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Experience:
Puzant Merdinian, a senior associate in Mayer Brown's debt capital markets practice in London, has significant experience in advising corporates, sovereigns and financial institutions and their bankers in connection with global offerings, private placements, Eurobond offerings, EMTNs and Islamic finance transactions, focusing on emerging markets.
Notable Engagements:
Recent representations include:
Represented Desdner Kleinwort and HSBC as Co-Arrangers and Dealers in connection with the US$1billion London listed Sukuk Certificate Issuance Programme for Gulf Finance House BSC, and in connection with an issue under the programme. This landmark transaction was the winner of the Islamic Finance News 2007 award for Best Country deal in Bahrain.
Represented Desdner Kleinwort, JP Morgan, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS Investment Bank and others in connection with the US$2billion London listed EMTN Programme of Global Investment House KSCC, a leading Kuwaiti financial institution.
Represented a major rating agency in connection with its ratings of listed securitisation transactions originated by RBS, Bear Stearns and BarCap.
Represented a top tier international investment bank based in London in connection with an Islamic CDO and a tier two Murabaha (cost plus) lending to an emerging markets financial institution.
Represented a leading international institution in connection with its provision of construction financing loans for several hotels in Russia.
Education:
Columbia Unversity Law School, JD Received, 1998, Oxford University, Merton College, BA and MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 1995. | 