almaty and has international telecommunication links, up-to-date computer systems, and other office equipment, as well as e-mail and Internet access. Our office is located at: 050059, Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty c., 36 Hadji Mukan street, corner of Mendikulov str.
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