I have a long-term experience of advising on banking, finance and insurance matters being involved in complex structured transactions in the fields of cross-border lending, capital markets and project finance. My professional experience also includes advising on matters of capital markets, provision of payments services, as well as a wide range of regulatory matters, including currency control.
Professional highlights
Cross-border financial transactions. I participated in numerous cross-border lending projects involving banks and international financial institutions.
Expert in the field of payment services. I have profound experience of advising local and foreign providers of payments services, including payment system operators.
Experience related to capital markets. My expertise includes advising issuers and professional participants of the securities market on various matters, including issue of shares and bonds, transactions on capital markets, provision of security, etc.
Currency control and other regulatory matters. I am an expert in the field of currency control. I also have experience of advising businesses with regulated types of activities, such as insurers, leasing companies and microfinance organisations.
Experience in diverse fields. While keeping focus on banking, finance and insurance, I also have experience of advising in the fields of renewable energy, telecommunications, gambling and retail business.
Academic background
- Belarusian State University, Belarus (LLM in International Law)
- Belarusian State University, Belarus (Diploma in International Law)
- Qualification certificate of a securities market specialist (1st category), Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus
Selected experience
- Assisting a regional multinational development bank with implementing numerous secured financing transactions with Belarusian corporates.
- Assistance to a global financial institution with several secured and unsecured lending transactions with Belarusian banks and corporates.
- Advising Italian banking group and Italian insurance agency on export loan to a major producer of wood-based panels.
- Assisting a financial institution established in the United Arab Emirates on Belarusian law matters related to the loan agreement with a Belarusian financial institution.
- Advising a foreign producer to telecommunication equipment on lending to one of the leading Belarusian cloud service, hosting and IT-infrastructure providers to cover supplies of equipment.
- Advising on security structuring options and implemented creation of security over the assets located in Belarus for several issues of corporate bonds by a foreign group of companies totalling EUR 250 million.
- Advising Polish finance group in relation to sale of its subsidiary bank in Belarus at all stages of the transaction, starting with selection of suitor and until closing.
- Advising global technological corporation on organisation of settlements with its Belarusian subsidiaries through cash pooling and netting.
- Assisting a large dealer of agricultural machinery during management buy-out of its Belarusian subsidiary.
- Advising a Chinese financial institution in connection with provision of a credit facility to the Belarusian company being the resident of Industrial Park “Great Stone” and part of an international group of companies headquartered in China.
