ABU DHABI, ALMATY, ASTANA, DUBAI, FRANKFURT, April 14, 2023: Morgan Lewis has earned 31 lawyer recommendations and 11 practice rankings in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) guide. We received five Tier 1 practice rankings. Additionally, our lawyers received two Hall of Fame distinctions, three Leading Individual designations, and one Next Generation Partner recognition.
TIER 1 PRACTICE RANKINGS
Kazakhstan
- Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
- Commercial, Corporate and M&A
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Real Estate and Construction (Including Projects)
United Arab Emirates
- Investment Fund Formation and Management
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE RANKINGS
Germany
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Including International Arbitration)
Kazakhstan
United Arab Emirates
- Commercial, Corporate and M&A
- Compliance and Investigations
- Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending)
- Employment
HALL OF FAME
- Aset Shyngyssov: Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources, Kazakhstan
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
- Ayman Khaleq: Investment Fund Formation and Management, United Arab Emirates
- Aset Shyngyssov: Real Estate and Construction (Including Projects), Kazakhstan
- Alishia Sullivan: Investment Fund Formation and Management, United Arab Emirates
NEXT GENERATION PARTNERS
- Mark Gilligan: Commercial, Corporate and M&A, United Arab Emirates
RECOMMENDED LAWYERS
- Carolyn Abram: Investment Fund Formation and Management, United Arab Emirates
- Aida Akhmetova: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Kazakhstan
- Asem Bakenova: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Dispute Resolution; Energy and Natural Resources; Real Estate and Construction (Including Projects), Kazakhstan
- Zhamilya Bilisbekova: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Kazakhstan
- Christopher Brinley: Compliance and Investigations, United Arab Emirates
- Alexey Chertov: Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending), United Arab Emirates
- Joanna Maria El Khoury: Commercial, Corporate and M&A, United Arab Emirates
- Amanjit Fagura: Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending); Investment Fund Formation and Management, United Arab Emirates
- Mark Gilligan: Employment, United Arab Emirates
- Karina Ilyussizova: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Real Estate and Construction (Including Projects), Kazakhstan
- Bakhytzhan Kadyrov: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources; Real Estate and Construction (Including Projects), Kazakhstan
- Ayman Khaleq: Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending), United Arab Emirates
- Richard Knott: Commercial, Corporate and M&A, United Arab Emirates
- William Nash: Investment Fund Formation and Management, United Arab Emirates
- Asset Nakupov: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Kazakhstan
- Aset Shyngyssov: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Dispute Resolution, Kazakhstan
- Yaroslav Smorodin: Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending), United Arab Emirates