Aigoul Kenjebayeva is a Partner of Dentons’ Kazakhstan.
Aigoul has extensive experience dealing with the legal aspects and tax implications of investing in Kazakhstan. Her particular areas of focus have been acquired from more than 35 years as a practicing lawyer and 12 years as a researcher in the economics of law, include energy/natural resources, corporate, M&A, PPP/infrastructure projects, IP, competition law and dispute resolution. She focuses on litigation and international arbitration, both commercial and investor-state, and acts as counsel and arbitrator.

Aigoul has authored numerous chapters on Kazakhstan in reputed international guides and local publications. High-profile conferences
regularly invite her to speak on the issues facing domestic and foreign companies when doing business in Kazakhstan.

Widely considered a top choice for dispute resolution in Kazakhstan, in 2017 Aigoul became the first Kazakhstan lawyer appointed as a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Aigoul has also served as a member of the International Council under the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, and member of the arbitration panel of
the International Arbitration Center at the Astana International Financial Center.

• Duke University School of Law, 1993, LLM
• Tashkent State University, 1988, PhD
• Kazakh State University, 1978, JD

• Partner, Dentons (2022-present)
• Managing Partner, Dentons, Kazakhstan and Central Asia (2017-2022)
• Managing Partner Dentons (ex. Salans), (1994-2017)

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