Managing Partner
Almaty
+7 707 913 7423
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Kazakh
English
Russian
Banking
Saniya graduated from Cardiff Law School in Wales in 2001 with LLB in Law and from London University in 2000 with LLM in Banking and Finance Law. She worked in international law firms and investment banks in the UK and Central Asia; started her private practice and founded Unicase, 2010.
In a country where almost each firm falls victim to the larger society’s prejudices and misconceptions about gender, Unicase was founded with an aim to reward a kind of environment where every employee, be it a Partner or inferior, would enjoy true equality and would be able to fulfil their potential. Hence the Project Equality, as we refer to it, effective from the very outset.
Rolled out within the Firm back in 2010, the Project encourages and promotes every staff member equally, and we have no preferential treatment based on any kind of difference. Interestingly, this resulted in us having 63% of women among Partners. Next, we support our experts by promoting them not only within the Firm but also beyond, submitting their profiles and project highlights to international ratings. To maintain equality, we believe that the major component is keeping experts highly recognised, paying special attention to the women and not forgetting about the men. Moreover, we do understand and recognise the importance of families and children. So we support women going on maternity leaves, introducing technology tools for them to keep their skills agile while away from work, and allow mothers to work flexible hours. Also, every staff member has their own hat, which allows for creating efficient teamwork and communication flow, thus minimising possibilities of internal conflicts or securing deals. There is healthy competition present, though. Lastly, Unicase has a warm and supportive climate which keeps every woman expert comfortable and content under any existing circumstances.