Experience

• Finance

  • NLMK in its €600 million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of international banks.
  • Norilsk Nickel in the increase and extension of its unsecured syndicated facility, originally for up to $2.5 billion and signed in December 2017, with a syndicate of 25 international banks for up to $4.15 billion.
  • A major forwarder of mineral fertilizers in a secured mezzanine loan from Sberbank Group for a construction project.
  • NLMK and its U.S. subsidiaries in a $250 million ABL facility.
  • Norilsk Nickel and its subsidiary GRK Bystrinskoe in an up to $800 million secured credit facility provided by Sberbank of Russia to finance the development of a gold and copper mining plant in Chita on the Bystrinskoe mining site.
  • Norilsk Nickel in its $500 million credit facility with a syndicate of international banks.
  • Norilsk Nickel in its up to $2.5 billion syndicated term loan facility with an international syndicate comprising 17 banks and financial institutions.

• Capital Markets

  • PJSC Polyus in its $700 million Eurobond offering of 3.25% notes due 2028 and a related tender offer for outstanding notes due 2023 and 2024 for the aggregate principal amount of $605.3 million.

• M&A

  • Sberbank in its acquisition of a 20.8% stake in Cetelem Bank from BNP Paribas group. The transaction sees Sberbank become the sole shareholder of Cetelem Bank, a leader in the Russian consumer and car loan market.
  • Sberbank in its acquisition of a controlling stake in 2GIS, an international digital maps and city guides company.
  • A major forwarder of mineral fertilizers in a sale of stake in its share capital to a strategic investor.