Italian entrepreneurs are among the key players in industrial and commercial investments in transition countries and they are aware of the complexity of carrying out this type of operation in countries with a good development potential, but in which infrastructures are very often lacking, or, in some cases, the administrative and legal framework is not clearly defined.

Furthermore, entrepreneurs' expectations regarding bank assistance and consulting are high and of a practical nature: the supply of credit lines and financial products adequate to their needs - especially as regards flexibility.

Thanks to a decade of experience in this sector, NLB can offer a range of competitive, exclusive services to guarantee Italian entrepreneurs who intend to extend their business by making acquisitions and manufacturing or commercial investments in eastern European markets, and, more specifically in the countries of South-East Europe.

The Trieste Branch of NLB - Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d. Ljubljana - is in fact the only full branch of a Central European bank operational in Italy, and it therefore has a vast and detailed knowledge of these markets.
Its provision of specific services for firms which have made, or are planning to make, international, direct investments has stemmed from the needs of Italian companies, which on the one hand wish to strengthen their direct presence abroad and, on the other, seek banks which are able to evaluate their projects and offer them specialised financial instruments that are sufficiently flexible and appropriate for this purpose.
NLB Trieste draws on assistance from NLB Group and works with its business units in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia (FYROM), Serbia, Montenegro, the Czech Republic and Hungary, as well as, naturally throughout Slovenia.

NLB Trieste Branch's traditional products are further supported by financing services for commercial activities, import-export and trade finance; moreover, the branch offers specialised financing in the project financing field, which can be linked to mortgages or to other forms of financing.


Full example of the financing of Italian investments