CEE Legal Matters
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Former Senior Associates Sonia Saranti and Ioannis Charalampopoulos join the Partner ranks of Machas & Partners in Greece, with Saranti also appointed Head of Banking and Finance and Charalampopoulos the firm's new Head of Corporate & M&A.
Harrisons has advised the EBRD on its inaugural EUR 50 million loan to Serbia's AIK Banka for on-lending to local small and medium-sized enterprises.
Exciting developments are on the horizon for the Romanian banking community, as efforts are underway to streamline the framework regulating outsourcing arrangements.
Bernitsas has advised Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings on its EUR 300 million issuance of Subordinated Tier II instruments due April 25, 2034.
Vukmir & Associates has advised ZB Invest on taking over the management and the merger of the UCITS funds from Allianz Invest.
CMS has advised Komercni Banka on its financing for the acquisition of the Mercedes Benz Praha car dealerships. Badokh reportedly advised the borrower – the RCM Group.
AP Legal has advised a syndicate of banks including Eurobank Direktna, NLB Komercijalna Banka, and OTP Bank Srbija on an EUR 34.5 million loan to Hillside.
