Kresimira Kruslin
Schoenherr in cooperation with Croatian lawyersSchoenherr in cooperation with Croatian lawyers operates its Croatian banking, finance and capital markets practice from the Zagreb office. The team’s expertise centres on matters such as bilateral and syndicated loan lending, structured debt financing, acquisition and real estate and project financing projects, and NPL sale and purchase transactions. The practice frequently carries out mandates for larger European international and regional banks and investment funds, financial services, insurance businesses and real estate financing companies. Industry sectors which the firm’s clients come from include energy, industrial production and manufacturing. The team often carry out cross-jurisdictional advisory work, including for Dutch and French entities requiring Croatian law input. Practice head Kresimira Kruslin has particular proficiency in advising on significant real estate finance projects, while Lea Mužić contributes a deep knowledge of regulatory issues in relation to renewable energy projects.
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Key clients
- European Commodity Clearing (ECC)
- Nexi S.p.A.
- OTP Bank Plc.
- ISDA
- Mirova
- RP Global
- Cementos Molins
- Deutsche Bank
- UniCredit Group
- Raiffeisenbank Group
- ERSTE Group
- EBRD – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Intesa group
- Privredna Banka Zagreb d.d.
- Rabobank
Work highlights
- Acting as the ISDA counsel for Croatia and the author of all the published Croatian opinions (netting/collateral/e-contract).
- Advising Rabobank on the validity and enforceability of its claims under the Dutch law governed loan facility agreement and local security documents, including the floating charge over assets of the Croatian guarantor.
- Provided legal counsel and issued legal opinion to European Commodity Clearing (ECC) on enforceability of netting, enforcement and collateral clearing measures under ECC's clearing conditions in insolvency proceedings over Croatian clearing members.
Lawyers
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Practice head
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Krešimira Krušlin