Edward R. Kempson

Mr. Kempson's experience includes advising:

Equity Capital Markets

• The underwriters on the SAR831.2 million IPO of MBC Group on Tadawul
• Public Joint Stock Company “PIK-specialized homebuilder”, the largest Russian residential developer and a fast-growing technology company, on the SPO of 28,459,000 shares
• Underwriters in connection with Kaspi.kz’s US$6.5 billion Initial Public Offering of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange and the Astana International Exchange
• Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas on the redomicilation of Lenta plc and the cross border merger of the Unilever Group    
• Detsky Mir PJSC in relation to block trade of 184,750,001 shares listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange
• TCS Group Holding in relation to block trade of 10,655,737 GDRs listed on the LSE
• Samruk Kazyna in relation to the block trade of GDRs and ordinary shares of JSC Kazatomprom listed on the LSE and AIX
• TCS Group Holding Plc. in relation to the SPO of GDRs listed on the LSE
• JSC NAC Kazatomprom in relation to block trade of 11,500,000 GDRs and ordinary shares listed on London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Astana International Exchange (AIX)

Debt Capital Markets

• LLC PIK-Corporation in relation to the issuance of 5.625% Guaranteed Notes due 2026
• Constellium on the issuance of 3.75% sustainability-linked senior unsecured Notes due 2029
• NRG on the issuance of sustainability-linked senior secured first lien Notes due 2025 and senior secured first lien Notes due 2027
• VodafoneZiggo on the issuance of Green Bond senior secured note due 2029
• Underwriters in relation to the issuance of 9% loan participation notes due 2025 by Eurotorg
• Underwriters in relation to the issuance of 11.125% perpetual subordinated callable additional tier 1 capital notes by Bank of Georgia
• Underwriters in relation to the issuance of 5.75% notes due 2024 and 10.775% perpetual subordinated callable additional tier 1 capital notes by JSC TBC Bank
• DTEK Renewables B.V. in relation to the issuance of 8.5% senior ‘green bonds’ due 2024
• Nord Gold S.E. in relation to the issuance of 4.125% guaranteed notes due 2024
• PAO Severstal in relation to the issuance of 3.15% loan participation notes due 2024 issued pursuant to its US$4,500,000,000 Programme
• Goldman Sachs in relation to the issuance of private placement of zero coupon notes due 2019 by Ukraine
• 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

Restructurings

• Consent Solicitations in respect of DTEK Finance plc’s 7.0/7.5% Senior Secured PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 and DTEK Renewables Finance B.V.’s 8.50% Senior Notes due 2024
• DTEK Group in connection with the restructuring of US$2.5 billion of bank and bond indebtedness and various related transactions
• DTEK Energy in connection with the restructuring of US$2.2 billion of bank and bond indebtedness via UK Scheme of Arrangement
• The ad hoc committee of bank lenders in connection with the US$1.2 billion financial restructuring of Mriya, a major Ukrainian agricultural business
• Ukrlandfarming PLC in connection with the solicitation of consents relating to 10.875% notes due 2018
• AvangardCo Investments Public Limited in connection with the restructuring of 10% notes due 2015 via UK Scheme of Arrangement
• Privatbank on the financial restructuring of two sets of its notes; a rescue of the largest private bank in the Ukraine and first ever 'look through' transaction to be implemented by way of an English scheme of arrangement

M&A

• Capital D, the next-generation private equity fund manager, on the sale of Qmee, the Reading, UK-based app survey platform and fraud prevention technology provider, to Kantar
• Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) on the sale of Preludium, a Netherlands-based telecommunications company and sole shareholder of VF Ukraine, to NEQSOL Holding
• MTS in connection with various projects, including the restructuring of the OZON investment, and the acquisition/potential acquisition of various telecoms assets in Russia and the CIS
• Columbus Nova in connection with the acquisition of a controlling stake in Viacom Russia
• Sheremetyevo International Airport in connection with the sale of Vladivostok Airport to a consortium of investors