Environmental Disputes and Regulatory Support under the Environmental Code of Kazakhstan

We defend industrial enterprises in environmental disputes and inspections — from exceeding emission and discharge limits to claims over waste management. Our team has successfully challenged the results of environmental inspections involving billions of tenge.
The current Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan has tightened the rules: operator liability has been strengthened, and new obligations have been introduced for Category I facilities. The cost of a mistake is a fine equal to the economic benefit gained — and the suspension of the enterprise's operations.

Situations Where We Step In:

An environmental inspection has been scheduled or a report of violations has already been issued
Claims have been made regarding exceedance of emission or discharge limits
Damage has been assessed for excess emissions or incorrect waste classification
The competent authority demands compensation for environmental harm or threatens suspension of operations
The company needs to obtain or renew an environmental permit (including for Category I facilities — CEP)
Environmental risks need to be assessed before a deal, production launch, or technology change

Our Approach:

We fully assess the legality of the inspection: identify procedural and substantive violations by the inspecting authority and seek cancellation of fines and assessments;
We review the validity of damage calculations and waste classification — this is where multi-billion claims most often fall apart;
We build a defense position with the company technical specialists: combining legal arguments with production facts;
We support the company at all stages — from objections to the inspection report through appeals in courts of all instances;
We advise preventively: Environmental Code compliance audit, support in obtaining environmental permits, risk assessment before they become fines.

Why Us

Unique Experience in Multi-Billion Environmental Disputes

Our team members have represented industrial companies in environmental disputes worth billions of tenge — including successful challenges to waste classification claims of 5.5 billion ₸ and CHP waste dusting damage of 1.2 billion ₸.

We understand the dispute from three sides: our specialists have worked in major industrial holdings, the judiciary, and government bodies. This allows us to anticipate the regulator logic and build a sustainable legal position in advance.

We assess the prospects of the dispute upfront and openly tell the client if the legal position does not allow reaching the ultimate goal.

Our Cases.
How we helped our clients

When court decisions to invalidate transactions do not result in additional assessments

Brief description of the case:

When a desk audit notification arrives referencing already-issued civil court decisions

Unique Experience in Multi-Billion Environmental Disputes

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