Amir
Begdesenov

Specialisation

Antimonopoly (competition) law

Work experience

• 2007 — 2010 — Deloitte TCF LLP — Assistant consultant (from 10.09.2007), Consultant (from 02.02.2008), Lead consultant (from 03.01.2009 to 12.06.2010);
• 2010 — present — Sayat Zholshy & Partners law firm — Lawyer (from 15.06.2010), Senior lawyer (from 01.01.2011), Partner (from 01.01.2014).

Education

2002 — 2007 — Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, specialisation: international law, diploma with honours

Membership of associations

• 2014 — present — co-chair of the Antimonopoly (Competition) Law Committee of the Republican public association Kazakhstan Bar Association (KazBar);
• 2015 — elected member of the Competition Protection Council of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• 2017 — elected member of the Council of the public association "Alliance of Antimonopoly Experts".

Publications

• Regular publications in Kazakhstani and foreign media (the newspapers Biznes i Vlast, Kursiv, Kapital; the journals Konkurentsiya i Pravo, Rynok i Konkurentsiya, RTsBK, Bukhgalter i Pravo and others);
• Co-author of the scientific and practical commentary on the provisions of the Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on competition protection;
• Co-author of the Kazakhstan chapter of Cartel Regulation 2014, the international legal guide Getting the Deal Through.