Marina Smirnova

Advising: 

• mandated lead arrangers and syndicate lenders in syndicated loan transactions under foreign law (including English, Singapore, and Hong Kong law), on both issuing new loans after 2022 and the restructuring and servicing of the pre-2022 debt of Russian and foreign borrowers
• mandated lead arrangers and syndicate lenders in Russian-law syndicated loan transactions on, among other things, project, trade, and corporate finance facilities
• Russian and foreign lenders and borrowers on trade finance transactions structured as loans under Russian or foreign law (including English, Singapore, and Hong Kong law), including both new financings in various currencies (such as RUB, CNY, and AED) and the restructuring and servicing of pre-2022 debt
• Russian and foreign lenders and borrowers on trade finance transactions structured as loans under Russian or foreign law (including English, Singapore, and Hong Kong law), including both new financings in various currencies (such as RUB, CNY, and AED) and the restructuring and servicing of pre-2022 debt
• Russian and foreign lenders and borrowers on restructuring long-term debts that have become difficult or impossible to service due to adverse changes in the external economic environment, including refinancing solutions, creditor and borrower side restructuring, and stockholding restructuring
• Russian and foreign investors on the acquisition (for subsequent restructuring and repayment) of Russian borrowers’ foreign debts that have become difficult or impossible to service due to post-2022 restrictions