Education
University of Westminster – Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Adilet Higher School of Law – Law Degree (LL.B. equivalent)

Languages
English
Russian

Membership/Activities
KazBar

MCIArb

Arbitrator at three leading arbitration institutions in Kazakhstan
Semion is one of the founding partners of Zan Hub.

He specializes in capital markets, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance. He advises clients on various equity and debt capital market matters in Kazakhstan. Semion is recognized and recommended by international ranking agencies such as Chambers & Partners and IFLR 1000 as one of the leading lawyers in Kazakhstan.

Previously, Semion was a capital markets partner at the Kazakh law firm Aequitas and the international law firm White & Case. He is a member of KazBar, MCIArb, and serves as an arbitrator for three leading arbitration institutions in Kazakhstan.

Practical experience


  • IPO of Kazatomprom, the largest uranium producer: GDR offering on the London Stock Exchange and the first offering of shares and GDRs on AIX (AIFC Stock Exchange)
  • IPO of Kaspi.kz
  • IPO of KazMunayGas
  • IPO of Air Astana
  • IPO of Kazakhmys (the first major international IPO from Kazakhstan)
  • IPO of Kazkommertsbank (the first IPO of a Kazakhstani bank)
  • IPO of Alliance Bank
  • Sovereign bonds of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the USD 10 billion debt issuance program (multiple issuances in various currencies)
  • Debut Eurobonds of JSC Samruk-Kazyna
  • Debut Eurobonds of NUH Baiterek
  • Eurobonds of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan (nearly all issuances)
  • Eurobonds of KazMunayGas (nearly all issuances)
  • Debut Eurobonds of Kaspi.kz
  • Debut Eurobonds of Forte Bank
  • Eurobonds of Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance (multiple issuances)
  • Eurobonds of Bank TuranAlem (nearly all issuances)
  • Eurobonds of Halyk Bank
  • Eurobonds of Alliance Bank (nearly all issuances)
  • Eurobonds of KazStroyService
  • Eurobonds of KazTransGas Aimak (Qazaqgaz Aimaq)
  • perpetual non-cumulative securities of Alliance Bank
Practices
  • Capital markets
  • Dispute resolution
  • Banking and Finance