Eric Zimny

About

Seasoned Loan Capital Markets expert with strong legal background, with 25+ years of vast loan experience across the entire EMEA spectrum, specialising in complex deal structuring, origination, execution, and distribution for diverse industries and borrower profiles. Proven track record of winning landmark transactions and building robust connections with both borrowers and investors alike. 15+ years of experience as speaker, presenter, chairman, moderator and panelist at "Global Banking & Markets Conferences", "LMA" Conferences and "Euromoney" Conferences. 10+ years of experience as author for the textbook "Bearbeitungs- und Prüfungsleitfaden Konsortialkreditgeschäft und Sicherheitenpools" (2nd to 4th Edition, 2010 to 2017) and for the "LMA Book".

Experience

• Managing Director, Head of Structured Finance & Syndication at AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
  May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  FI Desk, Structured Finance and Loan Syndicate covering complex, structured, trade-related, plain vanilla financings for Corporates, FIs, DFIs, Sovereigns in CEEMEA and Latin America. Transactions include, inter alia, not limited to, L/C confirmations, Borrowing Base Facilities, RBLs, W/C Facilities, PXFs, Commodity Finance, Bridges, Liquidity Back-up RCFs, Schuldscheine, Bilaterals.

• SMBC Group EMEA (13 yrs 2 mos)
  • Managing Director, Co-Head of Corporate Origination EMEA, Loan Capital Markets
    Apr 2021 - Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Loan origination for corporates, FIs and sovereigns across the full EMEA spectrum.

  • Managing Director, Head of CEEMEA Origination, Loan Capital Markets
    Oct 2016 - Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Loan origination for corporates, FIs and sovereigns across CEEMEA.

  • Deputy General Manager & Head of CEEMEA Syndications
    Oct 2011 - Sep 2016 · 5 yrs

    Loan Syndications & Placements

• Attorney At Law at Law Firm RA Eric Zimny (LLP)
  Mar 2000 - Nov 2024 · 24 yrs 9 mos

  Certified in Trade Law, Stock Corporation Law, Corporate Law and International Privacy Law

• Author at Loan Market Association (LMA)
  Mar 2016 - Oct 2024 · 8 yrs 8 mos

  LMA Book: The LMA: 25 Years in the Loan Market - Leading the Way (November 2021) LMA Book: The LMA: 20 Years in the Loan Market (November 2016)

• Book Author at Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg GmbH
  Jan 2010 - Dec 2022 · 13 yrs

  Bearbeitungs- und Prüfungsleitfaden, Konsortialkreditgeschäft, Sicherheitenverträge und Schuldscheindarlehen 4. Auflage, Oktober 2017: Zimny, Goldmann, Heßling, Ottinger, Rost, Tauber, Theiselmann 3. Auflage, November 2013: Zimny, Goldmann, Rost, Sickel, Tauber 2. Auflage, September 2010: Zimny, Rost, Sickel, Tauber