Experience

• • Kaspi.kz, a leading payments, marketplace and FinTech platform in Kazakhstan, in its $1 billion U.S. IPO.
  • Newport Global Advisors in a block trade of shares in Colt CZ Group SE sold by over ten individual shareholders represented by TXPATCH8445 Holdings LLC, through an accelerated bookbuilding process resulting in total aggregate proceeds of approximately CZK 330 million.
  • Market Bidco Finco Plc, an indirect subsidiary of funds managed or advised by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in the offerings of £1.075 billion and €545 million of senior secured fixed rate notes relating to the financing of CD&R’s acquisition of Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited.
  • Newport Global Advisors in a unique block trade of shares in CZG – Česká zbrojovka Group SE sold by over 20 individual shareholders represented by TXPATCH8445 Holdings LLC, through an accelerated bookbuilding process resulting in total aggregate proceeds of CZK 366 million.
  • A major Italian telecommunications company specializing in wireless broadband in the issuance of €120 million floating rate senior secured notes in August 2019, and further issuances of €50 million notes in April 2021 and €25 million notes in February 2022.
  • Pernod Ricard in the establishment of its sponsored Level I ADR program.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its tender offer to acquire a series of outstanding notes issued by Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc, and a consent solicitation relating to such series of outstanding notes, as part of its £7 billion acquisition of Morrisons.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its offering and sale of £1.2 billion 6.75% senior notes due 2029 in connection with the financing aspects of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s £7 billion acquisition of Morrisons.
  • SPB Exchange in its $175 million initial public offering of shares to Russian and international investors with listing on SPB Exchange.
  • Liberty Mutual in its $500 million offering of 4.125% junior subordinated notes due 2051.
  • PJSC Polyus in its issuance and placement of new ordinary shares by way of closed subscription for approximately $454 million.
  • Ozon in its $750 million offering of 1.875% senior bonds due 2026 convertible into American depositary shares representing ordinary shares of Ozon.
  • Ozon in its $1.1 billion initial public offering of American depositary shares on Nasdaq.
  • BNY Mellon in its role as the depositary bank in Ignitis grupė’s €450 million offering, and listing on the London Stock Exchange. The listing was named by CEE Legal Matters among its 2020 Deals of the Year.
  • Burgundy Technology Acquisition Corporation in its $300 million initial public offering.
  • BNY Mellon in the delisting of AFI Development from the London Stock Exchange.
  • BNY Mellon, as depositary bank, in the €109.5 million sale of shares and GDRs of Nova Ljubljanska Banka in an accelerated bookbuild.
  • Principal shareholder of PJSC Polyus in its approximately $390 million sale through an accelerated bookbuild of ordinary shares in the form of Global Depositary Shares and ordinary shares of PJSC Polyus.
  • BNY Mellon in its role as the depositary bank in Nova Ljubljanska Banka’s €567 million offering and listing of global depositary receipts.
  • MegaFon in an offer by its subsidiary MegaFon Investments Cyprus Limited to purchase for cash common shares and GDRs of MegaFon (for approximately $1.12 billion), subsequent delisting of the GDRs from the London Stock Exchange, the mandatory tender offer by MegaFon Finance LLC for shares of MegaFon and their subsequent squeeze-out.
  • Baring Vostok Capital Partners as selling shareholder in the $1 billion IPO and listing of global depositary receipts on the London Stock Exchange by Kaspi.kz, the Kazakh tech and financial services company.
  • Uralkali in a buyback programme of its common shares and GDRs with a total purchase amount of $1.32 billion.
  • Deutsche Bank in its role as the depositary bank in a Russian issuer’s $270 million block trade of shares and global depositary receipts.
  • PJSC Polyus in a public offering of shares and depositary receipts pursuant to Regulation S/Rule 144A and listing of depositary receipts on the LSE.
  • Polyus Gold International in its $800 million Eurobond offering of 5.25% guaranteed notes due 2023.
  • The principal shareholder of NLMK in its block sale of shares and global depositary receipts under Rule 144A/Regulation S.
  • PartnerRe in its €750 million debut Eurobond offering of 1.25% notes due 2026.
  • HarbourVest Partners in its £806.6 million acquisition of the investment portfolio of SVG Capital, a publicly listed investment fund. The acquisition followed an initial £1,015 million takeover offer by HarbourVest Partners for SVG Capital. The deal has been recognized by various industry award schemes, including the PEI Awards and being named Private Equity Deal Of The Year at the IFLR European Awards.
  • Augment Investments Limited in a tender offer to acquire global depositary receipts representing ordinary shares of OJSC Pharmstandard for the total purchase price of $200 million.
  • Polyus Gold in a subsidiary buyback of shares and American depositary receipts for the total purchase price of $3.4 billion.
  • Pernod Ricard in its $600 million bond issue due 2026.
  • Otkritie Financial Corporation in the purchase by its subsidiary of 5,593,041 Class B shares in QIWI, a Nasdaq-listed company.
  • Hanwha SolarOne in its $2 billion acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS.
  • AIA Group in its $1 billion Rule 144A placement in the United States.
  • Polyus Gold International in its $9 billion premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.
  • RAO UES in the $49 billion spin-off of its power-generating assets to its shareholders.
  • Polyus Gold in its acquisition of 50.1% of KazakhGold Group.
  • JSC RusHydro in its listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
  • Inter RAO UES in consolidating its assets (combined value in excess of $12.9 billion) through a series of M&A transactions and closed subscription for shares in Inter RAO UES.
  • KazakhGold Group Limited in a reverse takeover of Polyus Gold valued at $10 billion.
  • Norilsk Nickel in its $2.7 billion sale of shares in an accelerated bookbuild.
  • Uralkali in relisting its global depositary receipts on the London Stock Exchange following its merger with Silvinit.
  • KazakhGold Group in its $100 million private placement to international investors.
  • Corbiere Holdings, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, in a $3.5 billion offer to purchase for cash shares and American depositary receipts of Norilsk Nickel.
  • OGK-2 in its $1 billion public offering of shares on the London Stock Exchange.
  • NLMK in the $609 million secondary offering by its controlling shareholder of shares and global depositary shares, and the admission of the company to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange.
  • Norilsk Nickel, one of the world’s premier metals and mining operations, in the spin-off of its gold assets and the creation of Polyus Gold, a major international gold company with a market capitalization in excess of $9 billion.
  • Norilsk Nickel International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, in a $4.5 billion offer to purchase for cash common shares and American depositary receipts of Norilsk Nickel.
  • T-Mobile International in its $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion offerings of global depositary receipts in Mobile TeleSystems.