Marina Abazyan

Landmark engagement experience

Corporate

• Representing the shareholders of the Uchi.ru educational platform in connection with the sale of a strategic stake to Mail.Ru Group and a consortium of investors formed by RDIF and RCIF
• Selling shareholders in the sale of shares in the Non-State Pension Fund Social Development
• A major Russian aviation company in a sale of its quasi-treasury shares through an accelerated bookbuild
• Polyus Gold in a subsidiary buyback of shares and American depository receipts for the total purchase price of $3.4 billion
• The principal shareholder of NLMK in its block sale of shares and global depository receipts under Rule 144A/Regulation S
• Uralkali in a buyback programme of its common shares and GDRs with a total purchase amount of $1.32 billion
• Uralkali in a buyback programme of its common shares and GDRs with a total purchase amount of up to $1.5 billion
• Freight One in the acquisition of a rail transport operator from Severstal

Corporate Finance

• Polyus Gold International in a public offering of shares and depositary receipts pursuant to Regulation S/Rule 144A and listing of depositary receipts on the LSE
• A major Russian mining company in a consent solicitation in respect of its loan participation notes
• NLMK in its $700 million Eurobond offering of 4.5% loan participation notes due 2023, and a related tender offer for its outstanding notes due 2018 and 2019 for the aggregate principal amount of $571 million
• NLMK in its debut $500 million Eurobond offering of 4.95% notes due 2019
• NLMK in its $800 million Eurobond offering of 4.45% notes due 2018
• Norilsk Nickel in its debut $750 million Eurobond offering of 4.375% notes due 2018