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= November 5 =

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Hello! Please refer to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Nation-E. I have submitted the article on 30 October and still didn't get any reply. When I check the "Reviewer tools" at the bottom of the yellow box, it always indicates that the article have been submitted 2 days ago... Could it be a reason for a delay?

Many thanks! Yinonk (talk) 11:08, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Two days is not long. We are pushing to clean out the back log with was up to a month in some cases.  Patience please.  But since you have put it in front of us, I would expect it to be looked at very soon.  Thanks for you work. --  :- )   Don  16:20, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Don, Thank you for your reply! It's more like 7 days actually, but never mind, looking forward for your review...

Yinonk (talk) 21:31, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/GRATA Law Firm draft
Draft article 'GRATA Law Firm'

Headquarters: Almaty, Kazakhstan

No. of offices: 14

No. of lawyers: Over 90

No. of employees: 135

Major practice areas: General Practice

Key people: Tlek Baigabulov (Senior Partner), Aidar Sarymsakov (Senior Partner) , Akhmetzhan Abdullayev (Senior Partner) , Rashid Gaissin (Managing Partner)

Date founded: April 22, 1992

Company type: Limited Liability Partnership

Website: www.gratanet.com

Profile
GRATA Law Firm is the largest independent law firm in Kazakhstan. The Firm’s operations focus on the region of Central Asia and the Caspian Sea. GRATA lawyers have been recognised by international experts including The Legal 500, Which Lawyer? , Chambers and Partners, International Law Office. In 2011, at the 6th Annual Forum of Corporate Lawyers GRATA was named “The Best Kazakhstani Law Firm”.

History
GRATA was founded on April 22, 1992 by Tlek Baigabulov and Nikolay Slovyak and headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Later on, Aidar Sarymsakov and Akhmetzhan Abdullayev joined the Firm. At the moment Tlek Baigabulov, Aidar Sarymsakov and Akhmetzhan Abdullayev are Senior Partners of GRATA Law Firm. All three graduated from the Kazakh State University and then undertook postgraduate study and different training courses both in Kazakhstan and abroad. The first branch office of GRATA was opened in Atyrau in 1997. Later on new GRATA branches were opened in West Kazakhstan. The beginning of 2000 saw new operating offices opened in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. The Firm is set to open new offices in Turkmenistan and Georgia soon. Following this, GRATA aims to establish a presence in Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran.

Practices
GRATA has gained unique expertise in:


 * Contract Law & Procurement Procedures
 * Corporate Law
 * Customs Law
 * Dispute Resolution
 * Environmental Law
 * Finance & Securities
 * Intellectual Property
 * Labour Law
 * Licences & Permits
 * Real Estate
 * Subsoil Use
 * Tax Law & Transfer Pricing

In addition the firm has expertise in important sectors of the economy such as:


 * Banking & Finance
 * Construction & Infrastructure
 * Industry & Trade
 * Natural Resources
 * Telecommunication & Transport

Offices
GRATA has offices in all major industrial and financial centers of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Aktau, Aktobe, Kostanai).

Outside of Kazakhstan GRATA has operating offices in the following jurisdictions:


 * [[Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg|20px]] Tashkent
 * [[Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg|20px]] Baku
 * [[Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg|20px]] Bishkek
 * [[Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg|20px]] Dushanbe
 * [[Image:Flag of Mongolia.svg|20px]] Ulaanbaatar

GRATA also maintains representative offices in:
 * [[Image:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|20px]] London
 * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] New York
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Moscow

Notable Mandates

 * Legal counsel of North Caspian Operating Company BV, operator under the North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement - Kashagan Oil&Gas Field, the world's largest discovery in the last 30 years;
 * Advising (ongoing) an international construction company in connection with participation in largest residential construction project at the outskirts of Almaty for USD 4 billion;
 * Advising (ongoing) a consortium of major Kazakhstani and Russian energy producers in connection with reconstruction of the largest electrical energy producing enterprise in Kazakhstan for USD 700 million;
 * Advising a leading Kazakhstani airline in connection with structuring of aircraft financing and acquisition;
 * Advising UniCredit Group in their acquisition of ATF Bank, one of the largest Kazakhstani banks for USD 2,117 million;
 * Advising the Joint Global Coordinators of an IPO of the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) for USD 2.6 billion in London and Kazakhstan;
 * Advising Samsung C&T Corporation (Korea) on the financing and construction (USD 5 billion) of Balkhash Thermal Power Plant, the first IPP project in Kazakhstan;
 * Advising a leading Korean bank, Kookmin Bank, on the acquisition of 23% stake in Kazakhstani Bank CenterCredit for USD 634 million;
 * Representing a major Turkish construction contractor in a complex dispute with a developer arising out of several contracts over failure to pay over USD 40,000,000 for construction work;
 * Enforcement of a foreign arbitral award for the recovery of over USD 46,000,000 issued against a large Kazakh producer of oil & gas;
 * Enforcement in Kazakhstan of an arbitral award issued by a Kazakh arbitral institution for the recovery of over USD 30,000,000 in favor of a leading Canadian industrial and engineering company.

Awards
Awards by GRATA include:
 * The Best Kazakhstani Law Firm
 * Capital Markets Team of the Year
 * Tax Disputes Team of the Year, 2011
 * Construction & Infrastructure Team of the Year, 2011
 * Halyk IPO Award: Best Due Diligence Counsel
 * Capital Markets Team of the Year, 2010
 * Mining Team of the Year, 2010
 * M&A Team of the Year, 2009
 * Corporate Team of the Year, 2009
 * Project Finance Deal of the Year (China Law Awards, 2009)
 * Energy & Resources Deal of the Year (China Law Awards, 2009)

Membership
GRATA Law Firm is the member of the following Associations:
 * Kazakhstan Association of Taxpayers
 * Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers Association (KPLA)
 * European Business Association of Kazakhstan (EUROBAK)
 * American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan (AmCham)
 * The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan
 * British-Kazakh Law Association
 * British-Kazakh Society

Rankings

 * 1) Chambers and Partners
 * 2) The Legal 500
 * 3) Which Lawyer?
 * 4) International Law Office

Links

 * 1) Official web-site
 * 2) Profile at The Lawyer
 * 3) Profile at The Legal 500
 * 4) Profile at IFLR 1000
 * 5) Profile at Martindale-Hubbell
 * 6) Profile at Hieros Gamos

can't find the submission draft I saved (many times)
Hi, I worked on Friday on an a submission entitled JEREMY PARADISE, a tech entrepreneur.

Unfortunately, I can't find it anywhere within my account.

Could you please help?

I really appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RiodeJ2016 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately I don't think I can help you. I tried searching for the submission and came up empty. Your contributions show no edits before today. That might be because the draft was deleted, but usually the admin deleting it would leave a note to that effect on your talk page. I also checked the deletion logs of the most likely candidates, your sandbox, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/RiodeJ2016, the current location of your (empty) draft that was moved from your sandbox, and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Jeremy Paradise where a draft on Jeremy Paradise should be according to our naming conventions, and came up empty: None of those pages has ever held a now-deleted draft. Furthermore, your edit count doesn't list any deleted contributions either. So deletion seems an unlikely explanation. Do you remember the exact title of the Wikipedia page that held your submission? Are you sure you saved it and didn't just check a preview? Huon (talk) 22:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)