Sayenko Kharenko has advised Citibank and UK Export Finance on a GBP 26.3 million equivalent export loan provided to Ukraine under UKEF’s guarantee, to finance the reconstruction of bridges around Kyiv.

Komnenic & Partners has advised Novi Volvox, Leitner, and Zicara Kotor-Lovcen DOO on the financing for the Kotor-Lovcen cable car project from OTP Bank. Karanovic & Partners advised OTP Bank through its CKB Bank subsidiary.

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz has established a dedicated, separate competence center for English law – to serve its operations across CEE and SEE countries – with members including Vienna-based Partners Marcell Clark, Alexander Rakosi, and David Kohl and Solicitor Anna Freund.

TGS Baltic has successfully represented Swedbank before Estonia's Supreme Court against a EUR 1.75 million claim brought in a dispute with the bankruptcy trustee of Alberta Trade, a former Swedbank client.

Allen & Overy has advised the UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia on its EUR 500 million issuance of green mortgage-covered bonds. White & Case advised global coordinator UniCredit Bank AG as well as the joint lead managers.

Following the recent administrative elections, Albania is enjoying a period of calm, political stability, and a strengthening currency, with a draft on medical cannabis production and the first issuance of corporate bonds through a public offer at the top of the agenda, according to Tonucci & Partners Partner Enklid Milaj.