Selected experience*

• Advising a major Russian bank in relation to an over US$350 million prepayment syndicated financing provided to a Hong Kong-based oil trader for the purposes of making a prepayment to a major Indian refinery. This was the bank's pilot prepayment finance transaction

• Advising a major Russian investment company on a secured syndicated financing in connection with the acquisition of a controlling stake

• Advising a purchaser in connection with raising syndicated financing for a transaction worth over USD 2 bln, as well as in connection with the acquisition of shares in EUROCEMENT Group and rights of claim to the Group

• Advising Natixis in connection with an up to US$300 million pre-export syndicated facility provided to Aktyubinsk Copper Company

• Representing a leading Russian bank and a major international oil trader in relation to an up to €1 billion prepayment financing to a Russian oil company structured through an SPV

• Advising a syndicate of banks, including ING Bank, VTB Bank, UniCredit Bank, Rosbank, Banca Intesa, and SGBT Finance Ireland, in relation to an up to US$570 million financing to JSC Siberian Anthracite

• Advising Altimo on its US$1.5 billion syndicated financing arranged by Deutsche Bank secured by shares in a Russian company, as well as its further refinancing by VEB

• Representing a major Russian bank in relation to a syndicated financing provided to a Luxembourg investment fund for the purpose of acquiring a controlling stake in a European oil trading company

• Representing a syndicate of international banks organized by a major Russian credit institution in connection with the restructuring of the debt of an Austrian oil trader on several financing transactions totaling more than €1 billion

• Advising ING Bank N.V. as documentation agent and a syndicate of international banks including BAML, Natixis and UniCredit in connection with an up to US$ 1 billion club facility for EuroChem Group AG, a nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland

• Advising VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation on an up to US$400 million term loan facility agreement arranged by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Banca Intesa, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Luxembourg S.A., Societe Generale and UniCredit S.p.A.

• Acting for a syndicate of banks arranged by UniCredit S.p.A in connection with a facility for JSC Siberian Anthracite

• Representing a leading international pizzeria chain in connection with the restructuring of its financial arrangements with the Russian owner of a franchise and the related security package

* This includes experience of our team members prior to joining RGD.