What the Others Say About Us
Asialaw Profiles 2018
MWP has been recognised as highly recommended law firm for Banking & Finance, Construction & Real Estate, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property; and recommended law firm for Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources, IT, Telco & Media, Tax
Corporate INTL Magazine Global 2017
Award: Full Service Law Firm of the Year in Azerbaijan
Finance Monthly Law Awards 2017
Award: Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year in Azerbaijan
International Acquisition M&A 2017
Award: Distinguished in Dispute Resolution
Asialaw Profiles 2017
MWP has been recognised as highly recommended law firm for Banking & Finance, Construction & Real Estate, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources, Tax
APAC Insider 2016
Award: Best Full Service Law Firm in the Central Asia
International Acquisition M&A 2016
Award: Best Finance Law Firm in Kazakhstan
Worldwide Financial Advisor Awards 2016
Award: Superior Lawyers 2016
Corporate Vision 2016
Award: Business Elite 100
International Acquisition M&A 2016
Award: Distinguished in Dispute Resolution
Wealth & Finance INTL 2016
Award: Best Alternative Investment Law Firm in Kazakhstan
Middle East Markets 2016
Award: Best International Natural Resources Law Firm
Corporate INTL Magazine Global 2016
Award: Full Service Law Firm of the Year in Kazakhstan
Energy Expert Guides 2016
Award: The World's Leading Lawyers Chosen by Their Peers: Leading Practioner in This Field
International Acquisition M&A 2016
Award: Corporate Adviser of the Year in Kazakhstan
The Legal 500, EMEA 2015
“Michael Wilson & Partners fields ‘a large, well-trained team of local lawyers who all speak excellent English’. The firm has longstanding experience across many areas of practice, representing clients including lenders, service sector companies, and mining corporations. It provides regulatory advice to Bloomberg and continues to advise Falck Group on matters pertaining to the takeover and restructuring of a healthcare clinic business in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Other clients include Credit Suisse, Dell, Hambledon Mining plc, Marubeni and PayPal. Michael Wilson has ‘an encyclopaedic memory of contacts and precedents in Kazakhstan’. Larissa Orlova, Elena Lee and Valery Chechulin are also recommended. Senior associate Assel Kulisheva joined from Deloitte TCF LLP.“
WHO’S WHO LEGAL, 2015, MINING
Award: Michael Wilson, managing director of Michal Wilson & Partners is listed in the 2014 edition of WHO’S WHO LEGAL, MINING recognising as one of the best and recommended lawyers
Global Law Experts 2015
Award: Full Service Law Firm of the Year in Kazakhstan
Corporate INTL Magazine 2015
Award: Full Service Law Firm of the Year in Azerbaijan
Chambers and Partners 2014
“This well-established firm has a strong clientele in the energy and natural resources sector. It offers a range of services, including banking and finance, corporate/commercial and M&A. Managing director Michael Wilson is the key contact.”
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2014
“Combining years of collective experience in the CIS, MWP is ideally placed to provide legal services in a unique region where a cultural understanding and an appreciation of the local approach to legislation and business is vital to commercial success. Key personnel are resident on a full-time basis. Today, MWP continues to maintain its position as the region's largest independent law firm and is as well considered a key strategic partner to its clients. The Firm advises both foreign and domestic business clients, including some of the region's largest and most strategically important investors.”
International Acquisition M&A 2014
Award: Full service law firm of the year in Kazakhstan