White & Case LLP has advised Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Erste Group Bank AG, NATIXIS and Raiffeisen Bank International AG, as lead managers, on the €1 billion bond issuance by Austrian KA Finanz AG.

The bond has a maturity of five years and a coupon of 0.375 per cent and is guaranteed by the Republic of Austria. It will be listed on the regulated market of the Vienna Stock Exchange.

The White & Case team in Frankfurt which advised on the transaction was led by partner Karsten Wöckener with support from associates Cristina Freudenberger, Georg Esser and Vincent Vocke.