M&A

Synergy Partners enjoys a reputation as one of the leading business law firms in Kazakhstan. Our broad experience means we regularly handle many demanding transactions in Kazakhstan. Our practice is comprised of a dedicated core of attorneys with wide experience in high profile transactions  - mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings, joint ventures, enforcement actions and internal investigations.

Our Recent Experience:

• full legal support to the buy-side in the acquisition of a 50% stake in a Kazakh oil company: a legal due diligence, tax planning for a purchase of 50% stake, establishment of a joint venture with a mixed control, advice on co-finance scheme with the encumbrance, 50% stake pledging for the buyer, filing for an antitrust approvals to acquire 50% stake
• legal due diligence of a subsoil use contract for a hydrocarbon block and execution of the working program, compliance with environmental legislation of the oil company
• advice on a joint operating agreement between major Kazakh and Russian companies for research and development of a hydrocarbon block in the Caspian Sea
• advice to an owner of a large distribution network of lubricants in Central Asia and the Caucasus (seven jurisdictions) to sell its distribution network: advice on the sale and distribution agreement, and business purchase agreement; review of assignment mechanism for trade, supply and service contracts
• full legal support for the sell-side on the sale of a Kazakh mining company: tax advice and advice on sale and purchase agreements, filing an application for obtaining of the antimonopoly approval on economic concentration, filing an application for obtaining waiver on governmental pre-emptive rights
• full legal support for the sell-side on sale of a 51% stake in a Kazakh distribution company (drug trade): tax advice and advice on sale and purchase agreements, filing an application for obtaining of the antimonopoly approval on economic concentration
• full legal support for the sell-side on the sale of large stake in a Kazakh oil company: tax advice and advice on sale and purchase agreements, shareholders agreement, filing an application for obtaining waiver on governmental pre-emptive rights