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Alexander Tombak

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Alexander Tombak represents lenders and borrowers in both traditional bank financing and complex structures including project, asset, and acquisition finance; syndicated lending; commodities finance; and structured transactions. While he has a background in other industries, he also advises clients on United Arab Emirates (UAE) real estate matters, including real estate development, acquisition, and leasing, as well as complex corporate structures and joint ventures involving both equity and debt financing from sponsors and institutional and noninstitutional lenders. Alexander is fluent in Russian and English.

Real Estate

  • Acted for MERED, an international real estate developer, on the establishment of its UAE presence, particularly the construction of a flagship residential project in Dubai Internet City, including financing and real estate development arrangements
  • Advised an international real estate developer on complex shareholders’ arrangements with respect to the equity financing of a development project in Dubai
  • Advised an international real estate developer on the acquisition of a land plot in Abu Dhabi
  • Advised a real estate developer on a bank guarantee from a UAE bank for a project development registration
  • Advised a real estate developer in connection with an escrow agreement with a major private UAE bank for its off-plan sale of units
  • Advised a major hospitality group on the lease of retail premises in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

Banking and Finance

  • Advised a lender in connection with a multibillion-dollar syndicated export credit agency–backed project financing for the construction of a cross-border crude oil pipeline
  • Advised a lender in connection with a syndicated project financing for the exploration and development of a gas field and construction of a gas chemical facility
  • Advised a lender in connection with the restructuring of a major metal and mining company debt
  • Advised a lender in connection with a multibillion-dollar facility to a major gold mining company
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders in connection with a $300 million syndicated facility to a major gold mining company
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders in connection with a 255 million ($272 million) syndicated facility to a major sawn timber producer
  • Advised a lender in connection with the 300 million ($320 million) financing of an acquisition of a stake in an oil refinery company
  • Advised a majority shareholder in connection with an equity financing from a major bank
  • Advised a majority shareholder in connection with the acquisition of a pharmaceutical holding and establishment of a joint venture with a major bank and a state-owned investment fund
  • Russian School of Private Law, 2019, LL.M.
  • Higher School of Economics, 2017, LL.B.
  • Dubai Licensed Legal Consultant
  • Russia (Qualified)