Adina Damaschin
Schoenherr si Asociatii SCASchoenherr si Asociatii SCA has ‘an excellent banking and finance team, long established as one of the powerhouses in this area in Romania’. The group handles the full range of banking and finance work, including domestic and cross-border financing and refinancing matters, project finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance, debt restructuring and NPL transactions. Practice head Matei Florea has been kept busy handling investments in distressed bank assets and debt restructuring matters for both lenders and borrowers. Counsel Adina Damaschin assists with cross-border financing. Alexandra Pop and Francesca Buta are names to note.
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‘Strong team, hard working and adaptable.’
‘Matei Florea is one of the best banking and finance lawyers in Romania, available to find solutions and to maximize the negotiation results.’
‘Part of an international law firm, Schoenherr și Asociații SCA has an excellent banking & finance team. They are long established as one of the powerhouses in this area in Romania. They advise on debt restructuring, (local and cross-border) financing, financial services regulatory and in general all kinds of banking related legal projects.’
‘Matei Florea and his team are very responsive and easy to work with. Matei is a leading banking & finance name in Romania, someone you positively want as your external counsel in sophisticated projects.’
‘They have in depth knowledge of deal particularities and are very strong in negotiations of the transaction documentation.’
‘You go to Schoenherr Romania if you need first-rate legal advice on banking and finance legal matters. They cover everything a lender might need, from lending to regulatory to special situations and they do it impeccably. We have worked with them in complex cross-border projects and they have always risen up to the challenge.’
‘Matei Florea is our go-to banking and finance legal advisor in Romania. He is a standout lawyer combining knowledge and client-focused approach. He is super responsive and builds excellent interpersonal relations.’
‘The Schoenherr Romania team has proved that it is highly capable of drafting and implementing legal documentation for complex financial transactions under time pressure and with frequently changing requirements and has a thorough knowledge of regulation in both the banking and the energy industries. It is also a legal firm that performs all legal due diligence activities thoroughly and presents its findings in a highly transparent form. Besides these main requirements, Schoenherr also proved to be flexible and has a low response time in providing support to us as clients in any matters.’
Key clients
- Banca Comerciala Romana
- DDM Holding
- DZ Bank
- EOS Group
- Enery
- Pehart Tec
Work highlights
- Advised EOS on launching, together with the International Finance Corporation, a platform for NPLs and distressed real estate in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania and Serbia.
- Advised DDM Holding on the acquisition of a NPL portfolio from Intrum, valued at over €1bn.
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Matei Florea
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Matei Florea