We contributed to this multi-jurisdictional project in partnership with the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and the Environment, Dr David Boyd; and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice in New York. International law firm Clifford Chance conducted and coordinated the project – the most extensive pro bono project in the firm’s history. […]
Deals & Cases / Kiryl Apanasevich, Ann Laevskaya, Artem Melnikovich
Sorainen advised the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its two lending transactions with the largest Belarusian banks totalling up to EUR 105 million. The EIB is a non-profit lending institution of the European Union established in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome and the world’s largest multilateral lender supporting sustainable investment projects that contribute to EU […]
We assisted Hesburger, one of the largest fast-food chains in Northern Europe, in developing its operations in Belarus. Our team leading the project ‒ consisting of partners Kiryl Apanasevich, Maksim Salahub, senior associate Aliaksei Daryin with associates Alesia Khadasevich and Aliaksei Vashkevich ‒ assisted with establishing a legal entity as well as corporate, employment, migration […]
Deals & Cases / Kiryl Apanasevich, Ann Laevskaya, Artem Melnikovich, Artem Semchik
We advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on provision of a more than EUR 200 million financing package to Belarusian subsidiaries of the Kronospan group. EUR 40 million out of this package will be syndicated to commercial banks. Kronospan group is the market leader in the wood-based panel sector. It manufactures wood-based […]
Sorainen Belarus supported a major Russian bank with a cross-currency interest rate swap with a Belarusian corporate. The transaction was based on the Russian ISDA Master Agreement, the regional analogue of the ISDA Agreement (RISDA). To our knowledge, this is the first ever cross-border derivative transaction with a counterparty from the Belarusian corporate sector. Our […]
