Alexander Geda

Advising:

• mandated lead arrangers and syndicate lenders on syndicated loan transactions governed by Russian law, including project, trade, and corporate finance facilities
• mandated lead arrangers and syndicate lenders on syndicated loans governed by foreign law (including English, Singapore, and Hong Kong law), in relation to both new financings post-2022 and the restructuring and servicing of the pre-2022 debt of Russian and foreign borrowers
• Russian and foreign lenders and borrowers on trade finance facilities structured as loans under Russian and foreign law (including English, Singapore, and Hong Kong law), including new multi-currency financings (RUB, CNY, AED) and the restructuring of pre-2022 debt
• Russian and foreign lenders and borrowers on complex bilateral and multilateral trade finance arrangements, including advance and deferred payment mechanisms, repurchase obligations (commodity repo), commodity loans, barter structures, joint and several and secondary liability models, and set-off mechanisms
• Russian and foreign finance parties on funding solutions for structured trade finance transactions, including through the issuance of structured notes and third-party debt financing
• mandated lead arrangers and syndicate lenders on project finance transactions, including deals under the Russian Project Finance Factory, as well as on restructuring and servicing of pre-2022 project finance debt
• Russian and foreign borrowers of syndicated loan facilities on project finance transactions governed by Russian and foreign law, including subsequent restructuring and liability management
• Russian and foreign investors (including investment funds) on structuring and implementing financing for the acquisition of stakes in ship-owning companies holding tankers and LNG carriers, as well as transport assets for joint ventures operating such vessels (using options, trusts and other instruments)
• issuers on Eurobond liability management exercises, including consent solicitations to amend payment and redemption mechanics and the issuance of substitute Russian bonds