Practice Experience
Stanislava Valientová has focused her practice and experience mainly in the areas of banking, financing and capital markets. She has assisted major Slovak banks and various multinational and domestic companies with structuring, negotiation and documentation of bilateral and syndicated financing, project financing and real estate financing, both local and cross-border, and securitization.
Ms. Valientová has also obtained considerable experience in the fields of Eurobond issues, developing projects, real estate transactions, and in the area of mergers and acquisitions.
Real Estate Financing
In the area of real estate financing, Ms. Valientová recently participated in a number of significant transactions, including assistance to the following companies:
- ČSOB, a.s., in connection with €144.7 million and SKK 205 million syndicated loan provided to a member of the J&T Group in order to finance the construction and operation of River Park, a multi-functional project in Bratislava including high-standard administrative, residential and retail premises, and a hotel;
- Erste Bank, in connection with €51 million syndicated loan provided to a major Hungarian real estate developer in order to finance the construction and operation of Lakeside Office Park at Nové Mesto, a district of Bratislava;
- Slovenská sporiteľňa, a.s., in connection with the extension and restructuring of a €80 million bilateral loan originally provided to a major real estate developer in Slovakia in order to finance the construction and operation of an administrative project in Bratislava;
- Všeobecná úverová banka, a.s., in connection with the contemplated restructuring, extension and syndication of a loan originally provided to the biggest German developer to finance the construction and operation of a major shopping mall investment project in Nitra;
- Senec Warehouse Park s.r.o., a special-purpose vehicle formed by American, Czech and Slovak real estate developers, in connection with a loan provided to finance the acquisition of land and construction of a logistic centre.
Project Financing and Capital Markets
In the areas of project financing and capital markets, Ms. Valientová has been involved in a number of significant multinational transactions, including assistance to the following companies:
- Budamar Transport Limited, in connection with €21.6million term loan facility provided for the financing of the acquisition of a major Slovak shipping company;
- Deutsche Bank AG London, in connection with the establishment and perfection of the security over shares of a major Slovak paper-based packaging company in order to secure a €3.8 billion syndicated financing provided to a major Irish-based manufacturer of paper-based packaging products for its acquisition of and merger with a major Netherlands-based manufacturer of packaging products to form the largest paper packaging firm in Europe;
- BNP Paribas and Lehman Brothers, in connection with the preparation of the 2006 Slovak Republic €2 billion EMTN Programme and subsequent issue of the first tranche of the Slovak Republic's Eurobonds with a value of €1 billion maturing in 2021, with a fixed interest rate of four percent.
Bars and Courts
Slovak Bar Association
Education
LLM, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Certificate in European Law and Economics, Economic University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Master's degree, Comenius University School of Law, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Languages
Slovak Czech English German
Citizenship
Slovak Republic
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