Kuanysh Kanlybayev is a Managing Associate in the Almaty office. He has broad experience in M&A and corporate, competition, real estate and labour law.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

M&A and Corporate

• MR KENGES RAKISHEV on the acquisition of JSC Alnair Capital Holding and its 28.08% shareholding in JSC Kazkommertsbank, the largest bank in Kazakhstan
• TELE2 SVERIGE AB on its joint venture with Kazakhtelecom JSC, the national telecoms operator, and the combination of the cellular operations of their subsidiaries Altel JSC and Mobile Telecom-Services LLP (Tele2 Kazakhstan)
• DIAVERUM, one of the world’s leading renal care providers, on the acquisition of 100% participating interests in the charter capital of IDSenim LLP, owning nine haemodialysis centres across Kazakhstan
• KENGES RAKISHEV on the proposed sale of shares in a mining company*

Competition & State Aid

• TELE2 SVERIGE AB on the merger control and competition law issues related to the acquisition of a 51% interest in Mobile Telecom Service (Tele2 Kazakhstan), the third-largest Kazakhstan cellular operator, and the combination of its cellular operations with JSC Altel, a subsidiary of Kazakhtelecom
• INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA) on the competition law issues in Kazakhstan related to the changes in its template agent agreements
• JSC HALYK BANK KAZAKHSTAN on the merger control aspects of the acquisition of SB HSBC Bank Kazakhstan JSC
• INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA) on the competition law issues related to changes in its template agent agreements in Kazakhstan

* Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 1991: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Bachelor of Law

LANGUAGES

Russian, Kazakh, English