Eldar Babayev
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
- Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, B.A. in International Law, Diploma with honors;
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, LL.M. in businesslaw;
- Kazakhstan Institute of Management Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP), MBA in Management;
- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA, MBA (Managementconcentration).
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Russian
- English
- Kazakh
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
- Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, B.A. in International Law, Diploma with honors;
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, LL.M. in businesslaw;
- Kazakhstan Institute of Management Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP), MBA in Management;
- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA, MBA (Managementconcentration).
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Russian
- English
- Kazakh
Eldar Babayev is a US educated corporate and M&A lawyer based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Since 2008 Eldar actively advises clients in Central Asia and the Caspian region.
Among the other practice areas Eldar mainly specializing in:
1) corporate law;
2) M&A deals;
3) renewable energy.
For more than 7 years Eldar was a part and a key player of one of the leading international law firm the Norton Rose Fulbright.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Eldar’s professional experience covers cross-border anddomesticM&A transactions, project finance and banking finance. He also advises strategic investors with respect to the establishment of legal entities, branch offices, representative offices and joint ventures as well as the acquisition and sale of equity or assets of companies.
- He supports clients with structuring of domestic and international transactions in oil and gas, energy and mining sectors. Eldar has an extensive experience in negotiating at pre and post- acquisition stages and clients representation in their relations with the governmental authorities in the spheres of hisfocus.
- Advised Chinese gold mining company during the acquisition of a stake in Kazakhstan Company developing one of the largest gold mining plants inKazakhstan.
- Advised U.K. oil and gas company during the acquisition of a stake in Kazakhstan company developing one of the largest oil and gas field inKazakhstan.
- Advised German company during the acquisition of a stake in Kazakhstan company producing the pharmaceuticals.
- Advised Austrian company during the implementation of the PPP project inKazakhstan.
- Advised European transportation company during the realization of the project related to the improvement of the transportation system inKazakhstan.
- Advised Chinese leading energy corporation during the potential realization of the project related to the development of the wind power plant in Kazakhstan.
- Advised Chinese leading automobile corporation during the acquisition of a stake in Kazakhstan Company which assembles and distributes the cars, trucks and agricultural vehicles.
- Advised to the group of companies during the acquisition of one of the biggest hotel in Kazakhstan.
- Advised to the group of companies during the acquisition and following modernization of the pharmaceutical plant (production of the disposable items used in medicine) in Kazakhstan.
