Madirazza & Partners

The firm: Madirazza & Partners is a full-service law firm specialising in corporate law and business transactions, established in 2000 in Zagreb by the managing partner Josip Madirazza. The firm is now one of the leading law firms in Croatia covering banking, industrial, commercial, service and energy sectors. The firm has distinguished itself with its role as advisor in several most significant transactions and projects in Croatia to date. In addition to providing advice in complex M&A and financing deals, the firm is especially recognized for its specific expertise in renewable energy, cross-border investment as well as bankruptcy and restructuring.

The firm’s particular advantage is its membership in the prominent regional legal network ADRIALA – an alliance of top-tier regional law firms who cooperate and provide harmonized services in 10 jurisdictions to international clients. The firm also maintains close contacts with major international law firms and is often engaged on joint mandates regarding Croatian law matters.

Its team of lawyers is highly specialized in a variety of practice areas, enabling it to offer expert advisory services to the highest professional standard.

Areas of practice: The firm provides its clients with expertise in the following practices and industries: corporate law, governance, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, banking and finance, capital markets, project and infrastructure finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, real estate law, arbitration, litigation, renewable energy, industrial and consumer products, healthcare, hospitality and leisure, labour and employment law.

The firm’s clients include multinational enterprises, domestic and international corporations, public institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The firm regularly acts for banks, investment funds and corporations from various sectors.

The firm has great experience in bankruptcy, corporate restructuring and refinancing procedures. The firm advised a number of the leading Croatian listed companies on issues such as the restructuring of their €1bn debt as well as on their share capital increases and public offerings valued altogether at more than €100m. The firm has advised major financial creditors of AGROKOR Group in successfully completed restructuring procedure.

The firm advised on transactions in the hospitality sector, such as the landmark sale of a major hotel company in Istria for €120m, which has been recorded as the largest ever M&A transaction in Croatia.

Madirazza & Partners is a sought-after advisor in the field of renewable energy project development and finance. The firm has been acting as legal advisor in the development and financing of a number of wind parks, which have all been successfully developed.

Madirazza & Partners advised a Croatian mandatory pension fund on the Croatian government’s process of granting motorway concessions for the operation and maintenance of highways to private operators, for a period of 30 to 50 years and with a one-time concession fee between €2.4 to €3.2bn.

Madirazza & Partners has a standing dispute resolution and arbitration practice, being one of the few Croatian law firms with significant experience in domestic and international commercial arbitration. Madirazza & Partners also runs a strong debt enforcement department with over 150,000 active cases.