Юридическая фирма VERBA LEGAL

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Banking and Finance Law

Our Practice

VERBA LEGAL’s Banking and Finance Law Practice provides comprehensive legal support on the key aspects of the banking and finance sector’s activities.

Led by Partner Vladislav Skvortsov, our experts successfully manage Russian and international projects covering such areas as project, structured, syndicated and bilateral financing as well as acquisition financing in real estate, aviation and leasing sectors, including aircraft leasing and aviation financing transactions.

Our lawyers advise on regulatory regimes governing banking and financial operations as well as banking products and financial instruments.

The team offers full-fledged legal support as part of complex financial transactions and investment projects, from the structuring and drafting stages to dealing with the issues relating to the performance of obligations and post-financial monitoring.

Our client base encompasses Russian and international financial institutions, banks, governmental agencies, microfinance providers, payment systems and other financial market participants.

The practice team perennially features in the best lawyer rankings maintained by leading Russian and international legal directories.

Services

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Project financing

Syndicated and bilateral lending

Structured financing

Acquisition financing (M&A)

Real estate financing

Leasing transactions and financing including aircraft leasing and aviation financing

Trade and export financing

Regulating banking and financial activities

Financial restructuring

Selected Experience

Project experience includes advising:

Sberbank, Gazprombank, VTB and Sovcombank on the preparation for and participation in negotiations regarding the coordination of credit and security documentation for the high-speed rail project

VEB.RF, Gazprombank and the Lavna Commercial Seaport on the preparation and negotiation with lenders and the project owner of a syndicated loan agreement in compliance with the mandatory requirements of the Project Finance Factory programme;

a Russian development institution and one of the systemically important banks in a transaction involving syndicated financing of infrastructure projects in various Russian regions;

a syndicate of Russian banks in connection with the provision of financing for the implementation of a major real estate development project;

leading Russian banks on the provision of structured financings, including structures for the “unpacking” of REPO transactions, acquisition of shares in companies, and the construction of the Aviapark megamall;

one of the leading Russian banks on Russian, German, Austrian, English and Qatari law matters in financing projects for the construction of nine solar power plants in Russia, including amendments to EPC contracts in the interests of borrowers (project owners), drafting documentation, modifying transaction terms and matters related to redomiciliation;

a major Azerbaijani borrower in connection with a loan from a major Russian bank in the amount of 4.85 billion yuan;

a major state financial institution in a transaction involving the provision of RUB 5 billion in financing to a uranium holding company (part of a major state corporation) for the construction of a new mining facility in one of the Russian regions.

Who will be working with you

Our team