Litigation & Arbitration

We strive to ensure that none of our clients have to end up in court. However, in business, not everything depends on the business itself, and sometimes it is still necessary to defend your rights and legitimate interests in court due to objective circumstances.

Our team includes experienced lawyers with many years of practice. We support clients at all stages of litigation: from pre-trial claims to appeals to the Supreme Court and enforcement of the decision. In criminal proceedings, we provide round-the-clock support, not allowing a person to be left alone with the wheels of state for a second. Our lawyers specialize in defense against charges of committing economic (white collar) crimes, providing secure for business owners, senior management and company personnel.

The work of a lawyer involves facing the most unpleasant aspects of life and business. Unfortunately, businesses still face attempts at forceful pressure, deprivation of property and elimination of competitors through the use of administrative resources. Our lawyers have repeatedly stood up for honest entrepreneurs who are subjected to unreasonable administrative pressure from tax and other state bodies and achieved a positive result, despite all the force of opposition. Our team’s portfolio includes a large number of criminal cases, the proceedings on which were terminated at the stage of pre-trial investigation or trial on rehabilitating grounds, which in the realities of Kazakhstan is a sure win.

The practice of ADM Valner associate partners is not limited to representation in state courts. Our team includes several lawyers admitted to practice in dispute resolution bodies of the Astana International Financial Center: the AIFC Court and Arbitration (IAC). Moreover, thanks to their impeccable reputation and recognized highest level of qualification, our lawyers have the status of arbitrators in both Kazakhstani and foreign arbitration centers. Sergey Vataev represents the Republic of Kazakhstan as an arbitrator in world leading arbitration centers such as the Court of the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris, France) and the Panel of Arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC, China). As an arbitrator, Sergey Vataev acted in cases resolved under the rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, as well as under the rules of UNCITRAL.