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Daniil Litosh
Associate
Daniil Litosh
Associate
Daniil advises on the negotiation and drafting of complex project finance and M&A contracts, with a focus on legal due diligence for major investment and development projects. He also provides strategic counsel to clients in the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), guiding them on corporate structuring, regulatory compliance, and other AIFC law issues.
With a track record in energy and infrastructure disputes, particularly those involving FIDIC-based and bespoke EPC contracts, Daniil excels in managing arbitration and litigation processes, from procedural document drafting and representing clients on the hearings to expert and witness coordination. His work spans major renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, and hydropower, providing end-to-end legal support from due diligence to regulatory compliance.
With a track record in energy and infrastructure disputes, particularly those involving FIDIC-based and bespoke EPC contracts, Daniil excels in managing arbitration and litigation processes, from procedural document drafting and representing clients on the hearings to expert and witness coordination. His work spans major renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, and hydropower, providing end-to-end legal support from due diligence to regulatory compliance.
- Masters Degree in Finance, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, grad. 2026
- LLB in International Law, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2024
Education
Professional Bodies
- Justus Bar
Industry: Energy Transition & Renewables, Subsoil Use & Natural Resources
Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance
Address: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Telephone: +7 777 030 17 11
Contacts
Email: daniil.l@unicaselaw.com
Daniil is an Associate at Unicase specialising in high-stakes international commercial litigation, arbitration, and complex projects across finance, energy, and cyberlaw (data centres, cryptocurrency, personal data). With extensive experience in advising clients on disputes governed by institutions like IAC, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL, Daniil has successfully represented clients in high-value, domestic, and cross-border matters. He also specialises in representing clients in administrative disputes arising out or in connection with administrative acts or actions of state authorities and other administrative bodies.
- Represented a major Chinese investor in an administrative dispute involving the unlawful issuance of a Ministry of Energy order reducing the tariff for oil transportation through Kazakhstan to China and the profit of the investor by 93 million USD.
- Represented the Kazakhstan subsidiary of a Singaporean company in the commercial dispute, protected the interests of a foreign investor involved in the construction of a 100 MW solar power plant in southern Kazakhstan, with a project value of approximately 1 billion USD.
- Represented a prominent Kazakhstan quasi-state power producer in an IAC arbitration concerning the termination of an EPC contract for the modernisation of a heat and power plant.
- Advised the syndicate of commercial and development banks, Chinese, Middle Eastern and other export-import banks, international lenders and financial institutions on the project of the borrower seeking to raise a 15-year long-term project financing with full-recourse guarantees from the sponsors on a several and not joint basis. Conducted due diligence of the borrower, participated in drafting, revising, and negotiating the finance documents, including pledge agreements governed by Kazakhstani, Hong Kong, and English law.
- Advised a leading Chinese state-owned enterprise on its 300 MW solar and 500 MW wind power plants projects with an integrated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Turkestan and Karaganda regions in Kazakhstan. Unicase supported the client in legal due diligence of a Kazakh quasi-state entity for the joint venture and provided a detailed report on Kazakhstan’s renewable energy regulatory framework.
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