Banking & Finance

About

Provided by WALLESS

WALLESS has an outstanding team of professionals with extensive knowledge in commercial lending, refinancing as well as loan portfolio transfers and securitizations. We represent banks and borrowers in a wide range of secured finance, acquisition and asset finance, project finance and trade finance transactions across the Baltics. The team is also known for its financial regulatory expertise as well as work on debt and equity capital markets transactions.

Deals:

• Advised private funds of Blackstone in relation to acquisition of a controlling stake in Luminor Bank
• Advised international banks on several Eurobond issuances as well as the largest ever IPO of Ignitis Group
• Advised Inbank in obtaining authorization to open a bank branch in Lithuania
• Assisted the shareholders of R&D insurance brokers, the largest insurance intermediary in Latvia, in attracting strategic investor
• Advised Sakret Holding, one of the leading manufacturers of building mixes, in a bond issuance
• Advised international bank on commodity financing matters involving shipping and storage of various oil products in Estonian seaports
• Advised regional financial institution on EUR 27m facility extended to a Nordic industrial group operating in Central and Eastern Europe
• Assisted Funderbeam in obtaining an authorization of an investment firm from the Estonian FSA