- Technology Transactions & Licensing: Lead counsel in structuring and negotiating complex commercial and technology agreements, including 2 License Agreements and 2 Option Agreements with KAUST, as well as R&D, supply, and collaboration contracts. - Cross-Border Expansion: Managed legal aspects of international scaling and expansion projects across the US, EU, UAE (Silal), and KSA, ensuring alignment with global business objectives. - Venture & Investment Readiness: Advised founders on deal strategy and asset-side aspects of venture transactions, ensuring a clean chain of title and robust IP ownership structuring for investment rounds. - Strategic IP Leadership: Chaired the company’s IP Committee, overseeing the protection and commercialization of critical technical assets, including IP Assignments and PCT applications. - Corporate Governance: Developed internal contractual standards and managed external counsel on regulatory and transactional matters supporting international operations.

- Corporate & Transactional Advisory: Advised tech startups on corporate structuring, founder equity, and IP ownership while negotiating IP-intensive commercial agreements and asset transfers. - Funding Readiness: Assisted clients with legal documentation and IP disclosures required to secure public innovation grants and venture funding. - Practice Management: Founded and managed a specialized consultancy focused on technology transfer and IP commercialization. - Key Success: Supported multiple early-stage ventures through integrated corporate and IP structuring, enabling successful access to government funding and market entry.

- Patent Prosecution: Managed the full-cycle drafting and filing of patent applications in Kazakhstan and via the PCT for technology-driven sectors. - Advisory: Conducted prior art searches and patentability analyses to align client IP portfolios with commercial goals. - Key Success: Successfully managed multi-jurisdictional patent portfolios by coordinating with foreign counsel to ensure robust protection across various technical fields.

Responsibilities & Achievements: - Portfolio Management: Managed the legal and commercial aspects of a strategic portfolio consisting of 40+ technology commercialization projects under the World Bank and Ministry of Education and Science (MES) framework. - Revenue Generation: Facilitated and structured technology transfer transactions that generated a total aggregate revenue of over USD 2.3 million. - Global Licensing (China): Lead negotiator for a cross-border license agreement regarding Zn/NiOOH battery technology with Tianjin Keyi Jiaxin Technology Co., LTD (China). - Sector-Specific Deal Structuring: Drafted and negotiated high-value licensing and assignment agreements across multiple technical fields: - Oil & Gas: Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology for Vostokneftegaz. - Industrial Biotech: Exclusive licenses for proprietary bacterial strains. - Life Sciences: Assignment of patent rights for the "Bru-Quest" PCR detection system. - Due Diligence & Compliance: Conducted comprehensive legal due diligence, Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis, and ensured a clean chain of title for all grant-funded technologies. - Legislative Advisory: Provided expert legal input for developing and refining national legislation on the commercialization of scientific and technological activities.

- Commercialization Leadership: Advised inventors and research teams on technology transfer pathways, including licensing and assignments, in accordance with national legislation. - Strategic Negotiations: Negotiated complex commercialization agreements and revenue-sharing structures for high-value intellectual property assets. - International Coordination: Managed complex patent filings under PCT and EAPO frameworks, coordinating with WIPO and foreign patent offices. - Advisory: Provided legal and regulatory reviews for national stakeholders on the strategic management of IP portfolios.

- Technical Examination: Conducted full-cycle patent examinations in mechanical and electrical engineering to determine patentability, novelty, and inventive step. - Prior Art Research: Performed comprehensive prior art assessments and patentability analyses to support formal examination decisions. - Process Improvement: Contributed to the alignment of national patent examination practices with international standards and WIPO guidelines. - Portfolio Management: Supported the management of international patent applications under the PCT framework for technology-driven sectors.

- Installation and commissioning of turnkey infrastructure projects. Technical support for complex equipment deployment. - Execution and servicing of technology-driven systems.