Our Banking and Finance practice advises clients on the full range of banking and finance transactions and projects, from arranging classic corporate lending to structuring and implementing complex transactions in the areas of trade and export finance, real estate and construction finance, project finance and PPP transactions, as well as financing the acquisition of companies and other assets.
№1 in the Financial/Banking Law category
№1 in the Private Equity category
Capital markets
(Band II)
№1 in the category "Financial and Banking Sector: Resolution of Key Disputes in the Banking, Investment and Insurance Services Industries
Financial and banking sector: advising industry leaders
(Band II)
№1 in nominations:
Corporate structuring of personal assets
Structuring of assets abroad / protection of personal assets abroad
Currency regulation / application of currency restrictions
Syndicated and corporate lending
Trade and export finance
Real estate and construction finance
Project finance and PPP transactions
Financing of acquisitions of companies and assets
Capital markets, derivatives and structured products
Regulation of banking and financial activities
Restructuring and bankruptcy
We represent arrangers, agents, lenders and borrowers in syndicated and bilateral lending under Russian standard loan documentation, LMA and other types of loan and security documentation.
Our banking and finance lawyers also advise on all other types of banking transactions and financing schemes, including capital markets transactions, derivatives and structured products, subordinated lending, leasing and factoring, intra-group and bank cache-pooling, digital financial assets and other financial products.
Our lawyers advise Russian and international banks, Russian and international payment systems and payment infrastructure operators, digital financial asset companies and other financial market participants on various aspects of Russian banking and financial law, of licensing and regulation of their activities, including regulations of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and other regulatory bodies.
We have extensive experience in pre-trial debt restructuring and insolvency (bankruptcy) advising under Russian and foreign law. Our lawyers assist Russian lenders and international banking syndicates in restructuring existing loans, with appropriate amendments to financial and security documentation governed by the law of various jurisdictions.
In cases where pre-trial restructuring or settlement is not possible, we advise creditors on the full range of issues related to debt enforcement, foreclosure of various assets of debtors both in Russia and abroad, and we represent clients in bankruptcy proceedings.