17 Dec 2025

DLA Piper and ZSP Advokati Advise Erste Group and UniCredit Bank on EUR 225 Million Refinancing of Belgrade Retail Portfolio

"DLA Piper and ZSP Advokati advised Erste Group Bank, Erste Bank Novi Sad and UniCredit Bank Serbia on a EUR 225 million refinancing of a retail portfolio owned by Atterbury and MPC Properties. The portfolio comprises three Belgrade shopping centres (Usce, BEO and Mercator) and is the largest real estate refinancing in Serbia to date."

DLA Piper and ZSP Advokati advised Erste Group Bank, Erste Bank Novi Sad and UniCredit Bank Serbia on the EUR 225 million refinancing of a retail portfolio owned by Atterbury and MPC Properties. The portfolio comprises three major shopping centres in Belgrade — Usce, BEO and Mercator — and the transaction represents the largest real estate refinancing completed in Serbia to date. The refinancing enabled an optimized capital structure for the Serbian special purpose vehicles and their underlying retail assets. The deal was completed under market conditions that, according to the advisers, reflect continued investor confidence in the Central and Eastern European and South-Eastern European real estate markets. DLA Piper represented Erste Group Bank, Erste Bank Novi Sad and UniCredit Bank Serbia with a team composed by: Vienna-based Partner Marcell Nemeth and Senior Associate Lukas Krenn, together with additional lawyers in Amsterdam, Leeds and London. ZSP Advokati represented Erste Group Bank, Erste Bank Novi Sad and UniCredit Bank Serbia with a team composed by: Partners Stojan Semiz and Jelisaveta Stanisic and Senior Associate Tijana Trivunovic.
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