Two years from the start of the pandemic, governments and businesses in Central Asia continue to face a challenging and uncertain outlook. While the region is recovering with the estimated GDP growth of 3.7%, 5.8% and 5.0% in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic in 2022 respectively, the path to recovery varied significantly across the region. Yet certain similarities about the challenges suggest that a new trend might start in which the region will focus on “localization” as opposed to “globalization”.
On 17 February 2022, the we launched our Central Asia in Focus webinar series, discussing trends, challenges and opportunities in the region. In our five-episode webinar series, we will be discussing a wide range topics with experts from Banking & Finance, corporate, regulatory and other practices.
Episode 1: Update on recent developments in Kazakhstan: Aviation
This webinar focused on the impact of Covid-19 and other developments on Kazakhstan’s aviation sector, including:
- market update as driven by Covid-19 and other developments;
- landscape for deal making;
- Cape Town Convention;
- aircraft repossession and remarketing issues; and
- restructuring and insolvency processes.
Speakers: Gulnur Bekmukhanbetova, of counsel, Azamat Kuatbekov, managing partner
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Episode 2: Data protection and Covid-19: Trends, insights and comparison with the GDPR
This webinar focused on the following topics:
- processing data in the face of challenges driven by Covid-19;
- managing data protection compliance;
- update on recent developments in Kazakhstan and certain other jurisdictions in Central Asia; comparison with the GDPR
Speakers: Azamat Kuatbekov, managing partner, Gulnur Bekmukhanbetova, of counsel, Michaela Nebel, partner (Frankfurt)
