Yelena Pestereva has joined AEQUITAS team as a partner
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are happy to announce that a new partner has joined AEQUITAS team.
Yelena Pestereva, a renowned lawyer in Kazakhstan, will head AEQUITAS banking and finance practice starting 1 July 2016.
Ms. Pestereva gained significant experience working at local offices of international law firms, such as Dechert LLP, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, and Denton Wilde Sapte.
With more than 10 years work experience, Yelena has advised major companies from the United States, Europe, Russia, Asia, and Kazakhstan on various corporate and compliance issues, provided full legal support in connection with M&A projects and transactions with equity securities issued by Kazakhstan companies, and also participated in the IPO of KEGOC JSC on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.
Ms. Pestereva provided Kazakhstan law advice in connection with multiple issuances of Eurobonds by Kazakhstan issuers as well as issuances and transactions with Kazakhstan debt securities. She has represented creditors and borrowers in major financing transactions regulated by Kazakhstan and English law, and provided Kazakhstan law advice on transactions with derivatives.
Yelena has extensive experience in advising oil and gas, mining and oil service companies on different aspects of environmental and subsoil use laws. She was a member of a working group of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan on improvement of the Kazakhstan environmental legislation.
In 2010, Ms. Pestereva was recognized by Best Lawyers as the best lawyer in the field of banking and financial law, arbitration and mediation. Chambers and Partners named her as a recognized expert in 2015 and 2016.
Yelena graduated with honors from the Higher Law School Adilet and Kazakh State University of World Languages named after Ablai Khan. She earned her LLM from the Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) where she majored in securities market and financial regulation.