The transatlantic firm’s
UniCredit came to the firm for advice after working opposite it last year on a deal that saw Reed Smith advising existing client Arco on a commercial telecommunications transaction with the Bulgarian cable company CableTel.
Reed Smith London finance partner Leon Stephenson and corporate partner Sakil Suleman led the Martur transaction, which closed at the
end of last month after a negotiating period that lasted five months.
Referring to Martur, Suleman told Legal Week: “Their type of work and international spread fits well with what we can offer.”
Stephenson added: “This is a major win for the firm. There has been great appreciation of the work and they [UniCredit] were impressed with us.”
UniCredit currently serves around 40 million clients across 23 different countries, and is one of the biggest international banking networks in Central and