Banking & Finance
Specialised teams in banking and finance law
Expert banking & finance lawyers in CEE
As a lender or borrower, you need a team to support with innovative and efficient solutions and which has regulatory, litigation, restructuring and other specialists who can help you adapt to changing economic, political and regulatory conditions.
With ever increasing developments focusing on financial regulatory issues, you need advice not only on compliance, but also assistance in developing internal policies and procedures that are consistent with the most current banking laws and regulations to help you avoid unnecessary risk. You benefit from our team’s excellent relationships with local regulators and government officials.
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Areas of specialisation
Financing
Whether you are a project sponsor, developer, commercial bank, underwriter, debt or equity investor, supplier, export-credit agency, government, contractor, purchaser or lender, you need advice on financing sector developments. You can rely on our experts in acquisition, real estate and project finance to quickly and efficiently help turn ideas into reality.
Project Finance
Each project calls for a customised financing solution. We can help you look into anything from traditional LMA acquisition and project finance structures, to different forms of structured finance and debt restructuring law techniques such as project bonds, monetisation of revenue streams, securitisations and derivatives products.
Real Estate Finance
We make it our business to understand yours. Domestic and foreign banks as well as project development companies and their sponsors regularly turn to us for advice in real estate project financing.
Our banking and finance practice in CEE can help you with financial engineering, examining the regulatory environment behind the granting or receipt of a credit or loan, as well as drafting and negotiating financing agreements and related security packages.
Loan Portfolio Transactions
Involved in a (distressed or non-distressed) loan transfer? You are on the safe side with us. No matter if you are on sell-side or buy-side, you benefit from our lawyers’ expertise in loan portfolio transactions throughout the CEE/SEE region.
The distressed debt market shows increased activity and potential for financial investors and banks recovering from low credit ratings and poor profitability performance. Our NPL dedicated team is available to advise you under English and on local law using LMA standards.
Deleveraging, Restructuring, Insolvency
When facing deleveraging, sensitive bankruptcy filings and issues involving financial restructuring law or corporate restructuring law, it is essential to minimise future legal challenges, potential liability hazards and risks of being preferential or set aside under avoidance rules.
You can rely on our top restructuring lawyers to advise you on turnarounds, asset protection and recovery from a commercial perspective as well as in relation to banking, corporate finance and litigation laws. Learn more about our Insolvency, Restructuring & Crisis Management practice.
Regulation of the Financial Industry
We support you on all regulatory issues related to the establishment, licensing and operation of branches, subsidiaries and services on a local and cross-border basis, including capital and liquidity regulations such as Basel III and Basel IV.
Financial Services Litigation
We represent lenders and borrowers in investigations and court proceedings including consumer mass litigation on the defendants’ side. As financial institution or as service provider, you benefit from the close cooperation with our litigation experts, both as plaintiffs and defendants. Opponent abroad? No problem: Our banking and finance law experts routinely handle highly complex cross-border financial litigation cases.
Leading the legal field
Our lawyers are involved in key transactions and matters across the region, bringing their industry expertise and specialised business knowledge to add value to our clients’ work.
Advised banking consortium in largest-ever asset-based lending deal
Advised Austrian bank in €66 million financing green project
Advised on €1,015 billion cross-border bank sale
Advised multinational insurance group on sale of subsidiaries in 11 jurisdictions
Cross-border customised solutions, advising on complex banking and bank regulatory law matters
Ground-breaking global ABL deal
Our team advised a banking consortium (JP Morgan Chase & Co.) on the Austrian law aspects of the deal’s cross-border collateral structure and the sale and assignment of Austrian law governed receivables.
The banking consortium, consisting of JP Morgan Chase and 21 other leading banks, provided secured asset-based financing totalling USD 7 billion in the context of Platinum Equity’s acquisition of the world largest provider of technology solutions Ingram Micro.
The financing is a ground-breaking global Asset-Based Loan (ABL) and the largest asset-based lending deal ever.
Specialist bank financing transaction
We advised Kommunalkredit Austria on the EUR 66 million financing provided to Green Source and its subsidiary Solar Partners for the construction of eight solar power plants with a total peak capacity of 65 MW by five Hungarian project companies owned by Solar Partners.
An international interdisciplinary team from the Wolf Theiss practices “Projects, Energy & Infrastructure” as well as “Banking & Finance” advised Kommunalkredit Austria on this transaction and was responsible for the complete legal project due diligence as well as for the complex contractual documentation.
Landmark Bulgarian project finance transaction
Our banking and finance lawyers advised finance parties on one of the largest project finance transactions in Bulgaria – the concession of the Sofia Airport.
We acted for the lenders and the hedge counterparties in respect of the financing granted to the consortium comprising the French investment firm Meridiam, Austria’s Strabag and the operator of Munich Airport to whom the concession of Sofia Airport has been awarded.
For the first time in Bulgaria, a project financing of such magnitude has been simultaneously led at the international level and implemented locally by a single law firm.
Complex, highly regulated cross-border sale
Our lawyers advised Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) on the sale of Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) for EUR 1,015 billion to KBC Bank.
This was a complex cross-border deal in a highly regulated environment with a significant impact on the Bulgarian banking sector. There were regulatory and competition law challenges given that a subsidiary of the purchaser was a direct competitor of the target.
What others say about us
“Highly impressive banking and finance team regularly instructed by leading international and domestic financial services providers as well as major corporations. Equipped with substantial experience in real estate finance as well as acquisition, project and infrastructure finance. Also active in refinancing and debt restructuring. Well placed to assist with international matters, leveraging its network of offices across the CEE and SEE regions.”
– Chambers Global
“Our Wolf Theiss team showed a high degree of professionalism and seniority, even in more junior positions and always ensured a complete and sound evaluation of questions and open topics from any possible perspective. Individuals displayed high business acumen and a strategic approach to contract preparation and legal settlements which enabled us to significantly strengthen our negotiation position.”
– The Legal 500
“One client praises the team’s cross-border capabilities: ‘Wolf Theiss is very international and has the appropriate capacities. This enables the firm to use its know-how of the financial sector across borders.’”
– Chambers Europe
“We have worked with and had a good relationship with Wolf Theiss for many years in different areas. We frequently turn to them for financial regulatory work as they know our industry well. We like that they see the big picture and always have an original solution for issues. They are well connected to regulators and do traditional regulatory advisory, but they are also top with non-traditional outside-the-box requests concerning new payment methods.”
– IFLR1000
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Whether you need an international team with extensive experience in banking and finance matters or are looking for a restructuring lawyer, Wolf Theiss can support your business goals through our profound legal practice.
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Wien, 23. Juli 2018 –TH Real Estate setzt bei der Akquisition des Bürogebäudes Adler & Ameise im 3. Wiener Gemeindebez...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät sechs Banken als Manager einer Benchmarkemission eines öffentlichen Pfandbriefs der HYPO NOE
Wien, 1. Oktober 2019 – Wolf Theiss berät DekaBank, DZ BANK AG, Erste Group, LBBW, UniCredit Bank und HYPO NOE als Mana...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät die Erste Group Bank AG bei der Emission eines EUR 1 Milliarde Hypothekenpfandbriefs
Wien, 17.01.2018 – Die ERSTE GROUP BANK AG hat am 17.01.2018 auf dem internationalen Kapitalmarkt einen festverzinsten h...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises Revetas Capital Fund II and Cerberus Capital Management on acquisition of Bucharest hotel portfolio
Bucharest, 15 January 2018 – Wolf Theiss has advised Revetas Capital Fund II and an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Manage...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät RBI bei der Emission von EUR 500.000.000 Additional Tier 1 (AT 1)
Wien, 29.1.2018 - Die Raiffeisen Bank International AG hat am 24.1.2018 weiteres zusätzliche Kernkapital (Additional Tier...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät die Erste Group Bank AG als Arrangeur und Platzeur von zwei Emissionen von Teilschuldverschreibungen der S IMMO AG
Wien, 6. Februar 2018 – Die Erste Group Bank AG platzierte zwei Emissionen fixverzinslicher Teilschuldverschreibungen de...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät Commerzbank AG, Danske Bank A/S und Erste Group Bank AG bei der Platzierung einer Unternehmensanleihe der Wienerberger AG
Wien, 07.05.2018 - Wolf Theiss hat Commerzbank AG, Danske Bank A/S, Erste Group Bank AG als Joint Bookrunner einer € 250...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät die Oberösterreichische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft bei der Emission einer EUR 300 Millionen Anleihe
Wien, 22.5.2018 – Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Erste Group Bank AG und Landesbank Baden-Württemberg platzieren erfol...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät die Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark bei der Emission einer EUR 500 Millionen Anleihe
Wien, 14.5.2018 – DZ BANK AG, Erste Group, LBBW, RBI und UniCredit platzieren erfolgreich eine Benchmark Emission der RL...
Read moreRaiffeisen Centrobank AG has introduced reinvesting certificates advised by Wolf Theiss
Vienna, 4. June 2018 - On 11 May 2018, the updated base prospectus for Raiffeisen Centrobank AG's Structured Securities Pr...
Read moreWolf Theiss vertritt Steinhoff beim Verkauf des Kika/Leiner Immobilienportfolios an die Signa-Gruppe
Wien, 21. Juni 2018 - In einem Herzschlagfinale ist es der Steinhoff-Gruppe am Donnerstag gelungen, mit rechtlicher Unters...
Read moreCEE law firm Wolf Theiss assists BT Investments in the sale of its shares held in BT Operational Leasing
Bucharest, 2 July 2018 – The Bucharest office of the regional law firm Wolf Theiss assisted BT Investments, a member of...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät bei Verkauf des Weltmarktführers TANN Group an Mayr-Melnhof Packaging
Wien, 23. Oktober 2018 – Wolf Theiss hat die Aktionäre der Eurasia Invest Holding AG beim Verkauf der TANN Gruppe an Ma...
Read moreWolf Theiss Tirana advised the lead managers in the Albanian EUR 500 million Eurobond issue
Tirana, November 2018 – Wolf Theiss acted as local counsel advising the lead managers in the Albanian EUR 500 million Eu...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises DDM Group and B2Holding in the acquisition of an EUR 800 million (face value) NPL portfolio from HETA
Vienna/Zagreb, 17 January 2019 – DDM Group, a multinational investor and manager of distressed assets, together with B2H...
Read moreWolf Theiss supports Duravant, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, in the acquisition of Motion06
Vienna, June 6 2019 – Duravant, a global manufacturer of food processing machines, material handling equipment and packa...
Read moreWolf Theiss further strengthens its Prague team. Experts in M&A, real estate, pharmaceuticals, IP, tax advisory and financial regulation are now on board
Prague, 4 October 2019 – Kamila Seberová joins Prague office of Wolf Theiss as expert in pharmaceutical law and intelle...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät MRB FerCon beim Kauf der Eisengiesserei von GF Casting Solutions im Wege eines Management Buyout
Wien, 16. Oktober 2019 – Wolf Theiss hat MRB FerCon bei der Akquisition der Eisengiesserei Herzogenburg in allen Aspekte...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises Joint Bookrunners on EUR 148.9 mn capital increase of S IMMO AG
Vienna, 17 January 2020 – Exchange listed S IMMO AG successfully places new shares through an accelerated book-building ...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät die Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich bei der Emission einer EUR 500 Millionen Anleihe
Wien, 3. Februar 2020 – DekaBank, DZ BANK, Erste Group, RBI und UniCredit platzieren erfolgreich eine Benchmark Emission...
Read moreWolf Theiss hat die RBI bei der Begebung von EUR 750.000.000 gewöhnlichen nicht nachrangigen berücksichtigungsfähigen Schuldverschreibungen beraten
Wien, 3. Februar 2020 – Die Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) platzierte im Jänner eine Emission mit einem Volumen...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät die Erdöl-Lagergesellschaft m.b.H. bei der Emission einer EUR 100 Mio Unternehmensanleihe
Wien, 12. Juni 2020 - Wolf Theiss hat die Erdöl-Lagergesellschaft m.b.H. als Emittentin einer € 100 Mio Anleihe (ISIN: ...
Read morePoland regulates the legal situation of certain financial market participants after a hard Brexit
The President of Poland signed the Act on the rules of conduct of business of certain financial market entities in relatio...
Read moreNeues schweizerisches Prospektrecht bringt “Passporting”-Möglichkeit für EU-Wertpapierprospekte
Das schweizerische Prospektrecht, das in vielen Belangen veraltet ist, wurde ab dem 1. Januar 2020 durch die Einführung d...
Read morePoland: Missing a payment due date in commercial transactions will become more expensive
As of 1 January 2020, companies will face new regulations in Poland affecting payment terms in commercial transactions, pa...
Read moreNew court decision confirms that enterprise pledges under Bulgarian law remain an efficient tool for lenders
In its decision of 3 January 2018, the Sofia City Court followed Wolf Theiss’ argumentation and confirmed that the p...
Read moreBulgarian competition protection commission launches a sector inquiry into the banking sector
On 7 March 2018 the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission (“CPC”) announced a sector inquiry into the ba...
Read moreNew amendment to Polish civil code has an impact on the activity of credit institutions
The Polish Parliament recently adopted the Act of 6 December 2018 on amendment to the Civil Code (the “Act”), ...
Read moreWirtschaftsrechtliche Blätter – Die Emission von Wertrechten auf Basis verteilter elektronischer Register – Distributed ledger technology
Die Digitalisierung des Kapitalmarkts am Beispiel eines Modells zur Emission von Wertrechten in Österreich. Die rechtlich...
Read moreBrexit: Wolf Theiss Experten informierten über rechtliche und steuerliche Auswirkungen für Österreich und die EU
Wien – Über 150 Teilnehmer informierten sich beim WOLF THEISS Brexit-Stresstest über mögliche rechtliche Konsequenzen...
Read moreWolf Theiss adds three partners to Warsaw Office, strengthening real estate, banking and corporate practice groups
Poland becomes top market for expansion in emerging Europe In response to the growing demand for legal advisory services ...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises all shareholders of Tag Systems S.A. on the sale of Tag Systems S.A.
Vienna, 12 December 2019 – Wolf Theiss advised all shareholders of Tag Systems S.A. ("TAG Shareholders") on the sale of ...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises Kyocera on its acquisition of 100% ownership of Van Aerden Group
Vienna, 21 February 2019 – Wolf Theiss has advised Kyocera on its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Van Aerden Group ...
Read morePSD2: EBA consults on strong customer authentication and common secure communication
On 12 August 2016 the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a Consultation Paper on draft regulatory technical standa...
Read moreThe NBU cancelled prohibition on assignment of foreign currency loans but introduced additional requirements
Beginning from 11 January 2016, registration of the assignments of foreign currency loans received by Ukrainian borrowers ...
Read moreWolf Theiss strengthens its banking & finance and dispute resolution teams in Warsaw
Warsaw, 1 February 2017 – Wolf Theiss once again added new members to two of its practice groups: Stefan Feliniak joined...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises BGK on financing of the aquisition of shares of Luka Rijeka d.d. by OT Logistics
Warsaw, September 7, 2017 - Wolf Theiss advised BGK (Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego) on the financing of OT Logistics' expans...
Read morePrzemysław Kozdój joins the Warsaw office of Wolf Theiss as the new head of banking and finance
Warsaw, 7 August 2017 – Przemysław Kozdój has joined the Warsaw office of the Wolf Theiss law firm as a Partner and he...
Read moreWolf Theiss berät Bayernlb, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank AG, Erste Group und RBI als Joint Lead Manager einer EUR 500 Millionen Anleihe der Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich
Wien, 27 November 2017 – BayernLB, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank AG, Erste Group und RBI platzieren erfolgreich eine Benchmark ...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Quirin Privatbank on the issuance of corporate bond of UBM Development AG
Vienna, 20 October 2017 – Wolf Theiss has advised RBI and Quirin Privatbank as Joint Lead Manager and Bookrunner of a EU...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises bank group in the recapitalization of Agic Capital and its Slovenian subsidiary Fotona
Vienna, October 17, 2017 – Wolf Theiss advises the bank group consisting of UniCredit, RBI, NLB and SKB BANKA in the rec...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises Kohlberg & Company in purchase of winter sport division of US company Newell Brands
Vienna, 4 August 2017 – The private equity investors Kohlberg & Company L.L.C. have relied on the expertise of Wolf ...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises Allianz in its acquisition of a minority stake of Gas Connect Austria
Vienna, 23 September 2016 – OMV has signed an agreement selling a 49% minority stake of Gas Connect Austria (GCA) to...
Read moreWolf Theiss advises Eurazeo in its acquisition of a hotel portfolio from Accor and other investors
Vienna, 25 July 2016 – In a cross-border transaction, Eurazeo Patrimoine has acquired from AccorHotels and other investo...
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