CEE Legal Matters
In-depth coverage of the news and newsmakers that shape Europe's emerging markets
Bancassurance is a strategic partnership in which a bank collaborates with an insurance company to offer insurance products to the bank’s customers. This mutually beneficial arrangement not only allows banks to generate extra income through the sale of insurance policies, but also enables insurance companies to broaden their customer reach without the need to expand their sales teams.
White & Case, working with Bondoc si Asociatii, has advised a club of eight commercial banks and international financial institutions on the up-to-EUR 291 million financing of the construction of the 461-megawatt Rezolv Energy's Vifor wind farm in Romania.
mBank Deputy General Counsel Pawel Szczepaniak talks about how the rise of ESG has shaped in-house legal role but also how his organization literally puts its money where its mouth is when it comes to ESG.
White & Case has advised the joint bookrunners on PKO Bank Polski's green issuance of EUR 750 million 3.875% senior non-preferred notes due 2027. A&O Shearman advised PKO Bank Polski.
Clyde & Co has advised Panattoni on financing for the Panattoni Park Bierun I investment project from Alior Bank. CMS advised the bank.
Harrisons has advised the EBRD on EUR 10 million in financing for Alter Modus.
Clifford Chance has advised a group of Czech banks, led by Ceska Sporitelna and including Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka and Citi, on the financing of CVC Capital Partners and EMMA Capital's acquisition of FoxPost from Wallis Asset Management and Trueway/Finext.
