Asters advised European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with respect to a USD 79 million loan to EnergoMashSpetsStal (EMSS), one of Ukraine's major machine-building companies, which produces custom-made parts for wind and nuclear power generation units, the steel industry and shipbuilding.
EMSS is a division of the Russian holding Atomenergomash, a power engineering division of the state Russian corporation Rosatom.

Asters team was led by partner Iryna Pokanay, involved associates Yulia Spolitak and Gabriel Aslanian.

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Asters is a full-service independent national law firm. With 15 years of experience the firm has one of the longest track records on the country's young 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 Boeing, 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.