Profession
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Member of the New York Bar
Experience
Mirthe heads up Linklaters’ emerging markets banking and structured trade finance practice in London and co-heads the firm's Ukraine and Kazakhstan desks. She has extensive experience of a variety of structured banking transactions and restructurings in emerging markets as well as structured trade and commodity (including borrowing base) financings, acting for banks and borrowers, including sovereigns.
Transactions she has led include financings in:
- Kazakhstan, including Kazakhmys (including its US$2.1bn debut pre-export financing and its US$2.7bn financing from China Development Corporation and Samruk-Kazyna) and KazMunaiGas;
- Ukraine, including Zaporizhstal, Interpipe and the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and sovereign entities such as Naftogas, Ukrtelecom, Ukravtodor and Ukrzaliznytsia;
- Russia, including Lukoil, Avisma, Mechel, Dixy, PIK, Wimm-Bill-Dann and Petropavlovsk (including its debut syndicated financing);
- Turkey, including Borusan, Yapi, TAV and Biofarma;
- Romania, including Alro (Vimetco) and IRS; and
- Africa, including for borrowers in Angola (Sonangol and the Ministry of Finance of Angola), Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Zambia, Ethiopia and Cameroon.
She has also acted in financings for trading companies such as Glencore, Trafigura and Stemcor.
Professional experience
2007 to date Partner, Linklaters
2005 - 2007 Managing Associate, Linklaters
1999 - 2005 Associate, Clifford Chance
1997 - 1999 Trainee Solicitor, Clifford Chance
Education
1995 - 1996 The College of Law, Guildford
1992 - 1995 Kingston University LL.B (Hons)
