Filip & Company has helped RCS & RDS S.A. and the companies in its group, Digi Communications N.V., DIGI Tavkozlesi (RCS & RDS' Hungarian branch), Invitel Tavkozlesi Zrt, and DIGI Spain Telecom S.L.U. (RCS & RDS's Spanish branch) obtain two medium-term credit facilities worth a total of EUR 150 million and an incremental facility structure from a syndicate of Citigroup Europe plc - Dublin Romanian Branch, ING Bank N.V. Amsterdam Bucharest Branch, and Unicredit Bank S.A. Kinstellar and Allen & Overy advised the lenders.
"Digi is a group that never stops, not even in a year like this one," commented Filip & Co Partner Alexandru Birsan, who coordinated his firm's team on the deal. "They are constantly developing something, investing somewhere, and innovating, including in what concerns the financing structures they use. These facilities bring a series of new elements that make life easier for such an active company, including from a financial perspective."
In addition to Birsan, the Filip & Company team included Associates Rebecca Marina, Andreea Banica, and Diana Dinca.
Kinstellar’s team in Bucharest was coordinated by Partner Zsuzsa Csiki, and included Senior Associate Smaranda Vacaru and Associate Razvan Constantinescu.
Allen & Overy's deal team was led by Bratislava-based Counsel Attila Csongrady, supported by Senior Associate Peter Redo and Junior Associate Petra Dzubakova. The firm's team also included, in Amsterdam, Partner Aroen Kuitenbrouwer, Senior Associate Karin Hoenson-van den Berg, and Associate Iris van den Oord; in Madrid, Partner Juan Hormaechea and Associate Maria Ruiz-Gollury; and in Budapest, Counsel Karoly Foti and Junior Associate Richard Romsics.
