The boutique law firm
specialized in
Banking
Finance
M&A
Grounded in Bucharest
GET TO KNOW US
We have been working in banking and finance projects for the last 20 years. We are highly experienced and specialized in a wide range of banking transactions, financing projects, restructuring transactions with non-performing loans and any other type of banking and finance related matters.
We want to combine the experience we accumulated in large local and international law firms, with our entrepreneurial enthusiasm.
We are keeping a close eye on new technologies shaping our world, such as the rising use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. We aim that most of the documents we produce are signed and stored digitally.
We are operating in a modern structure, which is flexible and cost-effective.
We are relying on professional and yet personal relationships that we have developed throughout the years and our reputation as reliable advisors.
Our intention is to bring a fresh and more personal approach to an area of practice and an industry which have been generally perceived as “too” corporate.
We have best-friend agreements with like-minded lawyers specialized in other areas of practice, with whom we have worked together for many years, as well as close relations with lawyers from other jurisdictions across the European Union as well as in the UK, Turkey and UAE.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Finance
M&A / Restructuring
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Banca Comercială Română, BRD Groupe Société Générale, Banca Transilvania, Raiffeisen Bank and ING Bank in relation to a EUR 278,000,000 club financing made available to the Med Life Group for the purpose of acquisitions, refinancing of debt and general corporate purposes.
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A club of local and regional banks led by OTP Bank Romania in relation to a RON 120,650,000 and EUR 62,699,278 syndicated facility agreement for the financing of Aaylex One group, a Romanian based leading player in the food industry.
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Local and regional banks in relation to real estate financing transactions, including the financing and operation of various shopping malls, office building, hotels and logistic parks such as AFI Cotroceni, Bucharest Mall, Plaza Romania, Novotel, Miro Office, The Bridge, FM Logistic parks etc.
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The lenders and Kroll Restructuring Administration in relation to the restructuring of a EUR 123,000,000 and USD 112,500,000 Facilities Agreement entered with Cineworld Group – Cinema City, as part of the financial restructuring of the international group.
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Alpha Bank, Banca Comerciala Romana, Banca Transilvania, Erste Group Bank, OTP Bank, Raiffeisen Bank and Unicredit Bank, in relation to a EUR 272,000,000 syndicated financing granted to Felix Renewable Holding, a company part of the Macquarie Group, acting in the energy industry.
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Bain Capital and APS Investments, in relation to a portfolio of corporate secured non-performing and sub-performing loans with a face value over EUR 174 million, from National Bank of Greece (NBG). The loans were originated by Banca Romanească, NBG’s subsidiary in Romania.
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Deutsche Bank, IFC and APS Holding, in relation to the largest acquisition of a portfolio of secured non-performing corporate loans in the CEE region with a face value over EUR one billion, from Banca Comerciala Romana.
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APS Investments, IFC and Apollo in relation to a series of NPLs acquisitions, with an aggregated face value over EUR one billion, from HETA (ultimately owned by the Austrian State) in several Balkan countries, such as Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro.
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APS Investments and other international investors, such as Balbec and EBRD, in numerous acquisitions of portfolios of non-performing and sub-performing loans, leasing receivables and REOs, with an aggregated face value over EUR one billion, from banks such as Bank of Cyprus, Eurobank and Piraeus Bank.
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Deutsche Bank, AnaCap Financial Partners, HIG Capital International Advisors LLP and APS Holding, in relation to the acquisition of a portfolio of secured non-performing and sub-performing loans with a face value around EUR 495 million, from Volksbank Romania.