Bank of Finance and Credit in Ukraine has signed a US$42.5mn syndicated trade-related term loan via mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners Banco Finantia, BayernLB and Standard Bank.
Calyon and ING have been mandated as lead arrangers and bookrunners to arrange a US$125mn syndicated secured term loan facility for Zaporizha Automobile Building Plant in Ukraine.
Mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners ABN Amro and Calyon are arranging a US$500mn amortising term loan for Novy Urengoy Gas and Chemical Complex (NGCC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom.
Mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners Banif-Banco Internacional do Funchal, BayernLB, GarantiBank International and HSBC have launched syndication of a US$60mn term loan credit facility for Alfa-Bank Ukraine.
Co-ordinating mandated lead arrangers Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and Société Générale have been mandated to arrange and underwrite a 364-day US$2bn unsecured bridge loan facility.
General syndication on a US$1.3bn syndicated loan for Russian iron ore and steel company Metalloinvest is expected to continue for at least a further three weeks.
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