PwC acts as financial sell-side advisor to HETA on the sale of a Croatian servicing platform and substantial asset portfolio

HETA ASSET RESOLUTION AG (HETA) sold its Croatian servicing platform and a portfolio of non-performing loans and properties with a total exposure of around EUR 800 million. PwC advised HETA throughout the public tender process on all commercial and financial matters.

HETA ASSET RESOLUTION AG (HETA), a wind-down company owned by the Republic of Austria, and its affiliated companies sold its Croatian servicing platform and a portfolio of non-performing loans and properties with a total exposure of around EUR 800 million to an international bidder consortium of B2Holding and DDM Group. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval.

HETA was advised on all commercial and financial aspects by a cross-border PwC team under leadership of Bernhard Engel, Partner and Leader of Financial Services and Deals at PwC Austria.

„We are proud to advise HETA on another landmark transaction, after having completed successful disposals in Italy and Serbia. Our financial services M&A team was able to leverage on previously gained mutual understandings and our extensive experience in such complex cross-country deals,“ explains Nikola Avramovic, Director at PwC Austria and responsible project manager.

Besides Nikola Avramovic, the core team in Vienna included Benjamin Doplbauer (Senior Associate) and Adriana Mihaela Han (Senior Associate). From Zagreb, Darija Hikec (Director) was involved in the project.