Projects

Advised a Romanian branch of an important credit institution with respect to the mandatory requirements and reporting obligations to the National Bank of Romania, by comparison, under a pros and cons analysis, with the alternative of the respective foreign finance institution to open and operate a green-field non-bank financial institution in Romania; services included assisted, inter alia, on the following matters: regulatory issues, assessment, lobbying and representation towards relevant supervisory authorities in Romania; passporting procedure steps and implications; business optimization,

Assisted a private equity funds consortium in the regional acquisition of 100% of the shares in its subsidiary from Central Europe, including advice on general corporate matters, on the financing of the leverage take-over, as well as on the Romanian security package and intra-group loans restructuring; project value: EUR 200 million (financing value)

Assisted one of the most active retail park developers on the Romanian market in the acquisition of several land plots with a total surface of approximately 12.5 ha located in Focsani, as well as on all legal matters related to the financing and development by the client of a Retail Park Focsani, up to the opening in 2008; the total built surface of the project was of 51,588 sqm; project value: EUR 60 million

Assisted one of the most active retail park developers on the Romanian market in relation to obtaining a loan from BRD – G.S.G., for the purpose of financing its Botosani investment; project value: EUR 9.5 million

Assisted a Romanian leasing company on a broad spectrum of legal issues from day-to-day corporate activity to a mix of disputes involving debt recovery (including 19 bankruptcy files), insurance claims, buy-back and indemnification claims