Although it does handle some lender work, Charles Russell Speechlys is principally focused on advising borrowers on utilising Luxembourg structures to facilitate cross-border financings. Many of these transactions are within the real estate sector, with team head Victor Regnard continuing to handle a raft of refinancing work for EQT Real Estate relating to property portfolios it owns throughout Europe.
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Key clients
- APAX Partners Group
- Almaz Capital Partners
- EQT Real Estate
- Iroko Securities Limited
- Stoli Group S.à r.l.
Work highlights
Advised EQT Real Estate, acting as borrower, on various refinancings of various real estate and logistic assets located in Europe.
Advised Iroko Securities Limited, acting on behalf of Marula, for the admission and listing of limited recourse secured debt instruments to be issued by Marula under a $1bn Structured Note Programme for the financing of road infrastructure projects located in Ivory Coast.
Advised APAX Partners Group and in particular Nordahl BidCo AB and its Luxembourg holding companies, as borrower with respect to the internal and external financing related to the acquisition of a listed company on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange currently owned by a wide range of investors.
Practice head
Victor Regnard
Other key lawyers
Clément Missey; Jorge Alemán Juárez