Yerken Mukash
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Key competencies

Yerken Mukash serves as the Director of China Business Development at Unicase, where he leads a team of professionals specializing in legal, tax, and HR services tailored to Chinese companies.

With over 30 years of experience as a senior legal consultant in Kazakhstan, Yerken has developed strong relationships with Chinese diplomatic agencies, state-owned enterprises, and private firms, as well as key Kazakhstan governmental bodies and large-scale enterprises.

Throughout his career, Yerken has held key positions in prominent international law firms such as Loeb & Loeb, Galt Brothers, Chadbourne & Peck, DeGeneres, and DeTong.

Experience

Yerken's experience includes advising:

Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Company Limited, CNPC's subsidiary
in connection with various issues of construction and operation of
the China-Central Asia gas pipeline (known also as Line A, B and C projects) which runs gas fields in Turkmenistan through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to China

CNPC on constructing the first large-diameter steel pipe manufacturing facility that CNPC ever built in Kazakhstan (the No. 1 project under China-Kazakhstan Capacity Cooperation Program)

China Construction Bank, the second largest bank in the world by total assets on establishing of its Astana Branch in Astana International Financial Center in Kazakhstan

Geo-Jade on the acquisition of 95% shares of Maten Petroleum from its three individual shareholders (the largest M&A transaction by a Chinese non-state-owned enterprise in Kazakhstan)

CNPC’s oil and gas pipeline JVs on the number of litigation cases against its sub-contractors and Kazakhstan competent authorities relating to their Orders and Decisions on tariffs

Education

Yerken graduated from Xinjiang University.

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The experience presented, as well as the awards and rankings, were earned by the Solward team, including during their tenure at Unicase Central Asia. As of 15 July 2025, the law firm Unicase Central Asia in Uzbekistan has been renamed Solward.

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