Finance Practice
and Capital Markets
about the practice
The Finance Practice of SOBRANIE Law Firm specializes in advising on complex structured financing transactions for banks, investment funds, and corporate borrowers.
The Finance Practice team possesses deep expertise in banking and finance law, project and structured finance, concession and public-private partnership legislation, financial restructuring, and capital markets.
Our lawyers have accumulated extensive experience in advising on transactions under Russian and English law involving local jurisdictions, possess profound knowledge across a wide range of issues related to equity and debt capital markets, which enables the successful structuring of complex transactions and the provision of comprehensive solutions for all our clients' needs.
services
Advising on bilateral and syndicated lending transactions
Advising on debt securities and hybrid instrument offerings
Advising on financial restructuring matters
Advising on capital markets regulatory matters
Advising on M&A transaction financing
Advising on preferential lending programs
Structuring and support of project finance transactions
Support of infrastructure projects with PPP elements
Support of pre-export and trade finance transactions
Cases and Experience
The Financial Practice team at Sobranie Law Firm possesses unique experience in supporting the largest and most complex projects implemented in the Russian Federation:
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Project
Project financing for the construction of an Arctic airport
Advising a quasi-syndicate comprising Gazprombank JSC and VEB.RF, as well as the Arctic and Far East Development Fund, in connection with the financing of an airport reconstruction project in the Arctic region, implemented on the basis of a concession agreement.
Senior Associate
Evgeniya Marchenko
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Project
Project financing for the construction of a seaport
Advising a syndicate comprising Gazprombank JSC and VEB.RF on structuring a long-term coal transshipment transaction using a "take-or-pay" mechanism as part of the project financing for the construction of a major seaport.
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Project
Debt restructuring of ChelPipe Group
Advising a syndicate of more than 15 Russian banks, including Sberbank of Russia, on a syndicated debt refinancing transaction for one of the largest manufacturers of large-diameter pipes in the Russian Federation for an amount exceeding $1.5 billion.
Associate
Yulia Chernysh
Senior Associate
Evgeniya Marchenko
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Project
Structured financing for a mining and metallurgical company
Representing one of the largest mining and metallurgical companies in transactions to raise structured financing using specialized finance vehicle (SFV) mechanisms and targeted bond placements in a total amount exceeding 1.5 trillion rubles.
Associate
Yulia Chernysh
Senior Associate
Evgeniya Marchenko
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Project
Project financing for a new generation Trans-Eurasian fiber-optic communication line
Advising a syndicate comprising Alfa-Bank and VEB.RF on the project financing for the construction of the Trans-Eurasian fiber-optic communication line, implemented within the Project Finance Factory framework.
Associate
Yulia Chernysh
Senior Associate
Evgeniya Marchenko
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Project
Project financing for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway (HSR)
Advising a syndicate comprising Sberbank, VTB Bank (PJSC), and Gazprombank
and Sovcombank on the financing for the construction and acquisition of locomotives
and rolling stock for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway.
and Sovcombank on the financing for the construction and acquisition of locomotives
and rolling stock for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway.
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Senior Associate
Evgeniya Marchenko
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Associate
Yulia Chernysh
Senior Associate
Evgeniya Marchenko
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Partner, Advocate
Kirill Miller
Project
Project financing for waste processing and disposal facilities
Advising a syndicate of two major Russian banks in connection with the project financing for the construction of waste processing facilities implemented in the regions on the basis of concession agreements for an amount exceeding 10 billion rubles
Project
Project financing of a flagship precast concrete housing plant
Advising JSC Bank DOM.RF and VEB.RF in a project financing transaction for the construction of a precast concrete housing plant for an amount exceeding
3.5 billion rubles
3.5 billion rubles
Project
Club financing of the European Medical Center
Representation of a syndicate of banks, organized by Raiffeisenbank, in connection with the provision of a $70 million secured loan to the European Medical Center
Project
Project financing for the construction of the CKAD-4 section
Advising VTB Bank (PJSC) in a public-private partnership financing transaction involving South-Eastern Highway LLC (Avtoban) and the RDIF for the construction of the 4th section of the CKAD highway
Project
Structured financing for a gold mining company
Legal support for one of the largest Russian banks in pilot financing transactions for gold mining companies in the form of gold-denominated loan lines and prepaid gold purchase agreements totaling over USD 100 million
Project
Financing the construction and acquisition of an Arctic-class LNG tanker
Advising on a financing transaction for the construction of an Arctic-class LNG tanker totaling over USD 200 million on behalf of one of the largest Russian banks
*Experience description includes projects and transactions executed by the Bar Association's partners and lawyers prior to joining the Bar Association