Serbia

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Advising EBRD on the capital increase in Komercijalna Banka
• Advising EBRD on a loan facility to Tigar Tehnicka guma d.o.o.
• Advising EBRD on a secured loan to Media Works and Neobee.net, two of the leading Serbian internet providers
• Advising EBRD on leveraged financing and subsequent restructuring of the loan facility to JKR
• Advising EBRD in relation to loan facility to Banca Intesa Belgrade for onward investment in sustainable energy
• Advising EBRD on a potential equity investment in paper-producing company, Papirpak
• Advising EBRD on various aspects of equity investments in a leading Serbian bank, Komercijalna banka
• Representing EBRD on a lending facility and equity investment into JKR Resources Exploitation
• Advising EBRD on a further financing of Hemofarm, the leading Serbian pharmaceutical company
• Advising EBRD on equity investment into Zdravo
• Advising EBRD on a significant investment into Cacanska banka
• Acting for EBRD on a loan facility to East Point Holdings
• Acting for EBRD on their equity investment in Centrobanka
• Acting for EBRD on a loan facility to Delta-Maxi, the leading food retailers in Serbia
• The acquisition of Eksimbanka, (the first bank acquisition transaction of its kind in Serbia), for EBRD and its international financial consortium
• Acting for EBRD on a secured loan to Hemofarm, the leading pharmaceutical company in Serbia
• Acting for EBRD on a secured loan to Tigar, a leading tire manufacturing company in Serbia
• Acting for EBRD on a Senior Debt Facility to Eksimbanka
• Acting for EBRD on a further subscription for shares in Eksimbanka
• Acting for EBRD on an Equity Investment in Volksbanka
• Acting for EBRD on a Sub-ordinated Loan Facility to Raiffeisen Banka
• Acting for EBRD on a loan facility to Sevojno, a leading Serbian Aluminium Producer
• Forming of a new bank in Serbia, Micro-Finance Bank, and obtaining the necessary banking licenses, for the EBRD and its international banking consortium

• Advising RBS on a secured loan to Media Works, one of the leading internet providers.

• Advising Visa International on banking regulatory issues in Serbia

• Representing the European Investment Bank on loans to the Federal Government of Yugoslavia and National Bank of Yugoslavia

• Advising DEG on the capital increase in Komercijalna Banka
• Advising DEG (German Development Bank) on the acquisition of shares in 3 leading Serbian bakeries
• Advising DEG on a senior loan agreement to Raiffeisen Rent
• Advising DEG on a senior loan agreement to Tigar obuca d.o.o.
• Advising DEG on equity investment into a leading Serbian company
• Acting for DEG (German Development Bank) on a loan to Eksimbanka
• Acting for DEG on a loan to Raiffeisen Banka
• Acting for DEG on a subordinated loan facility to Raiffeisen Bank
• Acting for DEG on a loan facility to Raiffeisen Leasing

• Advising Citigroup on FX and Money Market Transactions in Serbia
• Representing Citigroup NA in setting up their banking operations in Serbia
• Advising Citigroup NA on a major lending facility to Telekom Srbija
• Representing Citigroup NA in setting up their banking operations in Serbia.

• Advising IFC in relation to trade finance guarantee facility to banks
• Representing IFC on secured loans to Frikom
• Advising IFC on Sub-National Finance - opportunities for IFC investments in Sub-Sovereign Entities in Serbia
• Advising IFC on the capital increase in Komercijalna Banka
• Advising IFC on an equity investment, and a lending facility into a leading Serbian bank – Continental banka

• Acting for ING Bank on a Facility Agreement with Mercator  
• Acting for ING Bank on a Facility Agreement with Unilever

• Representing Slavia Capital (Czech Republic) on the purchase of the first ever non-performing loan portfolio in Serbia

• Advising Alpha Bank on a facility agreement to Telekom Srbija.

• Advising Victoria Group in relation to an investment by EBRD in the company by way of capital increase

• Advising Deutsche Bank AG (New York) on FX4Cash Project in Serbia
• Acting for Deutsche Bank on the purchase of high value debts of leading Serbian companies and the purchase of international receivables of Serbian companies

• Advising Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank on large debt related issues

• Acting for Raiffeisen Leasing on a loan facility from the European Investment Bank

JNR

• Advising JNR (Rothschild) on an equity investment into Metals Banka a.d

• Advising Lehman Brothers on a tender sale for a non-performing loan debt portfolio

• Advising Moneygram on the setting up of its operations in Serbia

Fenix

• Advising Fenix (Czech) on the acquisition of certain debts in Serbia

• Advising KfW on a loan to Raiffeisen Bank

• Advising FMO on a major lending facility to Pro-Credit Bank

• Advising MOL (Hungary) on banking operations in Serbia

• Securitization of a Contract for Gazprom subsidiary totalling $65million to HIP Petrohemija

• Advising Swedfund on the capital increase in Komercijalna Banka