Katerina Kraeva
Wolf TheissWolf Theiss acts on both the lender and borrower side on a range of complex financing transactions and projects, corporate bond issuances and financial compliance and regulatory advice in the areas of AI and digitalisation projects, where the team acts for a series of Bulgarian banks, investment funds, financial services companies and corporates. Katerina Kraeva, who is experienced in acquisition and project finance as well as regulatory matters, and Richard Clegg, who advises on diverse financing transactions, jointly lead the team.
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Key clients
- Allianz Bulgaria
- Renalfa
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Belozem Solar Park
- Lion's Head Investments
- J.P. Morgan Securities (JP Morgan)
- DSK Bank
- Sunotec Group
Work highlights
- Assisting Allianz Bank with the Bulgarian aspects of structuring and negotiating a EUR 280m synthetic securitisation instrument with the EIB and EIF.
- Acting as a lead adviser to Belozem Solar Park as a borrower on above EUR 125m project financing granted by DSK Bank for the acquisition and development of one a photovoltaic plant, with an installed capacity of 123 MWp in Western Bulgaria.
- Advising the financing institutions involved in EUR 280m financing of Sofia Airport concession, Bulgaria's largest airport, on structural changes related to the concession site and the decision by the Council of Ministers to designate the entire territory within the Concession Agreement as a Site of National Importance.
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Katerina Kraeva, Richard Clegg