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CEE Finance and Capital Markets Workshops 2022

Freshfields is hosting its annual CEE Finance and Capital Markets Workshops from Thursday, 13 October to Friday, 14 October 2022 as a live event (with a dial-in option) offering breakfast, four one-hour sessions, networking coffee breaks, 30-minute live only discussion rounds and lunch as well as a sanctions update over the course of a laden 1,5 days.

This year's workshop will focus on the impact of geopolitics and macroeconomics on banking, finance and capital markets in CEE. Our speakers from across the CEE region from 15 different countries will cover legal and commercial trends in the banking, finance and capital markets sectors and provide exciting insights into the various markets of the CEE region.

Attendance to this hybrid event is free of charge.

There are still online spaces available, if you are interested in registering, please contact: CEEFinanceandCapitalMarketsWorkshopTeam@freshfields.com

Agenda

Thursday, 13 October 2022

09:30-10:00

Arrival and Networking Breakfast
10:00-10:30

Welcome and Keynotes

  • Florian Klimscha – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 
  • Christian Beynio – Head of Specialized Lending, CEE/UniCredit S.p.A.
10:30-11:30

Infrastructure investments
Financing strategies as engine for the green transition and energy independency

  • Tomas Kontautas – Sorainen, Baltics
  • John Fenemore – Lakatos, Köves and Partners, Hungary
  • Dragoljub Cibulić – BDK, Serbia
  • Martin Kříž – PRK Partners, Slovakia                                          

Moderator: Anouschka Zagorski, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-12:30

Discussion Round- live only
Funding opportunities in fuelling the transition

  • Kätlin Krisak – Sorainen, Baltics
  • Damian Simeonov – Boyanov & Co., Bulgaria
  • Szabolcs Mestyán – Lakatos, Köves and Partners, Hungary
  • Dragoljub Sretenović – BDK, Serbia
  • Martin Kříž – PRK Partners, Slovakia
  • Mathias Lehner – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Austria
12:30-14:00

Networking lunch
14:00-15:00

Drive to innovation
From digitisation to digital transformation in the banking sector

  • Damian Simeonov – Boyanov & Co., Bulgaria
  • Boris Šavorić – Šavorić & Partners, Croatia
  • Łukasz Gasiński – Rymarz Zdort, Poland                                                    
  • Yeşim Bezen – Bezen & Partners, Türkiye                                       

Moderator: Friedrich Jergitsch, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
15.00-15.45

Sanctions update

  • Friedrich Jergitsch – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Lukas Pomaroli – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
15:45-16:00

Coffee break
16:00-17:00

Managing the crisis
Distressed financing and restructuring as financial burden or opportunity to prepare for the future

  • Radan Kubr – PRK Partners, Czech Republic
  • Mia Kalaš – Šelih & partnerji, Slovenia
  • Bohdan Dmukhovskyy – Aequo, Ukraine

Moderator: Florian Klimscha, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
17:00-17:30

Discussion Round – live only
Restructuring trends reforming the landscape

  • Radan Kubr – PRK Partners, Czech Republic
  • Mia Kalaš – Šelih & partnerji, Slovenia
  • Yulia Kyrpa – Aequo, Ukraine
  • Magda Pyzik – Rymarz Zdort, Poland
  • Jasmin Julia Denk – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Austria
17:30-17:45

Closing remark

Florian Klimscha – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Friday, 14 October 2022

09:30-10:00

Arrival and Networking Breakfast
10:00-10:30

Welcome and Keynote

  • Peter Allen, Doug Smith – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

  • Dr. Andrei Radulescu – Banca Transilvania
10:30-11:30

Opportunity through volatility
Leveraging liability management exercises to level-up capital markets possibilities

  • Valentin Voinescu – NNDKP, Romania
  • Filip Leśniak – Rymarz Zdort, Poland
  • Yulia Kyrpa  – Aequo, Ukraine

Moderator: Stephan Pachinger, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
11:30-12:00

Coffee break
12:00-12:30

Discussion Round – live only
Expectations for upgraded capital raisings

  • Mia Lazić – Šavorić & Partners, Croatia
  • Valentin Voinescu – NNDKP, Romania
  • Filip Leśniak – Rymarz Zdort, Poland
  • Yulia Kyrpa – Aequo, Ukraine
  • Vici Bazil/Christian Jöllinger – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Austria
12:30-12:45

Closing remarks

Stephan Pachinger – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
12:45-14:00

Networking lunch

 

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