Yaroslav Smorodin

Banking and Finance

• An investment banking and asset management arm of a major Saudi bank on the launch of a closed-end Sharia-compliant indirect lending fund and its Sharia-compliant financing
• A syndicate of banks on several prepayment facilities to an Austrian oil trader, with the total value exceeding $5 billion
• A syndicate of banks on an up to $2.3 billion equivalent multicurrency project financing for the construction of a mining and processing complex
• A syndicate of banks arranged by ING and UniCredit on an up to $1 billion pre-export financing to a major fertilizer producer
• A major UAE bank on a $816.8 million equivalent refinancing to a real estate development group, structured as a Sharia-compliant secured wakala arrangement
• A global metals producer on a $750 million syndicated pre-export facility arranged by UniCredit
• A major bank on an up to $735 million project financing for the construction of a plant for processing polymetallic ores
• A leading international manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans on a syndicated $464.3 million equivalent multi-currency revolving credit facility
• A Swiss trading house on a syndicated $335.5 million secured pre-export facility to a major Kazakh oil and gas producer
• Natixis on a $300 million syndicated pre-export facility to a leading copper producer
• A major bank on a $200 million equivalent pre-export financing to a major Kazakh gas supply company
• Vitol on a $184 million secured facility for the acquisition of a private oil refinery
• A syndicate of international banks, including ING and Société Générale, on a $180 million prepayment facility to a Luxembourg-based metals trader
• A major bank on a $115 million equivalent financing for the acquisition of an IT company providing B2B cloud solutions
• HSBC on a $100 million revolving credit facility to a major fertilizer producer

M&A and Private Equity

• Several major multinational companies on exiting the Russian market and winding down their operations in Russia
• A real estate developer on a joint venture for the development of a new real estate project in the UAE
• A Singapore oil trader on two joint ventures in the UAE for the development of an oil terminal and trading in crude oil
• A major Swiss oil trader on a profit-sharing arrangement with a Hong Kong oil trader
• A corporate investment arm of a major bank on an acquisition of a minority stake in the provider of complex technical solutions for the oil and gas industry