Konstantin Kochetkov

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Konstantin was a senior finance lawyer in and manager of the St. Petersburg office of another global law firm. He speaks native Russian and is fluent in English and French.

• Acting for a major media corporation in connection with a sale by its JV of a popular online job classified platform in Russia to an online recruitment services operator
• Acting for a Russian steel group in connection with a $2.6 billion refinancing of credit facilities for the acquisition of mining assets in Russia
• Acting for a syndicate of banks, on a RUB 6.3 billion limited-recourse facility to finance the construction of a wood processing plant in Tomsk
• Acting for a Russian steel production company in connection with a $127 million export finance facility arranged by the Czech Export Bank with the support of EGAP
• Acting for an international financial institution on the financing of a regional power company backed by a municipal guarantee granted by the City of Lipetsk with the support of the Lipetsk Region
• Acting for a syndication of banks, including international finance institutions, in connection with a RUB 700 million facility to Surgutsky Rayon backed by a guarantee of the Khanty-Mansi government
• Acting for a Russian nickel producer in connection with a €278 million ($344.2 million) export finance facility arranged by an international syndicate including DZ Bank, ING Bank, Calyon, and Bayerische Landesbank to finance the purchase of Artic container vessels with the support of Hermes
• Acting for a syndicate of foreign banks in connection with a RUR 6.3 billion limited recourse facility to a Russian energy generation company to finance the refurbishment of several units of hydro cascade in Volga region
• Acting for an international syndicate in connection with a $300 million syndicated pre-export finance facility to a Russian copper producer secured by assignment of copper export contracts