Baker & McKenzie Advises the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending on Its RUB15 Billion Eurobond Offering

 

Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International and VTB Capital were the joint lead managers.

 

“We are very happy to have assisted AHML on this milestone transaction, which I am sure will lead the way to further international placements,” said Vladimir Dragunov, head of the Russian finance and capital markets practice.

 

“We were delighted with the result of AHML’s debut Eurobond offering, which showed strong demand for ruble-denominated debt from this structurally important institution,” added Baker & McKenzie Moscow partner Roy Pearce.

 

The Firm’s team was led by Moscow partners Vladimir Dragunov and Roy Pearce alongside London partner Edward Bibko with support from associates Dmitry Dembich and Olga Ehrman in Moscow and Sahar Kianfar in London.

 

AHML is a state institute for development of the mortgage lending market in Russia. AHML’s principal activities involve the conclusion of long-term contracts with partners for refinancing mortgage assets throughout the Russian Federation and the provision of support to the Russian mortgage lending market through the development of mortgage lending standards and the mortgage-backed securities market.

 

 

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