Ainur Mammadova, LL.M, CEDR Accredited Mediator

Experience

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  Glencore International AG

  Sept 1999 - Dec 1999

  Translator
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  JSC ATFBank

  Feb 2003 - Apr 2004

  Lawyer

  • Legal expertise of credit applications,• Preparation of loan and pledge agreements,• Legal support of import and export transactions.

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  Development Bank of Kazakhstan

  Apr 2004 - Mar 2010

  Head of Project Legal expertise, Legal department.

  • Legal appraisal of the investment projects implemented in the different production and infrastructure fields, • Legal support of investment projects financed with the participation of international financial institutions (EBRD), • Legal expertise of export operations,• Legal expertise of the investment projects financed by the government through the Bank,• Legal expertise of the loan and pledge agreements,• Member of Assets and Liabilities Committee (2005),• Member of Investment Committee (2006)• Member of Methodology Committee (2007). Show less

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  "Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. "​ Liability Limited Partnership

  Jan 2010 - Mar 2014

  Director Legal Department

  • Corporate procedures compliance, including Participants’ General meeting and Meetings of the Supervisory Board,• Legal expertise of the contracts and agreements, including EPC (Engineering Procurement Construction) contract,• Legal support of the labor relations of the company,• Legal support of state procurement procedure, organized by the company.

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  Alba Group LLP

  Feb 2011 - Jan 2019

  General Director

  •General management of the company and management of legal services rendered by the company, including the procurement training center (individual and group workshops and trainings for suppliers and clients).• Promotion and business development• Clients relations and negoitations •Due diligence of clients and legal support for incorporation of legal entities abroad and opening of bank accounts in foreign banks.•Legal support to franchising projects in Kazakhstan. Managed from the very initiative till the opening and promotion a franchising boutique of the famous Italian jewelry brand Chantecler www.chantecler.it in Kazakhstan for 7 years, including contracting support, monitoring and reporting on the boutique reconstruction process, import issues and communications with franchiser on different issues, assisted and managed in the organization of 5 marketing events, including participation in Lux Expo in Almaty for product promotion purposes. Show less

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  “Government for citizens” Public Corporation” NJSC

  Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

  Director Legal Department

  •General management of the Legal Department work (12 legal associates), including the work of the legal divisions of all company branches with up to 35 legal associates reporting.• Full legal support management of the company and its branches.•Maintained compliance to corporate procedures.•Legal review of internal documents to ensure the compliance with the laws.•Legal review of the activities of the Corporation on regular basis to ensure the compliance with the laws.•Legal support of labor relations of the Corporation.•Legal support of procurement procedure, organized by the Corporation.•Legal support of Corporation’s litigation procedures.•Review of all legislative proposals related to the laws regulating the activities of the Corporation, including state services, digitalization, personal data protection and others and preparation of legal opinions.• Legal support of other functions in creation and implementation of corporate policies, guidelines and etc.•Monitoring, control, support to other legal issues of the Corporation and its branches. Show less

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  Verus Project Management

  Oct 2019 - now

  Chief Legal Officer

  •Responsible for full legal support of business and corporate procedures of the company.•Interaction with the shareholder (significant optimization of service management and billing recording).•Monitoring and control of disputes with counterparties in the group of Verus companies (most disputes have been prevented and solved through the negotiations without litigation procedures), management and guidance to the legal associate of the company in litigation. •Legal support and legal expertise of large investment projects as well as funded by development banks (EBRD, World Bank, Development Bank of Kazakhstan, Islamic Development Bank).•Key expert on legal issues and dispute resolution within the team of FIDIC Works Supervision Engineer Services (project financed by EBRD)•Project coordinator within the team of consulting services rendered by the company to the Contractor in the framework of the Investment project implemented under FIDIC contract and financed by Islamic Development Bank, •Legal support in tendering procedures (participation of the company in state procurements, EBRD and other tendering platforms). Show less