The Moscow and London offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP are advising Uralkali, one of the world's largest potash producers, in a buyback programme of its Common Shares and GDRs with a total purchase amount of $1.32 billion. The buyback is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.

In 2015, Debevoise advised several Russian companies on successful tender offers and buy backs, including Uralkali in April 2015, when its subsidiary conducted a tender offer for up to $1.5 billion of Uralkali's securities. In total Debevoise has represented leading Russian companies in tender offers and open market buybacks for an aggregate amount of over $17 billion.

The Debevoise team advising Uralkali was led by Moscow based partners Alan Kartashkin and Natalia A. Drebezgina, and London based partner James C. Scoville, assisted by international counsel Vera Losonci and associates Benjamin P. Collins-Wood, Anna S. Martyushova and Timur G. Ochkhaev.

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