Alel Aliasheva
Partner
Corporate Law · Tax · Restructuring · Bankruptcy · Dispute Resolution
Alel Aliasheva is a Partner at Bond Stone and one of Kazakhstan’s most experienced practitioners in corporate restructuring, bankruptcy proceedings, and complex commercial litigation. Practising since 2002, she brings over two decades of courtroom and transaction experience across the full range of corporate stress scenarios — debt restructuring negotiations, insolvency proceedings, asset recovery, creditor enforcement, and the corporate and tax advisory work that runs alongside them.
Her litigation background is particularly deep in the construction and real estate sector — she has handled some of Kazakhstan’s most complex construction disputes, bringing the same analytical rigour she applies to due diligence to the preparation and execution of contested court proceedings. Clients describe her as methodical, thorough, and difficult to surprise — qualities that matter in bankruptcy and restructuring work where the outcome is rarely predictable at the outset.
Alel holds an LL.M. from the University of Kent — one of the UK’s leading universities for international commercial law — complementing her KazGYU legal foundation with a comparative law perspective that is directly relevant to Kazakhstan’s evolving corporate and insolvency framework. She is a native Kazakh and Russian speaker and works in English.
Selected Experience
Bankruptcy Proceedings — Real Estate Developer
Bankruptcy · Kazakhstan · Real Estate
Representing creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings of a Kazakhstan real estate developer — creditor committee participation, proof of claim submission, asset tracing, and enforcement of priority claims against the bankruptcy estate in Almaty Specialised Inter-district Economic Court.
Debt Restructuring — Construction Group
Restructuring · Kazakhstan · Construction
Advising on the out-of-court debt restructuring of a Kazakhstan construction group — creditor negotiations, standstill agreements, restructuring plan drafting, security package renegotiation, and implementation documentation across a complex multi-lender capital structure.
Complex Construction Litigation
Litigation · Kazakhstan · Construction
Representing clients in high-value construction disputes before Kazakhstan courts — construction defect claims, delay and liquidated damages, contractor insolvency scenarios, and recovery of advance payments from defaulting contractors.
Corporate Reorganisation — Legal Entity
Corporate · Kazakhstan · Reorganisation
Full legal support for the reorganisation of Kazakhstani legal entities — mergers, divisions, transformations from LLP to JSC, liquidation, and spin-off transactions — including regulatory filings, creditor notification, and state registration of the reorganisation.
M&A Due Diligence — Labour Risk
M&A · Kazakhstan · Labour / Corporate
Leading corporate and employment due diligence components on M&A transactions — workforce compliance review, employment contract assessment, collective agreement analysis, and outstanding labour dispute identification for buyers of Kazakhstan business assets.
Tax Dispute — Administrative Challenge
Tax · Kazakhstan · Dispute Resolution
Representing a Kazakhstan company in a tax dispute with the State Revenue Committee — challenging a tax audit assessment, preparing administrative complaint documentation, and representing the client through the appeal process to the inter-district economic court.
Education & Credentials
University of Kent
Master of Laws (LL.M.), 2009 — International Commercial Law
Kazakh State Law University (KazGYU)
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 2004
Bond Stone International Law Firm
Partner — Corporate Law, Tax, Restructuring & Bankruptcy, Dispute Resolution. Almaty office. Practising since 2002.
Languages
Kazakh (native) · Russian (native) · English (proficient)