Zhibek Karamanova is the founder and managing partner of the law firm KEREMET Holding, the Almaty Court of International Arbitration and KeremetArt, an art investment and promotion project for Kazakh artists.
Zhibek has over 18 years of experience in supporting large Kazakhstan and international projects in the field of corporate law, subsoil law, environmental law, advises clients on AIFC law, art business, investments, accompanies M&A transactions, represents clients in court and arbitration, participates in the development of draft legislative acts.
She graduated from the Kazakh Humanities Law University (Faculty of International Law), Queen Mary University in London (LLM in International Business Law), Lehigh University Summer Academy in the USA.
She has experience of being arbitrator in Kazakhstan, Russia and the Netherlands in over 50 arbitration cases. Senior Lecturer at KIMEP University. Member of the chamber of legal consultants KazBar. Graduate of the Bolashak scholarship program.