19 September 2014
On September 17, 2014, Kalikova and Associates hosted a seminar on legal aspects of management of a sole telecoms operator. The seminar was organized for directors of private TV and radio companies at the proposal of Internews Network. The sole telecoms operator was established in accordance with the Digital Broadcasting Switchover Programme approved by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2011. The operator is named Digital Technologies LLC and embraces 22 private TV and radio companies.
At the seminar, the following issues were covered: corporate governance based on a balance of interests, various legal aspects and implementation practices that need to be taken into account while developing founding documents, as well as relationships, rights and authorities of stakeholders, etc. Also, policies for attracting investment in the sole telecoms operator were discussed.
09 September 2014
On 9 September 2014 STRIK Attorneys at Law and Tax Advisors, the Netherlands jointly with Kalikova and Associates organized a workshop on International solutions for Kyrgyzstan. Tax and legal structuring for your business.
The workshop covered issues related to choice of optimal structure of a company in terms of taxation, tools for protection and confidentiality of the companies' assets in Netherlands, export of goods from Kyrgyzstan to the EU countries. Participants of the workshop learned current taxation regimes, forms of legal entity's incorporation in Netherlands and benefits for registration of a company in Netherlands.
The workshop was designed for managers, professionals of economic departments, financial and tax consultants and accountants.
03 September 2014
Ulan Tilenbaev, Managing Partner and Ruslan Sulaimanov, lawyer, took part at Great Law, Great Business conference held on September 3, 2014 in Almaty. The conference was organized with support from the British Embassy in Astana, the Law Society of England and Wales and the British-Kazakh Law Association.
The conference focused on corporate governance issues and covered the issues relating to sanctions imposed by the European Union, the USA and the Russian Federation, and their influence on businesses of companies operating in CIS countries.
28 August 2014
On August 28, 2014, Kalikova & Associates lawyers Albina Rakhmidinova and Azima Bokoshova took part in the seminar on The practical steps toward the use of the PPP arrangements in the Kyrgyz Republic, organized by the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic with the support from the Asian Development Bank.
The main purpose of the seminar was to inform and raise awareness about the PPP arrangements and practices among government and local self-governance bodies. The issues covered in the seminar also included the PPP legal and institutional frameworks, the Project Development Support Facility tools for financing feasibility study and transactional services under the PPP projects, and the international PPP experience.
The seminar served as a forum on the PPP issues for key stakeholders comprising public authorities, businesses, and international organizations.
06 August 2014
Kalikova & Associates team congratulates its colleague Ruslan Sulaimanov with passing of the selection procedure and enrollment in summer school of the Hague Academy of International Law in the course of private international law.
We believe that such experience will increase professional skills and further academic development!
30 June 2014
Gulnara Kalikova, Senior Partner, and Jyldyz Tagaeva, lawyer, took part in the 9th CIS Local Counsel Forum held on June 27 – 29, 2014 with the support of the Vienna Host Committee (Dorda Brugger Jordis; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Graf & Pitkowitz; Lansky, Ganzger + partner) and RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group. The Forum serves as a main platform for wide-scale gathering of business lawyers and takes place every year in different cities. Over the years, the Forum has evolved into an informal network of managing and senior partners of leading law firms from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, and partners of international law firms from around the world.
At the Forum, Gulnara Kalikova shared the legislative news, told about Kyrgyzstan’s investment climate and legal market.
19 June 2014
We extend out heartiest congratulations to Murat Madykov and Meerim Kachkynbaeva on the occasion of earning their LL.M degrees from Harvard and Columbia Universities. Congratulations, dear colleagues! 
01 June 2014
Kalikova & Associates is pleased to announce that Senior Associate Nurbek Sabirov was appointed as an arbitrator of the Riga International Commercial Arbitration Court effective from May 27, 2014.
30 May 2014
Kalikova & Associates representatives, Nurbek Sabirov and Ermek Mamaev, participated in the 2nd annual international conference Russian arbitration Day 2014 held in Moscow on May 29, 2014. The conference was organized by the International Commercial Arbitration Court and the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation with the support from a number of law firms such as Berwin Leighton Paisner (London) and Goltsblat BLP (its Russian practice), Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners (Moscow), Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners (Moscow), Watson, Farley & Williams (London).
The main purpose of the conference is to promote the development of international arbitration in post-Soviet states. Among the invited presenters were the specialists from CIS and non-CIS countries. All reports prepared for the conference were included by the organizers in the New Horizons for International Commercial Arbitration, Series No. 2.
17 May 2014
On May 17, 2014 in the "Manas" cinema there was the official ceremony of the "Ak Ilbirs" National Film Awards. Presentation of awards took place after the contest show of movies that were shot in 2013 and nominated for film awards this year. Screening of contestant-films was held in Cinema House named after Chingiz Aitmatov. The jury consisted of the famous Kyrgyz filmmakers, members of the Union of Cinematographers of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as the last year winners of the award. Based on the voting "Salam, New York" by Ruslan Akhun was acknowledged as the best film of 2013.
Kalikova & Associates, being a partner of it for the past three years, provides an independent vote count to determine the winners of the "Ak Ilbirs" National Film Awards.
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