CEE Legal Matters
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Serbia’s capital markets are maturing, with bond issuances expected in 2025 and renewed interest in alternative investment funds following reduced thresholds, according to ZSP Advokati Partner Nikola Sugaris.
Gide has advised Qemetica on a PLN 3.4 billion loan agreement with a consortium of ten Polish and international banks. White & Case reportedly advised the banks.
Harrisons, working with Bird & Bird, has advised the EBRD on its EUR 10 million loan to Hipotekarna Banka Podgorica, secured with EU Supranational Bonds.
On November 14, 2024, banking and finance experts from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Poland sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss digitalization and the impact of tech on the banking sector in CEE.
White & Case has announced a new Local Partner hire in Prague as well as four new Local Partners in Prague and Warsaw as part of its latest promotion round.
Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal has advised Damen Galati Shipyard on EUR 25 million in financing from Exim Banca Romaneasca.
Wolf Theiss has advised Raiffeisen Bank International on the issuance of EUR 650 million fixed to reset rate additional tier 1 notes and on its tender offer for the repurchase of EUR 650 million fixed to reset rate additional tier 1 notes issued in 2017. Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer reportedly advised the banks.
