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Clifford Chance Badea advised the banks in connection with Banca Transilvania's ESG bonds issue that attracted EUR 700 million from international markets
The legal team included Partner Mădălina Rachieru-Postolache, Head of the Bucharest Capital Markets practice, Radu Ropotă (Of-Counsel) and Martha Busuiocescu (lawyer) from the Clifford Chance Badea office, as well as Kate Vyvyan (Partner) and Russell Harris (Senior Associate) from the Clifford Chance London office.
The issue, oversubscribed in a few hours, represents the second ESG issue launched by Banca Transilvania within its multi-annual Eurobond programme (Medium Term Notes - MTN) worth EUR 1.5 billion.
The Clifford Chance Badea lawyers have been involved in all the issues launched so far under the two programmes of Banca Transilvania.
A team coordinated by Partner Mădălina Rachieru-Postolache advised the arrangers Morgan Stanley and BT Capital Partners in connection with the establishment of Banca Transilvania's first MTN Programme, of EUR 1 billion, as well as in relation to the inaugural offer of EUR 500 million launched within the programme.
At the end of last year, a multi-jurisdictional team of lawyers from Bucharest and London advised the arrangers JP Morgan SE, Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, ING Bank N.V and BT Capital Partners, as co-manager, in connection with the launch of Banca Transilvania's second MTN programme of EUR 1.5 billion and the bank's first ESG bonds issue of EUR 500 million. The MREL bonds were listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange.
Partner Mădălina Rachieru-Postolache and coordinator of the Bucharest Capital Markets practice says: "Medium Term Notes programmes are beneficial for all capital market players, from issuers to investors. Our team boasts an impressive track record of such projects, and we are happy to notice a growing interest in this area. The current transaction gave us the opportunity to once again work with Banca Transilvania, an experienced bond issuer with which we have a long collaborative relationship, but also with the large international financial institutions alongside which we have been driving the development of Romania's financing market for almost 20 years, through numerous successful projects finalized by high-profile issuers."
Of-Counsel Radu Ropotă notes: "This transaction adds to an important portfolio of projects with a green component, in line with Clifford Chance's commitment to actively support sustainability efforts. We congratulate Banca Transilvania for a new successful transaction on international markets and we thank all the teams involved for an exemplary collaboration."
Fully integrated in the Clifford Chance global network, the Bucharest Capital Markets practice has a portfolio of numerous first-of-their-kind projects, as well as some of the most representative transactions in Romania, being credited by the major international legal guides as one of the top law firms specialized in this practice area (Tier 1 category).
The recent portfolio includes major debt and equity transactions such as:
Clifford Chance Badea advises shares and bond issuers as well as arranger syndicates in capital markets transactions. Projects are often advised by multi-jurisdictional teams that generate an optimal mix of local expertise and global know-how. Where needed, clients benefit from a full-service English and American law practice.
Furthermore, lawyers constantly advise the companies they work with in relation to compliance and alignment with capital market legislation on various aspects such as market abuse, the legal framework related to privileged/insider information the obligation to launch mandatory public offers, transparency obligations, etc.
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Clifford Chance has been present in Romania since 2006 and operates now as Clifford Chance Badea. The Bucharest office is fully integrated in the global network and is frequently involved in complex transactions such as syndicated loans, project finance, restructurings, Eurobonds and shares issues on international capital markets, derivatives, companies' acquisitions by strategic investors or private equity funds, infrastructure and motorway projects, real estate investments etc., as well as domestic and international litigation and arbitration.
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