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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP

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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP handles complex transactions and disputes across a host of emerging markets, and its work encompasses trade and export finance, international arbitration, project finance, capital markets and bank finance. The firm's Africa practice is a core focus for the multi-disciplinary team, which includes Carter Brod, who is dual-qualified in US and English law, and who advises on high-profile bond offerings. He assisted Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago with a consent solicitation for $300m in senior secured notes and a new $70m offering. Ayesha Waheed is a key adviser on energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the CIS and Asia, and Bruce Johnston handles banking and finance transactions in EMEA. Together with Brod they assisted Turkey's Aktif Bank with the update of its €390m MTN programme. Transactional oil and gas and projects lawyer Olivier Chambord is increasingly involved in emerging markets deals, particularly in Africa, while project development and acquisition finance specialist Seyfi Can Kandemir's practice has a strong focus on Turkey.

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Key clients

  • Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT)
  • Bank of America
  • Aktif Bank
  • Oschadbank (State Savings Bank of Ukraine)
  • Oppenheimer & Co
  • Yandex N.V.
  • Turkish Electricity Transmission Corp. TEİAŞ
  • Gama Enerji A.Ş
  • Yildirim Holding
  • Yilport Holding
  • HSBC Bank PLC
  • Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S.
  • UniCredit Bank AG
  • VEON

Work highlights

  • Advised Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago in a consent solicitation in relation to its US$300m 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and TT$680m 8.30% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 as well as an offering of TT$476m (approximately US$70m) in aggregate principal amount of new 8.30% Senior Secured Notes due 2029.
  • Advised HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd., HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt GmbH, and HSBC Bank A.Ş. in the financing for the development of a 56 megawatt wind power plant and a 35 megawatt solar hybrid power plant by Enerjisa Enerji Űretim A.Ş.—the largest independent power producer in Türkiye.
  • Represented Yandex N.V., one of Europe's largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia on a repurchase of approximately 99% of the principal amount of its $1.25 billion of 0.75% convertible notes due 2025 from existing noteholders.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Carter Brod

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Carter Brod counsels corporations, banks, sovereign governments, investment banks and investors on international capital markets transactions in emerging and developed markets. Dual-qualified in the United States and England and Wales, Carter handles a broad range of securities matters including Eurobond offerings, GDR and other equity offerings, convertible bonds, MTN programmes, high yield notes, regulatory capital instruments and sovereign bonds, as well as restructurings of outstanding debt securities. For more information, view Carter's bio at https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/cbrod.

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Seyfi Can Kandemir

Seyfi Can Kandemir

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Seyfi Can Kandemir focuses on international project finance transactions, particularly within the power, infrastructure, mining, and oil and gas sectors. He advises sponsors, developers, multilateral lending and development agencies, international financial institutions, export credit agencies, and commercial banks in project and international finance, including corporate and hybrid style financings and concession financings. His representations span developed and emerging markets throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. Link to Morgan Lewis bio: Seyfi Can Kandemir – Our Lawyers and Professionals | Morgan Lewis

Other key lawyers

Carter Brod, Bruce Johnston, Seyfi Can Kandemir, Ayesha Waheed, Olivier Chambord, Allison Soilihi