The Banking and Finance practice at PETERKA PARTNERS provides legal services that cover a comprehensive range of solutions, from drafting contractual documents to business and legal disputes. We have vast experience in representing banks and other financial institutions in the field of licensing and administrative proceedings before supervisory authorities and provide our clients with extensive know-how on the regulatory aspects of financial activities, including AML/CFT measures.
We conduct analyses of all aspects of financing, and business intentions from a regulatory perspective and offer a wide range of services on the financial market, including efficient debt collection. We provide comprehensive legal support for the preparation and analysis of contractual documents, with a focus on credit financing, restructuring and securities trading. The PETERKA PARTNERS Banking and Finance practice also provides legal advice in the field of crypto-assets and financial technology (FinTech) projects.
References
ACER
Advising Acer Sales International SA (part of Acer group, which is engaged in the production and distribution of IT products), in connection with a business partner's financial guarantee, including drafting of the financial guarantee and the capacity legal opinion on the business partner.
ACHMEA
Advising Union poisťovňa, a Slovak insurance company from Achmea Group, on the Czech legal regulation of insurance intermediaries, including the adaptation to Czech law of a model contract with intermediaries.
ALDESA
Initial review of a contract for work with a value of approx. €1 million, regarding the possibilities of challenging a provision requiring a bank guarantee for the client, one of the largest construction groups in Spain and Mexico.
AMERICAN SECURITIES
Advising Czech Unifrax (a company from Unifrax group – a leading producer of high temperature insulation products for a wide variety of industrial applications) in refinancing of the existing credit facilities with Goldman Sachs, releasing existing liens and terminating security instruments.
ASSOCIATION FAMILIALE MULLIEZ (AFM)
Comprehensive legal advice to Oney Ukraine, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Banque Accord, the financing unit of the French Auchan Group, in connection with its commercial activities in Ukraine (corporate, employment, financing) including assistance with the implementation of consumer credit models in Ukraine.
AWT
Advising AWT, a Slovak-based engineering group active in the area of design, development and construction of industrial waste water treatment plants, in a transaction involving the sale of a waste water treatment station to its customer, a Slovak subsidiary of the major European manufacturer of aluminium products. PETERKA & PARTNERS advised the client in contractual matters, including the negotiation of the terms and conditions of the sale with the purchaser and the related negotiations with the financing bank.
BELARUS INVESTMENT
Advising the British investment company Belarus Investment Ltd in connection with financing a project on building living quarters and administrative buildings in the city of Brest, including the conclusion of a subsidiary of the agency agreement for fundraising. The value is approximately 21.9 million EUR.
CREDIT MUTUEL
Legal assistance to the client, a major French bank, including assessment of existing contractual documentation, its revision and preparation of new ones, related to the provision of credit insurance to consumers in connection with the consumer credits concluded with a partner of the client.
EUROWAG
Legal advice to W.A.G. payment solutions, a.s., an important European integrated mobility services provider, in relation to the implementing of an incentive plan in the Slovak Republic.
FM
Long term legal advice to Flawless Money, a leading international provider of advisory and consulting services in the field of electronic money and payments. The legal advice provided by PETERKA & PARTNERS related, in particular, to the regulation of specific questions in the area payment services and electronic money in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Russia or Ukraine.
Advisory on regulatory aspects under Ukrainian law of using one of the world's most popular online payment systems for processing payment transactions of Ukrainian customers by multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS
Review of an agreement on cooperation between the client, a member of the Global Payments Group, a leading provider of card payment services, and its supplier, concerning the delivery and lease of payment terminals.
GMD
Advising G.M.D. PLAST, a member of the GMD Group, a leader in the metal and plastic forming industry, especially for the automotive industry, pertaining to the bank guarantee issued to guarantee obligations resulting from the sublease of non-residential premises. Legal assistance included commenting on the proposed text of the bank guarantee and assistance in negotiations with the other party.
HEURKENS & VAN VELUW
Comprehensive legal advice to Saltire, a Dutch company engaged in metal processing industry, in divesting their business share in a Slovak subsidiary in a transaction worth more than EUR 1.6 million. The legal services rendered by our team lead by Jan Makara comprised, among other, advisory on transaction structure, review and commenting on transactional documentation including bank financing and vendor loan as well as processing the transaction before Slovak authorities. The transaction was successfully closed in November 2017.
IVECO
Legal advisory services to Iveco Czech Republic, one of the leading producers of line buses in Europe, on preparing contract documents and a legal assessment of a transaction in connection with the planned supply of buses through a dealer and its financing by a leading Czech bank.
KBC GROUP
Advising Československá obchodná banka a.s., a member of KBC group, on an export finance facility for a Slovak client in the food sector.
Preparing security documents under Czech law for OTP Banka Slovensko, a.s., a Slovak bank and a member of KBC Group, with respect to the provision of a loan to the Czech borrower for purposes of the co-financing of costs connected with the modernization of electrical equipment for a municipality.
KKCG
Legal services to the Dutch company MND Samara Holding B.V., a mining company and a member of the KKCG group, in connection with capitalisation of intercompany loans. The value was approximately €10 million.
MARTIN RUDOLF GEIGER ATTORNEY
Providing legal assistance to one of the leading companies in the Austrian construction industry, related to a cash pooling arrangement. The assistance included review of the cash pooling agreement from the perspective of Croatian law and the related legal advisory.
MEKOPRINT
Comprehensive legal support to a Danish-based producer and global supplier of electronic wares, in financing its subsidiary in Ukraine. Our legal assistance included full-scale legal support in concluding a loan agreement, complying with the applicable regulatory requirements, and several increases to the principal amount of the loan.
MINDGEEK
Legal advisory and representation services to Superhippo Studios Limited, an international company in the IT field, in connection with the set-up of a limited liability company and with the creation of a security package encumbering the new entity’s bank accounts, shares and movable assets, in order to secure the financial obligations of companies belonging to the same group; assistance in registration with the relevant registers.
OPENSOFT SYSTEMS LIMITED
Legal advisory services provided to the Polish branch of Opensoft Systems Ltd., a UK specialist in industrial plant automation systems, with regard to the closing of the bank accounts of the branch.
ORTHO FRONT
Advising Ortho Front, a Czech supplier of medical equipment, in connection with the organization of cooperation with Belmedthechnika for the future supply of medical equipment in Belarus. As well as checking all of the necessary documentation of Orthofront Bel LLC, and preparation of a memorandum for the shareholders on its corporate status and representing Ortho Front s.r.o. between other shareholders of Orthofront Bel LLC.
RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL
Comprehensive legal advisory services to Raiffeisenbank, a renowned international bank, in connection with export financing transaction for a Slovak export company with the participation of the Slovak export-import bank EXIMBANKA Slovakia, and preparing and negotiating supplementary contractual documentation based on the requirement of the parties to modify the terms of financing.
Legal assistance to a major Czech bank in a debt restructuring of a traditional Czech fabric producer and consequent assistance with assignment of receivables.
REACHLAW
Legal support with the establishment of an LLC, assistance in obtaining tax ID numbers for members of the management board of the new LLC, preparation of services contracts for them, assistance with opening bank accounts, and obtaining a qualified electronic signature for the general director of the UA LLC.
SAXO BANK
Czech personal income tax advisory services for SAXO BANK, a global leader in online trading and investing. Our consultancy services included taxation of managed portfolios, stocks, bonds, ETFs, forex, futures, options, and other investment and leveraged products.
Our law firm advised a Danish bank, on regulatory matters under Czech legislation in connection with the provision of investment services to customers in the Czech Republic through its Czech branch. PETERKA PARTNERS has reviewed the applicable regulatory framework and provided input on the compliance and implementation requirements relevant to information obligations of the branch towards the Czech National Bank regarding Czech customers, and the information obligations of the branch towards customers in the Czech Republic.
SOUFFLET
Advising Etablissements J. Soufflet, a world-wide major player in agriculture, in connection with a financing project for the construction, acquisition, upgrade, expansion and operation of the grain storage and related grain handling facilities owned or to be owned by the Ukrainian and Polish companies initially held by Soufflet group companies.
SPAR NORD BANK
Legal assistance to Spar Nord Bank, one of the largest retail banks in Denmark, with respect to establishing securities of the loan agreements and the credit facility agreement governed by the laws of Denmark over the Polish assets owned by the debtor.
STELLANTIS
Comprehensive legal assistance to Banque PSA Finance, a company from the PSA group, in executing transaction documents concerning the sale of its Czech and Slovak subsidiaries (the companies PSA Finance Česká republika and PSA Finance Slovakia) to the company ESSOX from the Société Générale group. The services included consulting on antitrust issues and assistance related to merger notification.
TOYOTA
Comprehensive legal support to Toyota Financial Services (UK) Plc., in financing of the borrower – one of the biggest football clubs in Croatia. Our legal assistance included full-scale legal support in concluding a loan agreement up to 6,000,000 GBP, complying with the applicable regulatory requirements, and preparing a legal capacity opinion. Our legal assistance also included preparing and negotiating transaction security, issued in accordance with the applicable law of the Republic of Croatia.
WEB SHIELD LEGAL LIBRARY
Comprehensive and continuous advice to Web Shield Legal Library, a provider of merchant underwriting and monitoring solutions on the legal framework of cryptocurrencies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary, covering various aspects such as initial coin offering, cryptocurrency exchange and payment transactions with cryptocurrency. The advice covers a hot topic that is not clearly regulated, yet the regulation of which is increasing and will definitely be greater in the future, not only in the Czech Republic but also at the EU level, and the coordination of lawyers in other jurisditctions and the provision of an intergrated product to the client.
Advice to Web Shield Legal Library, a provider of merchant underwriting and monitoring solutions, on the legal framework of cryptocurrencies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary, on the local legal regulation of cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets after the adoption of the MiCA regulation, the coordination of lawyers in other jurisdictions, and the provision of an integrated product to the client.
YOLO
Complex legal assistance to a major foreign player in the field of broadcasting services, in setting up and launching its business in Ukraine. Our assistance covered the establishment of a legal presence in Ukraine, consultations on tax-related aspects of its business model, risk assessment of a lease agreement of premises for production, opening bank accounts, advising on ways of financing the company and supporting a loan from a non-resident, obtaining a work permit, a tax ID, and a visa for a non-resident manager, and change of the management of the company.
