Alexandr Tyo
Partner
Kazakhstan | 14 years of experience | Corporate and M&A
Alexandr is a Partner at Centil and heads the Corporate and M&A practice in Kazakhstan.
He primarily focuses on complex corporate projects, M&A deals, joint ventures, cross-border investments and corporate disputes. He also has deep experience in corporate restructuring projects.
Alexandr has the right of audience at the AIFC Court and is licensed to practice as an advocate in Kazakhstan.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Corporate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Transactions
ADMISSIONS
- Member of the Chamber of Legal Advisers of the Kazakhstan Bar Association
- Member of Alliance of Antimonopoly Experts (Kazakhstan)
EXPERIENCE
- Acted for Mars and Wrigley on their global merger and post-merger integration in Kazakhstan
- Represented a foreign strategic investor in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Allur, Kazakhstan’s leading automotive group
- Represented Halyk Bank on the acquisition of Verigram (AI-based identity verification solutions) and Kundelik (national e-school platform)
- Advised a major oil supplier on acquisition of shares in Condensat JSC, one of Kazakhstan’s top 100 hydrocarbons companies
- Acted in connection with the IPO of a major Kazakh steel producer on the Hong Kong Exchange and AIX
- Acted for UBM Group on its market entry and the development of a premix production plant in Kazakhstan
- Advised TotalEnergies on Kazakhstan antitrust aspects of its acquisition of control over Total Eren
- Advised Softline on the acquisition of several IT companies in Kazakhstan
- Represented Stadler Rail in connection with its investments and joint venture with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy for the production of rolling stock
- Advised Tatneft on the redomiciliation of an entity from Cyprus to the AIFC
- Acted for UzAuto Motors on the establishment of a cross-border joint venture under the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan cooperation framework
- Advised Verno Capital on a multi-million investment project in Kazakhstan
- Advised on the Kazakhstan legal aspects of DoorDash Inc.’s USD 8.1 billion acquisition of Wolt Enterprises
- Represented Aytemiz Akaryakıt Dağıtım in the acquisition of a Kazakh subsoil user holding a major tungsten deposit
- Advised on the global legal entity reorganization of Marsh & McLennan Companies, including the restructuring of European holding structures
- Represented NatPower, an Italian renewable energy group, in acquisitions of local companies in Kazakhstan
EDUCATION
2019
Master Degree, Saint-Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics (Russia)
2012
LL.B., Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages named after Abylai Khan (Kazakhstan)
LANGUAGES
- English
- Russian
RECOGNITIONS
Legal 500
Next Generation Partners | Commercial, corporate and M&A
IFLR1000
Rising star partner | Corporate and M&A