Tibor Varga

Partner

Tibor Varga
Tibor Varga

Tibor Varga heads the firm's finance team. His practice focuses on all aspects of corporate finance, including banking, capital markets as well as public takeovers. Tibor is an expert in loan documentation (including acquisition/LBO, mezzanine, direct lending as well as project finance) as well as PE, equity and debt capital markets transactions. He also advised in many of the large scale (also cross-border) Austrian restructuring situations. Before joining DORDA in 1996, Tibor worked as an associate in the auditing of banks at KPMG in Vienna. In addition, Tibor is the author of publications on banking, corporate, and tax law. He also regularly speaks at seminars and conferences.

 

Education:

Courses at the Vienna University of Economics and Business 
University of Vienna, Mag iur, Dr iur 

Chambers Europe, Capital Markets, Band 3 - 2024
Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance, Band 2 - 2024
Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance, Band 2 - 2023
Chambers Europe, Capital Markets, Band 3 - 2023
Chambers Europe, Capital Markets, Band 3 - 2022
Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance, Band 2 - 2022
Chambers Global, Capital Markets, Band 3 - 2024
Chambers Global, Banking & Finance, Band 2 - 2024
Chambers Global, Banking & Finance, Band 2 - 2023
Chambers Global, Capital Markets, Band 3 - 2023
IFLR1000, Banking, Market Leader - 2022
IFLR1000, Capital Markets, Market Leader - 2022
JUVE, Bank- und Finanzrecht/Kapitalmarktrecht, Führende Namen - 2023
Legal 500, Banking & Finance, Leading Individual - 2024
Legal 500, Banking & Finance, Leading Individual - 2023
Legal 500, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, Recommended - 2023
Legal 500, Capital Markets, Recommended - 2023
Who's Who Legal, Banking & Finance, Recommended - 2022

  • Banking / Finance
    Counsel to the borrower in a EUR 100,000,000 Austrian club deal financing (2023)

    Counsel to the arrangers in a EUR 100,000,000 club-deal financing for an Austrian borrower (2023)

    Austrian counsel to the arrangers in a EUR 500,000,000 spin-off financing and an Austrian bank on a bilateral EUR 75,000,000 revolving facility, each for the towers business of Telekom Austria AG (2023)

    Austrian counsel to Austrian headquartered Benteler group on their EUR 2 bn refinancing, consisting of EUR 1,060,000,000 of syndicated facilities and EUR 500,000,000 / USD 575,000,000 HY notes (2023)

    Austrian counsel to an international bank on a EUR 175,000,000 bilateral financing to an Austrian borrower (2023)

    Counsel to a listed Austrian corporate in the restructuring of its financial indebtedness with its main Austrian bank lenders and holders of Schuldscheindarlehen (2022-2023)

    Austrian counsel to the sponsors and the borrower in a EUR 5.2 bn acquisition financing for a 51% share in GD Towers, the towers business of Deutsche Telekom AG (2022)

    Counsel to the borrower in a EUR 200,000,000 ECA backed facility. (2022)

    Austrian counsel to a UK fund in a secured start-up financing with warrants (2022) 

    Counsel to the arrangers of a EUR 200,000,000 facility for an Austrian industrial group. (2022)

    Austrian counsel to the arrangers in the project finance for renewable energy projects of an Austrian sponsor in Romania (2022).

    Counsel to the lender in the bilateral financing an Austrian joint venture for rooftop PV installations (2022). 

    Austrian counsel to the arrangers in a EUR 515,000,000 financing for a South Africa/Austria headquartered group (2022)

    Counsel to the arrangers in a EUR 300,000,000 facility for an Austrian real estate company (2021)

    Counsel to the Austrian borrower in a EUR 1.2 bn revolving facility (2021)

    Austrian counsel to the arrangers of a EUR 4.9bn bridge facility to an Austrian borrower to fund a take-over bid (2019)

  • Capital Markets
    Austrian counsel to the financial advisers on the spin-off of the towers business from Telekom Austria to EuroTeleSites AG and listing of EuroTeleSites AG on the Vienna Stock Exchange (2023)

    transaction counsel on the capital increase from authorized capital of Kapsch TrafficCom AG to the issuer and Raiffeisen International Bank AG (2023)

    Austrian counsel to the initial purchasers of EUR 500,000,000 senior notes issued by A1 Towers Holding GmbH (2023)

    Austrian counsel to Foresea (formerly Ocyan) group on the restructuring by means of a debt/equity swap of total USD 2 bn of New York law governed project bonds guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Austrian asset owning SPVs (2021-2023) 

    Austrian counsel to the initial purchasers on the issue of EUR 375,000,000 resettable undated deeply subordinated notes (hybrid notes) by AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG (2022).

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