White & Case
  Chris Horte
Associate
London

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Practice Experience
Chris is an associate in the Firm's Banking and Capital Markets Group. He has advised on a wide range of debt and equity capital markets transactions in the emerging markets, acting for underwriters and issuers.

Prior to joining White & Case, Chris was an associate at a leading Canadian law firm, where his practice was focused on corporate and securities transactions in the forestry and mining industries.

Recent transactions include:
  • Acting for Guaranty Trust Bank plc, a Nigerian bank, in the update of its US$2 billion guaranteed global medium term note programme and US$500 million note issue
  • Acting for Nordea Bank AB in the establishment of its US$15 billion US medium term note programme and issues of notes under the programme
  • Acting for the Republic of Lithuania in issues of notes amounting to US$3.5 billion, in aggregate
  • Acting for managers on issues of notes by the Development Bank of Kazakhstan
  • Acting for Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S., a Turkish bank, in a US$750 million issue of loan participation notes
  • Acting for managers in issues of Slovak-law governed notes by the Slovak Republic
  • Acting for TNK-BP International Limited, an integrated oil and gas company in Russia, on issues of notes under its US$8 billion guaranteed debt issuance programme
  • Acting for the Republic of Albania in its debut €300 million note issue
  • Acting for dealers in updates and issues under the US$11 billion medium term note programme of American Honda Finance Corporation and Honda Canada Finance Inc.
  • Acting for Standard Bank Plc, as issuer, in consent solicitations by First Ukrainian International Bank in relation to its outstanding loan participation notes
  • Acting for Ak Bars Bank, a Russian bank, in an update of its US$1.5 billion programme, a new issue of notes under the programme and an exchange offer
  • Acting for the Inter-American Development Bank in a RUB1 billion issue of notes, which was its first Russian rouble-denominated issue
  • Acting for ING and UBS as lead managers on a US$250 million issue of subordinated loan participation notes by Kazkommertsbank, a Kazakh financial institution
  • Acting for Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited and selling shareholders in private placements of the company's shares

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, 2007
Law Society of British Columbia (currently non-practicing), 2004

Education
LLB, University of Victoria, 2003
BComm (Finance), University of British Columbia, 1997

Languages
English

Citizenship
Canada