Schoenherr has advised the joint lead managers on Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark’s EUR 500 million issuance of mortgage-covered bonds. Wolf Theiss advised the issuer.

In June 2023, Kinstellar announced that the first step of OTP Bank's acquisition of Ipoteka Bank in Uzbekistan – the acquisition of a 73.71% stake from the state – (reported by CEE Legal Matters on December 22, 2022) had closed. 

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) gradually continues to lift martial law limitations for cross-border borrowings.

Eversheds Sutherland member Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners has advised the Bulgarian-American Credit Bank on a EUR 15 million private placement of senior non-preferred MREL notes.

Binder Groesswang has advised Austria Wirtschaftsservice on the launch of its new venture capital fund, AWS Gruenderfonds II, focusing on initial growth investments in innovative and sustainable technologies in Austria.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised Citibank and UK Export Finance on a GBP 26.3 million equivalent export loan provided to Ukraine under UKEF’s guarantee, to finance the reconstruction of bridges around Kyiv.