Advocates' Bureau"Legit"

Publications

Participation in Azerbaijan Arbitration Days 2025

We are pleased to announce that Sergei Vataev, Partner at Legit Advocates' Bureau, will take a part in Azerbaijan Arbitration Days 2025, organized by the Baku Arbitration Centre and the Azerbaijan Arbitration Association, taking place on 24–25 October 2025.
The event will cover the latest trends in investment arbitration, the oil and gas sector,...

Partners of the “Legit” Advocates’ Bureau have become members of the Turkic Arbitration Association (TAA)

Partners of the “Legit” Advocates' Bureau, Ilya Kirichenko, Sergei Vataev and Yelena Dvoretskaya-Yussupova have joined the Turkic Arbitration Association (TAA).

The Turkic Arbitration Association (TAA), established in 2023, brings together academics, lawyers, and students from Turkic countries, creating a platform for cooperation between...

Participation of the “Legit” Advocates’ Bureau in Eurasia Arbitration Week 2025

On July 1–2, 2025, the Legit Advocates' Bureau participated in Eurasia Arbitration Week 2025, held in the capital of Kazakhstan — Astana.

EAW25 became a significant international platform that brought together leading experts in arbitration and dispute resolution from across Eurasia and beyond. Arbitrators, lawyers, government officials,...

Roundtable of the Institute for Expert Legal Research ZanSar

On 12 June 2025, in Almaty, the Institute of Expert Legal Research ZanSar held a roundtable on the topic: ‘Legal experts in international arbitration and foreign court’, which was attended by leading Kazakhstani legal scholars and lawyers. Furthermore, the roundtable was attended by legal practitioners experienced in providing opinions on the law...

London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2025

From June 2 to 6, 2025, London became the center of the international legal community as it hosted participants of the London International Disputes Week (LIDW) — one of the world’s leading forums in the field of dispute resolution.
Since its inception in 2019, the event has established itself as an important platform for discussing key trends...

A significant victory for the Legit Advocates’ Bureau team in a major legal case.

Our team has successfully defended the interests of one of the largest metallurgical enterprises in Kazakhstan in a complex civil litigation case. The opposing parties attempted to seize the client's assets worth over 7 billion USD and to carry out a hostile takeover of a significant portion of our client's business.
We were able to win this...

Legit Joins the British-Kazakh Society (BKS)

As of April 28, 2025, the Advocates’Bureau Legit is proud to officially become a member of the British-Kazakh Society (BKS) — a respected international organization that has played a key role for many years in strengthening economic, legal, and cultural ties between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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GAR Live: Turkic Region 2025. Almaty, 15 May, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the partners of Legit Advocate's Bureau will take part in one of the key international arbitration events — GAR Live: Turkic Region 2025, which will be held for the first time in Almaty.

This event will bring together leading practitioners, experts, and representatives of arbitral institutions to discuss the...

Investment protection. Disparity between national and foreign investors

Ilya Kirichenko

Elena Dvoretskaya-Yussupova

Sergei Vataev

Advocates Bureau “Legit”

When discussing investment, one’s mind usually unwittingly suggests a picture in which foreign business for its money creates something new in our country with jobs, infrastructure, and future benefits.
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