Alexey Chertov

Associate

Alexey Chertov represents clients in connection with a broad range of finance matters, including prepayment and pre-export finance, project finance, acquisition finance, structured finance, syndicated lending, and commodity repo. Alexey specializes in prepayment financing and other types of trade financings, in particular, in oil and gas and metals and mining sectors. Alexey also frequently advises clients on restructuring and insolvency matters. A native Russian speaker, Alexey is also fluent in English.

Selected Representations

Advises one of the largest Russian state-owned companies in connection with a project financing for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant project in Russia
Acts for an international investment group on a methanol plant construction project in Volgograd in partnership with a Russian state direct investments fund. The project contemplates both shareholders’ and lenders’ syndicated finance in the total amount exceeding US$800 million, as well as long-term methanol supply contract with a Japanese conglomerate
Acts for one of the largest state-owned banks in Russia in connection with a EUR 500 million secured financing for an SPV created for the purposes of development of certain ore deposits in the Taimyr region of Russia
Acts for Natixis as agent in relation to a US$300 million pre-export syndicated financing to TOO AMK arranged by Natixis and Societe Generale
Acting for one of the largest state-owned banks in Russia in connection with a secured EUR 150 million financing for the construction of a plant for processing of polymetallic ores in the Republic of Buryatia in Russia (1st stage)
Acts for one of the largest state-owned banks in Russia in connection with a RUB 8.2 billion financing of the acquisition of a Russian IT company providing B2B cloud solutions
Acts for the trading arm of one of the largest state-owned banks in Russia in connection with a RUB 100 billion commodity repo with a major aluminum producer
Acts for ING Bank and Société Générale in connection with a US$180 million prepayment financing arranged by Traxys S.A. for CAML with limited recourse to the trading company backed by guarantees from Dutch, Kazakh and Macedonian group companies
Acts for Sberbank (Switzerland) AG in connection with a US$165 million prepayment for SUEK AG
Acts for Societe Generale on a prepayment financing arranged by Traxys for Magnezit with a limited recourse to the trading company
Acts for GV Gold on a US$100 mln prepayment facility arranged by Société Générale
Acts for Sberbank (Switzerland) AG on a US$100 million prepayment facility for Russian Copper Company Group
Acts for Vitol in connection with a US$184 million secured prepayment facility for a private Russian oil refinery
Acts for Sberbank (Switzerland) AG on several prepayment financings for Rusal group
Acts for one of the largest state-owned banks in Russia on a US$90 million prepayment for gold dore bars produced by an Armenian gold producer
Represents a syndicate of international banks with a US$70 million claim in connection with two bankruptcy proceedings relating to entities of the Russian metallurgical group Red October.