Advocate · Semey · Astana

Dauren
Iskakov

Advocate, managing partner of Defenders law firm

Criminal defence at every stage of proceedings. More than nine years as an investigator: I know how a prosecution case is built.

18 years
in the profession: nine of them investigating criminal cases, defending since 2019
9+ years
in investigative units. I know how a prosecution case is built because I used to build them
Complex cases
multi-episode and high-profile criminal proceedings
Acquittals
including jury trials. Cases dropped before reaching court

Practice

Practice areas

Economic and corruption crime
Tax evasion, fictitious invoices, bribery, embezzlement, abuse of office.
Drug offences
Possession with intent to supply and supply. An acquittal and a charge reduced from an especially serious offence to a criminal misdemeanour.
Serious crime and jury trials
Offences against the person and property, multi-episode and high-profile cases, jury trials.
Pre-trial stage
Defence strategy from day one, preparation for investigative actions, motions and complaints.
Civil cases
Debt recovery, employment disputes, family disputes.

Experience

from 2019
Advocate. In 2022 founded Defenders law firm and runs it as managing partner
2017-2019
Assistant to a deputy, Office of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2008-2017
Investigator in the investigative units of the police, the financial police, the anti-corruption service and the Economic Investigation Service. Personally investigated tax evasion, fictitious invoices, smuggling, murder, robbery and other crimes, so he knows how an investigation works from the inside
2008
Barimbek Beisenov Karaganda Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, degree with honours

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