Practice
Capital Markets
Our attorneys have unique experience advising major Ukrainian issuers and leading investment banks on most Ukrainian initial public offerings (IPOs) and complex Eurobond issuances by Ukrainian companies. We provide the following legal services to our clients in the capital markets practice area:
IPOs on world’s major stock exchanges
Private placements of securities by Ukrainian issuers
Issuance of Eurobonds by Ukrainian issuers
Corporate restructurings prior to private placements or IPOs
Our attorneys have an extensive capital markets expertise working on transactions, which cover a broad range of industries, including FMCG, agriculture, retail, real estate, and financial services. This experience includes advising major Ukrainian issuers on IPOs, private placements, and Eurobond issues, namely:
2010
Advising Myronivsky Hliboproduct, a leading agroindustrial company in Ukraine, focusing on the production of poultry and the cultivation of grain, on its USD330 million offering of 10.25% Senior Notes due 2015 and listing of the Notes on the London Stock Exchange;
Advising AvangardCo Investments Public Limited, a leading agroindustrial company in Ukraine, focusing on the production of eggs and egg products, on its initial public offering of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange, where the company raised USD216 million;
Advising Myronivsky Hliboproduct, a leading agroindustrial company in Ukraine, focusing on the production of poultry and the cultivation of grain, on its exchange offer of USD250 million 10.25% Senior Notes due in 2011;
2005 — 2009
Advising the leading Ukrainian agro-industrial group, which focuses on the production of poultry and the cultivation of grain, on its initial public offering of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange, where the group raised USD371 million
Advising one of the leading Ukrainian real estate developers, which operates a diversified portfolio of real estate projects, with respect to the admission of primary and secondary shares to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, where the company raised USD149 million
Advising the leading producer of sunflower oil, protein meal, and grain in Ukraine, on its debut listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, where the company raised approximately USD221 million
Advising one of the largest Ukrainian real estate and property investors on its debut USD175 million Eurobond offering listed on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Advising one of the largest Ukrainian sugar producers on its debut listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, where the company raised USD32 million
Advising the leading agro-industrial group in Ukraine, focusing on the production of poultry and the cultivation of grain, on its USD250 million offering of the Senior Notes listed on the London Stock Exchange. This transaction was the first issuance of high yield bonds in the international markets to finance Ukrainian borrowers
Advising one of the largest property developers in Ukraine on its admission to AIM listing, where it raised USD139 million
Advising one of the world’s biggest banking corporations on the first mandatorily convertible notes issue by the holding company of one of the largest operators of retail filling stations in Ukraine