Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs advised the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan on its benchmark Reg S/144A issue of US$1.5 billion 4.412 per cent Notes due 2030 under its US$15 billion Global MTN programme listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Astana Stock Exchange. The issue attracted strong demand from international investors closing with a final yield of 4.412 per cent and a spread of 85 basis points over US Treasuries.
The Squire Patton Boggs team advising on the transaction was led by partners Tom Cerdan (Dubai/London) and Darina Kogan Bellamy (London/New York) and included partner Kopzhan Musrepov (Astana) and associates Aigerim Assil (Astana), Ghezal Barghouty (Dubai) and Katarina Ottova (Bratislava).
Tom Cerdan, who leads the firm’s English law DCM practice, commented: “Since opening our Astana office last year we have had the pleasure of representing the Ministry of Finance on two benchmark issues, a testament to our growing capital markets practice and the firm’s long history of representing sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities.”
Darina Kogan Bellamy, Capital Markets partner and Head of Capital Markets Eurasia, commented: “We are very pleased to have advised the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the successful completion of this sovereign issuance—a transaction that continues to demonstrate Kazakhstan’s disciplined approach to accessing the international capital markets and the strong confidence investors maintain in the country’s credit story and macro-fiscal framework.”