AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in connection with a USD500 million tap issue of Ukraine’s 6.876% notes due 2029, which were issued earlier this year. The total outstanding principal amount of the notes after the increase is USD1.75 billion.

It took less than a week for all the parties involved to progress the deal from kick-off to launch. “Overall, it was a quick and efficient transaction that allowed the Ministry to benefit from the favourable market conditions”, – commented Glib Bondar, senior partner of AVELLUM.

AVELLUM team was led by senior partner Glib Bondar with significant support from associates Oleg Krainskyi, Mariana Veremchuk and Yaroslav Pavliuk.