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Michael Bott

CAREER:
2003 - 2020: Partner, Linklaters
2001 - 2003: Senior Associate, Linklaters
1996 - 2001: Associate, Allen & Overy
1995 - 1996: Associate, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales
Member of the New York Bar
Registered European Lawyer

Georgetown University, JD 1995
Princeton University, BA 1990

Advising a major European venture capital group on a loan facility provided to its technology investment funds.

Advising a health and well-being mobile platform on a series of debt and equity financings provided to it by venture capital groups in the US and other investors.

Advising Development Bank of Kazakhstan on a loan facility provided by JPMorgan to finance the Aktogay mine in Kazakhstan, with credit support from EKF.

Advising the KAZ Minerals group on major acquisition, project and other loan facilities.

Advising international bank syndicates on structured pre-export financings in excess of $1bn for major metals producers in the CIS and Africa.

Advising on numerous buyer credit facilities guaranteed by Export Credit Agencies, including COFACE, SACE, Euler Hermes, EKN, ECGD, EKF and U.S. Export-Import Bank, including financing for the sale of Thales satellites and Ericsson telecom equipment.

Advising more than 30 international banks on the restructuring of various syndicated debt facilities for a major metals and mining group.

Advising European, US and Asian banks and corporations on the EU and US sanctions regimes.

Advising international banks on commodities-backed financings, including borrowing-base facilities, reserve-base lending and facilities secured by pledges over goods in warehouses.

Advising EBRD and IFC on various financings in the CIS, including the financing of a gold mine in Kyrgyzstan and construction of an oil pipeline in Azerbaijan.