Aidar Kashkarbayev
Counsel
Aidar Kashkarbayev
Counsel
  • KAZGUU University Astana, LLM in Competition Law – Legal Aspects on Investigation of Excess Profits in Aviation Companies in Kazakhstan, 2023
  • Cranfield School of Management, Advanced Development Program, 2015-2017
  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. School of Law; Visiting Scholar Energy and Natural Resources Specialisation, 1997
  • Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Program Diplomatic Training, 1995
  • Kazakh State National University, Almaty, Degree in Law, 1993
  • National Institute of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan; Language Program, English Language, 1994
Education
Professional Bodies
  • EUROUZ
  • British-Kazakh Society
Industry: Oil & Gas, Mining, Aviation, Infrastructure, Energy
Practice Areas: Arbitration, Litigation, Corporate, Commercial, Competition Law, Energy
Address: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Telephone: +7 702 702 44 44
Contacts
He has advised leading international and domestic companies on complex legal and regulatory issues, including petroleum operations, production sharing agreements, HSE compliance, currency and tax regulations, competition and antitrust law, employment, and customs matters.
Aidar’s career includes serving as Vice President of Legal Affairs at Air Astana and Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V., where he managed legal departments and provided strategic counsel on cross-border projects, regulatory frameworks, and disputes with state authorities and private entities. His background also encompasses dispute resolution in financial markets. Aidar’s extensive experience spans the oil and gas, mining, aviation, and infrastructure sectors, with significant involvement in licensing, permitting, privatisation, and large-scale investment projects. He has represented clients in arbitration and litigation, engaged in negotiations with government bodies, and contributed to the development of Kazakhstan’s legal framework for hydrocarbon exploration, production sharing agreements, and competition law. In addition, Aidar holds a Master’s degree in Competition Law.
Mr Aidar Kashkarbayev is a Counsel at Unicase and a highly experienced lawyer with over two decades of practice in energy, natural resources, competition law, and aviation.