Practice Overview

The need for professionals with trust-inspiring experience has never been greater. Our firm can deliver seamless advice, no matter where your main place of business is. From bonds to investment structuring, privatizations to exit strategies, we are here to turn your ambitions into reality.

Debt Capital Markets

Whether you are acting as an issuer, arranger, underwriter, dealer or lead manager, fund or investment manager, servicer, trustee or agent, you can rely on the seasoned European team at Dentons to deliver sophisticated advice at every stage of the process including:

• Corporate bond issuance programs (both private placement and public issues)
• Financing in the public sector, both central and local government
• Project bonds
• EMTN programs
• Subordinated bonds
• Covered bonds

Equity Capital Markets

Our team offers insight and expertise in equity fundraising and other stock exchange transactions, and we can assist in the efficient, proactive delivery of IPOs and secondary listings for both issuers and their advisors. Our main categories of work are:

• IPOs/fundraising
• Takeovers/reverse takeovers and public company M&As
• Nominated advisors and brokers

Regulatory and Derivatives

We provide services consisting of negotiating framework agreements (ISDA, GMRA, OSLA, IETA, EFET), issuing opinions concerning legal aspects of derivative transactions and regulatory advice connected with the conclusion and execution of transactions in derivatives.

• Producing standard legal documentation for derivatives transactions.
• Negotiating and concluding specific types of framework agreements: ISDA Master Agreement, GMRA, GMSLA, EFET and IETA for use in trade in derivative instruments.
• Restructuring claims arising from forward and derivative contracts, advising on court and arbitration proceedings regarding transactions in derivative instruments.

We are consistently ranked in the top legal directories, which testifies to the value we provide to our clients.

Chambers Europe 2014: “The firm is great at coordinating and organizing transactions.” “The firm clearly has experience in what it does and this is a comprehensive experience.” “Many well-prepared people: I have a lot of warm feelings for the team.”

Recognition

Chambers Germany 2025: Dentons consolidates its ranking position

February 20, 2025

The inaugural edition of the Chambers Germany guide has recognized 14 Dentons lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Additionally, Dentons’ teams across Germany received practice and sector rankings in nine areas.

Ecuador debt-for-nature swap awarded “ESG Finance Deal of the Year”

May 10, 2024

Ecuador’s historic debt-for-nature swap was awarded “ESG Finance Deal of the Year” at the Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year, 2023.  Dentons advised the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Ecuador on the deal.

Ecuador debt-for-nature swap awarded “Financing Innovation of the Year” by Latin Finance

January 31, 2024

Ecuador’s historic debt-for-nature swap was awarded “Financing Innovation of the Year” at the Latin Finance 2023 Deals of the Year Awards. Dentons advised the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Ecuador on this winning deal.

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Insights

Episode #2 – Talking to Björn Pfeiffer – real estate investment and ESG

January 20, 2025

Europe:  “ESG will play a key role in investment and asset management. Companies have their own ESG targets or targets from different regulations. So you can't not think about ESG when it comes to investing”. In the second episode of the series, Sabine Wieduwilt interviews Björn Pfeiffer, who co-authored the chapters "Investment and ESG" and "Management agreements" of the book “Implementing ESG into Real Estate Contracts”.

Amendments to the Prospectus Regulation: EU Listing Act approved by the Council of the European Union

October 14, 2024

EU: On October 8, 2024, the Council of the European Union approved the legislative package, known as the “Listing Act”.

Romania’s new Sustainability Code

March 15, 2024

Romania: As part of the National Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Romania 2030, a Romanian Sustainability Code (“RSC” or “Code”) was approved by Government Decision no. 1.117/2023, aiming to provide stakeholders with a clearer understanding of the requirements on sustainability reporting, as well as a free-of-charge reporting platform.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises German Finance Agency on a €6 billion syndicated federal bond placement

March 17, 2025

Global law firm Dentons, with a team led by Oliver Dreher, has again advised the German Finance Agency on the successful placement of a syndicated federal bond.

Dentons advises Noratis AG on the entry of IMMOWERK as a new major shareholder and the conclusion of an investment agreement

March 11, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised Noratis AG, a leading portfolio developer of residential real estate listed on the open market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and based in Eschborn near Frankfurt, on an investment agreement with the real estate investor and asset manager ImmoWerk Holding GmbH, Frankfurt.

Dentons and Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership advise Anadolubank on its debut international bond issue

March 6, 2025

Global law firm Dentons and law firm Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership, the law firm that Dentons works with in relation to all Turkish law matters, have advised Anadolubank on its debut international bond offering, an issue of Fixed Rate Resettable Tier 2 Notes due 2035, raising US$150 million. 

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