2022 CEE Deals of the Year Nominations
The full list of nominations for the 2022 CEE Deals of the Year:
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Country |
Deal Title |
Signing |
Closing |
Client(s) Name (role) (their legal advisors) |
CEELM Coverage (if available) |
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Albania |
Yildirim Holding's Acquisition of Albchrome Holding |
15/10/2022 |
20/01/2022 |
Yildirim Holding (buyer) (CMS) Albchrome Holding sh.p.k. (seller) (Frost & Fire Consulting) |
N/A |
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Albania |
4iG's Acquisition of One Telecommunications |
30/10/2021 |
31/03/2022 |
4iG (buyer) (CMS)
Albania Telecom Invest (seller) (Boyanov & Co.; Dentons; Kalo & Associates) |
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Albania |
OTP's Acquisition of Alpha Bank |
6/12/2021 |
19/7/2022 |
OTP Bank Group (buyer) (Bird & Bird; Boga & Associates) Alpha Bank Group (seller) (Kalo & Associates; White & Case) |
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Albania |
AFD’s EUR 50 Million Loan to Albanian Government |
12/11/2021 |
30/04/2022 |
Agence Francaise de Developpement (lender) (Kalo & Associates)
Albanian Government (borrower) (Ministry of Finance and Economy and Ministry of Justice) |
N/A |
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Austria |
Erste Group EUR 1.5 Billion Mortgage Bond Issuance |
12/01/2022 |
12/01/2022 |
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Danske Bank A/S, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, Erste Group Bank AG, ING Bank N.V., Landes-bank Baden-Württemberg, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale and UniCredit (Schoenherr)
Erste Group Bank AG (Wolf Theiss) |
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Austria |
BVK-Europa's Acquisition of Viennese Residential Towers Donaumarina Studios and Donaumarina Apartments from Signa |
20/04/2018 |
31/01/2022 |
SIGNA Development Selection AG (Arnold Rechtsanwalte)
BVK-Europa I-Immobilienfonds S.C.S, SICAV RAIF Teilfonds ROAT (BVK-Europa) (Schoenherr) |
N/A |
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Austria |
Vinci Energies Acquisition of IT Portfolio from Kontron |
10/8/2022 |
29/12/2022 |
Vinci Energies S.A. (buyer) (Baker McKenzie)
Kronton Group (Loloci & Associates; Pinsent Masons; Schoenherr; Wenger Vieli) |
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Austria |
Accenture's Acquisition of ARZ |
31/8/2022 |
1/12/2022 |
Accenture (buyer) (Baker McKenzie; Barnert Egermann Illigasch)
ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH (seller) (Schoenherr)
ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH, Addiko Bank AG, Austrian Anadi Bank AG, BAWAG P.S.K., Bank Winter & Co AG, Bank99 AG, Bankhaus Carl Spängler & Co Aktiengesellschaft, Dolomitenbank Osttirol Westkärnten eG, Generali Bank AG, HP IT Solutions GmbH, HYPO Niederösterreich, HYPO TIROL BANK AG, Hypo Bank Burgenland Aktiengesellschaft, Hypo Vorarlberg Bank AG, Marchfelder Bank eG, Schoellerbank AG, Volksbank Wien AG (ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum former clients) (Dorda)
Hypothekenbanken, Privatbanken (ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum former clients) (E+H)
Volksbank Wien AG (ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum former client) (Kunz Wallentin) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BNBM's Joint Venture with Coal Mine and Thermal Power Plant Ugljevik |
25/02/2022 |
15/06/2022 |
Beijing New Building Materials Plc. (Doklestic Repic & Gajin; Shihui Law Firm) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
MTEL Financing from UniCredit S.p.A. and Club of Banks |
4/8/2022 |
1/9/2022 |
MTEL a.d. Banjaluka (borrower) (Loren Richards; Cvijanovic Advokati)
UniCredit S.p.A. and other lenders, including Erste, NLB, Raiffeisen Bank International AG and their local subsidiaries (lenders) (Dentons; Dimitrijevic & Partners) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Park Residence Financing by NLB |
14/12/2022 |
24/12/2022 |
NLB d.d. (lender) (Wolf Theiss)
Crni Vrh (borrower) (DMB Legal; Selih & Partners) |
N/A |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sportradar Acquisition of Majority Stake in Nsoft |
1/1/2022 |
01/05/2022 |
Sportradar (buyer) (CMS)
Igor Krezic (seller) (Karanovic & Partners) |
N/A |
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Bulgaria |
BlackPeak Capital Investments Acquisition of Stake in Telelink Bulgaria |
01/07/2022 |
10/10/2022 |
BlackPeak Capital Investments S.a.r.l. (buyer) (Addleshaw Goddard; Gugushev & Partners Law Office; Karanovic & Partners; Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz)
Telelink Bulgaria AD (seller) (relied on its in-house team) |
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Bulgaria |
Helios Energy Invest’s Acquisition of Helios Projects |
11/11/2021 |
06/06/2022 |
Helios Energy Invest AD (buyer) (Gugushev & Partners Law Office; Holman Fenwick Willan Switzerland)
H1 Venture Swiss Holding (seller) (Fieldfisher Law Office; Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov)
China Development Bank (project finance lender) (Spasov & Bratanov) |
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Bulgaria |
ResultsCX’s Acquisition of 60K |
29/09/2022 |
29/09/2022 |
ResultsCX UK Limited (buyer) (CMS)
The shareholders of Tillbase Holdings Ltd (seller) (Gugushev & Partners Law Office)
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https://ceelegalmatters.com/bulgaria/21432-gugushev-partners-advises-on-sale-of-60k-to-resultscx |
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Bulgaria |
KKCG and Aricoma Group International Acquisition of Musala Soft |
25/07/2022 |
01/11/2022 |
KKCG Group and Aricoma Group International AB (buyers) (Schoenerr)
Aricoma Group International AB (merger control) (Nedelka Kubac Advokati; PPG Lawyers)
Aricoma Group International AB (borrower) (Clifford Chance)
Musala Soft (sellers) (CMS)
Ceska Sporitelna, Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka and Komercni Banka (financing) (Boyanov & Co.; Dentons; Polenak Law Firm; TM & Partners) |
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Bulgaria |
CTP’s Acquisition of Transcapital and Transcapital Ring Road |
03/05/2022 |
17/8/2022 |
CTP (buyer) (CMS)
Transcapital (seller) (KPMG Legal) |
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Bulgaria |
Mondelez International's Acquisition of Chipita S.A. and Reorganization of Chipita EAD |
4/1/2022 |
1/7/2022 |
Mondelēz International (buyer) (Boyanov & Co.; Clifford Chance; Zepos & Yannopoulos)
Chipita Global S.A. (seller) (Karatzas & Partners; Shearman & Sterling) |
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Bulgaria |
BioIVT’s Acquisition of Fidelis Research |
22/06/2022 |
20/09/2022 |
BioIVT (buyer) (BDK Advokati; Boyanov & Co.; Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen)
Integrity Capital Investments (seller) (Hristov & Partners)
N/A - other shareholders (sellers) (Penkov Markov & Partners) |
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Bulgaria |
Nik Group's Acquisition of Parts of Yara International ASA’s Bulgarian and Romanian Businesses |
24/05/2022 |
1/8/2022 |
Nik Group (buyer) (Wolf Theiss)
Yara International ASA (seller) (Boyanov & Co.; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen) |
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Bulgaria |
Viva Corporate Bulgaria's Acquisition of Bulsatcom |
30/8/2022 |
22/9/2022 |
Viva Corporate Bulgaria EOOD (buyer) (Kambourov & Partners; Squire Patton Boggs)
EBRD, the Bulgarian Development Bank, and funds managed by Blantyre Capital, BlackRock, and Integral Venture Capital (senior lenders) and Alvarez & Marsal Europe (administrators) (sellers) (Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov)
United Group Bulgaria EOOD (lender to the buyer) (Kambourov & Partners) |
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Bulgaria |
Kin + Carta’s Acquisition of Melon Group |
22/02/2022 |
10/5/2022 |
Kin + Carta (buyer) (DWF; Kinstellar)
Melon Group – Melon AD and Frakton (seller) (Kalo & Associates; PPG Lawyers; ODI Law) |
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Bulgaria |
Payhawk’s USD 100 Million Series B Investment Round |
14/02/2022 |
14/02/2022 |
Lightspeed Venture Partners (investor) (Goodwin Procter)
Earlybird Digital East (investor) (Gen Temizer Ozer; Kinstellar)
Payhawk (target) (Mishcon de Reya) |
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Bulgaria |
RGreen Invest's EUR 140 Million Partnership with Renalfa |
3/8/2022 |
3/8/2022 |
RGreen (investor) (Schoenherr)
Renalfa Solarpro Group (target) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
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Bulgaria |
Kongsberg Digital’s Acquisition of InterConsult Bulgaria |
03/05/2022 |
30/06/2022 |
Kongsberg Digital AS (buyer) (Deloitte Legal)
ICB founders Stoyan Dobrev and Atanas Dobrev (sellers) (Maconis; Yordanov and Dobrev) |
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Croatia |
Zagrebacki Holding’s EUR 240 Million Loan From Syndicate of Banks |
26/09/2022 |
26/09/2022 |
Erste&Steiermarkische Bank d.d., Nova hrvatska banka d.d, OTP banka d.d, Privredna banka Zagreb d.d., Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. and Zagrebacka banka d.d. (as lenders) (Miskovic & Miskovic)
Zagrebacki holding d.o.o. (as borrower) (Madirazza & Partners) |
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Croatia |
SoftBank and Goldman Sachs Investment in Rimac |
27/05/2022 |
06/06/2022 |
Goldman Sachs (investor) (Linklaters)
SoftBank (investor) (White & Case)
SoftBank and Goldman Sachs (investors) (Savoric & Partners)
Porche (joint venture partner of Rimac) (CMS)
Rimac (target) (Kunstek Halle & Simac; Latham & Watkins)
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Croatia |
Studenac’s Acquisition of Lonia Trgovina |
18/05/2022 |
03/06/2022 |
Studenac (buyer) (Savoric & Partners)
Lonia (seller) (Law Firm Planinic, Soljic and Partners)
Bank Pekao and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (financing) (Clifford Chance) |
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Croatia |
B2Holding’s Global Restructuring |
09/02/2022 |
09/08/2022 |
PIMCO (senior lender) (Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Filip & Company; Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Linklaters; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners)
B2Holding ASA (borrower) (Clifford Chance; CMS) |
N/A |
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Croatia |
Enlight Renewable Energy’s Acquisition of SPVs Developing Four Solar Power Projects and One Wind Farm Project |
1/7/2022 |
5/7/2022 |
Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. (buyer) (Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners)
N/A (seller) (Marohnic Tomek & Gjoic) |
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Croatia |
Novasol Acquisitions of Three Travel Agencies |
3/3/2022 |
3/3/2022 |
Novasol A/S (buyer) (Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners)
Istria Home d.o.o. (seller) (Korotaj Law Office)
Adria Luxury Rent d.o.o. (seller) (Bradvica Maric Wahl Cesarec Law Firm)
MEUS d.o.o. (seller) (Gjurgjan & Sribar Radic Law Firm) |
N/A |
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Croatia |
Pearl Infrastructure Capital’s Acquisition of A&A Bioenergy Viro |
3/12/2021 |
01/04/2022 |
PEARL Infrastructure Capital (buyer) (Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners)
A&A Bioenergy Viro’s owners (sellers) (Batarelo, Dvojkovic, Vuchetich Law Firm) |
N/A |
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Croatia |
Jagex's Acquisition of Gamepires |
05/12/2022 |
09/12/2022 |
Jagex (buyer) (Wolf Theiss)
Gamepires (seller) (Herbert Smith Freehills; Ostermann & Partners) |
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Croatia |
EUR 126 Million Financing for Zadar Wind Farm |
5/9/2022 |
28/11/2022 |
UniCredit’s Zagrebacka Banka, the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (lenders) (CMS)
Taaleri Energia and Encro (borrowers) (Clifford Chance; Dominkovic and Osrecak Law Firm) |
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Croatia |
Entain's Acquisition of SuperSport Group from Emma Capital |
11/8/2022 |
23/11/2022 |
Entain Plc (buyer) (Clifford Chance; Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka; WH Partners)
Emma Capital (seller) (Dentons; GVZH Advocates; Lovric Novokmet & Partners) |
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Croatia |
CME’s Acquisition of RTL Croatia from RTL Germany |
21/2/2022 |
02/06/2022 |
Central European Media Enterprises (buyer) ( Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Krehic & Partners)
RTL Germany (seller) (Wolf Theiss)
RTL Croatia (target) (Wolf Theiss) |
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Croatia |
TaskUS Acquisition of Croatian Heloo |
01/02/2022 |
20/04/2022 |
TaskUS (buyer) (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Wolf Theiss)
Tomislav Plesa and Domagoj Makar (sellers) (Krehic & Partners, Mayer Brown) |
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Croatia |
Andritz’ Acquisition of Djuro Djakovic TEP |
28/10/2022 |
28/11/2022 |
Andritz AG (buyer) (Schoenherr)
Djuro Djakovic Termoenergetska Postrojenja d.o.o. (target) (Mamic Peric Reberski Rimac)
NordEnergoGrupp (seller) (N/A) |
N/A |
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Croatia |
Taavura Holdings' Acquisition of Renault Nissan Distribution Network in Croatia and Slovenia |
27/06/2022 |
30/09/2022 |
Taavura Holdings Ltd. (buyer) Orehovec, Vinter, Kis, Simunovic
Renault Group (seller) DLA Piper |
N/A |
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Czech Republic |
Viamilk’s Merger with the Mleko.cz Cooperative |
09/12/2019 |
17/05/2022 |
VIAMILK CZ (Weinhold Legal) |
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Czech Republic |
Ampersand Capital Partners’ Acquisition of GeneProof a.s. |
4/4/2022 |
8/4/2022 |
Ampersand Capital Partners (buyer) (Goodwin Procter; Schoenherr)
GeneProof founders Radek Horvath and Milos Dendis (seller) (Dentons)
Valley Bank (financing) (Glatzova & Co; Sidley Austin) |
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Czech Republic |
BHM Group’s Polish Retail Parks Portfolio Acquisition |
20/10/2022 |
20/10/2022 |
BHM Group (buyer) (Schoenherr)
N/A (seller) (Linkers) |
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Czech Republic |
EP Logistics International’s Joint Venture with Slovenian Railways |
10/01/2022 |
14/01/2022 |
EP Logistics International, a.s. / Energetický a průmyslový hoding, a.s. (Schoenherr)
Slovenian Railways (Jadek & Pensa) |
N/A |
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Czech Republic |
Syndicated Acquisition Financing for Sportisimo |
28/10/2022 |
28/10/2022 |
Sportisimo, s.r.o. (borrower) (Dunovska & Partners)
Citibank Europe plc., Komercní banka, a.s., ceska sporitelna a.s., ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, a.s. a Raiffeisenbank a.s. (lenders) (Baker McKenzie) |
N/A |
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Czech Republic |
Vista Equity Partners’ Acquisition of Citrix Systems |
01/12/2021 |
01/02/2022 |
Vista Equity Partners (buyer) (Kinstellar; Kirkland & Ellis)
Evergreen Coast Capital (other investor) (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Debevoise & Plimpton)
Citrix Systems (seller) (Goodwin Procter) |
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Czech Republic |
Plastic Omnium’s Acquisition of Varroc’s Automotive Lighting Systems |
29/04/2022 |
07/10/2022 |
Plastic Omnium (buyer) (Bennani & Associes; Creel Garcia-Cuellar Aiza y Enriquez, Lefosse; Khaitan & Co.; Kinstellar; Linklaters; Paksoy)
Varroc Engineering Limited (seller) (KP Law; PwC Legal; Willkie Farr & Gallagher)
Komercni Banka, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka, and Ceska Sporitelna (lenders) (White & Case) |
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Czech Republic |
Mews' USD 185 Million Series C Round |
1/11/2022 |
1/12/2022 |
Kinnevik (Goodwin Procter; Kinstellar)
Salesforce Ventures (existing investor) (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe)
Mews (Eldison) |
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Czech Republic |
Placement of Bonds Issued by EPH Financing |
22/6/2022 |
26/09/2022 |
EPH Financing (relied on in-house counsel)
Ceska sporitelna, Komercni banka, and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia (leading co-managers) (PRK Partners) |
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Czech Republic |
Allegro's Acquisition of Mall Group and WeDo from PPF, EC Investments, and Rockaway Capital |
04/11/2021 |
01/04/2022 |
Allegro (buyer) (Clifford Chance; Savoric & Partners; Selih & Partners)
PPF, EC Investments, and Rockaway Capital (sellers) (White & Case)
Mall Group a.s. and WE|DO CZ s.r.o. (targets) (Srubar & Partners) |
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Czech Republic |
Relocation of SCS Software's Headquarters |
30/06/2022 |
30/6/2022 |
SCS Software s.r.o. (leasee) (PRK Partners)
Passerinvest Group (lessor) (relied on in-house team) |
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Czech Republic |
CVC Capital Partners Fund´s Takeover of Stock Spirits Group |
29/11/2021 |
23/3/2022 |
CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII ( Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; PRK Partners)
Stock Spirits (seller) (Slaughter and May)
HSBC (financing agent and arranger) (CMS) |
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Czech Republic |
J&T Arch Investments’ Acquisition of Shares in Moneta Money Bank from Petrus Advisers |
28/6/2022 |
23/12/2022 |
J&T Arch Investments (buyer) (Kocian Solc Balastik)
Petrus Advisers (seller) (Dechert) |
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Czech Republic |
Adventum’s Acquisition of Tesco Retail Portfolio in Hungary and Czech Republic |
8/4/2022 |
15/06/2022 |
Adventum (buyer) (Deloitte Legal; Humpfner Law Firm)
Tesco (seller) (Baker McKenzie; Wilsons)
Erste Bank Hungary, Erste Group Bank, OTP Bank Hungary (financing) (CMS) |
N/A |
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Czech Republic |
Vltava Philharmonic Project |
10/10/2022 |
10/10/2022 |
Bjarke Ingels Group (Kocian Solc Balastik)
City of Prague (Havel & Partners) |
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Czech Republic |
Yeong Chin Machinery’s Acquisition of Stake in Trimill |
22/10/2021 |
13/07/2022 |
Yeong Chin Machinery (buyer) (Jones Day; Kocian Solc Balastik)
Trimill shareholders (sellers) (Havel & Partners) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/czech-republic/20710-ksb-advises-ycm-on-acquisition-of-stake-in-trimill |
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Czech Republic |
Nej.cz Acquisition of Smart Comp |
03/12/2021 |
07/01/2022 |
Nej.cz (buyer) (BBH)
Marek Bukal and Pavel Vavra (sellers) (Havel & Partners) |
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Czech Republic |
GIC’s Acquisition of 30% Stake in Cetin from PPF |
1/10/2021 |
02/05/2022 |
GIC (Herbert Smith Freehills; Kinstellar)
PPF Group (BDK Advokati; Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Lakatos, Koves & Partners; NautaDutilh; White & Case) |
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Czech Republic |
Muchalogy’s Planned Exhibition of Alphonse Mucha’s Work in Japan |
1/11/2021 |
1/6/2022 |
Muchalogy s.r.o., BigMedia, spol. s r.o., and Richard Fuxa (Havel & Partners)
Sony Music Solutions (business partner of Muchalogy) (TMI Associates)
N/A (counterparty in Japan) (Haybusa Asuka Law Offices)
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N/A |
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Czech Republic |
Bain Capital Tech’s Acquisition of Shares in Ataccama |
14/6/2022 |
14/06/2022 |
Bain Capital Tech (buyer) (Ropes & Gray; Wolf Theiss)
ATACCAMA Group SE (seller) (Deloitte Legal) |
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Estonia |
Mirova’s Investment in Sunly |
1/10/2022 |
14/10/2022 |
Mirova (investor) (Ellex; Linklaters)
Sunly (target) (Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak; Sorainen) |
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Estonia |
BaltCap’s Acquisition of Rahva Raamat Bookstore Chain |
19/10/2022 |
31/10/2022 |
BaltCap Private Equity Fund III (buyer) (Cobalt)
Rahva Raamat (seller) (Ellex) |
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Estonia |
Sunly’s Acquisition of Polish Solar Power Developer Alseva |
14/1/2022 |
4/4/2022 |
Sunly (buyer) (Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak; TGS Baltic)
Anna Zagrajek (seller) (Ellex; Rymarz Zdort) |
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Estonia |
Luminor Bank’s Acquisition of Maksekeskus |
31/1/2022 |
1/7/2022 |
Luminor Bank (buyer) (Sorainen)
Inbank, Omniva, Olsson & Nielsen Nordic, Maksekeskus CEO Art Lukas (sellers) (Cobalt) |
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Estonia |
Gren’s Acquisition of VKG |
13/10/2022 |
18/11/2022 |
Gren group (buyer) (Ellex)
VKG Soojus (seller) (Cobalt) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/estonia/21730-cobalt-advises-on-sale-of-vkg-soojus-to-gren |
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Estonia |
Livonia Partners’ Acquisition of Stake in Bestair and Zave Groups |
10/12/2021 |
18/01/2022 |
Livonia Partners (buyer) (Cobalt)
Bestair and Zave Group shareholders (sellers) (Rask Attorneys-at-Law) |
N/A |
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Estonia |
E-Piim Tootmine Financing For New Dairy Plant |
11/05/2022 |
23/05/2022 |
ING, EIB, and LHV Bank (borrowers) (Cobalt; Dentons)
AS E-Piim Tootmine (borrower) (Eversheds Sutherland) |
N/A |
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Greece |
Standard General's Acquisition of 32.9% Stake in Intralot S.A. |
01/04/2022 |
31/08/2022 |
Standard General (buyer) (Fried Frank; Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm)
Intralot (seller) (Clifford Chance; Papapolitis Law Firm) |
N/A |
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Greece |
Mondelez International's Acquisition of Chipita S.A. and Reorganization of Chipita EAD |
04/01/2022 |
01/07/2022 |
Mondelēz International (buyer) (Boyanov & Co.; Clifford Chance; Zepos & Yannopoulos)
Chipita Global S.A. (seller) (Karatzas & Partners; Shearman & Sterling) |
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Greece |
MORE's Acquisition of Anemos RES and Financing |
29/07/2022 |
14/12/2022 |
MORE (buyer) (PotamitisVekris)
Ellaktor, Aktor Concessions and Anemos RES (sellers) (Karatzas & Partners)
MORE (borrower) (Zepos & Yannopoulos)
Eurobank S.A. (AKL; Lambadarios Law Firm; Watson Farley & Williams) |
N/A |
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Greece |
NN Group’s Acquisition of MetLife Operations in Poland and Greece |
5/7/2021 |
22/04/2022 |
(De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek; Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak)
MetLife EU Holding Company Limited (seller) (CMS; Rokas) |
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Hungary |
Vienna Insurance Group's Acquisition of Aegon Insurance and Asset Management Business in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Turkey |
29/11/2020 |
25/03/2022 |
Vienna Insurance Group (buyer) (NautaDutilh; Paksoy; Wolf Theiss)
Aegon (seller) (Allen & Overy; RTPR) |
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Hungary |
Establishment of Raiffeisen's Medium Term Note Program |
04/01/2022 |
20/7/2022 |
Raiffeisen Bank (Clifford Chance; Wolf Theiss) |
N/A |
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Hungary |
OTP Bank’s Refinancing of Shareholder Loan for Veolia Environment |
7/6/2021 |
28/10/2022 |
Veolia Environment (borrower) (relied on in-house team)
OTP Bank (lender) (Wolf Theiss) |
N/A |
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Hungary |
Immofinanz Sale of Six Office Buildings in Budapest to S IMMO |
28/12/2022 |
28/12/2022 |
Immofinanz (seller) (Oppenheim)
S IMMO (buyer) (Kinstellar)
UniCredit (financing) (DLA Piper) |
|
|
Hungary |
Doktor 24 Group’s Acquisition of DaVinci |
17/12/2021 |
4/2/2022 |
Doktor24 Medicina Zrt. (buyer) (Jalsovszky)
DaVinci Kft. (seller) (FDP Law Firm) |
N/A |
|
Hungary |
Adventum’s Acquisition of Tesco Retail Portfolio in Hungary and Czech Republic |
8/4/2022 |
15/6/2022 |
Adventum (buyer) (Deloitte Legal; Humpfner Law Firm)
Tesco (seller) (Baker McKenzie; Wilsons)
Erste Bank Hungary, Erste Group Bank, OTP Bank Hungary (financing) (CMS) |
N/A |
|
Hungary |
Egeria’s Acquisition of Isoplus from HFB Holding |
18/5/2022 |
18/5/2022 |
Egeria (buyer) (Clifford Chance; Jalsovszky; Peollath)
Seller - HFB Holding (seller) (Clifford Chance) |
N/A |
|
Hungary |
Wirtualna Polska’s Acquisition of the Szallas Group |
09/09/2022 |
30/11/2022 |
Wirtualna Polska (buyer) (DLA Piper)
Szallas Group (target) (BLS-CEE; Jalsovszky)
PortfoLion Capital Partners and private individuals (sellers) (Baker McKenzie; Jalsovszky) |
|
|
Hungary |
Shanghai Electric Power’s Acquisition of PV Project in Hungary from ChintSolar Hungary Projects |
03/11/2022 |
23/12/2022 |
Shanghai Electric Power Co. Ltd (buyer) (Schoenherr)
ChintSolar Hungary Projects B.V. (seller) (Kinstellar) |
|
|
Hungary |
MOL’s Acquisition of Lotos Paliwa |
12/1/2022 |
1/12/2022 |
MOL (buyer) (CMS)
Grupa Lotos (seller) (Rymarz Zdort) |
|
|
Hungary |
Stellantis’s Acquisition of aiMotive |
16/11/2021 |
21/12/2022 |
Stellantis (buyer) (Bird & Bird; Dentons; Noerr; VGG Associes)
aiMotive (seller) (Dentons)
Szechenyi Funds and Lead Ventures (sellers) (Baker McKenzie)
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|
|
Hungary |
Groupama Gan REIM's Acquisition of Freedom Palace from LSGI |
30/6/2022 |
30/6/2022 |
Groupama Gan REIM (buyer) (Dentons)
Societe Generale Immobiliere (seller) (Baker McKenzie) |
|
|
Hungary |
Orlen Unipetrol's Acquisition of Normbenz Magyarorszag from MOL |
12/01/2022 |
01/12/2022 |
ORLEN Unipetrol (buyer) (Baker McKenzie)
MOL Group (seller) (CMS) |
N/A |
|
Hungary |
United Petfood’s Acquisition of Cargill Production Facilities in Poland and Hungary |
21/6/2022 |
30/11/2022 |
United Petfood (buyer) (Clifford Chance; Lakatos, Koves & Partners)
Cargill Group (seller) (relied on in-house counsel) |
|
|
Hungary |
Snap’s Acquisition of SignAll Technologies |
9/12/2021 |
4/3/2022 |
Snap International II Limited (buyer) (Lakatos, Koves & Partners; Latham & Watkins)
SignAll Technologies Informatikai Zrt. (Seller) (White Summers) |
N/A |
|
Hungary |
Volta Energy Solutions Hungary's Syndicated Green Loan Facility from Raiffeisen Bank |
10/6/2022 |
01/10/2022 |
Raiffeisen Bank Zrt (lender) (Dentons)
Volta Energy Solutions Hungary (borrower) (Kinstellar) |
|
|
Hungary |
Corvinus’ Acquisition of 45% of Aegon Magyarorszag Altalanos Biztosito, Aegon Asset Management, and Union VIG Biztosito |
30/1/2022 |
25/03/2022 |
Corvinus Zrt. (buyer) (CMS)
Vienna Insurance Group (seller) (Dentons) |
|
|
Kosovo |
NLB´s Acquisition of N Banka d.d. (previously Sberbank Banka d.d.) |
25/02/2022 |
01/03/2022 |
Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d. (buyer) (Baros, Bicakcic & Partners; BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Knezovic & Associates; Prelevic Law Firm; Tasko Pustina)
Single Resolution Board (seller) (Allen & Overy; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Kosovo |
BEK's Acquisition of KS Siguria |
21/7/2022 |
25/9/2022 |
Banka Ekonomike J.S.C (buyer) (RPHS Law)
KS Siguria (seller) (relied on in-house team) |
N/A |
|
Kosovo |
Kin + Carta’s Acquisition of Melon Group |
22/02/2022 |
10/5/2022 |
Kin + Carta (buyer) (DWF; Kinstellar)
Melon Group – Melon AD and Frakton (seller) (Kalo & Associates; PPG Lawyers; ODI Law) |
|
|
Kosovo |
Yildirim Holding's Acquisition of Newco Ferronikeli Complex |
31/5/2022 |
20/9/2022 |
Yildirim Holding (buyer) (CMS)
NKL Limited (seller) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Latvia |
SIA Tet Acquires 100% of Shares in SIA Telia Latvija |
04/01/2022 |
31/05/2022 |
SIA Tet (buyer) (Deloitte Legal; TGS Baltic)
Telia (seller) (Ellex) |
|
|
Latvia |
Pax8's Acquisition of TVG To Expand into Baltic Region |
06/01/2022 |
01/04/2022 |
Pax8 / Resello B.V. (buyer) (TGS Baltic)
TVG's shareholders (sellers) (Cobalt) |
|
|
Latvia |
Ignitis Group Enters Latvian RES Production Market with Acquisition of Three Projects |
03/09/2022 |
13/11/2022 |
Ignitis Group (buyer) (Sorainen)
N/A (seller) (TGS Baltic) |
|
|
Latvia |
GoCardless’s Acquisition of Nordigen |
1/7/2022 |
18/7/2022 |
GoCardless (buyer) (Ellex)
Nordigen (target and seller) (Sorainen) |
|
|
Latvia |
Samsung C&T’s Investment in Forta Pro |
21/12/2022 |
21/12/2022 |
Samsung C&T (investor) (Cobalt)
Forta Pro (target) (relied on in-house counsel) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/latvia/22027-cobalt-advises-samsung-c-t-on-investment-in-forta-pro |
|
Latvia |
Renta Group’s Acquisition of Uprent Group from BaltCap |
6/6/2022 |
21/6/2022 |
Renta Group Oy (buyer) (Sorainen)
BaltCap Private Equity Fund II (seller) (Cobalt) |
|
|
Latvia |
Indexo IPO |
11/7/2022 |
15/7/2022 |
IPAS Indexo (issuer) (Eversheds Sutherland) |
N/A |
|
Lithuania |
Kongsberg’s Acquisition of NanoAvionics |
22/07/2022 |
22/09/2022 |
Kongsberg (buyer) (Arnold & Porter; Cobalt)
AST & Science (majority shareholder sellers) (Ellex) |
|
|
Lithuania |
MEKO’s Acquisition of Koivunen |
01/07/2022 |
04/07/2022 |
MEKO (buyer) (Cobalt; Hannes Snellman)
Koivunen Oy (seller) (KPMG Legal) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/20476-cobalt-advises-meko-on-koivunen-acquisition |
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Lithuania |
Bertona Holdings Limited’s Acquisition of Vilniaus Prekyba |
12/01/2022 |
12/01/2022 |
Bertona Holdings Limited (buyer) (Motieka & Audzevicius)
Mindaugas Marcinkevicius and related entities (Sorainen) |
|
|
Lithuania |
Vercom’s Acquisition of Mailerlite |
26/4/2022 |
14/6/2022 |
Vercom S.A. (buyer) (Ellex; Gessel)
Mlr grupe, UAB (seller) (Motieka & Audzevicius) |
|
|
Lithuania |
Zabolis Partners’ Acquisition of Sviesa |
25/11/2021 |
28/10/2022 |
Tavo mokykla, UAB (buyer) (Motieka & Audzevicius)
Sviesa (seller) (Glimstedt) |
N/A |
|
Lithuania |
Novator Partners’ Investment in NordVPN |
04/02/2021 |
06/04/2022 |
Novator Partners LLP (investor) (Ellex; White & Case)
Nord Security (target) (Cooley; NautaDutilh; TGS Baltic) |
|
|
Lithuania |
Snoras Bank Insolvency Administrator's Settlement Agreement with Julius Baer |
30/6/2022 |
30/06/2022 |
BAB Bankas Snoras (Lalive Law Firm; TGS Baltic)
Julius Baer & Co Ltd (Borel & Barbey) |
N/A |
|
Moldova |
Software Mind’s Acquisition of Code Factory |
24/02/2022 |
24/02/2022 |
Software Mind sp.z.o.o. (buyer) (KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki and Partners Law Firm; Schoenherr)
Code Factory Group (seller) (relied on in-house team) |
N/A |
|
Moldova |
Hudl’s Acquisition of InStat |
9/8/2022 |
18/08/2022 |
Hudl (buyer) (Gladei & Partners; Morgan Lewis)
InStat (seller) (Dentons) |
N/A |
|
Moldova |
EBRD Loan to CET Nord |
24/12/2021 |
14/6/2022 |
EBRD (lender) (relied on in-house counsel)
CET Nord (borrower) (Gladei & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Moldova |
EFSE Loan to OTP Bank Moldova |
21/10/2022 |
24/11/2022 |
EFSE (lender) (Gladei & Partners)
OTP Bank Moldova (borrower) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Montenegro |
NLB´s Acquisition of N Banka d.d. (previously Sberbank Banka d.d.) |
25/02/2022 |
01/03/2022 |
Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d. (buyer) (Baros, Bicakcic & Partners; BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Knezovic & Associates; Prelevic Law Firm; Tasko Pustina)
Single Resolution Board (seller) (Allen & Overy; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Montenegro |
BIG Shopping Centers’ Acquisition of Delta City Mall Podgorica from Hystead Limited |
18/2/2022 |
19/5/2022 |
BIG Shopping Centers (buyer) (Karanovic & Partners)
Delta M CG doo Podgorica (seller) (CMS) |
|
|
North Macedonia |
KKCG and Aricoma Group International Acquisition of Musala Soft |
25/07/2022 |
01/11/2022 |
KKCG Group and Aricoma Group International AB (buyers) (Schoenerr)
Aricoma Group International AB (merger control) (Nedelka Kubac Advokati; PPG Lawyers)
Aricoma Group International AB (borrower) (Clifford Chance)
Musala Soft (sellers) (CMS)
Ceska Sporitelna, Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka and Komercni Banka (financing) (Boyanov & Co.; Dentons; Polenak Law Firm; TM & Partners) |
|
|
North Macedonia |
Kin + Carta’s Acquisition of Melon Group |
22/2/2022 |
10/5/2022 |
Kin + Carta (buyer) (DWF; Kinstellar)
Melon Group – Melon AD and Frakton (seller) (Kalo & Associates; PPG Lawyers; ODI Law) |
|
|
North Macedonia |
JW Player’s Acquisition of Business from InPlayer |
3/11/2022 |
03/11/2022 |
Longtail Ad Solutions, Inc. (buyer) (Cooley; Karanovic & Partners)
InPlayer (seller) (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Tosic and Jevtic Law Firm) |
N/A |
|
North Macedonia |
Fortis Energetika’s Financing for Construction of PV Power Plant |
27/12/2022 |
29/12/2022 |
Halk Banka AD (lender) (Karanovic & Partners)
Fortis Energetika (borrower) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Poland |
Van der Vorm Vastgoed’s Acquisition of 291 Residential Units in Krakow Center |
01/08/2022 |
28/10/2022 |
Van der Vorm Vastgoed Groep (buyer) (KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki i Partnerzy)
Catella European Residential Investment Management (seller) (Clifford Chance) |
|
|
Poland |
mBank's First STS Synthetic Securitisation in Poland |
24/03/2022 |
24/03/2022 |
mBank (Clifford Chance)
UniCredit Bank (Linklaters) |
|
|
Poland |
Allegro's Acquisition of Mall Group and WeDo from PPF, EC Investments, and Rockaway Capital |
04/11/2021 |
01/04/2022 |
Allegro (buyer) (Clifford Chance; Savoric & Partners; Selih & Partners)
PPF, EC Investments, and Rockaway Capital (sellers) (White & Case)
Mall Group a.s. and WE|DO CZ s.r.o. (targets) (Srubar & Partners) |
|
|
Poland |
Expansion and Financing of Construction for Third DCT Terminal and Refinancing |
22/9/2022 |
18/10/2022 |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A., Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polish S.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Credit Agricole Bank Polska S.A., PZU Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamkniety Aktywow Niepublicznych BIS 2, BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A., Santander Bank Polska S.A., and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (lenders) (Allen & Overy)
Baltic Hub sp. z o.o. and DCT Gdansk sp. z o.o. (borrowers) (Clifford Chacne
|
|
|
Poland |
CTP’s Acquisition of Logistics Portfolio from 7R |
05/05/2022 |
05/05/2022 |
CTP (buyer) (White & Case)
7R (seller) (Crido Legal; Kancelaria Kurek Wojcik; Linklaters) |
|
|
Poland |
Aramco’s Acquisition of Refining, Wholesale, and Jet Fuel Marketing Segments from PKN Orlen |
12/1/2022 |
30/11/2022 |
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (buyer) (Allen & Overy)
PKN Orlen (seller) (SMM Legal)
Grupa Lotos (PKN Orlen merger partner) (Rymarz Zdort) |
|
|
Poland |
2Riders PSA PLN 1 Million Issuance |
1/1/2022 |
30/4/2022 |
2Riders PSA (issuer) (Act Legal BSWW) |
N/A |
|
Poland |
Develia’s Bond Public Offering |
1/4/2022 |
1/12/2022 |
Develia S.A. (issuer) (Act Legal BSWW) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/21928-act-bsww-advises-on-develia-bond-issuance |
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Poland |
NEPI Rockcastle’s Acquisition of Forum Gdansk Shopping Center |
19/12/2022 |
19/12/2022 |
NEPI Rockcastle (buyer) (Linklater)
Multi Veste 339 B.V. (seller) (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Greenberg Traurig)
Pekao and Unicredit (existing lenders) (Allen & Overy) |
|
|
Poland |
MOL’s Acquisition of Lotos Paliwa |
12/1/2022 |
1/12/2022 |
MOL (buyer) (CMS)
Grupa Lotos (seller) (Rymarz Zdort) |
|
|
Poland |
NN Group’s Acquisition of MetLife Operations in Poland and Greece |
5/7/2021 |
22/4/2022 |
(De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek; Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak)
MetLife EU Holding Company Limited (seller) (CMS; Rokas) |
|
|
Poland |
AFI Europe’s Acquisition of 70% Stake in Towarowa 22 from EPP |
07/02/2022 |
28/06/2022 |
AFI Europe (buyer) (CMS)
EPP (seller) (Dentons)
Echo Investment (JV) (Rymarz Zdort)
|
|
|
Poland |
Qiagen’s Acquisition of 96% Stake in Blirt |
31/5/2022 |
31/5/2022 |
Qiagen (buyer) (Wardynski & Partners)
Blirt S.A. (seller) (WKB Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/20001-wkb-advises-blirt-on-sale-of-shares-to-qiagen |
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Poland |
INGKA’s Acquisition of Solar Farm and Wind Farm from OX2 |
1/6/2022 |
01/06/2022 |
INGKA Investments (buyer) (WKB Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr)
OX2 (seller) (Allen & Overy) |
|
|
Poland |
Savills' Acquisition of Knight Frank Property Management Business |
09/06/2022 |
29/09/2022 |
Savills Sp. z o.o. (buyer) (Kochanski & Partners)
Knight Frank (seller) (KPMG Legal) |
|
|
Poland |
Carrol Investments’ Acquisition of Havi Warehouses / Logistic Center |
13/4/2022 |
13/4/2022 |
Carrol Investments (buyer) (Linklaters)
Havi Logistics (seller) (Kochanski & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Poland |
Universal Fibers’ USD 250 Million Financing |
01/04/2022 |
13/04/2022 |
TCW Asset Management Company (administrative agent and security agent) (Rymarz Zdort; Weil, Gotshal & Manges)
Universal Fibers, Inc. (borrower) (Ropes & Gray; Kochanski & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Poland |
XXXLutz Group's Acquisition of 50% Stake in Black Red White Group |
23/12/2021 |
5/7/2022 |
XXX Lutz Group (buyer) (Cerha Hempel; Wardynski & Partners)
Black Red White Group (seller) (Olesinski & Partners) |
|
|
Poland |
Bio-Rad Laboratories’ Acquisition of Curiosity Diagnostics |
2/8/2022 |
3/8/2022 |
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (buyer) (Wardynski & Partners)
Scope Fluidics SA (seller) (Deloitte Legal) |
|
|
Poland |
PKN Orlen’s Acquisition of Grupa Lotos |
21/7/2023 |
1/8/2023 |
PKN Orlen S.A. (buyer) (Comapss Lexecon; Geradin Partners; Gide Loyrette Nouel; SMM Legal)
Grupa Lotos S.A. (seller) (Rymarz Zdort) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/20738-closing-pkn-orlen-and-grupa-lotos-merger-now-closed
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|
Romania |
Publicis Groupe's Acquisition of Tremend Software Consulting |
22/12/2021 |
08/03/2022 |
Publicis Groupe (buyer) (DLA Piper)
Tremend Software Consulting SRL (target) (Jinga & Asociatii; Schinner & Shain; Sedlo Law Firm)
Ioan Cocan, Marius Hanganu and Bogdan Nitulescu (sellers) (Jinga & Asociatii) |
|
|
Romania |
Emona Capital’s Acquisition of a Minority Stake in Amber Studio |
30/9/2022 |
30/9/2022 |
Emona Capital LLP (buyer) (Goodwin Procter; Wolf Theiss)
Amber Studio SA (seller) (Filip & Company) |
|
|
Romania |
AFI's EUR 450 Million Refinancing of AFI Cotroceni, AFI Ploiesti, and AFI Brasov |
16/12/2022 |
28/12/2022 |
AFI Group (borrower) (Wolf Theiss)
Erste Group Bank, Banca Comerciala Romana, Raiffeisen Bank International, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, and Alpha Bank Romania (lenders) (Dentons) |
|
|
Romania |
Iulius Group’s EUR 410 Million Syndicated Financing |
22/08/2022 |
09/09/2022 |
Iulius Group (borrower) (relied on in-house counsel)
A syndicate of banks, consisting of Erste Group Bank AG, Banca Comercială Română S.A., OTP Bank Nyrt, OTP Bank Romania S.A. and Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien AG (lenders) (Wolf Theiss) |
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|
Romania |
African Industries Group’s Acquisition of World Class |
15/04/2022 |
15/07/2022 |
African Industries Group (buyer) (RTPR)
Resource Partners (seller) (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Stratulat Albulescu; Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski (now Eversheds Sutherland))
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|
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Romania |
Indotek Group’s Acquisition of All Shares in One Dorobanti Properties |
10/03/2022 |
27/05/2022 |
Indotek Group (buyer) (Stratulat Albulescu)
Theodore McCann (seller) (The Law Chamber) |
|
|
Romania |
Druid AI’s USD 15 Million Series A Financing |
8/4/2022 |
05/05/2022 |
DRUID AI (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Stratulat Albulescu)
Karma Ventures (investor) (Cobalt)
Hoxton Ventures (investor) (Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo)
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|
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Romania |
Nik Group's Acquisition of Parts of Yara International ASA’s Bulgarian and Romanian Businesses |
24/5/2022 |
01/08/2022 |
Nik Group (buyer) (Wolf Theiss)
Yara International ASA (seller) (Boyanov & Co.; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen) |
|
|
Romania |
Knauf Insulation's Acquisition of Gecsat Factory |
24/11/2021 |
29/3/2022 |
Knauf Insulation Holding GmBh (buyer) (Reff & Associates)
Gecsat SA (seller) (relied on in-house counsel) |
|
|
Romania |
Pearson’s Acquisition of Mondly from ATi Studios |
29/4/2022 |
29/04/2022 |
Pearson (buyer) (DLA Piper)
ATi Studios (seller) (Kinstellar) |
N/A |
|
Romania |
S Immo’s Acquisition of EXPO Business Park from Portland Trust |
1/4/2022 |
2/5/2022 |
S Immo AG (buyer) (Kinstellar)
Portland Trust (seller) (PeliPartners0 |
|
|
Romania |
Ameropa’s Acquisition of Stake in Agroind Cauaceu and Promat Comimpex |
3/1/2022 |
03/01/2022 |
Ameropa Holding AG (buyer) (Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii)
Agroind Cauaceu and Promat Comimpex (sellers) (Kinstellar) |
|
|
Romania |
Paval Holding's Acquisition of CA Immo's Romanian Portfolio |
22/11/2022 |
22/11/2022 |
Paval Holding (buyer) (KPMG Legal)
CA Immo (seller) (Schoenherr) |
|
|
Romania |
V-Ridium’s Acquisition of Solar Park from Samsung |
11/4/2022 |
2/5/2022 |
V-Ridium Solar 45 and V-Ridium Renewables (buyers) (MPR Partners)
Samsung C&T Corporation (seller) (Herbert Smith Freehills; Schoenherr)
N/A (financing consortium) (CMS) |
|
|
Romania |
Studium Green’s Acquisition of Cluj Commercial Center from Louis Delhaize |
25/09/2020 |
24/05/2022 |
Studium Green (buyer) (Reff & Associates)
Louis Delhaize (seller) (Act Legal Botezatu Estrade Partners) |
N/A |
|
Romania |
MAS Real Estate’s Acquisition of Six Shopping Centers from Prime Kapital |
03/05/2022 |
30/06/2022 |
MAS Real Estate (buyer) (Reff & Associates)
PK Development One S.R.L., PK Denim S.R.L., PK Grizzly S.R.L., PK Bronze S.R.L., PK Vanilla S.R.L., PK Green S.R.L. (sellers) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
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Romania |
Romgaz’ Acquisition of ExxonMobil’s 50% Stake in Neptun Deep |
03/05/2022 |
1/8/2022 |
Romgaz (buyer) (Dentons; Suciu Popa)
ExxonMobil (seller) (Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen) |
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Romania |
PepsiCo’s Acquisition of 20% of Aqua Carpatica |
29/7/2022 |
29/7/2022 |
PepsiCo (buyer) (DWF; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen)
Jean Valvis (seller) (RTPR) |
|
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Romania |
IMG's Acquisition of Mutua Madrid Open and Acciona Open de Espana from Tiriac Group |
6/12/2021 |
4/4/2022 |
IMG UK and Endeavor (buyers) (Latham & Watkins)
Tiriac Group (seller) (Filip & Company; Linklaters; Michael Kyprianou & Co; Prolaw Abogados) |
|
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Romania |
Arval Romania’s Acquisition of Part of Operational Leasing Activity of BCR Fleet Management |
31/5/2022 |
31/10/2022 |
Arval Service Lease Romania S.R.L. (buyer) (RTPR)
BCR Fleet Management S.R.L. (seller) (Filip & Company) |
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Romania |
Green Group’s EUR 127 Million Financing |
02/05/2022 |
02/05/2022 |
UniCredit Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, Banca Comerciala Romana, ING Bank, and OTP Bank Romania SA (lenders) (Filip & Company; Linklaters)
Green Group (borrower) (Clifford Chance) |
|
|
Serbia |
NLB´s Acquisition of N Banka d.d. (previously Sberbank Banka d.d.) |
25/02/2022 |
01/03/2022 |
Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d. (buyer) (Baros, Bicakcic & Partners; BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Knezovic & Associates; Prelevic Law Firm; Tasko Pustina)
Single Resolution Board (seller) (Allen & Overy; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Serbia |
Lafarge's Acquisition of Serbian Aggregate/Concrete Producers |
10/12/2021 |
04/07/2022 |
Lafarge (buyer) (SOG Law Firm)
Promax (seller) (Milosevic Law)
Stonewall (seller) (Branislav Grujic Law Office)
Teko Mining (seller) (Parivodic Lawyers)
|
N/A |
|
Serbia |
B2Holding’s Global Restructuring |
09/02/2022 |
09/08/2022 |
PIMCO (senior lender) (Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Filip & Company; Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Linklaters; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners)
B2Holding ASA (borrower) (Clifford Chance; CMS) |
N/A |
|
Serbia |
TS Ventures, DSI, and Startup Wise Guys Investment in OTA Sync |
13/05/2022 |
24/06/2022 |
TS Ventures, DSI, and Startup Wise Guys (investors) (WM Equity Partners)
OTA Sync (target) (Zivkovic Samardzic Law Office) |
|
|
Serbia |
Catalyst Romania and 3TS Capital Partners Investment in Hunch |
10/02/2022 |
31/05/2022 |
Catalyst Romania and 3TS Capital Partners (investors) (Zivkovic Samardzic Law Office)
Hunch (relied on in-house counsel) |
|
|
Serbia |
Titan Cementara and Stari Silo Merger |
22/06/2022 |
31/08/2022 |
Titan Cementara (Zivkovic Samardzic Law Office)
Stari Silo (Zivkovic Samardzic Law Office) |
|
|
Serbia |
RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria’s Acquisition of Patent Co. |
29/10/2021 |
31/1/2022 |
RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG (buyer) (Wolf Theiss
Radivoje Perovic and Miodrag Perovic (sellers) (Jankovic Popovic Mitic)
Abris Capital Partners (seller) (Karanovic & Partners) |
|
|
Serbia |
GlobalGlass’s Acquisition of Srpska Fabrika Stakla |
21/10/2022 |
10/11/2022 |
GlobalGlass AG (buyer) (Karanovic & Partners)
Srpska Fabrika Stakla AD (seller) (Manic-Gojic) |
|
|
Serbia |
Viterra’s Acquisition of Gavilon from Marubeni |
24/1/2022 |
3/10/2022 |
Viterra (buyer) (Gecic Law; Sidley Austin)
Marubeni (seller) (Jones Day) |
N/A |
|
Serbia |
Kinross Gold Corporation Option Agreement with Mundoro in Serbia’s Mining Sector |
29/8/2022 |
29/08/2022 |
Kinross Gold Corporation (buyer) (Gecic Law)
Mundoro (seller) (NKO Partners) |
N/A |
|
Serbia |
Arena Channels’ Acquisition of Regional Rights to Broadcast Premier League Football |
5/7/2021 |
3/1/2022 |
Arena Channels Group (buyer) (Gecic Law)
Premier League (seller) (DLA Piper) |
N/A |
|
Serbia |
LynxCap Investment’s Acquisition of Portfolio of Receivables and Real Estate from Nova Ljubljanska Banka |
30/12/2022 |
30/12/2022 |
LynxCap Investment AG (buyer) (Vukovic & Partners)
Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d. (seller) (BOPA Bojanovic & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Serbia |
Recticel’s Acquisition of Trimo from Innova Capital |
22/03/2022 |
29/04/2022 |
Recticel NV/SA (buyer) (BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners)
Innova Capital (seller) (Jadek & Pensa; Prica & Partners; Rymarz Zdort) |
|
|
Serbia |
MVM’s Acquisition of Stake in Energotehnika Juzna Backa and Elektromontaza Kraljevo from Maneks |
1/3/2022 |
02/05/2022 |
MVM Group (buyer) (Kinsteller)
Maneks Group (seller) (Zdravkovic & Partners) |
|
|
Serbia |
Ivicom Energy’s EUR 155 Million Financing for Krivaca Power Plant |
14/10/2022 |
12/12/2022 |
Erste Group Bank AG, as lead arranger, and lenders Erste Group Bank AG, Erste Bank AD Novi Sad, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Raiffeisen Banka AD Beograd, Nova Ljubljanska Banka dd Ljubljana, NLB Komercijalna Banka AD Beograd and Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB) (lenders) (Dentons; MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep; Selih & Partners; Stelios Americanos & Co; Zavisin Semiz & Partners)
Ivicom Energy (borrower) (Ulcar & Partnerji)
Mk Group and Alfi Green Energy Fund (sponsors) ((Ulcar & Partnerji)
Axpo Solutions (electricity off-taker) (Karanovic & Partners; Wenger Vieli)
Nordex Energy (turbine supplier/installer) (Doklestic Repic & Gajin) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Microsoft’s Acquisition of Minit |
25/03/2022 |
25/03/2022 |
Microsoft (buyer) (Reed Smith)
Minit (target) (Majernik & Mihalikova)
Minit Shareholders (seller) (Dentons; Majernik & Mihalikova) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/hungary/19691-dentons-advises-on-sale-of-minit-to-microsoft |
|
Slovakia |
NN Group’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Finportal from Arca Investment and Rudolf Adam |
18/02/2022 |
01/04/2022 |
NN Group (buyer) (Kinstellar)
Finportal (target) (Majernik & Mihalikova)
Rudolf Adam (seller) (Majernik & Mihalikova)
Arca Investment (seller) (AG Legal; Dentons) |
|
|
Slovakia |
Pro Partners Holding's Acquisition of Stake in AquaCity Poprad Waterpark Resort from Letheby & Sons |
10/11/2021 |
02/01/2022 |
Pro Partners Holding (Bluevision, s. r. o., Pro Partners Holding, a.s., SIBAREAL, s.r.o., Bluepack, s.r.o) (buyers) (Kinstellar)
Letheby & Sons Limited (seller) (MCL) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
ZFP Investments’ Acquisition of Blumental Office Buildings from Corwin |
16/8/2022 |
16/8/2022 |
ZFP Investments (buyer) (Havel & Partners)
Corwin (seller) (Dentons) |
|
|
Slovakia |
Hedin Group’s Acquisition of Motor-Car Group from Wiesenthal Autohandels AG |
19/5/2022 |
5/10/2022 |
Hedin Group (buyer) ( Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; PRK Partners)
Wiesenthal Autohandels AG (seller) (Schoenherr) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Sport Vision’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in A3 Sport Group |
1/1/2022 |
30/12/2022 |
Sport Vision Group (buyer)
A3 Sport shareholders (sellers) (Kinstellar) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Banking Cash Management Joint Venture Between Five Slovak Banks |
11/1/2022 |
26/4/2022 |
VUB, Slovenska sporitelna, Tatra banka, 365.bank, CSOB (HKV Law Firm; Nedelka Kubac Advokati) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/slovakia/20858-nka-advises-on-five-slovak-banks-jv-ec-approval |
|
Slovakia |
ViridiusLAB Acquisition of Chiranalab and SES Inspekt |
30/11/2022 |
30/11/2022 |
ViridiusLAB AG (buyer) (HKV Law Firm)
Chirana Group (seller) (relied on in-house counsel)
SES (seller) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Contera Group’s Acquisition of Land |
08/11/2021 |
1/8/2022 |
Contera Group (buyer) (HKV Law Firm)
N/A (seller) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Financing for Penta Hospitals International |
16/11/2022 |
9/12/2022 |
Komercni banka Slovakia (mandated lead arranger) (Dentons)
Tatra banka (lead arranger) (Dentons)
Slovenska sporitelna, Ceska sporitelna, CSOB, CSOB Financna skupina, UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., ING (lenders) (Dentons) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Cube Infrastructure Fund III Acquisition of MVV Energie CZ |
8/12/2022 |
9/12/2022 |
Cube Infrastructure Managers (buyer) (DLA Piper)
MVV Energie AG (seller) (Eversheds Sutherland)
Komercni banka, a.s. and Kommunalkredit Austria AG (financing) (Allen & Overy) |
|
|
Slovakia |
VUB’s Acquisition of Stake in VUB Generali DSS |
5/4/2022 |
02/11/2022 |
Vseobecna uverova banka, a.s (VUB) (buyer) (Allen & Overy)
Generali (seller) (Barger Prekop) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Vivalto Sante’s Acquisition of Europe-Based Hospital Businesses Including Pro Diagnostic Group from Centene |
22/7/2022 |
17/11/2022 |
Vivalto Sante Investissement SAS (buyer) (Latham & Watkins)
Centene Corporation (seller) (Garrigues; Havel & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Slovakia |
Cronos Optima and SIRS Acquisition of Shopping Mall Optima from Atrium |
1/2/2021 |
15/06/2022 |
Cronos Optima (buyer) (Taylor Wessing)
SIRS (buyer) (Krnac Koncok & Partners)
Atrium European Real Estate (seller) (Clifford Chance)
N/A (lenders) (Dentons) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/slovakia/20330-clifford-chance-advises-atrium-on-sale-of-optima-kosice |
|
Slovenia |
NLB´s Acquisition of N Banka d.d. (previously Sberbank Banka d.d.) |
25/02/2022 |
01/03/2022 |
Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d. (buyer) (Baros, Bicakcic & Partners; BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Knezovic & Associates; Prelevic Law Firm; Tasko Pustina)
Single Resolution Board (seller) (Allen & Overy; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
B2Holding’s Global Restructuring |
09/02/2022 |
09/08/2022 |
PIMCO (senior lender) (Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Filip & Company; Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Linklaters; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners)
B2Holding ASA (borrower) (Clifford Chance; CMS) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Phoenix Group’s Acquisition of McKesson Europe, Including Kemofarmacija |
7/7/2021 |
31/10/2022 |
Phoenix Group (buyer) (A&L Goodbody; Chiomnenti; Cuatrecasas; Gardetto; Gide Loyrette Nouel; Gleiss Lutz; Loyens & Loeff; Schoenherr; Walless)
McKesson Europe (seller) (Linklaters; Selih & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Telefonica Tech’s Acquisition of BE-Terna |
09/05/2022 |
9/6/2022 |
Telefonica Tech (buyer) (Clifford Chance; Deloitte Legal)
Deutsche Private Equity (sellers) (Gutt Olk Feldhaus; Poellath |
|
|
Slovenia |
Oaktree Capital Management’s Acquisition of InterBlock |
31/10/2020 |
6/6/2022 |
Oaktree Capital Management LP (buyer) (Kirkland & Ellis; CMS)
InterBlock (seller) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Park Residence Financing by NLB |
14/12/2022 |
24/12/2022 |
NLB d.d. (lender) (Wolf Theiss)
Crni Vrh (borrower) (DMB Legal; Selih & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Porton Pharma Solutions Entry Into Slovenia |
29/7/2022 |
29/7/2022 |
Porton Pharma Solutions Ltd. (buyer) (Deloitte Legal)
Novartis Group (seller) (Usenicnik Zagar Law Firm) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Pintaluba’s Acquisition of Lek Veterina |
21/9/2022 |
22/9/2022 |
Pintaluba Group (buyer) (Deloitte Legal)
Lek Veterina shareholders (sellers) (ODI Law) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Alfi PE’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Merkur Trgovina from HPS Investment Partners, Integral Venture Partners, ECM Partners, and LCN Partners |
22/12/2021 |
13/04/2022 |
Alfi PE (buyer) (Simon Gabrijelcic Law Firm)
Merkur Trgovina d.o.o. (target) (Jadek & Pensa)
HPS Investment Partners (UK) LLP, Integral Venture Partners, ECM Partners (sellers) (Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic; Slaughter and May)
LCN Partners (seller) (Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Textron’s Acquisition of Pipistrel Group |
01/12/2021 |
17/3/2022 |
Textron Inc. (Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic; Latham & Watkins)
Pipistrel Group (seller) (Fabiani Petrovic Jeraj Rejc; Matija Premrl Law Office) |
|
|
Slovenia |
Slovenske Zeleznice’s Acquisition of 50% of Nomago |
07/04/2022 |
20/10/2022 |
Slovenske Zeleznice d.o.o. (buyer) (Ferrari, Pedeferri, Boni Law Firm; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Madirazza & Partners)
Adventura Investments d.d. (seller) (Brezovec Law Firm) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Recticel’s Acquisition of Trimo from Innova Capital |
22/03/2022 |
29/4/2022 |
Recticel NV/SA (buyer) (BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners)
Innova Capital (seller) (Jadek & Pensa; Prica & Partners; Rymarz Zdort) |
|
|
Slovenia |
Taavura Holdings' Acquisition of Renault Nissan Distribution Network in Croatia and Slovenia |
27/06/2022 |
30/9/2022 |
Taavura Holdings Ltd. (buyer) Orehovec, Vinter, Kis, Simunovic
Renault Group (seller) DLA Piper |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Ivicom Energy’s EUR 155 Million Financing for Krivaca Power Plant |
14/10/2022 |
12/12/2022 |
Erste Group Bank AG, as lead arranger, and lenders Erste Group Bank AG, Erste Bank AD Novi Sad, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Raiffeisen Banka AD Beograd, Nova Ljubljanska Banka dd Ljubljana, NLB Komercijalna Banka AD Beograd and Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB) (lenders) (Dentons; MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep; Selih & Partners; Stelios Americanos & Co; Zavisin Semiz & Partners)
Ivicom Energy (borrower) (Ulcar & Partnerji)
Mk Group and Alfi Green Energy Fund (sponsors) ((Ulcar & Partnerji)
Axpo Solutions (electricity off-taker) (Karanovic & Partners; Wenger Vieli)
Nordex Energy (turbine supplier/installer) (Doklestic Repic & Gajin) |
N/A |
|
Slovenia |
Multijurisdictional Securitization of Collaterals in Cineworld Group |
25/11/2022 |
25/11/2022 |
N/A (Cineworld creditors) Arnold & Porter; Andersen; Rutland & Partners; Kambourov & Partners; Senica & Partners; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii
Cineworld Group plc (borrower) Kirkland & Ellis; Slaughter and May |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
SDT Uzay IPO |
29/12/2022 |
29/12/2022 |
SDT Uzay & Savunma Teknolojileri A.S. (Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/turkey/22045-baseak-advises-sdt-uzay-savunma-teknolojileri-on-ipo |
|
Turkey |
Flutter’s Acquisition of Sisal S.p.A from CVC Capital Partners |
23/12/2022 |
4/8/2022 |
Flutter Entertainment PLC (buyer) (Arthur Cox; Pekin & Pekin)
Sisal S.p.A (seller) (Egemen Law Firm; Latham Watkins) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
Brisa’s Acquisition of Arvento M2M Elektronik Sistemler |
1/3/2022 |
1/3/2022 |
Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (buyer) (Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership; Nazim & Co Lawyers and Consultants)
Arvento M2M Elektronik Sistemler Sanayi Ticaret (seller) (Gen Temizer Ozer) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
Schottel's Acquisition of Majority Stake in ELKON from Veradeniz |
10/5/2022 |
10/5/2022 |
Schottel Industries GmbH (buyer) (KP Law)
Veradeniz Yonetim Danismanlik ve Yatirim Hizmetleri (seller) (Pelister Atayilmaz Enkur) |
|
|
Turkey |
Figopara’s USD 11 Million Investment Round |
12/10/2022 |
12/10/2022 |
L2G Ventures (investor) (Nazali)
Sabanici Ventures and TKYB Sermaye Fonu (investors) (Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership)
Logo Yazilim (investor) (Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli)
Eczacibasi (investor) (BTS & Partners)
Figopara (target) (Gokce Attorney Partnership) |
|
|
Turkey |
Refinancing of DFDS Group Companies' Facilities by Five Nordic Banks |
30/11/2022 |
15/12/2022 |
DFDS Denizcilik ve Tasimacilik A.S. (resigning guarantor under Addendum No. 6 and as original borrower under the New Facilities Agreement) (Pekin & Pekin)
Trieste New Holdco Denizcilik ve Tasimacilik A.S., Trieste Holdco Denizcilik ve Tasimacilik A.S., and Trieste Midco Denizcilik ve Tasimacilik A.S. (resigning guarantors under the Addendum No. 6) (Pekin & Pekin)
Danske Bank A/S, Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, Nykredit Bank A/S, Skandinaviska Enskilde Banken AB, and Jyske Bank A/S (original lenders under both Addendum No. 6 and the New Facilities Agreement) (Kromann Reumert; Pekin & Pekin) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
Financial Lease of Aircraft by MNG Havayollari from SAF Baiyun |
17/2/2021 |
9/9/2022 |
SAF Baiyun (lessor) (Pekin & Pekin)
MNG Havayollari ve Tasimacilik A.S. (lessee) (Herguner Bilgen Ozeke) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
Ferrovial’s Acquisition of Dalaman Airport |
16/2/2022 |
19/07/2022 |
Ferrovial Aeropuertos Espana, S.A (buyer) (Esin Attorney Partnership, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
YDA Havalimani Yatirim ve Isletme A.S. (Gudunz Law Office) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
Eczacibasi’s Acquisition of Gensenta from Amgen |
1/6/2022 |
2/11/2022 |
Eczacibasi Group (buyer) (Akol Law Firm)
Eczacibasi Group (financing) (Moral, Kinikoglu, Pamukkale, Kokenek)
Amgen Inc. (seller) (Esin Attorney Partnership, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International) |
|
|
Turkey |
Torunlar Group’s Acquisition of 50% Stake in the AKCEZ JV |
29/7/2022 |
08/08/2022 |
Torunlar Group (buyer) (Gen Temizer Ozer; Kinstellar)
CEZ Group (seller) (Pekin Bayar Mizrahi; Skils)
Akkok Group (JV partner) (Cakmak) |
|
|
Turkey |
Dream Games’ USD 255 Million Series C Investment Round |
20/12/2021 |
18/01/2022 |
Black Rock (investor) (Ashurst)
Index Ventures (investor) (Goodwin Procter)
Dream Games (target) (Gen Temizer Ozer; Kinstellar; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe) |
|
|
Turkey |
Payhawk’s USD 100 Million Series B Investment Round |
14/2/2022 |
14/2/2022 |
Lightspeed Venture Partners (investor) (Goodwin Procter)
Earlybird Digital East (investor) (Gen Temizer Ozer; Kinstellar)
Payhawk (target) (Mishcon de Reya) |
|
|
Turkey |
Victoria PLC's Acquisition of B3 Ceramics (Graniser Seramik) from Bancroft 3LP and EBRD |
9/11/2021 |
09/02/2022 |
Victoria PLC and Victoria Midco Holdings Limited (buyer) (Brown Rudnick; Pelister Atayilmaz Enkur)
Bancroft 3LP and EBRD (seller) (Karatas Yildiz Borovali; MinterEllison)
N/A (target’s lenders) (GKC Partners) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
Aluflexpack’s Acquisition of 80% Stake in Teko Aluminyum Sanayi |
4/4/2022 |
12/05/2022 |
Aluflexpack AG and Arimpeks Aluminyum Sanayi Ic ve Dis Ticaret A.S. (buyer) (Pelister Atayilmaz Enkur)
Arimpeks Aluminyum Sanayi Ic ve Dis Ticaret A.S. (seller) (Egemenoglu Law Firm) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
QNB Finansbank's Acquisition of 51% Stake in Cigna Saglik Hayat ve Emeklilik |
21/10/2022 |
21/12/2022 |
QNB Finansbank (buyer) (Verdi Law Firm)
Cigna Nederland Gamma B.V. (seller) (Pelister Atayilmaz Enkur) |
N/A |
|
Turkey |
QIA’s Acquisition of 20% Stake in D.ream International from Dogus Group |
19/5/2022 |
19/05/2022 |
Qatar Investment Authority (buyer) (Linklaters; Paksoy)
Dogus Group (seller) (Mishcon de Reya) |
|
|
Turkey |
IHC’s Acquisition of Kalyon Enerji |
10/8/2022 |
15/9/2022 |
W Solar Investment LLC (buyer) (Norton Rose Fulbright; Pekin Bayar Mizrahi)
International Energy Holding (seller) (GKC Partners) |
|
|
Turkey |
Accelerated Book Building for Pegasus Shares by Esas Holding |
17/11/2022 |
22/11/2022 |
Esas Holding A.S. (GKC Partners) |
N/A |
|
Ukraine |
Oschadbank Financing for Naftogaz |
30/04/2022 |
30/04/2022 |
JSC Naftogaz (borrower) (Aequo; Integrites; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Oschadbank (lender) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Ukraine |
Ukraine’s Consensual Deferral of External Debt Worth Over USD 25 Billion |
28/07/2022 |
31/08/2022 |
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Private Joint Stock Company “National Power Company “Ukrenergo”, and the State Road Agency of Ukraine (issuers) (Avellum; White & Case)
J.P. Morgan Securities plc. (Latham & Watkins; Sayenko Kharenko)
BNY Mellon (the trustee under certain instruments within the perimeter) (Hogan Lovells)
Amia Capital (one of the holders of Ukraine’s Eurobonds within the perimeter) (Weil, Gotshal & Manges) |
|
|
Ukraine |
Establishment of American University Kyiv |
27/04/2022 |
27/04/2022 |
Managing partners of American University Kyiv (Avellum; Jenner & Block) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/ukraine/20991-avellum-advises-on-launch-of-american-university-kyiv |
|
Ukraine |
Kyivstar’s Acquisition of Controlling Stake in Helsi |
09/08/2022 |
09/08/2022 |
PJSC Kyivstar (DLA Piper; Kinstellar)
Helsi's shareholders and management (sellers) (Sayenko Kharenko) |
https://ceelegalmatters.com/ukraine/20825-kinstellar-advises-kyivstar-on-helsi-acquisition |
|
Ukraine |
Financings For Reconstruction of Shopping Malls in Ukraine |
3/6/2022 |
25/7/2022 |
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and KUKE S.A. (lenders) (CMS)
LLC TRC Nikolsky and LLC Martin (borrowers) (relied on in-house counsel) |
N/A |
|
Ukraine |
Germany’s Acquisition of 99% of Uniper Group |
21/09/2022 |
19/12/2022 |
German Government (buyer) (CMS; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Uniper (issuer/seller) (CMS) |
N/A |
|
Ukraine |
Ukrainian Railways’ Consent Solicitations for USD 895 Million Loan Participation Notes |
28/12/2022 |
28/12/2022 |
JSC Ukrainian Railways (solicitant) (Asters; Dechert)
JP Morgan and Dragon Capital (Solicitation Agents) (Sayenko Kharenko) |
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Ukraine |
Canada's CAD 1.95 Billion Loan to Ukraine |
19/08/2022 |
19/8/2022 |
Government of Canada, Export Development Canada (lender) (Ladner Gervais; Sayenko Kharenko)
Ministry of Finance of Ukraine (borrower) (Avellum; White & Case) |
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