Ardak Idayatova is a Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution Practice in the Kazakhstan offices of Kinstellar. With more than 20 years of experience, she focuses on commercial arbitration and litigation, as well as in public-private partnership and construction.

She has extensive expertise in providing all-round support to major infrastructure projects, primarily representing foreign investors, international development banks and foreign contractors. Additionally, she represents and provides expert assistance to clients in foreign commercial arbitrations mainly in connection with construction disputes arising out of different contracts based on FIDIC models. She has participated in arbitrations seated in Stockholm, Paris and London under the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and SCC rules, including local arbitrations.
She is recognised as a Band 2 Lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Kazakhstan, 2024, and hailed as a Next Generation Partner in Dispute Resolution by the Legal 500, Kazakhstan, 2023, with praise from a client who described her as "a great lawyer, highly professional, and business-oriented, with exceptional technical skills."