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Kinstellar advises Austrian KA Finanz AG on the sale of a Greek municipal loan portfolio to Piraeus Bank SA
Kinstellar is delighted to have advised Austrian KA Finanz AG, as the legal owner, on the sale of a Greek municipal loan portfolio to Piraeus Bank SA. KA Finanz AG is the wind up entity of Kommunalkredit Austria AG, a bank focused on infrastructure and energy, which was nationalised and re-privatised during the past decade and which originated the loans. The transaction involved English, Austrian, and Greek law, and due to legal and other considerations, physically took place across multiple jurisdictions, including Greece, Austria, Serbia, the UK, and the US. The transaction was led by Denise R Hamer, Head of C/SEE Asset Solutions, with the support of Branislav Marić, Managing Partner of the Belgrade office
Asset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions
12 August 2020 – Welcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights. In today's episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, speaks with Michaela Lashova, MRICS, MBA, Managing Partner, Forton Cushman and Wakefield, Bulgaria. Michaela Lashova is CEO and Managing Partner of Forton Cushman and Wakefield, Bulgaria. Michaela joined Forton as Head of the Investment Consultancy & Valuation department after a five-year career at UniCredit Leasing, where she headed the large corporate clients and real estate
Asset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions
15 July 2020 – Welcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights. In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, speaks with Guy Stevens, an independent financial sector consultant. Guy Stevens is an independent financial sector consultant geographically focused on Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEEMEA), and the UK. He began his career with Schroders’ Corporate Finance team, advising on bank privatisations in Central and Eastern Europe, and subsequently expanded
Asset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions
1 July 2020 – Welcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights. In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, speaks with Timur Peters, Founder and Managing Director of Debitos GmbH. Based in Frankfurt since 2010, but active in 16 jurisdictions and with nearly 1000 registered investors, Debitos GmbH is one of Europe’s pre-eminent illiquid asset electronic trading platforms. Traded assets include NPLs, bankruptcy claims, litigation claims, real estate, and all other classes of assets
Asset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions
23 June 2020 – Welcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights. In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Bryan Turner, Director of Resolute Asset Management for Bulgaria. Bryan Turner advises on and manages non-performing loans (NPLs), as single assets and portfolios, with a particular focus on establishing REO monetisation processes. With extensive property experience throughout Bulgaria, the Balkans and Western Europe, in acquisitions, dispositions, and property development
Asset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions
10 June 2020 – Welcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights. In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Gifford S. West, Managing Director International Operations & Business Development, DebtX, about technology in asset sales. Gifford is responsible for DebtX’s international business activities. DebtX pioneered the first online loan sale platform and has been engaged by banks and governments across Europe to structure and execute successful loan sales.
Asset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions
3 June 2020 – Welcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights. In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Gustav Hultgren, co-founder of Laub Capital. Gustav Hultgren co-founded Laub Capital in 2018 with Tobias Thunander. Laub Capital is a Luxembourg-based fund focused on the EU non-performing loan market. Laub Capital acquires portfolios of claims from banks and monetises the claims by partnering with select collection agencies and law firms. Gustav’s distinguished track record in
Asset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions
26 May 2020 – Welcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights. In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Karel Smerak, Group Director-Capital Markets and Transactions, EOS Holding (member of the Otto Group). Karel is a real estate finance and NPL professional with two decades of experience in Central and Eastern and South Eastern Europe and Germany. He originates and executes distressed real estate and non-performing loan transactions, with a particular expertise in risk management
Kinstellar lawyers Denise Hamer and Andriy Nikiforov speak at NPL & Real Estate Investment Summit 2020 in Kyiv
On 26-27 February 2020, Denise Hamer, Special Counsel and Head of Asset Solutions C/SEE, and Andriy Nikiforov, Counsel and Head of Banking & Finance in Ukraine, spoke at the NPL & Real Estate Investment Summit 2020 organised by DDC Financial. The event was a unique opportunity to network, gain insights and discuss the recent developments in the Ukrainian, CEE & Greek markets of distressed assets and real estate. The event brought together a number of leading debt buyers, debt servicers, private equity firms, banks, global investors, advisors and asset managers. Among the notable speakers at the summit were Kateryna Rozhkova, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Svitlana Rekrut, Managing Director
Welcome to Asset Yield, June 2019 Issue
Asset Yield is the publication of Asset Solutions, a recently launched multi-discipline and multi-jurisdiction practice sector of Kinstellar, focused on non-performing and non-core assets of all classes. Click here to read. For further information please contact Denise Hamer, Special Counsel, Head of C/SEE Asset Solutions, at
Welcome to the first issue of Asset Yield, the publication of Asset Solutions
Asset Yield is the publication of Asset Solutions, a recently launched multi-discipline and multi-jurisdiction practice sector of Kinstellar, focused on non-performing and non-core assets of all classes. Click here to read our first issue. For further information please contact Denise Hamer, Special Counsel, Head of C/SEE Asset Solutions, at
Kinstellar strengthens its regional finance team with appointment of reputed lawyer Denise R. Hamer as Special Counsel
Kinstellar, Emerging Europe and Central Asia’s leading independent law firm, is delighted to announce that Denise R. Hamer has joined the firm as Special Counsel. Denise will join forces with partners across the firm on the development of Kinstellar’s Finance, Private Equity, NPLs & Distressed Assets, Restructuring and related practices. Denise is a New York qualified attorney with 30 years of experience. She has broad technical and geographical legal expertise and experience as both a general counsel and a private practice partner / managing partner in top-tier global financial institutions, investment funds, corporates (including listed companies), consultancies and law firms. Her practice extends to Private