Dina Berkaliyeva

She has experience in mining and natural resources, environmental protection, regulatory compliance and construction matters, as well as in disputes related to use of natural resources, administrative proceedings initiated by state bodies and officials and other commercial disputes.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

• ENERGY COMPANIES (subsurface users, oil and gas service companies, electricity generation companies) on various due diligence processes, reviewing their compliance with the relevant environmental, subsurface use and licensing legislation, as well as on the legislative provisions related to immovable property*
• THE WORLD BANK on the project initiated by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in cooperation with the World Bank on the amendment of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s gas flaring legislation*
• Obtaining the required set of approvals for new industrial constructions (workshops, bunkers for explosives storage and radioactive sources, storage for hydrochloric acid and chemicals)*

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• A MULTINATIONAL MINING COMPANY on an internal investigation of its subsidiary with regard to multimillion-dollar transactions related to assets in Kazakhstan
• A LEADING OIL & GAS COMPANY on a dispute and a potential commercial arbitration (LCIA, London) under a Kazakh-law-governed construction contract
• A LEADING OIL & GAS COMPANY on an environmental dispute in Kazakhstan related to a gas turbine power plant

*Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 2015 – 2016: The University of Nottingham, UK, LL.M. in International Environmental Law
• 2004 – 2006: Kazakh University of the Humanities and Law, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Bachelor of Law
• 1996 – 1997: Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, Environmental Science and Policy Department, MSc. in Environmental Sciences

LANGUAGES

Russian, English