The firm has developed a strong practice in the Banking & Finance Department. A significant volume of high-value and profile international transactions related to acquisition and project finance, refinancing, real estate financing, syndicated and bilateral lending have been handled by the firm in the last years. We have acted as Cyprus law counsels for both lenders and borrowers, particularly on inward investment to CIS and Eastern Europe.

Clients we have acted for include European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, VTB, Eurasian Development Bank, HSBC, CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK POLSKA S.A. Alfa Bank Ukraine, Sberbank, Amsterdam Trade Bank, as well as a number of other major Cyprus and European banks and corporate borrowers.

We are the firm of choice for many high-profile creditors and corporate borrowers and have a track record of successfully managing large and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions and projects while delivering practical and commercial solutions to the clients.

Our banking and finance team assist lenders and borrowers in all stages of the structuring, implementation and formalization process of banking, financial and credit transactions. They conduct negotiations and draft the required legal documentation, including but not limited to, in connection with the financing and implementation of acquisitions of companies, industrial and real estate assets, syndicated loans and structured financing. They also provide legal assistance for the implementation of sureties and security interests as well as for the restructuring of financings and debts of distressed companies.