Alexander Kartyshev

Associate

London
alexander.kartyshev@lw.com
+44.20.7877.6335

PRACTICES

  • Capital Markets
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)
  • Russia

EDUCATION

  • Diploma in Law, Russian Academy for Foreign Trade, 2013

PROFILE

Alexander Kartyshev is an English and Russian law qualified associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Corporate Department. Alexander advises clients on capital markets transactions as well as corporate transactions across various industries.

EXPERIENCE

Alexander’s experience includes advising:

DCM

  • Citigroup and J.P. Morgan in connection with an abbreviated cash tender offer to purchase any and all of the outstanding US$1 billion 4.750% notes due 2027 issued by JSC NC “KazMunayGas”
  • Citigroup and Deutsche Bank in connection with a consent solicitation to amend two series of notes issued by a real estate company
  • Alpha Bank, Citigroup, Eurobank, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, HSBC, National Bank of Greece, and Piraeus Bank in connection with HELLENiQ ENERGY Finance PLC’s offering of €450 million 4.25% guaranteed notes due 2029 and a concurrent tender offer to purchase certain of its outstanding €599.9 million 2.000% notes due 2024
  • Mersin International Port in connection with its US$600 million bond issuance and concurrent tender offer
  • Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, and BCP Securities as joint lead managers on Bank of Georgia’s US$300 million AT1 bond offering
  • The joint lead managers and dealer managers on JSC TBC Bank’s US$300 million bond offering and concurrent tender offer
  • The committee of senior secured noteholders in relation to the restructuring of the financial indebtedness of a European ferry group
  • Public Joint Stock Company PIK-specialized homebuilder, the largest Russian residential developer, on the US$525 million 5.625% notes due 2026 issued by PIK Securities DAC
  • SUEK on its debut US$500,000,000 3.375% guaranteed Eurobond due 2026
  • The DTEK Group in connection with the restructuring of US$2.5 billion of bank and bond indebtedness
  • Underwriters in connection with the issuance of 9% loan participation notes due 2025 by Eurotorg and offer to purchase for cash and consent solicitation up to US$300 million of its outstanding US$350 million 8.75% loan participation notes due 2022 issued by Eurotorg
  • Underwriters in connection with (1) an update of the US$10.5 million Global Medium Term Program established by JSC NC “KazMunayGas” and KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub B.V. (“Programme”), (2) issuance of US$750 million 3.5% notes due 2033 by JSC NC “KazMunayGas” under the Program, and (3) a tender offer and consent solicitation in respect of the US$500 million 3.875% notes due 2022 and US$1 billion 4.400% notes due 2023 each issued by JSC NC “KazMunayGas”
  • Underwriters in connection with the issuance of 7.75% notes due 2024 by GeoProMining
  • Nord Gold in connection with the issuance of 4.125% guaranteed notes due 2024
  • DTEK Renewables in connection with the issuance of 8.5% senior notes due 2024
  • J. P. Morgan in connection with the solicitation of consents relating to any and all outstanding 8.25% notes due 2020 by MHP S.A.
  • DTEK in connection with the issuance of US$1.275 billion 10.75% senior PIK toggle notes due 2024 in exchange for the US$750 million 7.875% notes due 2018 and US$160 million 10.375% notes due 2018 sanctioned by a UK Scheme of Arrangement
  • Tinkoff Bank in connection with the issuance of 9.25% loan participation notes
  • Eurotorg LLC in connection with the issuance of 8.75% notes due 2022 (debut corporate Eurobond issuance from Belarus)
  • DTEK in connection with the issuance of 10.75% senior notes due 2024 pursuant to a scheme of arrangement
  • DTEK in connection with a deleveraging transaction with Sberbank of Russia as part of DTEK bank debt restructuring
  • PAO Severstal in connection with the issuance of US$500 million 3.85% loan participation notes due 2021 under a US$4.5 billion program for the issuance of loan participation notes
  • Dealer Managers in connection with the issuance of US$1.5 billion 5.875% notes due 2025 under a US$10 billion global medium term note program of the Arab Republic of Egypt

ECM

  • Public Joint Stock Company PIK-specialized homebuilder, the largest Russian residential developer, on the SPO of 28 million shares
  • Underwriters in connection with Kazpi.kz Initial Public Offering of 25,764,894 Global Depositary Receipts listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Astana International Exchange
  • Joint-Stock Company, Sovereign Wealth Fund, Samruk-Kazyna in an accelerated bookbuild sale of GDRs and ordinary shares of Kazatomprom NAC JSC worth US$5 million on the London Stock Exchange and Astana International Exchange
  • Obuv Rossii in connection with the initial public offering of 42,396,000 ordinary shares listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange
  • DBTCA in connection with the block trade of 158,024,691 ordinary shares by Novolipetsk Steel
  • PAO TMK in connection with a RUB10.5 billion secondary public offering of shares

Corporate M&A

  • A consortium of investors, led by Oil India, Bharat PetroResources and Indian Oil, in connection with the acquisition of a 29.9% stake in Taas-Yuriakh Neftegazodobycha, a Russia-based oil and gas exploration and production company
  • Sheremetyevo International Airport in connection with the consolidation of assets and privatization