We assisted DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft with acquisition of shares in Belgips JSC, the only Belarusian manufacturer of gypsum-based building materials. The acquisition followed successful implementation by Belgips of a major investment project involving construction of a new highly automated and energy efficient plant in Gatovo, Belarus. DEG finances long-term private-sector investments in […]
We are advising Estonian Kaamos Group and its subsidiaries Kaamos Timber (Estonia) and Mozyr Sawmill (Belarus) on EUR 15 million debt financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for construction of a new sawmill in Belarus on a brownfield site near Mozyr, one of the country’s oldest towns. This is the second […]
Sorainen advised the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its two lending transactions with the largest Belarusian banks totalling up to EUR 105 million. The EIB is a non-profit lending institution of the European Union established in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome and the world’s largest multilateral lender supporting sustainable investment projects that contribute to EU […]
We advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on provision of a more than EUR 200 million financing package to Belarusian subsidiaries of the Kronospan group. EUR 40 million out of this package will be syndicated to commercial banks. Kronospan group is the market leader in the wood-based panel sector. It manufactures wood-based […]
Sorainen Belarus supported a major Russian bank with a cross-currency interest rate swap with a Belarusian corporate. The transaction was based on the Russian ISDA Master Agreement, the regional analogue of the ISDA Agreement (RISDA). To our knowledge, this is the first ever cross-border derivative transaction with a counterparty from the Belarusian corporate sector. Our […]