Aset A. Shyngyssov

Partner

Aset Shyngyssov is the managing partner of the Almaty office. He has over fifteen years of  experience with Dewey & LeBoeuf. His practice deals with corporate and mergers and  acquisitions matters, and he has broad experience gained in numerous complex transactions in various industries, including oil and gas, energy, and banking throughout Kazakhstan and elsewhere in Central Asia. Mr. Shyngyssov has been featured in Chambers Global, Legal 3000 and other relevant law directories and Web sites as a highly recommended lawyer in natural resources, corporate and commercial law in Kazakhstan. He was resident in the firm's New York City office in 1998.

Selected Activities

  • Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
  • Member, Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers Association

Publications and Speeches

  • Speaker, "Overview of Recent Changes in Kazakhstan Oil & Gas Legal Regime & Practice," International Oil and Gas Conference - KIOGE (October 2007).
  • Co-author, "Kazakhstan Further Stiffens its Mineral Development Regime - New Control for Strategic Fields & Pipelines,"  AIPN Advisor, Issue 281 (November 2007).
  • Speaker, "Kazakhstan Legal Regime for International GDR Offering," LSE/RFCA Forum, Almaty (February 2007).
  • Speaker, "Kazakhstan Legal Regime for International GDR Offering," Kazakhstan Capital Markets Forum, London (October 2006).
  • Speaker, "Kazakhstan Legal Issues Regarding Pipeline Transportation," International Oil and Gas Conference - KIOGE (October 2006).
  • Speaker, "Overview of Mining Legal Regime in Kazakhstan," AMA Mining & Investment Forum, London (September 2005).
  • Author, "Kazakhstan Enacts PSA Law: Summary Analysis Of Its Terms," AIPN Advisor, Issue 256 (July 2005). 
  • Author, "Kazakhstan Amends Its Subsoil Resource Development Legal Regime; Related Changes Still to Come," International Energy Law and Taxation Review (March 2005).
  • Speaker, "Stability of Petroleum Contracts in Kazakhstan," International Oil and Gas Conference - KIOGE (October 2004) and AIPN Regional Chapter meeting (2005).
  • Author, "Tax Stability and Assurances for Petroleum Operations," Oil & Gas of Kazakhstan. 
  • Author, "Legal Issues Relating to the Claimed Priority Right in Subsoil Use Area," Russia/Eurasia Executive Guide (Oct. 15, 2004).
  • Author, "The Claimed State Priority Right in Petroleum Contracts," Oil & Gas of Kazakhstan, Issue 3 (2004).
  • Speaker, "Tax Stability and Assurances for Petroleum Operations in Kazakhstan," International Oil and Gas Conference - KIOGE (October 2003); International Tax Conference, Almaty (March 2004); Second KPLA Legal Seminar, Atyrau (April 2004).
  • Author, "Overview of Kazakhstan's New Legal Regime for Procurements in Petroleum Operations," Russian Petroleum Investor (February 2003).
  • Author, "Procurement Rules for the Oil & Gas Industry," Russian/Central Europe Executive Guide (February 2003).
  • Author, "New Legal Regime for Procurement of Petroleum Operations," Oil & Gas of Kazakhstan, Issue 5-6 (2002).
  • Speaker, "New Legal Regime For Good/Services Procurements in RK Petroleum Operations," International Oil and Gas Conference - KIOGE (October 2002).

Education

  • Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, LL.M., Muskie Fellow
  • Kazakh State Law University, J.D. (equivalent), summa cum laude
  • Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages, B.A., summa cum laude

Languages

  • English
  • Russian
  • Kazakh