Foreign companies entering the market of Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Line of business
Representation in Astana
The capital means central government authorities, national companies, development institutions, embassies and the venues where decisions about your market are taken. We represent a company’s interests where it has no physical presence — and we do so as its own staff, not as outside consultants.
01 / Audience
For whom
Kazakhstani regional companies that need a permanent voice in the capital
Companies that need representation sooner than an office of their own
02 / How we work
How the work is arranged
A dedicated manager is assigned to each company. They work under the founder’s personal direction and draw on his network of contacts — so access to the right office does not depend on how many years the manager has spent in the industry.
The form of cooperation ranges from a one-off assignment to permanent representation with monthly reporting.
03 / Services
What we do
- Representation before central government authorities, ministries and agencies
- Work with national companies and the quasi-public sector
- Development institutions and state support measures: Kazakh Invest, QazIndustry, KazakhExport, the Development Bank of Kazakhstan, DAMU, the Agrarian Credit Corporation, QazInnovations
- Investment preferences, agreements, and entry into special economic and industrial zones
- Local executive authorities: akimats, social entrepreneurship corporations, sectoral departments
- Monitoring of draft regulations affecting your market
- Preparation of the company’s position and its presentation to industry forums and working groups, including the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs
- Participation in shaping the industry’s business agenda
- Finding partners, distributors and contractors, and vetting counterparties
- International cooperation: agreements, memoranda, joint ventures
- Entry to new markets — Central Asia, China, the Caucasus, the CIS
- Market and competitive research, and investment materials in Kazakh, Russian, English and Chinese
- Arrangement of participation in forums and exhibitions: the stand, the business programme, B2B sessions, speaking slots
- Hosting delegations: the visit programme, meetings at government authorities, protocol, interpreting in four languages
- Follow-up on what was agreed after the event — monitoring performance of what has been signed
- Finding strategic and financial investors
- Investment materials: teasers, business plans, financial models, presentations for development institutions
- Structuring the transaction and support in negotiations
- Registration of a branch, representative office or partnership, the business identification number, an electronic digital signature, a bank account, a registered address
- Permits to engage foreign labour, and visa and migration support for staff
- Selection and hiring of local personnel
- Admission to quasi-public sector procurement: supplier qualification, local content, support with bids
Through a partner: legal services, accounting and tax records, and product certification for the Eurasian Economic Union market.
04 / Presence
Office in Astana
Astana, 12/2 D. Kunayev St., office 51
Open in maps05 / Evidence
Why this works
SABR’s founder has worked on both sides of the table: head of the Asia department at the head office of the national company Kazakh Invest, director of a regional branch, and freelance adviser on investment to a regional Akim. In 2017 the region came first in Kazakhstan for attracting investment into manufacturing.
In 2023–2024 — national expert of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) for Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The results of that work: freight forwarding rules for transport that did not exist in Kazakhstani legislation, calculations of the consequences of a change in the tax rate presented in Parliament, and amendments to the Tax Code adopted by the relevant ministry.
That is the difference between “having contacts” and “having a proven result in regulation”.
06 / Contact
Discuss representation
The first meeting is a review of the task and an estimate of timescales, with no obligations.
WhatsApp: +7 701 817 6109
Telephone: +7 701 817 6109
WeChat: olzhas_ryskeldi
Email: o.ryskeldi@sabr.asia
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