CEE: Schoenherr advises BlackPeak Capital and Catalyst Romania Fund II on EUR 10m Series B funding round to Leanpay

Schoenherr advised BlackPeak Capital and Catalyst Romania Fund II on a EUR 10m Series B funding for Leanpay, a Slovenia-based pioneering Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and Point-of-Sale (POS) lending platform. This investment, led by BlackPeak Capital and co-led by Catalyst Romania Fund II, aims to support Leanpay's plans to become the digital consumer lending champion in the Central and Eastern European region.

Schoenherr provided one-stop legal advice to the investors in this cross-border transaction. The firm's offices in Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary and Croatia worked together in advising BlackPeak Capital and Catalyst Romania Fund II on their investment.

"We are excited to have advised BlackPeak and Catalyst on this transaction, which contributes to shaping the growth of the dynamic fintech sector in the region," said partner Mădălina Neagu, who led the Schoenherr team advising the co-lead investors in this matter. "We congratulate the parties on the beginning of their journey together."

BlackPeak Capital is a private equity firm focused on investing growth equity in Southeast Europe. Currently, it manages two funds with total assets under management of EUR 150m.

Catalyst Romania is a leading venture capital investor in Romanian technology companies with the potential to become regional leaders or global challengers.

The Schoenherr team advising BlackPeak Capital and Catalyst Romania Fund II in this transaction was led by Mădălina Neagu (partner). The firm's local teams in each jurisdiction were led by: Vid Kobe (office managing partner) and Peter Gorše (partner) in Slovenia, Igor Živkovski (partner) in Serbia, Gábor Pázsitka (partner) in Hungary and Vice Mandarić (partner) in Croatia. Core team members involved included: Andrei Mureșan (managing attorney at law) and Mihaela Popescu (managing attorney at law) in Romania, Marko Frantar (partner), Miriam Gajšek (associate), Manja Hubman (attorney at law), Tilen Žagar (senior associate), Borče Malijanski (associate) and Hana Šerbec (senior associate) in Slovenia, Bojan Rajić (attorney at law) in Serbia and Kinga Hetényi (partner) and Miklós Klenanc (attorney at law) in Hungary.