Partner
T
+380 44 494 4774
F
+380 44 494 1991
E
Download vCard
Natalia Selyakova is a partner* in Salans' Kyiv office. She is also Head of the Ukrainian Banking & Finance Group. Natalia is a very well known lawyer within the Ukrainian banking community. Natalia has extensive experience in banking and finance work, with an in-depth knowledge of Ukrainian law and practice and of complex international finance transactions and instruments. She has acted as lead counsel in numerous transactions involving syndicated finance, project finance, trade finance, M&A finance and settlements, underwriting, mortgage bonds and financial leasing.
In particular, Natalia has experience in setting up banks and establishing in-house expertise; syndicated finance; project and acquisition finance; export finance; structured finance; banking and securities regulation issues; and various other projects related to general corporate, banking and finance matters.
* Not a member of the English partnership.
Recent Experience:
-
Acting as legal advisor in Ukraine to lead arrangers: BNP Paribas (Suisse) and Bayerische Hypo und Vereinsbank AG in relation to a participated loan agreement with one of the leading Ukrainian producers of coal, coke and steel as the borrower for a total amount of USD 300 million
-
Acting as lead counsel to a leading international investment bank (the lender) on a USD 930 million loan to the State Road Administration of Ukraine under sovereign guarantee
-
Acting as legal advisor to Citibank in relation to USD 55 million and USD20 million syndicated and secured loans to one of the leaders in the Ukrainian confectionary market
-
Acting as legal advisor in Ukraine to Argo Real Estate Opportunity Fund Limited (AREOF), in relation to a EUR75 million loan facility from Marfin Laiki Bank
-
Acting as legal advisor to the lenders (Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, UniCredit Bank Ltd.) on a USD 31.8 million loan to Atlantic-Pacific Ventures LLC
-
Acting as legal advisor in Ukraine to ING Lease (C.R.), s.r.o., in relation to a EUR 65.7 million loan for construction of one of the largest shopping and entertainment centers in Ukraine, King Cross Leopolis in Lviv
-
Advising Anthousa Limited (the UK holding company of the Furshet group of companies) in connection with a USD 90 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
-
Acting as lead counsel to the lenders (Unicredit Bank Ltd., DEG - Deutsche Investitions - und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and Nederlandse Financierings - Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO)) on a EUR 62.5 million syndicated loan to PJSC Lutsk Automobile Plant (LuAZ) in Ukraine
-
Acting as lead counsel to Black Sea Trade and Development Bank in relation to a USD 10 million loan facility to Procredit Bank Ukraine
-
Acting as legal advisor in Ukraine to IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in relation to a loan agreement with ProCredit Bank Ukraine for the amount of USD 20 million
-
Representing foreign lenders in the trade finance of a major Ukrainian trading holding
-
Representing a security and paying agent in the syndicated project finance of a Ukrainian producer
-
Representing a lead arranger in an acquisition syndicated finance
-
Advising foreign and Ukrainian lenders on real estate and construction finance
-
Providing full legal support of the day-to-day business of an insurance company
-
Advising a Ukrainian bank, newly acquired by foreign investors, on issues related to reorganisations and establishing in-house legal expertise
-
Advising a Ukrainian bank in connection with a merger
-
Advising a Ukrainian bank with regard to the issuance of mortgage bonds
-
Advising a foreign asset fund and investment on its general business operations in Ukraine
Career:
-
Partner - Salans, Kyiv (2008 to date)
-
Of Counsel - Salans, Kyiv (2007-2008)
-
Head of Legal Department - HVB Bank Ukraine (2002-2007)
-
Head of Legal Department - Universal Bank for Reconstruction and Partnership (2000-2002)
-
Head of Representative office - AMACO (1998-2000)
-
Head of Legal Department - AMACO (1997-2000)
Education:
-
University of London (LL.M., 2006)
-
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv (Law Degree, 2000)
-
Kyiv Economic University (International Economics & Law faculty, Degree, 1995)
Languages:
- Ukrainian
- Russian
- English
- Spanish
Publications: