At WAHL, our Capital Markets, Fund Industry, and Compliance practice offers expert guidance and tailored legal solutions for our clients. With a strong background in the fund industry, we assist clients in fund formation and follow up with all their legal needs, including regulatory and compliance matters. We cooperate closely with founders, institutional investors, and other stakeholders, ensuring a well-structured formation process and awareness of the regulatory environment for our clients.
We represent clients before the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA), handling communications on their behalf. We have successfully established numerous investment funds and investment companies, providing continuous support in regulatory and compliance matters.
In the capital markets field, we advise corporate issuers, investment banks, and regulated entities on a wide range of transactions and regulatory issues. Our expertise includes public offerings, debt issuance, structured products, securitizations, and regulatory capital issuances. We help clients navigate disclosure requirements, insider trading rules, market abuse practices, and corporate governance.
WAHL prepares prospectuses and other disclosure documents for new issuances and supports clients in issuing debt in Croatia and abroad. We collaborate with underwriters, issuers, and other participants throughout the process, providing local support and legal opinions for foreign issuances, including Reg S and 144A.
Our comprehensive expertise includes, but is not limited to:
- Fund formation
- Ongoing fund compliance and compliance service
- Initial and secondary public offerings of equity
- Debt issuance (standalone and programmes)
- Disclosure obligations for public companies and other issuers
- Insider trading and market abuse compliance
- Securitisations and other structured products
- Regulatory and compliance advice
