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Competition and regulatory
- advising a major pharmaceutical company in connection with an investigation of the Romanian Competition Council on the insulin market;
- advising a major beer manufacturer in connection with an complaint before the Romanian Competition Council;
- advising a global international telecommunications operator in connection with an investigation of the Romanian Competition Council;
- advising a major European energy and environment company in relation to the notification of an economic concentration to the Romanian Competition Council;
- advising a major UK pharmaceutical company in relation to anti-trust issues.
Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions
- the EUR 1.4 billion privatisation of Romania's national oil and gas company, S.N.P. Petrom S.A., the largest company in Romania;
- the EUR 303 million acquisition of 51% of the share capital of Romania's national gas distribution company Distrigaz Nord S.A.;
- the EUR 311 million acquisition of 51% of the share capital of Romania's national gas distribution company Distrigaz Sud S.A.;
- the privatisation of the largest Romanian commercial bank following the sale of shares to certain well-known international financial institutions and subsequent sale of shares to a major Austrian Bank;
- advising one of the largest US manufacturers of transportation, construction and industrial products in the acquisition of shares in a major Romanian railway wagon company.
Private equity
- advising a consortium of private equity investors in the sale of the controlling stake held in a leading Romanian pharmaceutical company;
- advising a major investment trust in connection with its equity investment in a major beer manufacturer;
- advising one of the largest investment funds in Romania, in connection with the client’s equity investment into six projects (including telecom, Internet service providers and gas distribution companies) to finance the expansion of the business activity of the respective companies.
Joint ventures
- advising a major agricultural and risk management products and services company in the acquisition of an oilseed crushing, refining and bottling company;
- advising a leading construction materials company in connection with the acquisition of shares in one of the largest cement producer company;
- advising a major leading food producer in connection with the acquisition of the majority stake of a major Romanian chocolate manufacturer from the Romanian State Ownership Fund;
- advising a major British power generating company on structuring its venture in the power and mining sector with a major Romanian coal company;
- advising a major Japanese power generating company on its joint venture with a major Romanian power generating company with regard to the rehabilitation and operation of a power plant located in Bucharest.
Securities
- advising a leading European bank on the structuring and the drafting of relating documentation concerning ISDA Master Agreements between the bank and Romanian resident companies (documentation governed by Romanian law);
- advising a global financial institution in connection with the expansion of its derivative trading business in Romania;
- advising a major global financial institution in connection with a USD 4 billion Limited Recourse Obligation Programme under which Credit Linked Notes were to be traded.
Energy
- the EUR 1.4 billion privatisation of Romania's national oil and gas company, S.N.P. Petrom S.A, the largest company in Romania;
- the EUR 303 million acquisition of 51% of the share capital of Romania's national gas distribution company Distrigaz Nord S.A.;
- the EUR 311 million acquisition of 51% of the share capital of Romania's national gas distribution company Distrigaz Sud S.A.;
- advising a leading Japanese power generating company in connection with the revamping of a coal firing plant under a contract arrangement with a major Romanian state owned electricity producer;
- advising a leading Japanese power generating company in connection with the supply and installation of plant and equipment as part of a Power Sector, Rehabilitation and Modernisation Project under a contract arrangement with a major Romanian state owned electricity producer.
Finance
Asset Finance
- advising a leading global bank in connection with a 48 million USD financing to one of the largest shipyards in Romania in order to assist it in the construction and delivery of a 4550 TEU Class container carrier;
- advising a leading Korean bank in connection with a facility amounting to approximately 400 million USD to one of the largest shipyards in Romania in order to assist it in the construction and delivery of six 4,000 TEU container vessels;
- advising a major US bank in connection with an 80 million USD aircraft secured financing to the main Romanian airline operator in order to assist it in the acquisition of two Boeing 737-707 aircrafts;
- advising two well-known global banks in connection with a 123 million GBP facility to the Romanian Ministry of Defence in order to assist it in connection with the financing of an intergovernmental acquisition agreement concerning the transfer, regeneration and modernisation of two Royal Navy 22 Frigates;
- advising one of the worldwide leading companies in the field of military and commercial aircraft engineering in connection with two cross-border Aircraft Lease Agreements to the main Romanian airline operator.
Banking
- advising a leading global financial institution in connection with a cross-border 400 million EUR financing to assist the 100% acquisition of the share capital and the assets comprising the global plastic closures business of a company;
- advising a leading global financial institution in connection with a 120 million USD facility to the Romanian railway company in order to assist it in upgrading the public railway infrastructure;
- advising two well-known international banks in connection with a USD 48,326,940 export financing to the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Water Management to assist it in the acquisition of a National Integrated Decision & Information System for Emergency Water Management designated to modernise and integrate Romania’s meteorological (SIMIN) and hydrological data processing and flood event prediction (modelling) capabilities and resources;
- advising a well-known global bank in connection with a 210 million EUR long-term financing for the rehabilitation and modernisation of a 315 MW unit Thermal Power Plant;
- advising a well-known global bank in connection with a 35 million USD financing to the Romanian radio communications company to assist it in the modernisation of the Romanian public broadcasting networks used for the broadcasting of the “Romania 1” and “TVR 2” television programmes.
Project Finance
- advising a well-known global bank in connection with a facility amounting to approximately 86.5 million EUR to 59 local governments in order to assist them in the construction of a regional gas pipeline as part of the phase 1 (one) of the project “Suceava Utility and Environment at European Standards";
- advising a well-known European multilateral financial institution on several project finance transactions designated to assist municipalities in Romania in the modernisation of local infrastructure;
- advising two leading Hungarian and regional banks in connection with an 84.5 million EUR secured financing to a real estate developer to assist it in the establishment and operation of a “shopping and entertainment center” on a 250,000 m2 site at the western entrance of Cluj, in Romania;
- advising three major international financial institutions in connection with a 144 million EUR export financing to the Romanian Ministry of Transportation in order to assist it in the construction of an approximately 415 kilometre two-lane by two lane divided motorway from the city of Brasov to the Hungarian border near the village of Bors (known as the “Brasov-Bors Motorway Project”);
- advising a leading Austrian bank in connection with a 15 million EUR facility to an Austrian supermarket chain developer in order to assist it in land acquisition and the construction of twenty supermarkets;
- advising an international oil and gas company in connection with a secured financing of the bridge financing in the amount of approximately 107 million USD provided by a well-known multilateral financial institution for the purpose of (i) the revamping, modernisation and start-up of a Romanian refinery for the production of high quality petroleum products and (ii) increasing the yield of higher volume from the Romanian refinery in compliance with Euro-3 standards;
- advising a well-known global financial institution in connection with an 17 million USD project finance facility agreement granted to a Romanian mining corporation to assist it in the construction of the first mineral re-treatment plant in Romania.
Restructuring & Insolvency
- advising a market leader in automotive brake manufacturing on its 875 million EUR debt restructuring;
- advising a leading global financial institution in connection with (i) the work-out and (ii) the restructuring of 100 million USD structured finance facilities to one of the largest Romanian steel producer;
- advising a leading global financial institution in connection with the restructuring of a syndicated revolving credit facility of up to 50 million USD with a multi-currency debt made available to a Romanian company;
- advising a leading global financial institution in connection with the restructuring of a 100 million USD debt made available to a Romanian group of companies.
IP&IT
- advising and representing a major international spirits operator on international trademark protection;
- advising and representing one of the largest consumer goods producer in a litigation for the cancellation of an international patent; and
- representing a major tobacco company in various contentious and non-contentious procedures before the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks in connection with trademark issues.
Litigation
- representing a global international telecommunications operator in Romania's largest IP litigation to date;
- advising and representing a major global tobacco company in civil and criminal law procedures on the infringement of its IP rights;
- representing the largest international spirits and wine producer on several litigations regarding trademark counterfeiting and cancellation.
Real Estate
- advising an international real estate developer on various construction projects in Bucharest, Romania;
- advising a major real estate developer in connection with the development of Bucharest Business Park and of an industrial park on the outskirts of Bucharest;
- advising a major European investment fund in connection with the acquisition of land and subsequent development of real estate projects;
- advising a major real estate developer on the purchase of a shopping centre in Brasov, Romania.
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