VSB Partners was established on January 1 2011 and comprises the staff of Bracewell & Giuliani following the international firm’s decision to pull out of Almaty in December 2010. The firm specialises in M&A and capital markets transactions, but is also ...
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VSB Partners was established on January 1 2011 and comprises the staff of Bracewell & Giuliani following the international firm’s decision to pull out of Almaty in December 2010. The firm specialises in M&A and capital markets transactions, but is also active in the energy and natural resources sectors. In the last year, the firm advised entities such as Oman Oil Company Exploration & Production, Frontier Mining, Black River Management, Sigma Bleyzer Investment Group and Argo Capital Management.
Managing partner Kairat Serikpayev advised Sigma Bleyzner Investment Group on its US$24 million acquisition of shares from a Dutch holding company shareholder. The firm also handled the debt restructuring of the deal.
Senior partner Gregory Vojack is a highly respected figure in the Almaty legal market, and is known for his expertise in capital markets, joint ventures and oil and gas. He and Serikpayev are advising Frontier Mining on the reorganisation of a group of companies that hold licences for the exploration and production of copper and other metals in Russia and Kazakhstan. This complex reorganisation involved a merger transaction, share acquisition and the acquisition of several government permits, and will ultimately result in a consolidated mining and smelting company.
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