• Arbitration & Mediation
• Asset Searches
• Business Law
• Contracts
• Document Examination
• Family Law
• Immigration
• International Banking
• International Law
• Probate

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: 1. Diploma with Honors, Qualified Lawyer (equivalent to LL.B.), Kazakh State Law Academy, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2000) — now M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University.
2. LL.M., International Commercial Law, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom (2005).
3. LL.M., Business Law, UCLA School of Law (2022).
4. California Licensed Professional Fiduciary, License No. 1601.
Not admitted to practice law in any United States jurisdiction; retained as an expert on foreign law.

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: Professional Fiduciary Association of California. Additional bar section and association memberships pending.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: No.

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: Not yet retained as an expert. Available for engagement on the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, including Rule 44.1 determinations, asylum and country-conditions questions concerning the legal system, succession and family law matters involving CIS assets, arbitral award enforcement, sanctions exposure, and authentication of Russian-language legal documents.

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: N/A — no prior expert retentions.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: N/A — no prior expert retentions.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: N/A — no prior expert retentions.

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: None.

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: 0. Courtroom experience is as counsel, not as an expert: approximately thirty matters before the Supreme Arbitrazh Court of the Russian Federation, and representation of corporate and individual clients in the state courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: 0.

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: New to expert work. Twenty years of legal practice in Kazakhstan and the CIS (2000–2019).

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Written expert declarations and reports on the law of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation under FRCP 44.1 and state analogues; rebuttal reports; deposition, trial and immigration court testimony (in person, telephonic or video); authentication opinions on Kazakh and Russian court documents, summonses, police records and civil registry entries; Russian-language document and evidence review; consulting to counsel of record on CIS corporate, financial and cross-border matters, including beneficial ownership tracing, OFAC sanctions exposure and asset-recovery mapping.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: $375

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: $375

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?

A: $600 (four-hour minimum)

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: $600 (half-day minimum)

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: Flat fees available for defined-scope written opinions and immigration declarations. Rush surcharge for delivery inside ten business days. Travel billed portal to portal at 50% of the hourly rate, plus expenses at cost. Retainer required on commercial engagements. Fee schedule furnished with the engagement proposal following conflict clearance.

Available Upon Request