Monia Dobrescu
Monia Dobrescu is particularly qualified in banking & finance, her expertise spanning all aspects of general finance and banking law, contractual relationships, syndicated loans and compliance, with special focus on project finance transactions. She assisted major international players and leading financial groups in relation to various loan restructuring projects, financing and refinancing schemes, project and asset financing and securitization.
Monia achieved substantial experience also in real estate & construction projects, having been involved in a large number of high profile real estate projects and acting for landlords, tenants, lenders, developers, main contractors and various consultants. She advised on a broad range of legal issues, including FIDIC, regulatory matters and authorizations, private equity funds, property portfolio restructuring, as well as real estate securities and was involved in all stages of the transactions, from due diligence investigations to post–closing matters.
Her experience spans on corporate and commercial matters, ranging from special corporate vehicles to corporate liability, shareholding and share capital issues, spin–off procedures and an extremely wide range of commercial agreements and legal matters.
Show moreA selection of recent mandates include advising:
- La Caixa (Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona), a leading Spanish savings bank, in connection with the structuring of various multi–million project finance deals via its banking branch network established in Romania.
- ING Real Estate Development investment division on Romanian market of ING Bank, in relation to various real estate residential and mixed–use schemes developments in Romania exceeding EUR 250,000,000.
- Grupo Lar, a leading Spanish real estate developer, in connection with various land acquisitions in Bucharest and Cluj and development of residential compounds with a project investment value in excess of EUR 200,000,000.
- BNP Paribas (Suisse) in relation to various financing and related collateralization (amounting over USD 600,000,000 ) for supporting the business operations of several oil trading companies.
- Crédit Suisse Agricole in connection with credit facilities (and related security package) in excess of USD 100,000,000 granted to a major player in the oil trading industry.
- ING Belgium, Brussels, Geneva Branch, in relation to financing of major oil trading companies for a total amount exceeding USD 150,000,000 and correspondent security package falling under Romanian law.
- Société Générale, in connection with credit securitization falling under Romanian law, with a total amount in excess of 75,000,000 USD.
- Valad Property Group (former Teesland iOG) – with respect to a EUR 100,000,000 syndicated loan facility for the financing of the acquisition of industrial outlets in Romania.
- Hypo Alpe Adria, a leading European financing groups in relation to various multimillion real estate projects finance, including the enforcement and realization of security interests.
- Grupo Puentes, a Spanish construction company, with respect to the development of four major infrastructure projects with a total value of approx. EUR 50,000,000.
- Tornator, a leading Finnish forest management group, with respect to its acquisitions of various forest lands in Romania, with a total amount of over EUR 40,000,000.
- Atrium European Real Estate, a leading company focused on owning, operating and developing shopping centers in Central and Eastern Europe, in real estate issues linked to the dispute between Atrium and the Austrian lender Meinl Bank.
- Central European Industrial Fund (CEIF) on the acquisition of the industrial project Phoenix Business Park from developer Phoenix Real Estates.
- PPF Partners, one of the largest funds in Europe, in connection with the acquisition of Continental S.A. and other private acquisitions in Romania, with a value in excess of EUR 100,000,000.
- Immofinanz AG with regard to various real estate projects refinancing in excess of EUR 44,000,000 made available by Erste Bank AG in relation to certain projects developed by the client in Bucharest.
- Equest Partners Limited in relation to a EUR 40,000,000 syndicated term loan facility made available by Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG and Unicredit Tiriac Bank SA for the development of a retail & commercial park within Vitandis Shopping Centre Bucharest.
- GMAC Commercial Finance Plc., with respect to facility loans granted to the German company, Bäumler AG, secured by inventory held in Romania.
- Erste Bank, one of the major Austrian private banks, with regard to EUR 12,000,000 term loan facility granted in view of the refinance of the acquisition, renovation and refurbishment of an office building located in Bucharest.
- DMA, shareholder of Deva Logistics Center, which develops one of the largest logistics centers in the country, for land acquisitions matters and conclusion of title insurance.
- Anchor Real Estate Development, a major local real estate developer, in relation to restructuring of the lease agreements concluded for their shopping centers in Bucharest.
- Bel Rom, one of the main investors in the Romanian retail market holding an impressive portfolio of retail parks and shopping centers in the main secondary cities, in relation to various issues concerning retail and commercial mixed use scheme projects developed on the local market.
Show morePublications
- “Questions and Answers” Romania Chapter (PLC Corporate Real Estate Handbook, 2011)
- Contributor to yearbooks and newsletters for various directories and law guides