- Troika Dialog on the US$300 million sale of 33% of its shares to Standard Bank for consideration involving US$200 convertible loan and 100% of shares of Standard Bank's Russian subsidiary ZAO "Standard Bank". It is the first acquisition deal by a foreign lender in Russia's banking sector since the onset of the economic crisis
- a Japanese conglomerate in relation to the restructuring of shareholder debt of a large (US$4.3 billion) mining project following financial difficulties of its joint venture partner
- Barclays, Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Deutsche Bank and Société Générale on a US$1.35 billion secured loan facility for Rosneft (Trade Finance “Deal of the Year” 2008)
- ING Bank as mandated lead arranger on a US$500 million export finance facility to TAIF-NK, one of the fastest expanding oil companies in Russia (Trade Finance “Deal of the Year” 2008)
- TNK-BP on corporate governance, employment, tax and migration issues arising from the shareholders’ dispute and the related administrative pressures and onshore court proceedings, including advising in respect of financing issues
- Onexim Group (a holding company of Mikhail Prokhorov) on the split of assets worth US$15 billion jointly held with Interros Group
- First Quantum on the Marine Facade project in St. Petersburg involving reclamation and development of 470 ha of land in St. Petersburg close to Vasilyevsky island. The project involves development of a cruise terminal, residential premises, office facilities and infrastructure
- a syndicate of lenders comprising emerging market funds and hedge funds on the groundbreaking project financing of a US$216 million zinc oxide mine in Yemen – the first project finance transaction to close in Yemen. We received Middle East Mining Deal of the Year award in 2008 from Project Finance magazine for this project
- Lehman Brothers Holding and its subsidiaries in connection with their US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
- Gazprom and the project company on the €3 billion project financing to develop one of Russia’s largest gas fields
- a Japanese conglomerate on the US$4 billion Ambatovy mining project in Madagascar
- China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corporation) on the US$3.72 billion acquisition of Udmurtneft, a major Russian oil producer, from TNK-BP and the associated leveraged buyout (LBO) and joint venture with Rosneft
- International Petroleum Exploration Corporation (INPEX) on its acquisition of Lukoil’s 10% interest in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) project for US$1.375 billion
- Calyon, ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas (Suisse) and Citibank on a US$1.8 billion facility to TNK-BP Finance
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