Yaroslav Smorodin

Associate

Yaroslav Smorodin acts for lenders and borrowers on a broad scope of international financing mandates ranging from plain vanilla bilateral and syndicated loans to leveraged finance transactions. He has experience advising clients in metals, mining, and oil and gas sectors on prepayment financings, acquisition financings, pre-export financings (PXF), Islamic financings, and project financings. He also has experience in M&A, joint ventures, and private equity transactions and regularly advises clients on the impact of new financial industry rules and regulations, including sanctions issues. A native Russian speaker, Yaroslav is fluent in English. He is qualified to practice in Russia only.

...very professional and has good business legal sense and thorough knowledge of the sector.

The Legal 500 EMEA

Yaroslav Smorodin is experienced in acquisition finance.

The Legal 500 EMEA

Selected Representations

Banking and Finance

An investment banking and asset management arm of a major Saudi bank on the launch of a closed-end Sharia-compliant indirect lending fund and its Sharia-compliant financing
A syndicate of banks on several prepayment facilities to an Austrian oil trader, with the total value exceeding $5 billion
A syndicate of banks on an up to $2.3 billion equivalent multicurrency project financing for the construction of a mining and processing complex
A syndicate of banks arranged by ING and UniCredit on an up to $1 billion pre-export financing to a major fertilizer producer
A major UAE bank on a $816.8 million equivalent refinancing to a real estate development group, structured as a Sharia-compliant secured wakala arrangement
A global metals producer on a $750 million syndicated pre-export facility arranged by UniCredit
A major bank on an up to $735 million project financing for the construction of a plant for processing polymetallic ores
A leading international manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans on a syndicated $464.3 million equivalent multi-currency revolving credit facility
A Swiss trading house on a syndicated $335.5 million secured pre-export facility to a major Kazakh oil and gas producer
Natixis on a $300 million syndicated pre-export facility to a leading copper producer
A major bank on a $200 million equivalent pre-export financing to a major Kazakh gas supply company
Vitol on a $184 million secured facility for the acquisition of a private oil refinery
A syndicate of international banks, including ING and Société Générale, on a $180 million prepayment facility to a Luxembourg-based metals trader
A major bank on a $115 million equivalent financing for the acquisition of an IT company providing B2B cloud solutions
HSBC on a $100 million revolving credit facility to a major fertilizer producer

M&A and Private Equity

Several major multinational companies on exiting the Russian market and winding down their operations in Russia
A real estate developer on a joint venture for the development of a new real estate project in the UAE
A Singapore oil trader on two joint ventures in the UAE for the development of an oil terminal and trading in crude oil
A major Swiss oil trader on a profit-sharing arrangement with a Hong Kong oil trader
A corporate investment arm of a major bank on an acquisition of a minority stake in the provider of complex technical solutions for the oil and gas industry