Dispute Resolution

“AEQUITAS provides rigorous and professional advice in a short time.” Chambers 2026

“Excellent expertise, highly reliable and thorough work.” The Legal 500 2026

For many years, AEQUITAS Dispute Resolution practice has been one of the leading practices in Kazakhstan, specializing in support of complicated litigations, international commercial and investment arbitrations. Special attention is paid to support of complicated cross-border litigations and commercial arbitrations (with the venues mostly outside Kazakhstan), including projects involving foreign investors, international financial institutions, and major industrial companies.

Another key area of practice is investment arbitration. The firm's lawyers ensure comprehensive preparation and support of such projects at all stages from development of the client defense strategy and representation in local courts to formation of an international team, fund-raising (third-party funding), and protection of interests in investment proceedings.

The firm's lawyers possess significant experience in representing clients in international commercial arbitrations and before state courts, they regularly act as party representatives and arbitrators in commercial arbitration; they are experienced in litigations held under the rules of LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, GAFTA, SCC, International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, and others.

The practice is headed by Partner Yekaterina Khamidullina who is highly experienced in support of complicated cross-border litigations and international commercial and investment arbitrations.

AEQUITAS partners and advisors often act as experts before foreign courts and international commercial and investment arbitrations. The practice team focuses exclusively on dispute resolution, which allows offering clients profound industry expert examination, effective procedural strategies, and comprehensive approach to protection of interests at both judicial and extrajudicial conflict settlement procedures.

The practice team specializes and possesses dispute resolution expertise in the following areas:

• contract law and commercial contracts
• construction (including FIDIC contracts)
• labor (firm is a Ius Laboris affiliate)
• intellectual property, including patent and copyright
• advisor professional liability
• antitrust regulation and competition
• banking and financial activities
• corporate law
• anti-counterfeiting
• financial leasing
• subsoil use and other projects in the sphere of natural resources
• proceedings in bankruptcy
• bankruptcy, rehabilitation and debt restructuring (including financial organizations).

For many years, such international rating agencies as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, asialaw, IFLR, and other top international legal guides have been recommending AEQUITAS as a leading law firm in Dispute Resolution, recognizing high level of expertise of its team, successful support of the most complicated disputes, and firm's leadership position on the Kazakhstan legal market.

Services

• Preliminary legal analysis of a disputable situation and preparation of a legal opinion regarding its resolution prospects.
• Client representation in all judicial instances and in all kinds of civil and administrative disputes.
• Pre-trial dispute settlement (preparation of claims, negotiations to settle the dispute in an extrajudicial procedure, and drafting of dispute settlement agreements and amicable agreements).
• Preparation of all types of court documents (statements of claim, amicable agreements, appeals, motions, statements of defense, rebuttals, etc.).
• Client representation in arbitral tribunals and international commercial arbitrations.
• Advice and assistance in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Advice on enforcement proceedings and legal support in judicial acts enforcement.
• Client representation in the course of different inspections by governmental agencies.