Dmitry Kuzmin
partner, head of banking & finance
Moscow
For 14+ years, Dmitry has specialised in projects for raising and providing financing. He advises Russian and foreign borrowers and lenders on bilateral and syndicated lending, structured finance, debt restructuring and project financing.
Advised a Top-3 Russian bank on acquiring claim rights to a leading mining and metals company from several European lenders and export credit agencies. Deal value: $320 m (2023)
Advised Gazprombank, Sberbank and Otkritie bank as syndicated bridge-financing lenders to a joint venture between the Russian petrochemicals major Sibur Holding and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), the world’s biggest petrochemical company. The financing was provided for constructing the Amur Gas and Chemical Complex in Russia’s Far East. Project value: $10.6 m; bridge-financing: $1.5 bn (2020-2022)
Advising Gazprombank and VEB.RF on syndicated loans for PPP projects for developing solid waste management infrastructure implemented by Citimatic Group in several regions of Russia. Deal value: ₽11.3 bn (2020-2021, 2023-present)
Advising the borrower on raising financing for developing a gas field in Uzbekistan under a production sharing agreement. Total investment: $1.68 bn (2022-present)
Advised the developer and the operator of the Port of Vanino in the Far East of Russia on attracting loan financing from a major Russian bank in the context of a large-scale infrastructure project for construction of a new coal terminal in the port. Credit line: ₽34 bn ($570 m) (2019)
Advised two major lenders, Gazprombank and the Russian state development corporation VEB.RF, on syndicated loan financing to Operator-CRPT in the context of the first federal PPP project in Russia — launch of a national digital goods marking and tracking system. Credit line: ₽24.2 bn ($384 m) (2019)
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Advising a syndicate of lenders, two Top-5 Russian banks and the Russian state development corporation VEB.RF, on financing construction of the first auto-energy plant in Russia. The loan is provided under the «Project Finance Factory» mechanism and the state ESG «Green Financing» programme. Deal value: ₽32.8 bn (2022-present)Advised a Top-3 Russian bank on acquiring claim rights to a leading mining and metals company from several European lenders and export credit agencies. Deal value: $320 m (2023)
Advised Gazprombank, Sberbank and Otkritie bank as syndicated bridge-financing lenders to a joint venture between the Russian petrochemicals major Sibur Holding and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), the world’s biggest petrochemical company. The financing was provided for constructing the Amur Gas and Chemical Complex in Russia’s Far East. Project value: $10.6 m; bridge-financing: $1.5 bn (2020-2022)
Advising Gazprombank and VEB.RF on syndicated loans for PPP projects for developing solid waste management infrastructure implemented by Citimatic Group in several regions of Russia. Deal value: ₽11.3 bn (2020-2021, 2023-present)
Advising the borrower on raising financing for developing a gas field in Uzbekistan under a production sharing agreement. Total investment: $1.68 bn (2022-present)
Advised the developer and the operator of the Port of Vanino in the Far East of Russia on attracting loan financing from a major Russian bank in the context of a large-scale infrastructure project for construction of a new coal terminal in the port. Credit line: ₽34 bn ($570 m) (2019)
Advised two major lenders, Gazprombank and the Russian state development corporation VEB.RF, on syndicated loan financing to Operator-CRPT in the context of the first federal PPP project in Russia — launch of a national digital goods marking and tracking system. Credit line: ₽24.2 bn ($384 m) (2019)
