Since 1991

A law firm for businesses built to last

ALTA VERITAS advises Kyrgyz companies and foreign investors across the whole life of a business — from incorporation to transaction, dispute, reorganisation, or closure. Thirty-five years in the law of the Kyrgyz Republic, recognition by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500, and a partner personally answerable for every engagement.

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The record

35years
In practice, without interruption, since 1991
2014
Ranked by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500
2021
Listed in Pravo-300 International
5partners
Who lead every engagement personally
RU · EN
Working languages of the firm

We act at every stage of a business's life

01
Start
Set a structure you will not have to rebuild
A business is being created.
- Corporate law and ownership structure
- Incorporation and constitutional documents
- Licensing and permits
- Contract work
- Employment law and HR formalities
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02
Growth
Give scale a legal foundation
A business is expanding.
- Foreign investment and PPP
- Tax and tax planning
- M&A and corporate transactions
- Banking and finance
- Real estate, land and construction
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03
Protection
Hold the position under pressure
A business is under threat.
- Tax disputes
- Court and arbitration representation
- Administrative appeals and disputes with state bodies
- Debt recovery
- Asset protection and corporate conflicts
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04
Change and exit
Close or hand over without a tail
A business is changing form or coming to a close.
- Reorganisation: merger, accession, division
- Sale of a stake and owner's exit
- Debt restructuring
- Insolvency and conduct of proceedings
- Voluntary liquidation
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Flagship practice

Foreign investment and public–private partnership

A project with state participation outlives the government of the day, the tariff, and the current edition of the law. We assess not only whether a structure is lawful today, but whether it will hold: what happens if regulation changes, if the authorised body is replaced, if the tariff is revised, or if a dispute arises — and which of those scenarios can be closed off in the text of the agreement now.

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01
Legal regime
Sectoral restrictions, permissible share of foreign participation, land and subsoil.
02
Form of participation and agreement
PPP agreement, concession, private initiative, allocation of risk in the text.
03
Permits and regulation
Mandatory approvals, the authorised body, tariff and its revision.
04
Protection of the investment
Stability of terms, treaty protection, the forum for a dispute with the state.

Four reasons

We are older than the market we work in.

The firm was founded in 1991 — the year of independence. We know not only the text of the law, but the logic by which it has changed over thirty-five years.

You speak with a partner — including a native speaker of English.

The firm's Chairman, Brian Kent Kemple, is an American lawyer, a graduate of Princeton University and Boston University School of Law, with five years of practice on Wall Street.

We helped write the rules we advise on.

The firm's Senior Partner founded the Chamber of Tax Consultants of the Kyrgyz Republic and co-authored the commentaries to the Tax Code.

We answer for the result, not for the memorandum.

Every client has a designated partner responsible for timing, quality, and outcome.