Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații has the Best Legal Team in Capital Markets
In 2007, our team has won the "Best Legal Team in Capital Markets" award “in recognition of the professional success in this business practice; team lead by Ștefan Damian, Deputy Managing Partner”.
Romania's commercial lawyers were awarded for their contribution to the success of the nation's economy in a ceremony organised by The Diplomat- Bucharest magazine on May 23rd. The Romanian Legal Awards 2007 recognised the outstanding professional success of law firms and individual teams in special projects and areas of practice as well as overall involvement in the development of the country's business climate, in the presence of the Minister of Justice Tudor Chiuariu.
Our lawyers in the capital markets department are highly experienced in a variety of capital markets issues, including debt, equity capital markets, fixed income etc.
We regularly advise issuers and underwriters in the debt capital markets on investment grade and high-yield bond offerings, convertible debt offerings, eurobond offerings and cross-border financings. Our commercial debt experience includes syndicated and single-bank credit lines, acquisition finance, institutional note placements and private offerings, structured finance, project finance, local finance and municipal bond issuance, off-balance sheet finance, capital leases and other debt and quasi-debt capital instruments. Our debt finance lawyers are familiar with a wide variety of debt instruments and have substantial experience in senior and subordinated debt, intercreditor issues and bridge financings.
As part of our extensive expertise in equity capital markets, we have assisted on all aspects of the initial public offering process, including structuring and implementing pre-offering corporate reorganizations, evaluating and implementing anti-takeover mechanisms, designing and drafting officer and director option plans and other equity participation arrangements, counselling regarding pre-offering publicity and related issues, preparing the prospectus and registration statement, working with the regulatory authorities to obtain registration, negotiating the underwriting terms and conditions, and coordinating the participation of selling stockholders in the offering.
Also, we advise clients on issues relating to standard industry forms or customizing industry forms for specialized constituencies, including pension funds or insurance companies. Our experience includes advising major investment banks in relation to structured derivatives transactions.