Banking & Finance | Europe

Dentons is a prominent global outfit doing extensive work in real estate and development finance, particularly collaborating with the firm's other offices on mandates with cross-border elements. Dentons works with a broad range of clients across the lender and borrower sides, acting on acquisition finance, debt restructurings and refinancings of facilities. The team also enjoys a solid reputation for providing local regulatory advice to international banks and corporates. It has experience in social finance mandates and its team members offer expertise in capital markets matters.

Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu houses a team that is notably active on cross-border matters. Its expertise extends to assisting prominent international banks with financing large infrastructure and real estate developments. The group represents lenders and borrowers in acquisition finance and working capital mandates, as well as advising on credit facility amendments, financial restructuring and syndicated financing. The team is also active on DCM mandates, particularly bond issuances, and offers regulatory advice.

Clifford Chance Badea is highly recognised in the Romanian banking and finance market, with strong international capabilities aided by the wider Clifford Chance network. Its clientele benefits from the team's expert assistance with local and cross-border corporate and recap financing projects. The team acts for international financial institutions on the establishment of ongoing lending programmes by municipalities to facilitate domestic infrastructure and energy projects. The practice stands out for additional capabilities in aviation and syndicated finance. It frequently acts for banks as underwriters of sovereign bond issuances, as well as assisting clients with medium-term note programmes.

The CMS banking and finance team retains strong market feedback. The group has strong experience of cross-border lending, aided by English law capabilities on the ground in Romania and the international financing expertise of the global CMS network, often bringing together teams from Romania and other CEE states. CMS assists with a broad range of financings, advising lenders and borrowers on project financing in the real estate and energy sectors, as well as film financing, loan refinancing and acquisition financing. It acts on ECM and DCM matters, such as IPOs and bond issuances. It also has experience in regulatory matters and NPL transactions.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen is a vastly experienced and widely respected law firm that advises Romanian and international banks and real estate investors on complex corporate, acquisition, project and real estate finance mandates. The team frequently acts alongside top international law firms to provide local transactional expertise in cross-border debt refinancing. It also assists lenders with syndicated financing and offers help with DCM mandates.

Schoenherr și Asociații has a high-quality finance team acting on the full range of finance matters, including syndicated lending, acquisition finance, real estate finance and project finance mandates. The team has a strong presence on capital markets transactions, assisting clients with listings on the Romanian stock exchange and with the issuance of bonds. The lawyers advise on loan portfolio transactions and restructuring mandates. The practice draws on the firm's strong presence across the CEE region to represent clients in cross-border mandates.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații has an established team noted for its experience representing both lenders and borrowers in financing projects, particularly assisting with real estate and acquisition finance, as well as corporate finance mandates. It represents clients in cross-border NPL transactions and capital markets mandates, including bond and note issuances, as well as in equity raises and regulatory compliance mandates.

Wolf Theiss is a regional player with strengths in Romanian and international banking and finance transactions. The team assists leading banks and financial institutions with large real estate, acquisition and corporate development financing. The practice also handles debt restructuring matters and regulatory questions. The lawyers have additional experience in note issuances and MTN programmes.

Bondoc și Asociatii is experienced in a variety of domestic and multi-jurisdictional financing mandates, providing regulatory expertise to lenders, including on topics such as blockchain and e-money. The team is knowledgeable about complex credit facility restructuring matters. The practice assists with syndicated finance and acquisition finance transactions. It also offers expertise in DCM mandates, advising on note and green bond issuances.

Reff & Associates has a well-regarded practice for its regulatory advice, as well as offering experience acting on the lender and borrower sides of financing mandates, and often acts on syndicated and project financing transactions. It also assists clients with matters concerning NPLs and has proven experience in working capital loans and recovery financing. The team also assists with regulatory matters, and is able to provide integrated tax advice and handle international transactions thanks to its membership of the Deloitte Legal network.

Volciuc-Ionescu has a well-reputed banking and finance practice demonstrating significant strength in acquisition finance and real estate finance matters, as well as in trade and commodity finance facilities. Volciuc-Ionescu has a strong track record of acting for lenders and boasts an impressive client list of domestic and international banks. It also assists with project financing, green loans and recovery packages. The team also represents clients in banking-related regulatory matters.

DLA Piper Dinu houses an international team assisting clients with a variety of banking and finance matters, such as acquisition financing in the energy sector and real estate financing, as well as with loan restructuring and working capital loans. The team is also experienced in advising financial sector clients on regulatory matters.