About

Provided by Wolf Theiss

Our outstanding experience and track record in the banking and finance industry, in capital markets transactions and regulatory matters make us one of the leading Banking & Finance teams in the CEE/SEE. We offer a strong experienced Banking & Finance cross-border team with fully-integrated offices in 13 countries in the region.

Our Team

Our team draws on deep banking product expertise and works with our regulatory, litigation, restructuring and other specialist teams to develop solutions for our clients, often incorporating pioneer financing techniques.

Our Cases

We advise banks, insurance companies, funds and other financial institutions, as well as borrowers and customers on issues ranging from commercial lending, project finance, real estate finance, acquisition finance, infrastructure finance and private equity, to regulatory work, regulatory litigation, debt issuances, IPOs and other capital increases, ICOs, securitizations, de-listings and loan portfolios.

Our Regulatory Expertise

With continuously increasing regulatory demands, we put our strong regulatory expertise readily available to our clients. We advise on compliance regulation related to blockchain, FinTech, PayTech and crypto-currencies, Basel IIICRR V/CRR 2, BRRD II/SRMR 2, MiFID II/MiFIR, MAD II/ MAR, the new EU prospectus regime, AIFM/UCITS, derivative structuring and trading (EMIR, SFT), Solvency II, and issues resulting from Brexit.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Central & Eastern Europe
2
Band 2
What the team is known for

Wolf Theiss is a significant firm throughout CEE and SEE, with local expertise in jurisdictions including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Romania. The law firm advises on revolving ESG-linked credit facilities for clients active across multiple CEE countries. The team also advises major regional entities on financing mandates in the automotive sector that are coordinated between teams in local offices. In addition Wolf Theiss handles significant loan agreements between syndicates of CEE-based lenders. Cross-border capital markets mandates also serve as a source of instruction for the firm.

Work Highlights

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  • Wolf Theiss advised Packeta on a CZK1 billion debut club financing.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Andreas Schmid
4
Andreas Schmid
4
Band 4

Andreas Schmid assists lenders with high-value renewable energy project financing. Clients consider him a primary contact in the CEE region. Schmid is based in Vienna.

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Central & Eastern Europe

Banking & Finance

Andreas Schmid
4
Andreas Schmid
4
Band 4

Members

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Andrea Gritsch

Katarina Stojakovic

Marika Lomashvili

Matthias Schimka

Naida Custovic

Nicholas Coddington

Nikolaus Paul

Oksana Volynets

Rudolf Pfeffer

Vedrana Ivekovic

Zeno Grabmayr

Clients

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Advent International

Anadi Austria Bank

Apollo Global Management

BNP Paribas

Bank of America Merrill Lynch International

BlackRock

Borealis

Citi

Credit Suisse

Deutsche Bank

EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EIB - European Investment Bank

Erste Group Bank

Goldman Sachs

IFC – International Finance Corporation

ING Bank

JP Morgan

Kommunalkredit Austria

Meta

Mizuho Bank

Morgan Stanley

Oberbank

PORR Beteiligungen und Management

Raiffeisen Bank International

Société Générale

UniCredit Bank Austria

VIG - Vienna Insurance Group

Industries

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Banks

Construction

Energy

Financial Services

Funds

Information & Communications Technologies, Software

Infrastructure

Insurance

Private Clients

Private Equity

Professional Services

Public Sector

Real Estate