Kristina Lyubenova
Attorney at law
Schoenherr
More informationThe team at Schoenherr advises financial institutions, corporate clients and regulatory bodies on a range of complex mandates. The team covers the full range of financial services, with its strengths lying in high-end financial regulatory work, transactional advice and in project and acquisition finance. The firm increasingly works with international fintech companies. Practice head Tsvetan Krumov advises banks and other financial institutions on regulatory matters, and is supported by Milena Gabrovska, who is well versed in domestic and cross-border transactions, and Kristina Lyubenova, who supports private investors and financial institutions with project financings and transactions.
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Key clients
- RGREEN Invest SAS
- Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI)
- Capital One Financial Corporation
- MET Group
- Citibank Europe Plc (Bulgaria Branch)
- ING Bank NA – Bulgarian branch
- UniCredit Bulbank AD, Bulgaria
- Credit Suisse
- ProCredit Bank AG
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- China Development Bank
- United Group
- BNP PARIBAS (Suisse) S.A.
- Société Générale Group
- European Investment Bank
- J.P. Morgan Securities plc
- Ares Management Limited
- Business Park Sofia EOOD
- OTP Bank Plc, Hungary
Work highlights
- Advised United Group on ca EUR 2bln notes issuances.
- Advised the EBRD, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria and DG REFORM of the European Commission on a one-year landmark legislative project assisting the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance with the preparation and adoption of a comprehensive legal framework for close-out netting in Bulgaria.
- Advised RGREEN Invest SAS on EUR 140m equity investment on a joint venture in the legal form of an Austrian limited liability company (GmbH).
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Leading associates
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Tsvetan Krumov
Partner.
Practice head
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Tsvetan Krumov