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finance & corporate finance
Schoenherr's experts advise on all finance, corporate finance, structured finance-related and derivatives matters across the region.
“Their preparation is always highly precise and of high quality. [...] all colleagues at Schoenherr are highly competent and committed to their jobs, and these qualities can only result in them meeting the clients’ instructions and demands at the highest professional level."
Schoenherr advises on all relevant product groups of finance work, including origination (bilateral and syndicated, recourse and non-recourse as well as secured and unsecured loan transactions), refinancing transactions, debt restructuring, performing and distressed bank assets (including trading and servicing), regulatory capital issuances, funds, structured finance, derivatives and securitisations.
Its focus areas cover, in particular, acquisition, project and asset finance as well as green and ESG-linked finance products. Our lawyers act for major international and regional banks, direct lenders, other financial institutions (insurance companies, funds and asset managers), corporates (issuers, borrowers and sponsors), sovereigns and quasi-sovereigns. Chambers (2020), IFLR1000 (2021), Legal 500 (2020) and Germany's JUVE (2020) have all ranked Schoenherr's banking and finance practice as top tier.
finance
We have a proven track record in respect of all types of facilities (including syndicated lending) for a variety of purposes, e.g. bridge and/or super senior financing in the context of restructurings, financing for private acquisitions of equity or assets, financing for public takeovers, project finance (in particular energy and infrastructure), but also investment grade corporate lending as well as green and ESG-linked finance. Schoenherr is experienced in advising various parties: (arranging) lenders, (public and private sector) borrowers as well as sponsors (including private equity funds). The team has been on the forefront of many innovative transactions and is used to finding solutions to complex financing issues.
corporate finance
The group has significant and long standing know-how and experience in all types of acquisition finance (including financing in public takeover situations). Together with Schoenherr's corporate team, Schoenherr's banking team combines the various streams of a transaction (being mindful of timelines, takeover rules, stock exchange rules, ownership control regulation and securities laws). In this context, the team is also used to dealing with derivative instruments (such as options). We have a proven track record of financings combining a bond with a loan (and a common security pool). In addition, we regularly act for borrowing and issuing groups on other aspects of corporate finance, including cash pooling arrangements.
asset finance
Our dedicated team for asset finance combines industry know-how and expertise in particular with a track-record of real estate and property development finance, but also various other asset classes such as aircraft finance, rolling stock finance or commodity finance (e.g. natural gas, oil or grains). The team has advised borrowers, senior lenders as well as mezzanine providers and regularly facilitates transactions with AIFs, pension funds, insurance companies or other institutional investors acting as sponsors.
derivatives and structured finance
Being counsel to a number of industry organisations, amongst them ISDA, FIA Europe, the British Banker's Association, Bundesverband Deutscher Banken e.V. and the Austrian Economic Chambers (WKO), the team draws on a breadth of experience and expertise in the area of derivatives. We are consistently involved into derivatives transactions with international, Austrian and CEE counterparties. The team also advises on structured finance transactions including securitisations (true sale and synthetic) of various types of asset classes, and other forms of repackaged debt, where we have pioneered a number of new structures, as well as covered bonds transactions.
our services
- finance
- corporate finance
- real estate and other project and asset finance
- derivatives, structured finance and securitisation
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News from Moldova: one more piece of legislation to combat delayed payment in commercial transactions
On 22 April 2025, Law No. 66/2025 on combating delayed performance of payment obligations in contracts between professionals or between professionals and public authorities was published ("Law No. 66"). Although Law No. 66 is meant to transpose certain norms from European Directive 2011/7/EU and essentially repeats the wording from the Civil Code of Moldova that is currently in force, the legislation is meant to further strengthen the enforceability of payment obligations in commercial transactions (including with foreign counterparts). Law No. 66 will enter into force on 22 October 2025.
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Austria: Schoenherr advises RBI on financing of the acquisition of shares in RWA
Schoenherr advised Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) on the drafting and negotiation of the documentation for financing the acquisition of a 47.53 % stake in RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft (RWA) by an affiliated company of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Handel und Vermögensverwaltung eGen. The purchase price amounts to EUR 176m.
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Financing in times of crisis
Banking and finance analysis: The banking and finance experts of Schoenherr Attorneys at Law have compiled a comprehensive Central and Eastern European overview of the practical legal implications to be considered in finance transactions in the context of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID19).
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NPL directive info corner
This info corner offers insights into the current status of the NPL Directive adoption, and the implications for selling banks, credit servicers and purchasers under the new regulatory framework.
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