Aequitas carries out due diligence of enterprises in connection with our clients’ projects, including purchase of shares and assets, financing of activities, and assignment of subsoil use rights and licenses.  The firm participated in due diligence of enterprises, which are of importance for Kazakhstan economy, among which we can proudly name Kazakhmys in connection with its parent company’s listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2005.

Our most representative experience in this area includes:

-                 due diligence of a number of companies active in the sphere of logistics, transportation (including railway transportation) and repair, and also rendering customs broker and temporary warehousing services in connection with their contemplated acquisition by major Russian transportation companies;

-                 due diligence of Astana-Contract LLP (a large logistics company), Taraz Metallurgical Plant (a major producer of ferromanganese silicon), and a number of subsoil user companies in connection with their acquisition by Kazakhstan Kagazy, Kazakhstan’s leading industrial group;

-                 due diligence of subsoil user companies of Kuat Holding group in connection with their acquisition by China ZhenHua Oil, a major Chinese company;

-                 due diligence of Nova Zinc in connection with its affiliate’s IPO;

-                 due diligence of Kar-Tel LLP, Kazakhstan’s second largest cellular operator, and a Kazakhstan’s major satellite and cable operator, in connection with their purchase by VimpelCom OJSC, a major Russian operator;

-                 due diligence of Highvill Kazakhstan LLP, a local construction company building a residential complex in Astana, in connection with Shinhan Bank’s USD 20 mln loan;

-                 due diligence of Khalyk Bank JSC in connection with an issue of senior and subordinated bonds by HSBK (Europe) B.V. against Khalyk Bank JSC’s guarantee;

-                 due diligence of Bank TuranAlem JSC in connection with its USD 3 bln medium-term bonds issue program;

-                 due diligence of Alliance Bank JSC in connection with its USD 150 mln bond issue;

-                 limited due diligence of Bank TuranAlem JSC (Murabaha Financing) in connection with Calyon Bank’s USD 50 mln loan;

-                 due diligence of Kazakhstan-China Pipeline LLP in connection with KCP Finance B.V.’s USD 300 mln bonds issue against guarantees by Kazakhstan-China Pipeline LLP and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC);

-                 due diligence of two Kazakhstan companies (international airports) in connection with the contemplated purchase of shares into ownership and transfer of shares into trust management;

-                 due diligence of Bank TuranAlem JSC in connection with USD 375 mln bonds issue by TuranAlem Finance B.V. against Bank TuranAlem JSC’s guarantee;

-                 full and limited due diligence of banks and companies in connection with the issue of bonds and provision of secured and unsecured financing by major international banks and financial organizations;

-                 full and limited due diligence of a number of other local companies active in different branches of Kazakhstan economy in connection with the acquisition or contemplated acquisition of these companies or their rights by foreign investors.