Ilmira Yuldasheva
Ilmira Yuldasheva
Counsel
Education
King’s College London, London, UK, LL.M.

Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, Kazakhstan, Master of Law

Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, Specialist degree in Law

Languages
Russian
English

Membership/Activities
KazBar

Ilmira has been specializing in legal advisory services on Corporate Law, Compliance and Regulation, particularly in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical industries, Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition and Labour Law, for over 12 years. Her experience include, among other things, advising on creation and restructuring of business vehicles in various industries (including non-profit), handling M&A transactions, and advising on wide range of pharmaceutical industry regulation matters under Kazakhstan law as well as the Eurasian Economic Union law.


Prior to joining Zan Hub team, Ilmira was Senior Associate at a large international law firm based in Kazakhstan. 


During last 5 years, Ilmira has been particularly active in developing practice and expanding legal expertise on pharmaceutical industry regulation matters through participation in professional conferences (such as annual legal forums) and bodies (such as KazBar pharmaceutical and medicine committee) as well as publications on relevant matters.


Practical experience


  • Major foreign and Kazakhstan pharmaceutical producers: advising on wide range of matters, such as promotion, advertisement, pricing regulation, competition, licensing, anti-corruption (including on application of FCPA and UK Anti-Bribery Act to Kazakhstan businesses), procurement, distribution contracts, other regulatory matters, including in the form of internal seminars to marketing and sales staff of the clients.

  • Major international businesses in various industries (cement production, financial services, defence, oil and gas, construction, etc.): advising on wide range of corporate law matters, including creation and restructuring, charter capital increase, obtaining of regulatory approvals, corporate governance, minority shareholders issues, etc.

  • Major international helicopter service provider: advising on various contractual, labor and immigration matters.

  • Major healthcare provider: assisting in acquisition of business (specialized clinics) in Kazakhstan.

  • Major foreign pharmaceutical producer: assisting in Kazakhstan part of global acquisition of products portfolio from another major foreign pharmaceutical producer.

  • Publications

    Pharmaceutical business in the EAEU. Pricing regulation (Kazakhstan part), joint publication of Dentons Law Firm and Revera Law Firm, 2018

    Cryptocurrency in Kazakhstan. What May Lie Ahead?, Forbes Kazakhstan, 2018

    Competition issues related to distribution agreements within the common market of medicines of the Eurasian Economic Union, Market and Competition Journal, 2016

    Common market of medicines of the Eurasian Economic Union: Rules of access and competition, National Business Journal, 2015

Practices
  • Corporate Law
  • Compliance and Regulation particularly in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical industries
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Competition Law
  • Labour Law