Banking / Securities / Finance

The sophisticated legal advice and the highly professional approach of our lawyers make legal services in the areas of banking, securities, financial and capital markets one of the most important expertise of RELEVANS.

In addition to the renowned transaction lawyers, also a highly specialized group of lawyers is engaged in banking and finance, who have acquired their experience during their previous jobs in banks and financial groups, as well as studying banking and financial law. They use their knowledge and experience to advice banks, financial institutions, companies regulated on financial markets as well as other entities when financing various projects and transactions.

Basic division of legal services provided

Advice on transaction financing

• project financing, acquisition financing, syndicated loans, factoring and forfaiting transactions, PPP project financing and others

Advice on banking and finance regulation

• issues related to the operation and functioning of banks, licenses, payment service providers, securities traders and insurance companies

 Securities

• issuance of shares (IPOs), issuance of bonds on domestic and foreign markets, listing of securities for trading on regulated markets, takeover bids, squeeze-outs, and sell-outs, etc.

 

Selected reference transactions and legal advice  

Financing

• provision of comprehensive legal services to a debtor in connection with the syndicate refinancing of the EUROVEA project by a consortium of banks led by Tatra banka as the arranging bank in the amount of EUR 250 million
• provision of comprehensive legal services to a consortium of banks led by Poštová banka in connection with the refinancing of loans to BENESTRA
• provision of comprehensive legal advice to a debtor in connection with the financing of the construction of the Zuckermandel project by the Československá obchodná banka and a consortium of banks led by Poštová banka
• provision of comprehensive legal services to a debtor in connection with the refinancing of the TOWER 115 project by Všeobecná úverová banka and Československá obchodná banka

 

Securities

• provision of comprehensive legal advice to a single subscriber in respect of issuance of bonds with the transaction volume of EUR 120.5 million
• provision of comprehensive legal advice to an arranger on issuance of bonds with the transaction volume of EUR 135 million
• provision of comprehensive legal services to an issuer in issuance of bonds with the transaction volume of EUR 100 million
• provision of comprehensive legal services to a future buyer and security providers in connection with the purchase of bonds in volume of EUR 10 million

 

Regulatory and other

• provision of comprehensive legal advice to a debt collection company when obtaining a license from the National Bank of Slovakia for providing consumer credits without any limitation of scope of provision thereof
• provision of legal advice to a management company of a foreign alternative investment fund
• provision of comprehensive legal advice to a foreign bank in relation to clients having their registered office or permanent residence in the Slovak Republic
• performance of a legal audit of a bank, including the assessment of providing loans and consumer credits, deposits and other banking transactions, and issues associated with the supervision of the National Bank of Slovakia