Ekaterina Pervova — Melling, Voitishkin & Partners

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Biography

Ekaterina Pervova specializes in transactions in the debt and equity capital markets, structured finance and securitization, digital financial assets and fintech. Ekaterina also advises leading international and Russian banks and companies on issues arising in connection with derivatives and repo transactions, as well as on various aspects of banking and financial transactions and financial market regulation.

Representative Legal Matters

Advised some of the largest state-owned banks on the refinancing of loans, including syndicated loans under English law, and on the provision of new financing using the issuance of structured bonds by a specialised finance company or collateralised bonds.
Provided legal support to some of the largest state-owned banks and their clients in connection with the structuring and issuance of various types of bonds (structured, subordinated, perpetual, secured, substitute, etc.) issued under Russian law, as well as in connection with a change of trustee and amending Eurobond issue documentation.
Advised a major state-owned bank on arranging public placement of a number of Russian companies (IPOs/SPOs). Worked on transactions including participation in the preparation of issue documentation, key transaction agreements (mandate agreement, lock-up agreement, price stabilisation documentation, etc.), advised on information disclosure, and supporting the bank's activities as a professional securities market participant.
Advised a leading energy company on the termination of its depositary receipt program.
Advised major state-owned banks on mortgage and consumer loan securitisation transactions, including debut transactions. Worked on projects including preparing and negotiating transaction documentation and liaising with rating agencies and the regulator.

Advised a number of the largest state-owned banks on complex structured derivative transactions concluded within the framework of RISDA/ISDA documentation: credit default swaps, total return swaps, financing in the form of forwards on stocks or bonds, collars, deliverable commodity options, etc., as well as on repo transactions, including those concluded under standard GMSLA documentation.
Advised GTLK, a leading Russian leasing company, in connection with the issuing and placement of Eurobonds.
Advised corporations on loan facilities, including aviation finance and shipping finance transactions, drafted documentation and legal opinions in respect of loans (bilateral loans, syndicated loans, convertible loans) and security packages.
Advised Russia's largest independent natural gas producer on a wide range of issues in connection with shipping finance.
Advised a number of foreign funds and trading organizers on the issuance of tokens and transactions with tokens in various jurisdictions, as well as advising a major Russian bank and its subsidiaries on issuing and investing in digital financial assets (DFAs).

Professional membership

member of the Moscow City Bar since 2017

Education

Higher School of Economics, MBA, 2014

Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Law Degree, 2010