Investment Funds in the AIFC: Key Legal and Tax Aspects

1. Global trends in the legal framework of investment funds: UAE and Hong Kong
2. Legal regime of the Astana International Financial Centre for investment funds
3. Types of investment funds in the AIFC
4. Procedure for establishing investment funds in the AIFC
5. Documentation of investment funds in the AIFC
6. Clients of investment funds in the AIFC
7. Taxation of capital flows in AIFC investment funds
8. Investment funds as a tool for business structuring
9. Q&A session

• Online training sessions
• Q&A​
• Trainer’s presentations and recommendations​
• E-certificate

Andrey Grachev – Executive Director, Birch International Limited

Andrey has over 20 years of experience in legal and tax advisory services for businesses, including:

• Structuring international business operations in Kazakhstan, the CIS region, and the Middle East (UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain)

• Supporting company registration within the AIFC

• Establishing investment funds

• Advising on investment financing for businesses

• Assisting with corporate reorganizations

• Conducting comprehensive legal and tax due diligence

Andrey is also a lecturer at the Institute of Tax Management at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). He has been repeatedly recognized by prestigious international legal rankings such as Best Lawyers and Legal 500.