Services

Asset and Debt Finance

Armenian law counsel to development banks lending into Armenia.

What we do

We advise international financial institutions, including the Asian Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, on debt and equity financing involving Armenian companies.

Our work includes Armenian law due diligence, financing documents, security documentation, corporate approvals, regulatory advice and legal opinions, through to the conditions precedent for first disbursement.

Selected matters

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV)

Masrik-1 solar photovoltaic plant, 55 MW

FRV, part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, chose Armenia for its first solar initiative in the Caucasus. The 55 MW plant at Mets Masrik, Gegharkunik Province, was Armenia’s first utility-scale solar energy initiative.

We have supported FRV from the bidding stage through financing and into operation, including negotiating amendments to the PPP Agreement and agreements with the Government of Armenia to address delays caused by force majeure events.

About USD 35 million debt financing packagefrv.com (opens in a new tab)

ADB, EBRD and IFC

Electric Networks of Armenia: licence revocation and creditor protection

As financing parties to Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA), the country’s sole electricity distribution company, our clients needed Armenian law advice on the distribution licence revocation process and the nationalisation-related developments that followed.

We advised on the revocation procedure and its regulatory framework, on transaction scenarios including a negotiated alienation of ENA shares and the possible use of eminent domain, and on creditor protection and the clients’ rights.

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Asian Development Bank

Financing of Armeconombank

The financing expands access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including women-led businesses and green projects.

We reviewed the borrower’s corporate capacity, internal approvals, regulatory standing and authority, reviewed the financing documents under Armenian law, and assisted with the conditions precedent to first disbursement.

Up to USD 19 millionadb.org (opens in a new tab)

Asian Development Bank

Financing of Ameriabank

The loan expands access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including women-led businesses and green projects.

We reviewed the borrower’s corporate capacity, internal approvals, regulatory standing and authority, reviewed the financing documents under Armenian law, and assisted with the conditions precedent to first disbursement.

Up to USD 100 millionadb.org (opens in a new tab)ameriabank.am (opens in a new tab)

Asian Development Bank

Financing of Converse Bank

The financing expands access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including women-led businesses and green projects.

We reviewed the borrower’s corporate capacity, internal approvals, regulatory standing and authority, reviewed the financing documents under Armenian law, and assisted with the conditions precedent to first disbursement.

Up to USD 15 millionadb.org (opens in a new tab)

Asian Development Bank

Sale of shareholding in Ameriabank

We advised the Asian Development Bank on the sale of its shareholding in Ameriabank.

EBRD

Share divestment in Inecobank

We advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on a share divestment in Inecobank.

ADB, EBRD and IFC

Financing the modernisation of Electric Networks of Armenia

We acted for international financial institutions on the financing of Electric Networks of Armenia for the refurbishment and modernisation of the country’s electricity distribution infrastructure.