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Daily Archives: 18.08.2015

Foreigners in Kazakhstan are forbidden to carry on individual business

In Kazakhstan, foreigners are not allowed to carry on individual business, even if they reside in Kazakhstan. The same prohibition applies to stateless persons.

It follows from paragraph 3 of Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On private entrepreneurship”, which sets the concept of the individual entrepreneur, who is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan and oralmans exercising individual entrepreneurship without forming a legal entity corresponding to the appropriate criteria set out in paragraphs 3 and 7 of Article 6 hereof.

18.08.2015 Maxim Sukhoterin common questions, Kazakhstan

Restrictions on purchase of property by foreigners in Kazakhstan

Can a foreigner have a house on the right of ownership in Kazakhstan?

Unfortunately, Kazakh law allows a foreign to have a house on the right of ownership only if that person is a resident of Kazakhstan.

For example, Article 9 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Legal Status of Foreigners” stipulates that foreigners in the Republic of Kazakhstan can have a house on the right of ownership (with the exception of temporarily staying foreigners).

I run a software and electronics business in Finland and am looking for opportunities to invest in Kazakhstan’s rapidly growing IT industry. SION & Partners International Law Firm handled my purchase of shares in a Kazakhstani corporation. SION’s attorneys effectively negotiated the deal with my potential business partners in Kazakhstan to assure that my investment is protected and my legal risks are contained. I appreciate their quick turnaround – they prepared the shareholders’ agreement, purchase contract and lots of other documents in a very short time for reasonable fees. In the future, I will retain SION & Partners to handle my further commercial matters in Kazakhstan.

Taito Heikkinen,
Honorary consul of Kazakhstan to Finland,
Managing Director, Tieto-Oskari Oy, Finland
I recovered archive documents from state bodies of Kazakhstan. I am very happy that I have addressed to SION & Partners Law Firm. Great thanks to Mr. Maxim Sukhoterin and his assistant Anna. Everything has been made quickly and I was always aware of a progress of my case. The prices are very acceptable! I recommend SION & Partners Law Firm to all who need a legal aid in Kazakhstan.

Dmitriy Becker,
Georgievsk, Stavropol Krai,
Russia
Dear Maxim,
First of all – I would like you and your assistants for the great service. I also intend to write to the Israel-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (http://www.israelrk.com) and recommend your firm’s services. It was a great pleasure working with you.
Many thanks.

Tamir Lazarov,
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Great thanks to Mr. Maxim Sukhoterin for qualitatively done work on upholding of interests of the company in courts of all instances (including the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan) on the lawsuit with the Kazakhstan National company which ended with reclamation of goods on the amount more than 90 million tenges. The line item of judicial protection was built competently and resulted in positive result. Excellent work!

Serik Nurmaganbetov, Director
“Company A70” LLP, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
I have been served in the Karaganda branch of SION & Partners Law Firm at Mr. Ivan Omarov for many years and I`m very grateful to him for the high-quality help in various legal issues. I trust him and I consider him the reliable and experienced attorney.

Raisa Fatukhina,
Bereznyaki Sanatorium LTD, Director, Karaganda region, Kazakhstan
I want to express my deep sincere gratitude to the office of the law firm SION & Partners in Astana and personally to the lawyer assistant – Anna Mircheva for the great help in participating in the resettlement program of compatriots to Russia, and also for organizing the search in archival institutions of the Arkhangelsk region of Russia and the restoration of very important historical documents reflecting events more than 70 years ago. I want to note the highest professionalism of employees, responsibility, attentive and creative attitude to the matter.
Many thanks to SION & Partners for their real help in solving very important and significant legal issues!

Elena Ikonnikova,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Our company applied for SION & Partners Law Firm to clarify some questions on Corporate Law and Construction Law in Kazakhstan. We worked in close cooperation with Mr.Maxim Sukhoterin. Despite the limited time and number of issues, we have received detailed and informative responses from SION & PARTNERS. Our collaboration based on trust, empathy and honest communication.
Look forward for the future cooperation.

Ioannis Vasiliadis,
Finance Department, METKA EGN Limited, Great Britain