Schoenherr’s wide-ranging banking and finance practice deals with a variety of mandates, including project and acquisition finance, debt restructuring, capital markets transactions involving equity and securitisation. It provides financial institutions and corporate clients with both transactional and regulatory advice. Tsvetan Krumov leads the group, with established experience in banking regulatory, derivatives and securitisation matters. Another key member of the team is Milena Gabrovska, who is equipped to handle domestic and cross-border financial and securities transactions, whilst Kristina Lyubenova is active in project financings.
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Key clients
- United Group B.V.
- Aricoma Group (Musala Soft EAD)
- Citibank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- MET GROUP
- PETRACO OIL COMPANY SA
- HSBC Innovation Bank Limited
- ABN Amro Bank
- Titan Machinery Austria
- Deutsche Leasing Finance
- HS4 Acquisitionco
- eSky Group IP sp. z o.o
Work highlights
Advised United Group B.V. (UG) as issuer on the Bulgarian aspects of multiple issues of Senior Secured Notes (SSNs) under New York law.
Advised Aricoma Group (as a borrower) and Musala Soft AD (as a guarantor) on amendment and restatement of senior multicurrency term and revolving facilities agreement and establishment of new Bulgarian law security package with Česká Spořitelna – leading a syndicate of banks including Československá obchodní banka and Komerční banka.
Advising ABN Amro Bank N.V. (an agent and lender) and Coöperatieve Rabobank, Siemens Bank GmbH, Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch, ING Bank N.V., Investec Bank PLC as lenders on the Bulgarian aspects of restructuring of (i) a euro term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to €64bn; (ii) a euro term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to €40m; and (iii) a euro revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount equal to €12.5m granted to NPM Investments XIV.
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Practice head
Tsvetan Krumov
Other key lawyers
Milena Gabrovska; Kristina Lyubenova