Sergey Blinov

Counsel

Dubai

CIS Desk

Sergey is a senior member of the Banking department at Allen & Overy.

He is an all-round finance lawyer with substantial experience in a broad range of banking and finance transactions, covering trade finance, export credit finance, project finance, acquisition finance, subordinated loans, syndicated lending, restructurings (both consensual and contentious), and debt capital markets transactions. He has also advised various financial institutions on major insolvency proceedings and related litigation.

Sergey is ranked in ""Up and Coming"" by Chambers Europe and in ""Rising stars"" by The Legal 500 in Banking & Finance sections. The Best Lawyers named Sergey a leading lawyer in Banking and Finance Law and Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

Expertise

Practices

Banking and Finance

Capital Markets

Debt Capital Markets

Derivatives and Structured Finance

Restructuring

Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Sectors

Office

Dubai

11th Floor, Burj Daman Building, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai
PO Box 506678

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as lawyer, Russia, 2009

Academic

Diploma (with high honours), Law, Moscow State University, 2009

Publications: 12 October 2021

Sustainability-linked loans in Russia: a hot market

When it comes to sustainable lending, the Russian loan market is punching above its weight. Many of Russia’s leading corporates have raised ESG or sustainability-linked loans (in some cases, multiple…

Publications: 08 October 2020

Covid-19 coronavirus: Insolvency Moratorium is extended until January 2021

Publications: 07 August 2020

Russia: Law on categories of investors has been adopted

Publications: 11 June 2020

Covid-19 coronavirus: Judicial rescheduling during the Insolvency Moratorium in Russia

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