Banking and Finance

 

• Legal assistance to an international financial institution in connection with a risk-sharing facility with several commercial banks under the Albanian Agribusiness and Tourism Support Facility, a joint framework supported by the European Union and Government of Albania, aimed at improving access to finance for small and medium-sized businesses.

 

• Legal due diligence on behalf of an international banking group for the acquisition of a Greek bank operating in Albania.

 

• Legal assistance to a Greek Bank on the sale of its shares owned in the share capital of its subsidiary in Albania. Advised on the Albanian law aspects of the transaction, including the review of the Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA), drafting the transfer deed, and advice on regulatory compliance, banking, competition law, corporate matters, and civil law.

 

• Legal assistance to an international financial institution in connection with a loan for financing the installation of a floating photovoltaic plant on the Vau i Dejes hydropower plant reservoir.

 

• Legal assistance with regard to several financings including the financing for the construction of the new national stadium and the financing for the construction, maintenance and operation of the national strategic highway of Milot – Morine, along with the construction and operation of several hydropower plants. Legal due diligence on the borrowers and guarantors, drafting loan agreements, preparing security agreements, including mortgages over existing and future assets, and verifying compliance with closing conditions.

 

• Legal advisor to a U.S. based international organization for the review of the legal and regulatory framework and provision of recommendations relating to the introduction of factoring in Albania.

 

• Legal due diligence on behalf of a national bank to facilitate financing for a domestic company's acquisition of shares in Tirana International Airport.

 

• Legal assistance and advice on day-to-day banking operations, including legal opinions regarding banking regulations, corporate governance, commercial, administrative, insurance, and guarantee matters. Legal support in drafting contracts for financial instruments, as well as loan agreements and collateral security contracts.

 

• Legal due diligence for a Greek insurance company regarding its acquisition of shares in an Albanian insurance company.

 

• Tax and legal due diligence for a national bank regarding its acquisition by an Italian bank.

 

• Legal due diligence for an international financial group with shares in a national bank, in connection with an IPO (initial public offering) on an international stock exchange.

 

• Legal advice to an international bank regarding the provision of transactional services to institutional clients in Albania.

 

• Tax and legal advice to an Austrian bank operating in Albania in connection with the tax and legal implications of a financial leasing matter.

 

• Legal and tax advice to a global financial services firm on the Albanian legal, regulatory, and tax framework governing the Central Bank of Albania's securities lending program.

 

• Legal advice to a global investment bank with regard to the local legal framework governing the buying and selling of government bonds in Albania.

 

• Legal advice to the Ministry of Finance together with one of the biggest commercial banks in Europe regarding the privatization of INSIG, the largest state-owned insurance company in Albania.

 

• Legal advice to a French Commercial Bank on a Voluntary Public Offer in relation to the acquisition of the majority shareholding in a Greek second tier bank operating in Albania.

 

• Tax due diligence for an international insurance company in connection with the acquisition of shares in one of the largest insurance companies in Albania and its subsidiaries in Kosovo and North Macedonia.

 

• Tax and legal due diligence for a second-tier bank in Kosovo in relation to an acquisition.

 

• Legal assistance in relation to a syndicated loan from a German financial institution and a local bank to one of the biggest local steel companies.

 

• Legal due diligence for a Hungarian bank in connection with the acquisition of the state-owned bank namely “Savings Bank of Albania” in the context of its privatization.

 

• Legal advice to international financial institutions in connection with the acquisition of equity in the Albanian state-owned insurance company namely INSIG

 

• Legal advice to the Ministry of the Economy, Trade, and Energy of Albania in the drafting of the factoring law.

 

• Legal assistance to an international financial institution regarding the partial acquisition of a Turkish second tier bank.

 

• Ongoing legal advice to a number of national banks and international financial institutions operating in Albania.