Practice Areas - Privatisations
- Power Industry
- Oil and Gas
- Mining
- Natural Resources
- Foreign Investments
- Joint Ventures
| - Corporate
- Commercial
- Corporate Finance and Securities
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Banking
- Finance
- Project Finance
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| Contact Info | Telephone: +994 12 497 8948
Fax: +994 12 497 8948
http://www.mwp.az
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| Education | Manchester University, UK (1980); Chester Law School, UK (1981) |
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| Admitted | 1984, as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales; 1988, Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court, Victoria, Australia and Solicitor, Proctor and Attorney of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia |
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| Languages | English |
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| Born | Chesterfield, UK, December 3, 1958 |
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| Biography | Michael was the founding partner of an international law firm with a large presence in the CIS and has been a permanent resident in Kazakhstan since January 1995. Michael has initiated and led many of the major privatisations and other projects to date in Kazakhstan and has been involved in many of the largest projects in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. He has more than 13 years of experience practicing law in London and Sydney and about a couple of decades in Central Asia & Russia.
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| ISLN | 902705508 |
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| Transactions | Credit Suisse: advising as to marketing and advertising law in Kazakhstan, cross-border private banking and financial services, and investment banking activities, in both Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan; Falck Group A/S: advising as to their business in Kazakhstan and potential involvement with the National Medical Holding Company of Kazakhstan, and as to the acquisition, restructuring and development of a business with a local partner in Azerbaijan; Total Fina ELF S.A., a leading international oil & gas company: advising as to implementation of employee share schemes in Azerbaijan, with Shearman & Sterling; AXA Group: advice as to implementation of their employee share plans in Azerbaijan, with Shearman & Sterling; MarketAxess Europe Ltd: advice as to their provision of the Multilateral Trading Facility Platform to one of the large State-owned companies in Azerbaijan, with Linklaters; Sanofi advice this pharmaceutical company as to the implementation of their employee benefits and stock option plans for their employees in the Caucusus; Sibley International LLC: advice as to certain employment and other issues in Azerbaijan; Azerfon LLC: advising this Azerbaijani GSM company as to certain contentious issues; advising various investors on establishing their businesses in Azerbaijan, and on importing and exporting; and a wide variety of intellectual property matters for many of the world's leading brand owners. |
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