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Finance Practice

DGP’s Finance Practice brings together lawyers with a deep understanding of financial instruments and banking and other types of financing. We advise on complex syndicated and bilateral lending transactions, including corporate, project, pre-export and prepayment financing, as well as acquisition finance, and also support debt restructuring and workout projects.

The team provides comprehensive transaction support, advising on structuring, allocation and mitigation of risks, negotiation of commercial terms, preparation of finance and security documentation, and financial close, as well as on other matters related to financing and credit risk management.

The practice has extensive experience working with Russian and international financial institutions, international traders, and large corporate groups across various sectors of the economy.

Elena Chubykina

Head of Finance Practice, Senior Counsel

Cases

Representing a syndicate of banks in connection with the financing provided to a major airport developer company for the reconstruction and modernisation project of an airport complex in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, under the Project Finance Factory.

Finance Practice

Representing a syndicate of banks in connection with the financing of a major airport developer company for the reconstruction project of an airport complex in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, under the Project Finance Factory.

Finance Practice

Advising the largest Russian bank in connection with the restructuring of indebtedness under three syndicated loans totalling more than EUR 300 million, granted to the owner of a major commercial real estate property in Moscow.

Finance Practice

Advising one of the largest Russian banks in connection with secured credit facilities for an international mining company.

Finance Practice

Advising one of the largest Russian banks in connection with the provision of a syndicated loan facility of up to USD 1 billion to a leading mining company (Uzbekistan).

Finance Practice

Advising one of the largest Russian banks in connection with multiple credit facilities granted to various European traders for the purposes of financing the acquisition of oil products from Russian producers.

Finance Practice

Advising a syndicate of Gazprombank, VTB and Eurasian Development Bank in relation to certain matters of the project financing of the Western High Speed Diameter toll road in St Petersburg.

Finance Practice

Advising Eurochem group of companies on a major corporate restructuring project including the amendments to the group’s existing credit portfolio provided under both Russian and foreign law bilateral and syndicated financings.

Finance Practice

Representing one of the largest freight forwarders of mineral fertilizers in Russia, in connection with obtaining a mezzanine loan from the Sberbank Group in an amount exceeding RUB 70 billion and the subsequent restructuring of the indebtedness under the transaction.

Finance Practice

Representing Uralkali PJSC in multiple international pre-export finance transactions, as well as in connection with the restructuring of the company’s financial indebtedness.

Finance Practice

Advising the project company in connection with the refinancing of a loan previously provided by Sberbank for the construction and operation of the Galeria shopping centre, including the opening of a new credit facility in an amount exceeding RUB 70 billion.

Finance Practice

Representing a group of companies including Siberian Anthracite JSC in connection with the financing of ongoing business purposes and the refinancing of existing indebtedness by one of the largest Russian banks for a maximum amount exceeding USD 2.5 billion.

Finance Practice

Advising a number of European traders on obtaining prepayment financing from various Russian banks.

Finance Practice

Action for a major Russian client in connection with the provision, within a series of multi-billion transactions, of revolving uncommitted multi-currency financing to Middle Eastern and Hong Kong oil traders for the purpose of financing short-term petroleum products supply contracts.

Finance Practice

Representing Smik Holding in connection with the acquisition of Eurocement Group, including full transactional support and assistance with raising financing in excess of $2 billion.

Finance Practice

Representing SBI in connection with the restructuring of a mezzanine financing provided for the construction of the M11 Moscow—Saint Petersburg toll road.

Finance Practice

Team

Elena Chubykina

Head of Finance Practice, Senior Counsel

Marina Smirnova

Senior Associate, Advocate

Evgenia Blokhina

Junior Associate

Most Prominent Team since 2018

Finance Practice

Elena Chubykina

Cases

Representing a syndicate of banks in connection with the financing provided to a major airport developer company for the reconstruction and modernisation project of an airport complex in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, under the Project Finance Factory.

Representing a syndicate of banks in connection with the financing of a major airport developer company for the reconstruction project of an airport complex in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, under the Project Finance Factory.

Advising the largest Russian bank in connection with the restructuring of indebtedness under three syndicated loans totalling more than EUR 300 million, granted to the owner of a major commercial real estate property in Moscow.

Advising one of the largest Russian banks in connection with secured credit facilities for an international mining company.

Advising one of the largest Russian banks in connection with the provision of a syndicated loan facility of up to USD 1 billion to a leading mining company (Uzbekistan).

Advising one of the largest Russian banks in connection with multiple credit facilities granted to various European traders for the purposes of financing the acquisition of oil products from Russian producers.

Advising a syndicate of Gazprombank, VTB and Eurasian Development Bank in relation to certain matters of the project financing of the Western High Speed Diameter toll road in St Petersburg.

Advising Eurochem group of companies on a major corporate restructuring project including the amendments to the group’s existing credit portfolio provided under both Russian and foreign law bilateral and syndicated financings.

Representing one of the largest freight forwarders of mineral fertilizers in Russia, in connection with obtaining a mezzanine loan from the Sberbank Group in an amount exceeding RUB 70 billion and the subsequent restructuring of the indebtedness under the transaction.

Representing Uralkali PJSC in multiple international pre-export finance transactions, as well as in connection with the restructuring of the company’s financial indebtedness.

Advising the project company in connection with the refinancing of a loan previously provided by Sberbank for the construction and operation of the Galeria shopping centre, including the opening of a new credit facility in an amount exceeding RUB 70 billion.

Representing a group of companies including Siberian Anthracite JSC in connection with the financing of ongoing business purposes and the refinancing of existing indebtedness by one of the largest Russian banks for a maximum amount exceeding USD 2.5 billion.

Advising a number of European traders on obtaining prepayment financing from various Russian banks.

Action for a major Russian client in connection with the provision, within a series of multi-billion transactions, of revolving uncommitted multi-currency financing to Middle Eastern and Hong Kong oil traders for the purpose of financing short-term petroleum products supply contracts.

Representing Smik Holding in connection with the acquisition of Eurocement Group, including full transactional support and assistance with raising financing in excess of $2 billion.

Representing SBI in connection with the restructuring of a mezzanine financing provided for the construction of the M11 Moscow—Saint Petersburg toll road.

Team

Elena Chubykina

Marina Smirnova

Evgenia Blokhina