With ‘specialist expertise in the insurance sector,’ Wolf Theiss is experienced in representing a range of international and local clients across the CEE region, including investors, lenders, borrowers and sponsors. The team covers a broad service including leveraged finance, real estate finance and project finance, which head of the practice Rudolf Pfeffer excels at, alongside covering loan portfolio disposals and aircraft finance matters. The department also covers financial regulatory matters, having advised international clients on issues related to MIFID II, CRD IV, PSD2 and AML.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very responsive and specialist expertise in the insurance sector.’

  • ‘Rudolf Pfeffer is an exceptional specialist, always calm and professional, and able to manage any situation with the counterparts. Rudolf was a pleasure to work with and could be a real role model for any lawyer. We are very much looking to cooperate with Rudolf again.’

Key clients

  • Erste Group Bank
  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • Slovenská sporiteľňa
  • ING Bank

Work highlights

  • Advising Erste Group Bank, Erste Bank Croatia, Česká spořitelna, and Slovenskásporiteľňa with regard to the establishment of a multi-issuer programme for the issuance of notes for MREL and own funds purposes.
  • Advising Slovenská sporiteľňa as issuer in connection with a syndicated issuance.
  • Advising Erste Group Bank AG as arranger in connection with the update of a debt issuance programme of Slovenská sporiteľňa under which the issuer may issue (i) covered bonds, (ii) preferred senior notes, (iii) non-preferred senior notes, and (iv) subordinated notes issued as Tier 2 capital instruments.

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Rudolf Pfeffer