Banking, Finance and Securities
Transactional work
- Advised investors participating through a convertible debt instrument in the financing of a mobile telecommunications app being developed by a Silicon Valley based SPV.
- Advising Vydra Properties s.r.o. on the acquisition of commercial property in downtown Prague;
- Advising Vydra properties s.r.o. on cross border real estate acquisitions;
- Advising an English corporate entity (as part of a consortium with Greenside Real Estate Solutions LLP) in a forced restructuring. Issues involved include advice on debt restructuring and legal steps (possible litigation) relating to fraud and lenders (and other entities) acting as “shadow directors”. Mandate is ongoing;
- Advised Vydra Properties s.r.o. on the financing of the acquisition and reconstruction of a property in downtown Prague;
- Advising the Slovak Republic (represented by the Ministry of Finance and ARDAL) in respect of the issue of Eurobonds to finance the country's reform program;
- Advising the Bank of Cyprus on the redrafting of loan agreements to enable booking loans made to UA based entities "off shore";
- Advising Bank of Cyprus in respect of the restructuring of a loan and security package as a result of the merger of a borrower;
- Advising The Omilos Group on the acquisition of retail assets in Ukraine
- Advising Bank of Cyprus on due diligence, negotiation and document preparation in respect of the financing of a grain terminal development in the port of Odessa;
- Advising Anglo Irish Bank on transactions in CEE affected by the financial crisis;
- Advising MARFIN Bank on the acquisition of a bank in Ukraine (details confidential);
- Advising the Bank of Cyprus in respect of a USD 88 million financing of a mixed use (retail, hotel and office) development in the heart of Kyiv;
- Advising the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in respect of it's financing of the Marriot hotel development in Kyiv;
- Advising Deutsch Pfanesbrief Bank on the restructuring of several transactions in Ukraine;
- Advising the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the financing of a major agribusiness concern operating in a number of European jurisdictions;
- Advised AIG in respect of issues in a number of CEE jurisdictions, the work involved the management of lawyers working in several jurisdictions;
- Advised HSBC on a number of issues relating to real estate financings in Poland;
- Advised Mitre Capital Partners Ltd. on a number of real estate financings in Poland and currently advising on the restructuring of transactions affected by the financial crisis;
- Advised Marfin Bank (also known as Laiki Bank) financing of the then largest retail development in Odessa Ukraine;
- Advised Deutsch Bank AG London in relation to financing a commercial real estate development project in Poland;
- Advised Deutsch Bank AG London in relation to a Polish loan securitisation;
- Advised Hypo Real Estate in relation to a real estate financing in Poland;
- Advised a member of the Erste Bank Group on a project financing in Ukraine;
- Advised Jupiter (Jupiter Adria) a London equity fund, in relation to its participation in a major project financing in Croatia, work included providing advice in respect of the debt financing for the project;
- Advised VUB a.s. in it’s financing of a logistics park near Bratislava;
- Advised Slovenska Sporitelna a.s. on the financing of a major retail and office development in the heart of Bratislava;
- Advised CSOB a.s. in its financing of the management buyout of Sokolovska Uhelna a.s. a major Czech coal producer;
- Advised VUB a.s. on the financing of a major retail development in the Slovak Republic;
- Advised Kardan NV in relation to its’ Central European operations relating to the delisting and re-listing of shares in it’s jurisdiction of incorporation and on the Euronext exchanges, the assignment included co-ordinating counsel in several jurisdictions (Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Slovakia) and producing a report identifying relevant legal issues in the aforesaid jurisdictions as well as liaison with the Netherlands based merchant bank involved in the listings as well as the management of the company;
- Advised borrowers (i.e. offshore ownership vehicles) in relation to aircraft finance transactions;
- Advised Citibank (Slovakia) a.s. in its role as arranger and syndicate member in relation to the provision of a syndicated debt facility to a Central European aluminium producer;
- Advised Portland Trust a property developer in successful negotiations with a major European bank in relation to a project finance loan to fund the construction of the Metropole retail complex in Prague;
- Advised Živnostenská Banka a.s. in relation to its participation (as arranger, agent and bank) in a syndicate providing debt financing for the refurbishment of the Prague Conference Centre for the IMF Conference 2000;
- Advised an investor during negotiations with a banking syndicate in connection with the financing of the Carlton hotel in Slovakia;
- Advised the Corinthia Group of Companies on the syndicated debt financing of the successful acquisition of Top Spirit a.s., owner of amongst others the Forum Hotel Praha (now the Corinthia Park Towers).;
- Advised the lead bank and security agent in an international banking syndicate financing the restructuring of a joint Czech/European agribusiness venture;
- Advised Živnostenská Banka a.s. (at the time a subsidiary of BHF-Bank AG) on its participation in an international banking syndicate for the financing of the Prague Marriott hotel and office complex project;
- Advised Živnostenská Banka a.s. on its participation, along with the EBRD, in the syndicated financing of Rema 1000 IK a.s.(a Czech / Norwegian joint venture);
- Advised a financial institution, Corfin a.s., in the structuring and placement of a USD 30 million debt package, including preparation of the Information Memorandum and negotiation of the financing documentation, the transaction was one of the first of it's kind in the Czech Republic;
- Advised BHF-Bank AG acting as arranger of a debt syndicate providing debt financing for the construction of the Four Seasons Hotel in Prague.
- Advised a European manufacturer on an acquisition in the alternative energy sector in the Czech Republic;
- Advised a US based engine manufacturer on an acquisition in the Czech Republic;
- Advised National Power Plc (later International Power PLC) in its GBP 100 million acquisition of Elektrarny Opatovice a.s.;
- Part of the team which advised Anglian Water Plc in connection with its activities in the Czech Republic;
- Advised AB Sandvik Steel in relation to the successful acquisition of a leading stainless steel precision tube manufacturer;
- Advised a Swedish trading company on an acquisition and project financing in Romania.
