Official opening of the Court of Astana International Financial Center (AIFC)

Since January last year, civil and commercial disputes have been solved in accordance with the best international practices and based on English law. The first case went to AIFC court in February of this year. The case is now available in English and Russian on the court’s website.

At similar international financial courts in Dubai and Qatar the first case was considered much later. “We managed to get enforced through the enforcement agency in Kazakhstan almost immediately and that is a world first, that never happens in new international financial centers,” said Registrar of AIFC Court, Christopher Campbell-Holt.

The AIFC Court is an independent institution as part of the financial center. According to the registrar of the Court, Christopher Campbell-Holt, the presence of this court in Kazakhstan is an additional factor to investment attractiveness of not only the country, but also the Eurasian region. “No one can tell our judges what to do. That is written in the constitution in law, court and arbitration center. It is very important to protect international investors, to show them, to give them perception,” Campbell-Holt also said. He added that the AIFC court and the International Arbitration Center will enable investors from all over the world to invest safely in Kazakhstan.