Asters acts as a Ukrainian law counsel to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with a USD 50 million revolving loan facility to limited liability company "Alfred C. Toepfer International (Ukraine)", a member of Toepfer Group, which is one of the world's leading agricultural commodity trading companies specialising in trading of agricultural products.

The purpose of EBRD funding is to finance the company's working capital needs associated with origination of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine.

Asters' team advising on the project consisted of partner Iryna Pokanay and associate Gabriel Aslanian working in co-operation with Locke Lord LLP acting as the English law counsel to EBRD.

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Asters is a full-service independent national law firm. With more than 15 years of experience the firm has one of the longest track records on the country's legal market. Asters is among the most recommended law firms for Ukraine according to reputable international legal directories The Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer?, Chambers Global, IFLR 1000, and Ukraine's legal market research publications. A list of the firm's clients includes major international corporations, such as The Boeing Company, Coca-Cola, Marathon Oil, Miele, News Corp., New Line Cinema, Nissan Motor, Nokia Corporation, Philip Morris, Renault, Telenor ASA, Toshiba Corporation, and the world's leading financial institutions ABN AMRO, Barclays Capital, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, IFC, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Standard Bank, Swedbank and the World Bank.