Carter Brod

Carter’s transactions include Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, US SEC–registered offerings, debt and equity private placements and various other transactions involving debt and equity securities. He has considerable experience with listings of securities on the London Stock Exchange and other European stock exchanges.

Carter advises on transactions from a range of industries including banking, energy and natural resources, real estate, telecommunications, high-tech, and infrastructure. Carter is also a leading legal adviser on sovereign bond transactions.

Carter has advised on several landmark transactions in the emerging markets, including the first ever international securities offering from each of Albania, Belarus, Georgia, Suriname, and Tajikistan, and also the first ever international securities offering by a Ukrainian company. He was based in Moscow from 2010 to 2013.

• Representation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in a $2.5 billion Eurobond offering.
• Representation of Pearson plc in a €500 million Eurobond offering.
• Representation of the Steering Committee of Grenada Bondholders in the Government of Grenada sovereign debt restructuring.
• Representation of Chagala Group, a property and services provider to the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan, in a listing of its shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
• Representation of the Republic of Suriname in a $550 million Eurobond offering, the first-ever international securities offering from Suriname.
• Representation of the lead managers in a $375 million Eurobond offering by Mexican national electricity company Comisión Federal de Electricidad.
• Representation of the Republic of Tajikistan in a $500 million Eurobond offering, the first ever international securities offering from Tajikistan.
• Representation of the GDR depositary in a London Stock Exchange-listed IPO by Romanian oil company OMV Petrom.
• Representation of the purchasers in a €140 million private placement of senior notes by Futbol Club Barcelona.
• Representation of the purchasers in an offering of sovereign bonds by the Republic of Seychelles, the world's first-ever "blue bond" transaction.
• Representation of Credit Bank of Moscow in a $500 million subordinated Eurobond offering.
• Representation of the managers in a $150 million convertible bond offering by Just Energy Group, a Canada-based competitive retailer of natural gas and electricity.
• Representation of Kaspi Bank, a Kazakhstan bank, in a $200 million Eurobond offering.
• Representation of Vnesheconombank (VEB), the Russian state development bank, in a €1.5 billion Eurobond offering (in two tranches).
• Representation of Kazatomprom, the state-owned nuclear company of Kazakhstan, in a consent solicitation in respect of its $500 million Eurobonds.
• Representation of TNK-BP, an Anglo-Russian oil and gas company, in a $1 billion Eurobond offering.
• Representation of Gazprombank, a Russian bank, in a $1 billion Eurobond offering (in two tranches).
• Representation of the underwriters in a £250 million equity offering by SEGRO plc, an English industrial real estate company.
• Representation of the Republic of Lithuania in a $2 billion Eurobond offering.
• Representation of the Republic of Albania in a €300 million Eurobond offering, the first-ever international securities offering from Albania.
• Representation of Ukraine in a $1.5 billion Eurobond offering.
• Representation of Bank of Georgia, a Georgian bank, in a $160 million IPO of GDRs, the first-ever international securities offering from Georgia.
• Representation of the joint lead managers in a $300 million Eurobond offering by the City of Kiev.
• Representation of the Republic of Belarus in a $1 billion Eurobond offering (in two tranches), the first-ever international securities offering from Belarus.
• Representation of Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), a Ukrainian poultry producer, in a $250 million high yield offering.
• Representation of LBC, a French chemical storage company, in a $133 million high yield offering.
• Representation of Antisoma plc, an English biopharmaceutical company, in a $31 million equity offering.
• Representation of the lead managers in a $100 million Eurobond offering by Kyivstar GSM, a Ukrainian mobile telecommunications operator, the first-ever international securities offering by a Ukrainian company.
• Representation of Macquarie Infrastructure Group, an Australian/English global infrastructure fund, in an $800 million equity offering.
• Representation of the joint global coordinators in a $509 million offering by the Polish government's oil industry privatization and holding company of shares and GDRs of PKN ORLEN, a Polish oil and gas company.
• Representation of the underwriters in a $315 million SEC-registered offering by the Hungarian privatization and state holding company of shares and ADRs of Matáv, a Hungarian telecommunications company.
• Representation of Filtronic plc, an English designer and manufacturer of radio frequency components and subsystems, in a $170 million high yield offering followed by an SEC-registered exchange offer.