Simona Marin
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Band 1 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Simona Marin
Practice Areas
Simona is an English and New York qualified partner in Dentons’ Banking and Finance team in Bucharest. She focuses on project finance, real estate finance and other financing structures, syndicated and bilateral, secured and unsecured. She has over ten years' experience advising on a broad range of high-profile financings and projects throughout the Central and South East Europe region. She has advised on transactions in the energy and utilities, hotels and leisure, financial services, infrastructure and project finance, as well as the real estate and construction sectors.
She acts for lenders and borrowers and has been involved in advising international banks and financial institutions on a number of ground-breaking transactions in the region in recent years.
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Top-ranked Simona Marin assists borrowers and lenders with project and real estate financing mandates, as well as acting for syndicates of banks on amendments to loan facilities. She further assists with large ticket refinancing deals of cross-border complexity.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simona is one of the best lawyers in banking."
"There is no issue that she can't solve. She always gives you the feeling that she is on your side and you will get the best advice and guidance possible."
"Simona has very good negotiation skills and deep knowledge."
"Simona is one of the best lawyers in banking."
"There is no issue that she can't solve. She always gives you the feeling that she is on your side and you will get the best advice and guidance possible."
"Simona has very good negotiation skills and deep knowledge."
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Dentons advises on Romania’s largest real estate credit facility to date
Dentons advised a syndicate of lenders - Erste Group Bank, Banca Comerciala Romana, Raiffeisen Bank International, Raiffeisen Bank Romania and Alpha Bank Romania - on a €450 million credit facility to AFI Europe group companies for the purposes of refinancing the Romanian shopping center portfolio
Dentons advises Romgaz on €325 million financing for the acquisition of EMEPRL
Dentons assisted Romgaz in contracting a €325 million loan facility to partially finance its acquisition of shares in ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited. Raiffeisen Bank granted the financing. EMEPRL holds 50% of the rights and obligations related to the Neptun Deep perimeter.
Dentons advises a syndicate of banks on complex refinancing of Fortuna Entertainment Group
Dentons advised a club of banks - consisting of Česká spořitelna, Komerční banka and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia - on the €550 million complex refinancing of Fortuna Entertainment Group in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Croatia and the Netherlands.
Dentons strengthens its CEE Banking and Finance practice
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has hired seven lawyers to strengthen its Banking and Finance practice in Bucharest and across CEE. Partners Simon Dayes and Simona Marin and an additional five banking and finance lawyers joined Dentons over the last few months. This positions Dentons as the l
Dentons advises on Romania’s largest real estate credit facility to date
Dentons advised a syndicate of lenders - Erste Group Bank, Banca Comerciala Romana, Raiffeisen Bank International, Raiffeisen Bank Romania and Alpha Bank Romania - on a €450 million credit facility to AFI Europe group companies for the purposes of refinancing the Romanian shopping center portfolio
Dentons advises Romgaz on €325 million financing for the acquisition of EMEPRL
Dentons assisted Romgaz in contracting a €325 million loan facility to partially finance its acquisition of shares in ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited. Raiffeisen Bank granted the financing. EMEPRL holds 50% of the rights and obligations related to the Neptun Deep perimeter.
Dentons advises a syndicate of banks on complex refinancing of Fortuna Entertainment Group
Dentons advised a club of banks - consisting of Česká spořitelna, Komerční banka and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia - on the €550 million complex refinancing of Fortuna Entertainment Group in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Croatia and the Netherlands.
Dentons strengthens its CEE Banking and Finance practice
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has hired seven lawyers to strengthen its Banking and Finance practice in Bucharest and across CEE. Partners Simon Dayes and Simona Marin and an additional five banking and finance lawyers joined Dentons over the last few months. This positions Dentons as the l