Gide Loyrette Nouel
Gide Loyrette Nouel has successfully built a leading brand in the Russian market and has useful expertise when it comes to restructuring work.In September 2011 the firm added New York qualified counsel Tim Theroux from Blake Cassels & Graydon, having poached senior associate Arthur Abdulov from Allen & Overy in May 2011....
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Gide Loyrette Nouel has successfully built a leading brand in the Russian market and has useful expertise when it comes to restructuring work.
In September 2011 the firm added New York qualified counsel Tim Theroux from Blake Cassels & Graydon, having poached senior associate Arthur Abdulov from Allen & Overy in May 2011. The most active figures on deals are Evgeny Rodionov, Sarah Whitley, Theroux and Abdullov.
The key name however is undoubtedly Grigory Marinichev, who has an exceptionally strong reputation among peers and clients. "He is a good lawyer and clients really like him," notes a competitor.
Deals
In highlight deals for the firm, Grigory Marinichev led a team to advise VTB Bank Austria on the Russian and UK law aspects of a $175 million pre-export financing for mineral fertilizer company JSC Acron in May 2011. The facility had a novel structure and won various trade finance accolades in the press.
Another deal saw Marinichev and team act for Russian Post for a €45 million export finance facility from UniCredit, with the support of SACE export credit agency (ECA), while the firm also assisted Raiffeisenbank on a $50 million structured pre-export facility to freight rail transport company N-Trans.
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
Gide Loyrette Nouel is focused on the debt capital markets, where finance partner Grigory Marinichev wins mandates from the firm's roster of corporate and financial institution clients. The team made a statement of intent with the recruitment of New York qualified counsel Tim Theroux, in September 2011, as it strives to deepen its relationship with US banks....
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Gide Loyrette Nouel is focused on the debt capital markets, where finance partner Grigory Marinichev wins mandates from the firm's roster of corporate and financial institution clients. The team made a statement of intent with the recruitment of New York qualified counsel Tim Theroux, in September 2011, as it strives to deepen its relationship with US banks.
Deals
In one highlight deal, Grigory Marinichev, Tim Theroux and Evgeny Rodionov advised Sistema, the largest diversified public financial corporation in Russia and the CIS, and its Indian subsidiary Sistema Shyam TeleServices on a bond issuance by the latter, which was completed in January 2012.
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Gide Loyrette Nouel's Russia corporate department is led by David Lasfargue and Boris Arkhipov. The firm has been especially busy in the agricultural sector in 2011-2012 and the arrival of New York qualified Tim Theroux as of counsel strengthens the team....
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Gide Loyrette Nouel's Russia corporate department is led by David Lasfargue and Boris Arkhipov. The firm has been especially busy in the agricultural sector in 2011-2012 and the arrival of New York qualified Tim Theroux as of counsel strengthens the team.
Deals
In standout deals, Boris Arkhipov and Maria Bykovskaya acted for Rusmolco on a $75 million investment project with Olam International, which involved Olam investing in the share capital of Rusmolco and marked the largest foreign investment into Russia's dairy cattle sector.
Arkhipov fronted another team to advise RZ Agro on the formation of a joint-venture with Sistema, which covered the structuring of the venture as well as a restructuring of the two companies' assets, and represented the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on an investment into pharmaceutical company OJSC Katren.
David Lasfargue teamed up with Arkhipov to assist Bonduelle and Cecab on its acquisition of Kubanskie Konservy.
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Alexander Dolgov is the key contact at the Gide Loyrette Nouel project finance team, which clients invariably endorse. "They have more than adequate capacity for big deals and all projects," says one client who engaged the firm as counsel on a high profile concession bid....
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Alexander Dolgov is the key contact at the Gide Loyrette Nouel project finance team, which clients invariably endorse. "They have more than adequate capacity for big deals and all projects," says one client who engaged the firm as counsel on a high profile concession bid.
The team bulked up in late 2011 with the arrival of senior associate Julien Brusau Cuello from the Paris office, while Konstantin Makarevich worked in support of Dolgov in all the big projects. In 2011-2012 the team was active working on water and transport projects primarily.
Deals
The firm closed a deal in September 2011 on behalf of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in relation to waste water public-private partnership (PPP) project in Lipetsk Region and also closed a deal in mid-2011 for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to develop Ust-Ulga city seaport.
The team was busy working on a series of projects in 2012 representing clients such as Sberbank, the EBRD, BNP Paribas and Gazprombank on PPP projects for road networks and transport systems. In one deal, the firm was representing Dalkia on a PPP in the Kaluga Region.
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Grigory Marinichev led on the large cases often with the support of Adam Rooney or recently hired of counsel Tim Theroux and senior associate Arthur Abdullov. The firm punches above its weight and in reflection of this joins the rankings for the first time in the third tier....
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Grigory Marinichev led on the large cases often with the support of Adam Rooney or recently hired of counsel Tim Theroux and senior associate Arthur Abdullov. The firm punches above its weight and in reflection of this joins the rankings for the first time in the third tier.
Deals
The firm was heavily engaged in 2012 in a series of high value cases. In one high profile series of cases, the team was working with VTB Capital, VTB Bank, HSH Nordbank, Erste Group Bank, Rosbank and Banque Cantonale Vaudoise on the $70 million insolvency proceedings of two subsidiaries of Russian metallurgical group Red October, as well a court claims against the Russian Technologies State Corporation Group, which carries out defence contracts.
The firm also represented VTB Bank in the insolvency proceedings of Finance Leasing Company, worth $300 million, and real estate developer Echpo Vel on a $200 million insolvency and debt restructuring. In 2012, the firm was also acting for Evraz Group in relation to covenant resets of all its international loans.
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