Omurgul Balpanova’s areas of focus include intellectual property, employment and administrative law. Being an acknowledged specialist of employment law.
Omurgul has solid experience consulting a number of international organizations, and private companies on various employment and migration issues, contractual and administrative, and intellectual property matters.
Omurgul’s clients include, inter alia, companies operating in IT / software development, media and technology, FMCG and telecommunications.
Omurgul has also been involved in out-of-court settlement of various disputes and has extensive experience representing clients before law enforcement, judicial and customs authorities.
Membership in associations and unions
- International Business Council Committee on Intellectual Property, member
- Association of Patent Attorneys of the Kyrgyz Republic, member
- Counsellor of 3rd class (civil service)
Recognitions
- Ranked as a leading professional (band 2) under General Business Law Practice Area of Chambers Global/Chambers Asia Pacific
- Recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (2015 – 2020)
- Recognized in Intellectual Property Sections of Who’sWhoLegal CIS 2010, 2011, 2012