Banking and Finance
Our team of Banking and Finance offers an expansive breadth of insight, helping our clients to structure and document transactions that help to provide financing to virtually every industry. Since we represent both finance providers and users, you benefit from counsel that understands the needs and wants of each party.
In Banking and Finance, our experts focus on Real Estate Finance (drafting and negotiating of loan agreements and security documents, monitoring of conditions precedent and conditions subsequent, drawing up legal due diligence reports and legal opinions).
We also provide advisory services for project refinancing, serving banks, developers, and funds across the CEE region. Our expertise spans diverse industries, ensuring strategic guidance for investment projects.
We provide advisory services for Mortgage Documentation and Retail Finance, including retail finance documentation and related legal advice, as well as Investment Project Finance (advising various stakeholders, including developers, sponsors, funds, lenders, and public sector bodies on the financing of investment projects across a wide range of industries).
Main legal advisory fields of Banking & Finance
- Real estate finance
- Acquisition finance
- Asset-based finance
- Mezzanine lending
- Project & infrastructure finance
- Cross-border finance
- Restructuring
- Structured finance & derivatives
- Investment grade lending
- Syndicated lending
- Lender-side representation
- Borrower-side representation
Competition and Antitrust
Knowledge of and compliance with competition law are becoming increasingly important, applying not only to large multinational corporations but also to medium and small companies.
Complicated laws, EU regulations, economic approach, threat of high penalties from competition authorities, liability for damages to customers and competitors, anti-competitive agreements, merger control, abuse of dominance, compliance programs, contracts with consumers, unfair competition - all the things that can trouble even the most experienced entrepreneur - are no problem for us. With our extensive presence across most CEE countries, we offer comprehensive advice in this entire domain, serving as your one-stop solution.
As a trusted business partner, we assist our clients in building their competitive advantage through the strategic application of instruments provided by competition law. For all matters related to competition law, you can turn to us with full confidence.
Main legal advisory fields of Competition and Antitrust
- Abuse of dominance
- Advertising
- Analysis of contracts and their projects
- Anticompetitive agreements
- Antimonopoly proceedings
- Cartels
- Compliance programs
- Consumer law
- Contacts with competitors
- Contacts with competition authorities
- Distribution systems
- Economic policy and market behavior assessment
- Exit strategies in case of competition law infringements
- Merger control
- Private enforcement
- State aid
- Unfair competition
- Unfair market practices
Corporate and M&A
Company mergers and acquisitions are complex tasks. Our in-depth knowledge and many years of experience enable us to devise sustainable solutions for all parties.
From SMEs to international conglomerates, our corporate law experts are every bit as home accompanying extensive projects as they are with day-to-day business affairs.
We provide support with the development of corporate structures and come up with solutions for M&A transactions. Where complex assignments and major investment portfolios are involved we offer results-oriented legal advisory services from a single source, both locally and across borders.
Main legal advisory fields of Corporate Law and M&A
- Corporate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Compliance
- Joint Ventures
- Privatisation
- Competition and anti-trust law
- Commercial contracts
- Single source governmental sales
- Grid connection agreements, distribution agreements and energy sale agreements (PPA, Virtual PPA)
- Corporate governance rules
- Tax advisory
Surveys on Corporate Law and M&A
In connection with our practice areas we provide free downloadable information on legal frameworks, as well as analyses and market information.
Agribusiness
Real estate transactions, regulatory compliance, and subsidy negotiations require precise expertise. Our focus is on providing actionable advice to secure land acquisitions, ensure regulatory adherence, and position our clients for sustainable growth and competitive advantage in the agribusiness sector.
From emerging agribusiness ventures to established agricultural powerhouses, our expertise in agribusiness law spans the full spectrum of the agriculture sector.
We provide legal assistance encompassing all aspects of acquiring farming land and fully operational farms, from negotiation strategies to conducting legal due diligence, completing pre-emption right formalities, and securing transactions. Our experts offer comprehensive support in procedures for consolidating large agricultural land areas, addressing specific topics related to withdrawing land from agricultural use, and facilitating the obtaining of subsidies. In the face of complex challenges and significant investment decisions, we provide focused, effective legal solutions from a comprehensive perspective, serving clients both locally and across borders.
Main legal advisory fields of Agribusiness
- Agricultural real estate
- Agricultural M&A
- Farming land transactions
- Land use and zoning
- Regulatory compliance and licensing
- Renewable energy and sustainability
- Labour and employment law
- Supply chain and logistics
- Agricultural finance and credit
- International trade and agribusiness
- Competition law
- Biotechnology and GMO regulation
