Valeria Dzyubanova

Associate, Advocate

Languages

Russian English German

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Syndicated loans Trade finance Project finance Financial restructuring

Valeria is an associate in Asari Legal’s Finance practice. She has extensive experience advising clients on a wide range of finance transactions (including syndicated and trade finance, as well as debt restructuring projects).

She is also experienced in supporting debt and equity capital market transactions.

Valeria Dzyubanova

Education

MGIMO University LLM, with honours, 2022
MGIMO University LLB, with honours, 2020

Project highlights

Core expertise

Advising:

  • Russian and foreign borrowers in syndicated loan transactions under Russian or foreign law (including English, Singapore, and Hong Kong law), on both raising new loans after 2022 and the restructuring and servicing of pre-2022 debt
  • Russian and foreign lenders and borrowers in trade finance transactions structured as loans under Russian or foreign law (including English, Singapore, and Hong Kong law), on 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 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 lenders and borrowers on restructuring long-term indebtedness that has become difficult or impossible to service due to external market disruption, including via refinancing, creditor/borrower side restructuring, and stockholding restructuring
  • several leading Russian companies on public share offerings
  • issuers on Eurobond liability management exercises, including consent solicitations to amend payment and redemption mechanics and the issuance of substitute Russian bonds

News

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05 December 2025 г.

Legal Alert: Банк России объявил о снятии ограничения на перевод денежных средств за рубеж для отдельных категорий лиц

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Working with Chinese counterparties and arbitration in Mainland China: insights from the Asari Legal business breakfast
02 December 2025 г.

Working with Chinese counterparties and arbitration in Mainland China: insights from the Asari Legal business breakfast

On 1 December 2025, Asari Legal hosted a business breakfast for heads of legal from major Russian companies, with presentations by experts from Asari Legal and guest speaker Chen Jingjing, partner at the Chinese law firm Haiwen & Partners.

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“We see the unseen” – Asari Legal partners in an interview with Kommersant
28 November 2025 г.

“We see the unseen” – Asari Legal partners in an interview with Kommersant

The sanctions imposed in 2022 have brought about a profound shift in the landscape of international dispute resolution...

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Kommersant Publishing House Names the Leading International Arbitration Teams
26 November 2025 г.

Kommersant Publishing House Names the Leading International Arbitration Teams

Kommersant Publishing House has released its research ranking of the top Russian law firms in the field of international arbitration...

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