Clifford Chance has advised Valinor, one of the largest agricultural businesses in the CIS both in terms of cultivated land area and crops harvested, on up to USD 45 million financing from a leading international bank. The proceeds of the loan will be used by Valinor towards its working capital requirements.

Clifford Chance has a longstanding relationship with Valinor. The firm has acted for Valinor in relation to its extensive pre-IPO corporate and debt restructuring; in negotiations with major lenders of the group; and in connection with the two syndicated facilities arranged by Deutsche Bank A.G., London Branch (US$65 million and US$ 200 million).

The transaction team comprised Dmytro Fedoruk (Counsel), Bruce Leishman (Senior Associate), Nataliya Gerus (Associate) from the Kyiv office of Clifford Chance; and Logan Wright (Partner), Adam Page (Senior Associate), Dennis Montgomery (Associate), Jan Galin (Associate), and Elizaveta Suleymanova (Associate) from the Moscow office.

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Clifford Chance is one of the world's top law firms. It has been advising leading local and international companies in Ukraine since 1990. In 2008 the firm expanded its presence in the market by opening an office in Kyiv. Today Clifford Chance is one of the leading law firms in Ukraine. The Kyiv office of Clifford Chance is comprised of partners and lawyers qualified in Ukrainian and English law, who have extensive experience advising on all core areas of commercial activity, including banking and finance, debt restructuring, corporate/M&A, capital markets and real estate.