Operating across the domestic and international banking and finance market, Wolf Theiss brings strength to a diverse spectrum of matters, including regulatory work in the insurance area, cross-border financings and debt issuances, working on both the lender and borrower side. At the forefront of the practice, ‘superb’ Rudolf Pfeffer is adept in handling multi-jurisdictional transactions with a focus on real estate and project finance.
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- ‘The firm has advised on Slovak insurance and regulatory law as well as insolvency rules and general legal system process. These are clearly highly specialised areas in a non-mainstream market.’
- ‘Rudolf Pfeffer, based in Bratislava, has been superb in our dealings. He has advised on a challenging and novel matter involving a regulated business subject to complex local litigation. The ability to navigate this with an excellent command of English has been invaluable in enabling us to meet our obligations to investors. He is always responsive and proactive and looks to understand the commercial picture before advising.’
Key clients
- Erste Group Bank
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Slovenská sporiteľňa
- ING Bank
- Packeta
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)
- Nexi Central Europe
Work highlights
Advised Slovenská sporiteľňa, a.s. and other entities from Erste Group with regard to the update of a multi-issuer programme for the issuance of notes for MREL and own funds purpose.
Advised Erste Group Bank AG as arranger in connection with the annual update of up to EUR 7.5bn debt issuance programme of Slovenská sporiteľňa, a.s..
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Practice head
Rudolf Pfeffer