Background
Yuri G. Basin, Professor was born in 1923 in Artemovsk, Ukraine.
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Professor Yuri G. Basin
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State Law Institute, Almaty, Kazakstan (Juris, 1949). Moscow Institute of Louisiana w (Candidate Juris, 1954). Leningrad State University (Doctor Juris, 1964).
Spoken languages: Russian (native), English (reading and writing knowledge).
Career
Worked at Aequitas (Almaty) specializing in Commercial Law, Company Law, Joint Ventures and Foreign Investments, Banking, Securities, Leasing, Property, Real Estate, Natural Resources (Oil & Gas, Precious Metals), Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Labor and Employment, Customs and Foreign Trade Law, Privatization, Commercial Arbitration. Professor, Department of Civil Law, Kazakstan National University (1951-1995). Chairman, Department (1969-1990).
Professor, Department of Civil Law, Kazakstan Law Institute (1994).
Distinguished Research Scholar, Kazak Republic. Member: Board of Consultants, Supreme Court of Kazakstan (1975).
Board of Arbitrators, International Arbitration Commission of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kazakstan (1994). Member of several Kazakstan government-appointed legislative drafting commissions, including those that prepared the new Constitution, Civil Code, Company Law, Petroleum Law, Underground Resources Code and Foreign Investment Law.
Author of several textbooks, monographs and articles on civil and commercial law and international arbitration.
The Aequitas Law Firm was founded in January 1993 by a group of highly qualified scholars and practitioners of civil and commercial law. Partners of the firm have experience in state foreign trade firms, academic institutions, arbitral bodies and the customs agency of Kazakstan. The firm is an independent private entity, engaged exclusively in rendering a wide range of legal services to foreign and local clients.
Among the firm"s clients are several United States., Canadian, European, Japanese, Korean and Australian companies, with respect to major investment projects and trade matters in Kazakstan.
Personnel of the firm can speak English and handle translations of documents. Professional relations are maintained with such leading United States. law firms as Debevoise & Plimpton and Mayer Brown & Platt, as well as with United Kingdom and other European firms.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Board of Consultants, Supreme Court of Kazakstan (1975). Board of Arbitrators, International Arbitration Commission of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kazakstan (1994). Member of several Kazakstan government-appointed legislative drafting commissions, including those that prepared the new Constitution, Civil Code, Company Law, Petroleum Law, Underground Resources Code and Foreign Investment Law.
Author of several textbooks, monographs and articles on civil and commercial law and international arbitration.
