How To Secure Land For Renewable Energy Project In Kazakhstan?

June 30, 2023 by Rohin Pujari

Land use rights are regulated primarily by the Land Code, the Civil Code and the Law on Real Property Registration.

Procedure on obtaining the land use right may vary depending on the category and purpose of the land.

What are the categories of the land in Kazakhstan?

Agricultural lands
Residential lands (cities, towns, rural settlements)
Lands for industry, transport, communications, for the needs for space activities, defense, national security and other non-agricultural purposes
Lands for nature reserves, sanatory lands, lands of recreational and historical-cultural designation
Forestry fund lands
Water fund lands
Reserve lands

State owned land

right to a short-term (up to 5 years) land use
right to a long-term (from 5 to 49 years) land use

Privately owned land can be obtained by means of

a lease agreement with the owner
a sale-purchase agreement with the owner

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For further information, please contact:

Ayana Unerbayeva – Partner, Unicase Law Firm,
ayana.u@unicaselaw.com

About

Ayana is a Partner at Unicase and a Head of Tashkent office. She has more than 10 years’ experience in advising corporate practice clients, including mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international corporate finance, IPOs, private equity, joint ventures, public takeovers, corporate governance, restructuring, and insolvency. Ayana has a profound track record in many industries such as corporate law and M&A, finance and securities.

Ayana has significant experience in conducting complex due diligence of oil and gas and mining companies, implementing acquisitions and disposals, including transactions governed by foreign law. She works across a wide spectrum of corporate issues, advising on optimal investment and corporate vehicles to meet Clients’ particular needs and protect their interests. Recently, Ayana has been advising clients in energy, PPP and infrastructure projects related to the Uzbekistan jurisdiction.

Ms Unerbayeva is a member of Kazakhstan Bar and Kazakhstan Lawyers’ Associations, with a brilliant LLM in Banking and Financial Law from Boston University, MA, and an outstanding LLB from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.