Vadim Lomovtsev — Melling, Voitishkin & Partners

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Biography

Vadim Lomovtsev represents major financial institutions and corporates on a broad range of cross-border finance and capital markets transactions, including general corporate lending, project finance, structured finance, securitisation and debt and equity offerings.

Representative Legal Matters

Structured Finance and Securitisation

Advised Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) on legal and tax issues in connection with 11.5% mortgage loan securitization of USD 836 764 559 (RUB 48 197 806 000) loan portfolio which also featured interest rate swap between the issuer and Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending to facilitate fixed interest rate on the bond.
Advised a major Russian fintech bank in connection with a debut securitisation of its home equity loans portfolio.

Advised Russian banks in connection with the first domestic multi-originator mortgage securitisation transaction, where the senior tranche bonds were rated AAA (ru.sf) by ACRA (JSC), a domestic credit rating agency.
Advised a major Russian private bank in connection with a debut securitisation of its RUB 7 billion SME loans portfolio.

Finance

Advised Vitol plc on its investment in a major project in the oil and gas industry.
Advised private investment company A.B. Aterra Resources Ltd. in connection with shareholder financing for the amount of approximately USD 55 million provided together with other shareholder to Silver Bear Resources Inc. and its subsidiary "ZAO Prognoz" for purposes of refinancing of existing indebtedness and financing of construction and commissioning of Mangazeisky silver project in Yakutia. The transaction involved comprehensive security package under Canadian and Russian law.

Advised ING Bank, a branch of ING-DiBa AG, under German and Russian law in connection with an ECA Framework Facility Agreement to one of the world’s largest producers of nickel, platinum and copper.

Debt Capital Markets

Advised a major bank on an offering (pursuant to Regulation S and Rule 144A) of USD 500 million 6.75 per cent. notes due 2024.

Equity Capital Markets

Advised the issuer, PJSC Globaltruck Management, in connection with its initial public offering of ordinary shares. The total offering amounted to RUB 3.85 billion, assuming full exercise of the over-allotment option. The company raised approximately RUB 2.57 billion in net proceeds from the offering.

Advised ROS AGRO PLC in relation to subsequent public offering of USD 250 million global depositary receipts listed on the London Stock Exchange under Rule 144A and Regulation S representing newly issued shares of the Cyprus holding company.

Education

Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Professional communication interpreting Degree, 2015

Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Law Degree with Honours, 2015