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Zhursunov Rustam Manarbekovich — arbitrator of the “Atameken” Arbitration Center

Zhursunov Rustam Manarbekovich

Lawyer, Civil law, Corporate law, Tax law

ҚАЗРУСENG
​Chairman of the Board, Director of the ALE “Association ‘Union of Investors of Kazakhstan’”

Education:
1998: Kazakh State Law University, lawyer
2000: Kazakh State Academy of Management, economist
2013: Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Executive MBA
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)

Specialisation: Lawyer/ civil law/ corporate law/ tax law

Career:
1996 - 1997: junior lawyer of the president’s office of Kazzinc OJSC
1997 - 1998: securities specialist at Imantau LLP, tax lawyer of the Finance and Tax Agency
1998 - 1999: lawyer at the GRATA law firm
1999 - 2000: deputy head of the legal expertise division of the Ministry of State Revenues of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2000 - 2001: head of the disputed issues and clarifications division of the Ministry of State Revenues of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2001 - 2002: head of the legislation directorate of the Ministry of State Revenues of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2002: deputy director of the legal department of the Ministry of State Revenues of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2002 - 2003: partner at the GRATA law firm
2003: deputy director of the project legal support department of KazMunayTeniz IOC CJSC
2003 - 2007: executive director for legal consulting of KazMunayGas-Consulting JSC
2007 - 2009: president of KazMunayGas-Consulting JSC
2009 - 2011: managing director for legal affairs of KazMunayGas EP JSC
2011 - 2012: head of the legal department of Samruk-Kazyna SWF JSC
2012 - 2015: executive director for legal affairs of the Association of Legal Entities “KAZENERGY Association”
2015 - 2020: deputy chairman of the board of the “Atameken” National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2020 - 25.04.2024: Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan
from 04.2025 - present: Chairman of the Board, Director of the ALE “Association ‘Union of Investors of Kazakhstan’”

Languages:
Kazakh
Russian
English

Place of residence: Astana, Kazakhstan

Number of arbitration cases heard: 0

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