News
BOYANOV & Co. and KALO & ASSOCIATES Advised Albania Telecom Invest and One Telecommunications SHA
BOYANOV & Co. and KALO & ASSOCIATES advised Albania Telecom Invest and One Telecommunications SHA on the refinancing of a EUR 48.5 million acquisition loan from First Investment Bank used by ATI in 2019 to acquire a controlling stake in One from OTE.
NNDKP Assisted a Syndicate of Banks in Providing a Loan to Carmistin Group
NNDKP successfully assisted a syndicate of banks in granting a EUR 90 million loan facility to the Carmistin Group, one of the main players on the agricultural and zootechnical market in Romania.
BDK Advokati Advised EBRD and ENEF on a EUR 12 Million Loan in Serbian IT Sector
BDK Advokati advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Enterprise Expansion Fund (ENEF) on their recent closing of a EUR 12 million secured credit facility loan to the software developer and technology research and development service provider, High Tech Engineering Center (HTEC).
Polenak Law Firm Advised EBRD in a EUR 20 million Loan to Sparkasse Bank Makedonija
Tatjana Shishkovska, partner and Ana Petrovska-Belopeta, associate at Polenak Law Firm, advised European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in a EUR 20 million loan to Sparkasse Bank Makedonija.
Maric & Co Advised the EIB
Branko Maric, managing partner at Maric & Co Law Firm, acted on behalf of the European Investment Bank in respect of a loan granted to a local bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cluj-Napoca City Hall Loans EUR 85 million to Finance Investments
Cluj-Napoca City Hall will contract a loan of RON 400 million (EUR 85 million), according to a public procurement procedure published in the Electronic System for Public Procurement in November 2019.
SELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm Advises on Don Don Debt Refinancing
The Don Don Group, a lead regional industrial bakery with eleven production plants in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, and selling also to the markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Albania, has undergone a EUR 36 million cross-border syndicated debt refinancing.
SELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm assisted Don Don as the borrower as well as one of its shareholders KJK Fund II. Mia Kalas, partner and head of the firm’s Banking & Finance practice, led the transaction, with the assistance of senior associate Nika Bosnic.
COVID-19
#newliquidity – Additional Slovenian State Guarantee Scheme
On 13 May 2020, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia issued a decree on implementation of the guarantees under the Law on ensuring additional liquidity to the economy for mitigation of the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic.
COVID-19 Related Payment Moratoria on Bank Loans in Southeast Europe
Governments and central banks around the world are imposing various emergency measures and taking actions to support the economy, the business and households in this emergency situation.One of the measures some governments adopt is a payment moratorium on bank loans.
Slovenian Mandatory Moratorium on Bank Loans
On 20 March 2020 the Slovenian Parliament adopted an emergency law (Zakon o interventnem ukrepu odloga plačila obveznosti kreditojemalcev - ZIUOPOK) concerning mandatory moratoriums to be approved by Slovenian banks to Slovenian borrowers at their request, with a view of preventing substantial damage to the economy and maintaining financial stability.