Elena Andreeva is an associate in the Firm's Banking & Capital Markets group and joined the London office of White & Case in September 2006. She has advised on a range of capital markets transactions with a focus on emerging market issuers.

Elena joined the firm from another US law firm in London, and has also spent time practicing in Moscow.

Examples of recent representations include:

Capital Markets Transactions

• Representing the Republic of Belarus in relation to its debut sovereign offering of US$600 million 8.75% Notes due 2015 and a subsequent tap offering of US$400 million Notes listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange;
• Representing Citi, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley as joint bookrunners and global coordinators of a debut issue of US$600 million 5.25% Notes guaranteed by The National Bank of Egypt S.A.E.;
• Representing UBS and The Royal Bank of Scotland as joint lead managers of US$400 million 6.5% Loan Participation Notes of NOMOS-Bank listed on the Irish Stock Exchange;
• Representing the dealer manager in connection with a tender offer and consent solicitation relating to US$200 million 8.75% Notes due 2010 issued by Interpipe Limited; and
• Representing Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as depositary on sponsored and unsponsored depositary receipts programmes.

Banking / Finance Transactions

• Representing JSC Alliance Bank with respect to the restructuring of its US$4.5 billion of financial indebtedness under Kazakhstan’s new restructuring law;
• Representing the lenders on syndicated and OPIC-guaranteed facilities to Russian and Turkish borrowers; and
• Representing Abbey National on trades with its UK and US loan portfolios.

Bars and Courts
California State Bar, 2010
Russian Federation, 2002

Education
Diploma in Law (with honours), Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2002
LLM, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, 2003
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, London, 2006

Languages
English
French
Russian

Citizenship
Russian Federation