Past winners

DOTY Winners

2024

Albania: Republic of Albania’s EUR 600 Million Issuance (Allen & Overy; CR Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners; Dechert)

Austria: Brookfield and Digital Bridge’s Acquisition of GD Towers from Deutsche Telekom (Allen & Overy; CMS; Cuatrecasas; Dorda; E+H; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Gleiss Lutz; Latham and Watkins; Morgan Lewis; Noerr; Schoenherr; Weil, Gotshal & Manges)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:Fortenova’s Refinancing (Dimitrijevic & Partners; Hogan Lovells; Karanovic & Partners (Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic); Kirkland & Ellis; Maric & Co.; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners)

Bulgaria: Eurobank Bulgaria’s Acquisition of BNP Paribas Personal Finance Bulgaria (Allen & Overy Shearman; Boyanov & Co; Deloitte Legal; Wolf Theiss)

Croatia: TAWAL’s EUR 1.2 Billion Acquisition of United Group’s CEE Tower Assets (Bradvica, Maric, Wahl, Cesarec; Jadek and Pensa; Kambourov & Partners; Kinstellar; ODI Law; Paul Weiss)

Czech Republic: Ceska Sporitelna’s Acquisition of Sberbank CZ’s Assets (Baker McKenzie; Skils; White & Case)

Estonia: AS Maag Grupp’s Acquisition of HKScan’ Baltic Business (Cobalt; DLA Piper; Ellex Raidla)

Greece: Grimaldi Euromed, Minoan Lines, and EKEV Consortium’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Port of Igoumenitsa Authority (AKL Law Firm; Dracopoulos & Vassalakis; Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm; Your Legal Partners)

Hungary: 4iG and Corvinus’s Acquisition of Vodafone Hungary (CMS; Lakatos Koves & Partners; PK Law Office; Slaughter and May)

Kosovo: Inspera’s Acquisition of Crossplag from Shkolla Finlandeze (Pallaska and Associates; RPHS Law)

Latvia: Eesti Gaas’s Acquisition of Gaso from Latvijas Gaze (Ellex; KPMG Law)

Lithuania: Ignitis Renewables’ Acquisition of Wind Farm from E Energija (Cobalt; Walless)

Moldova: Moldovatransgaz’s and Vestmoldtransgaz’s Lease Agreement (Vernon | David; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii; Turcan Cazac)

Montenegro: Alcazar Energy’s Acquisition of Bijela Wind Farm Project from Simes Inzenjering and Sistem MNE (BDK Advokati; Karanovic & Partners)

North Macedonia: Linamar’s Acquisition of Dura-Shiloh from Dura Automotive (CMS; Dechert; Debarliev, Dameski & Keleshoska Law Firm; Warner Norcross + Judd)

Poland: Baltic Power’s USD 5.2 Billion Financing for Offshore Wind Farm (Advokatfirmaet BAHR; Hogan Lovells; Linklaters; SSW Pragmatic Solutions)

Romania: Hidroelectrica’s RON 9.3 Billion IPO (Clifford Chance; Dentons; Filip & Company; Linklaters)

Serbia: Diofa Fund Management’s Acquisition of Gordius Private Equity from Indotek Investments (BDK Advokati; DLA Piper; Lakatos Koves & Partners)

Slovakia: Plan B Investments’ Acquisition of Trei Real Estate Czech and Slovak Portfolio (Clifford Chance; Dentons; Taylor Wessing)

Slovenia: MOL’s Acquisition of OMV Slovenia (Baker McKenzie; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners; Schoenherr)

Turkiye: Marti Technologies Inc.’s and Galata Acquisition Corp.’s Merger (Esin Attorney Partnership; Latham & Watkins; Verdi Law Firm; Willkie Farr & Gallagher)

Ukraine: DFC, IFC, and EBRD’s USD 480 Million Financing for MHP (Avellum; Baker Botts; CMS; Harneys; Redcliffe Partners)

2023 Consummate Professional: Kostadin Sirleshtov

And the CEE Deal of the Year: Hidroelectrica’s RON 9.3 Billion IPO (Clifford Chance; Dentons; Filip & Company; Linklaters)

2023

Albania: 4iG’s Acquisition of One Telecommunications (Boyanov & Co; CMS; Dentons; Kalo & Associates)

Austria: Erste Group EUR 1.5 Billion Mortgage Bond Issuance (Schoenherr; Wolf Theiss)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: BNBM’s Joint Venture with Coal Mine and Thermal Power Plant Ugljevik (Doklestic Repic & Gajin; Shihui Law Firm)

Bulgaria: BioIVT’s Acquisition of Fidelis Research (BDK Advokati; Boyanov & Co.; Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka; Hristov & Partners; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Penkov Markov & Partners)

Croatia: SoftBank, Goldman Sachs, and Porsche Investment in Rimac (CMS; Kunstek Halle & Simac; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; Savoric & Partners; White & Case)

Czech Republic: GIC’s Acquisition of 30% Stake in Cetin from PPF (BDK Advokati; Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Herbert Smith Freehills; Kinstellar; Lakatos, Koves & Partners; NautaDutilh; White & Case)

Estonia: Gren’s Acquisition of VKG (Ellex; Cobalt)

Greece: MORE’s Acquisition of Anemos RES and Financing (AKL; Karatzas & Partners; Lambadarios Law Firm; PotamitisVekris; Watson Farley & Williams; Zepos & Yannopoulos)

Hungary: Stellantis’ Acquisition of aiMotive (Baker McKenzie; Bird & Bird; Dentons; Noerr; VGG Associes)

Kosovo: BEK’s Acquisition of KS Siguria (RPHS Law)

Latvia: Renta Group’s Acquisition of Uprent Group from BaltCap (Cobalt; Sorainen)

Lithuania: Novator Partners’ Investment in NordVPN (Cooley; Ellex; NautaDutilh; TGS Baltic; White & Case)

Moldova: EBRD Loan to CET Nord (Gladei & Partners)

Montenegro: NLB´s Acquisition of N Banka d.d. (previously Sberbank Banka d.d.) (Allen & Overy; Baros, Bicakcic & Partners; BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Knezovic & Associates; Prelevic Law Firm; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners; Tasko Pustina)

North Macedonia: Fortis Energetika’s Financing for Construction of PV Power Plant (Karanovic & Partners)

Poland: Allegro’s Acquisition of Mall Group and WeDo from PPF, EC Investments, and Rockaway Capital (Clifford Chance; Savoric & Partners; Selih & Partners; Srubar & Partners; White & Case)

Romania: Romgaz’ Acquisition of ExxonMobil’s 50% Stake in Neptun Deep (Dentons; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Suciu Popa)

Serbia: Ivicom Energy’s EUR 155 Million Financing for Krivaca Power Plant (Dentons; Doklestic Repic & Gajin; Karanovic & Partners; MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep; Selih & Partners; Stelios Americanos & Co; Ulcar & Partnerji; Wenger Vieli; Zavisin Semiz & Partners)

Slovakia: Microsoft’s Acquisition of Minit (Dentons; Majernik & Mihalikova; Reed Smith)

Slovenia: NLB´s Acquisition of N Banka d.d. (previously Sberbank Banka d.d.) (Allen & Overy; Baros, Bicakcic & Partners; BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Knezovic & Associates; Prelevic Law Firm; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners; Tasko Pustina)

Turkey: IHC’s Acquisition of Kalyon Enerji (GKC Partners; Norton Rose Fulbright-Pekin Bayar Mizrahi)

Ukraine: Ukraine’s Consensual Deferral of External Debt Worth Over USD 25 Billion (Avellum; Hogan Lovells; Latham & Watkins; Sayenko Kharenko; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case)

…And the CEE Deal of the Year: Ukraine’s Consensual Deferral of External Debt Worth Over USD 25 Billion (Avellum; Hogan Lovells; Latham & Watkins; Sayenko Kharenko; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case)

2022

Albania: 4iG´s Acquisition of ALBtelecom from the Calik Group (Tashko Pustina; Wolf Theiss)

Austria: Starwood Capital’s Public Takeover Offer for CA Immo (DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Schoenherr; Wolf Theiss)

Bosnia & Herzegovina: Nomad Foods’ Acquisition of Fortenova’s Frozen Food Business (Akin Gump; BDK Advokati; Boga & Associates; Bogdanovic, Dolicki & Partners; Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka; Forgo, Damjanovic & Partners; Harrisons; Isailovic & Partners; Kalo & Associates; Lakatos, Koves and Partners; Maric & Co; Norton Rose Fulbright; Polenak Law Firm; Popovski & Partners; Selih & Partnerji; Zdolsek Attorneys at Law)

Bulgaria: KBC Bank’s Acquisition of Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria from Raiffeisen Bank International (E+H; Kinstellar; Wolf Theiss)

Croatia: Nomad Foods’ Acquisition of Fortenova’s Frozen Food Business (Akin Gump; BDK Advokati; Boga & Associates; Bogdanovic, Dolicki & Partners; Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka; Forgo, Damjanovic & Partners; Harrisons; Isailovic & Partners; Kalo & Associates; Lakatos, Koves and Partners; Maric & Co; Norton Rose Fulbright; Polenak Law Firm; Popovski & Partners; Selih & Partnerji; Zdolsek Attorneys at Law)

Czech Republic: Avast and NortonLifeLock Merger (Kirkland & Ellis; Macfarlanes; White & Case)

Estonia: Enefit Green Privatization and IPO (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Ellex; Shearman & Sterling; Sorainen)

Greece: Mondelez International’s Acquisition of Chipita from the Olayan Group, Spyros Theodoropoulos, and Others (Boyanov & Co; Clifford Chance; Karatzas & Partners; Shearman & Sterling)

Hungary: MVM Energia’s Acquisition of Companies and Assets from E.ON Hungary (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Kinstellar; Linklaters; Oppenheim)

Latvia: Akropolis Group’s Acquisition of SIA Delta Property from AMD Holding (Ellex; Eversheds Sutherland; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; TGS Baltic)

Lithuania: Partners Group’s Acquisition of Fortum’s Baltic District Heating Operations (Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Ellex; Sorainen; Van Doorne)

Moldova: MAIB Unfunded Risk Participation (ACI Partners)

Montenegro: 4iG PLC’sAcquisition of Telenor Montenegro from PPF Group (Andric Law Office; Dentons; Kinstellar; Law Office Komnenic & Associates; Vukmirovic Misic Law Firm)

North Macedonia: Interenergo’s and Trigal’s Acquisition of Wind Farm from Unidentified Sellers (Fatur Menard; Karanovic & Partners in Cooperation with Local Lawyers; Nikola Lazarov)

Poland: InPost IPO (Clifford Chance; CMS; Stibbe; Weil, Gotshal & Manges)

Romania: Glovo’s Acquisition of Delivery Hero’s Operations in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia (Cuatrecasas; Gugushev & Partners; Uria Menendez; Volciuc-Ionescu; Wolf Theiss)

Serbia: Privatization of HIP Petrohemija (Law Office Miroslav Stojanovic in cooperation with Wolf Theiss; Marjanovic Law)

Slovakia: Wood & Co’s and Tatra Asset Management’s Acquisition of Aupark Shopping Center from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (Allen & Overy; Dentons; Taylor Wessing; White & Case)

Slovenia: OTP’s Acquisition of Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor from Apollo Global Management and EBRD (Allen & Overy; Bird & Bird; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Selih & Partnerji; Wolf Theiss)

Turkey: Hepsiburada IPO (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; GKC Partners; Paksoy; Van Campen Liem; White & Case)

Ukraine: Ukrenergo’s Debut ESG Bond Issuance (Avellum; CMS; Linklaters; Sayenko Kharenko; White & Case)

2021 Baltic Deal of the Year: Partners Group’s Acquisition of Fortum’s Baltic District Heating Operations (Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Ellex; Sorainen; Van Doorne)

2021 CEE Deal of the Year: Nomad Foods’ Acquisition of Fortenova’s Frozen Food Business (Akin Gump; BDK Advokati; Boga & Associates; Bogdanovic, Dolicki & Partners; Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka; Forgo, Damjanovic & Partners; Harrisons; Isailovic & Partners; Kalo & Associates; Lakatos, Koves and Partners; Maric & Co; Norton Rose Fulbright; Polenak Law Firm; Popovski & Partners; Selih & Partnerji; Zdolsek Attorneys at Law)

2021

Albania: Albania Eurobond Issuance || Firms: Allen & Overy; Dechert; Wolf Theiss

Austria: Austrian Airlines Financing || Firms: DLA Piper; Eisenberger Herzog; Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch PartmbB; Hengeler Mueller; REN Legal Management Limited; Schoenherr; Stibbe Avocats; Viehbock Breiter Schenk & Nau; Weber Rechtsanwalte

Belarus: HBOR Financing for Be Cloud || Firms: BDV Legal; Borovtsov & Salei

Bosnia and Herzegovina:ASA Finance’s Takover of Central Osiguranje d.d. || Firm: Miljkovic & Partners

Bulgaria: Enery Acquisition and Refinancing || Firms: Allen & Overy; CMS; Memery Crystal; Schoenherr; Spasov & Bratanov; Wolf Theiss

Croatia: Stillfront Group’s Acquisition of Nanobit || Firms: DLA Piper; Glinska & Miskovic; Latham & Watkins; Savoric & Partners

Czech Republic: PPP Project for the D4 Expressway || Firms: CMS; Kinstellar; White & Case

Estonia: Luminor Bank’s Covered Bond Program || Firms: Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Cobalt

Greece: Cubico Sustainable Investment Limited’s Acquisition of Greek Wind Farms || Firms: Lambadarios; Potamitis Vekris; Watson, Farley & Williams

Hungary: Budapest Bank Group, MKB Bank Group and Takarekbank Group’s Creation of Hungarian “Superbank” || Firm: DLA Piper

Latvia: Valmieras Stikla Skiedra Debt Restructuring and Sale of Majority Stake to Duke I S.a.r.l || Firms: Cobalt; Ellex Klavins; Eversheds Sutherland

Lithuania: Ignitis Grupe IPO || Firms: Ashurst; Debevoise & Plimpton; Dentons; Sorainen; TGS Baltic; Walless

Moldova: Vetropack’s Acquisition of Glass Container Group from Western NIS Fund and Other Shareholders || Firms: Gladei & Partners; Turcan Cazac

North Macedonia: Aricoma Group’s Acquisition of Seavus Group || Firms: Bird & Bird; Clifford Chance; Karanovic & Partners; Mannheimer Swartling

Poland: UNIQA’s Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia || Firms: Clifford Chance; Go2Law; Schoenherr

Romania: Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets’ Acquisition of CEZ Group in Romania || Firms: Allen & Overy; RTPR; Skils; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii

Russia: JV of SIBUR with Sinopec at Amur GCC || Firms: Dechert; White & Case

Serbia: Nova Ljubljanska Banka’s Acquisition of Komercijalna Banka || Firms: AP Legal; Kalo & Associates; Kinstellar; ODI Law; Prica & Partners; Radonjic & Associates; Sajic; Selih & Partnerji

Slovakia: KBC Group’s Acquisition of OTP Banka Slovensko from OTP Bank || Firms: Kinstellar; Schoenherr

Slovenia: Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s Acquisition of BIA Separations || Firms: Eisenberger & Herzog; Milbank; RPPP; Schoenherr

Turkey: Turkey Wealth Fund’s Acquisition of Controlling Shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. || Firms: Aksu Caliskan Beygo Attorney Partnership; Durukan + Partners; Herguner Bilgen Ozeke; Kabine Law Office; Kinstellar; Milbank; Nazim & Co; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sorainen; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case

Ukraine: QTerminals WLL Port Concession Project of Black Sea Port of Olvia || Firms: Clyde & Co; EY Law; Kinstellar

2020

Austria: Steinhoff Restructuring (Allen & Overy; Binder Groesswang; Dorda; Eisenberger & Herzog; Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner; Gleiss Lutz; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; Wolf Theiss)

Belarus: Investments of Zubr Capital Fund and EBRD in Mila Group (Bird & Bird; Revera; SBH Law Offices)

Bosnia & Herzegovina: Aco Kabanica Sale of Elta-kabel to Telekom Srpske (Dimitrijevic & Partners)

Bulgaria: United Group’s Acquisition of Vivacom Bulgaria (CMS; Kambourov & Partners; Schoenherr)

Croatia: United Group’s Acquisition of Tele2 (Divjak, Topic, & Bahtijarevic; Kirkland & Ellis; Schoenherr)

Czech Republic: Advent International and Zentiva’s Acquisition of Alvogen’s CEE Business (CMS; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; White & Case)

Estonia: Apax Partners’ Acquisition of Baltic Classifieds Group (Cobalt; Ellex Raidla; Eversheds Sutherland Ots & Co; TGS Baltic; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)

Greece: Hellenic Republic’s Bond Issuance (Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Karatzas & Partners; Koutalidis Law Firm)

Hungary: Extreme Digital/eMAG Merger (Allen & Overy; Dentons; DLA Piper)

Latvia: Air Baltic’s Debut Eurobond Issuance (Cobalt; Dentons; Linklaters; Sorainen)

Lithuania: Idex’s Acquisition of Danpower Baltic UAB from Danpower and Geco Investicijos (Cobalt; DLA Piper; Triniti)

Moldova: Duet Private Equity’s Acquisition of Red Union Fenosa and Gas Natural Fenosa Furnizare Energie SRL from Naturgy Inversiones Internacionales (ACI Partners; Bird & Bird; PeliFilip; Simmons & Simmons; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii; Turcan Cazac)

Montenegro: Crnogorska Komercijalna Banka’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Societe Generale Banka Montenegro (CMS; Jones Day; Kalo & Associates; Schoenherr; Sytnyk & Partners)

North Macedonia: Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen’s Acquisition of Ohridska Banka AD Skopje (Schoenherr; CMS; Jones Day)

Poland: Acquisition of DCT Gdansk S.A. from Global Infrastructure Fund II (Clifford Chance; Dentons; Linklaters; Rymarz Zdort; Stibbe; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case)

Romania: Blackstone’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Superbet (Bulboaca & Asociatii; Fox & Neeman; Herzog; Jones Day; Kirkland & Ellis; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Wolf Theiss)

Russia: Severgroup’s Acquisition of TPG’s 34% Shareholding in Lenta and Subsequent Mandatory Tender Offer (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Ogier)

Serbia: Coca Cola HBC’s Acquisition of Bambi from Mid Europa Partners (BDK Advokati; Dechert; Karanovic & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Norton Rose Fulbright; White & Case; Zavisin, Semiz & Partneri)

Slovakia: PPF Group’s Acquisition of CME (Bondoc & Asociatii; Covington & Burling; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Allen & Overy; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case)

Slovenia: Abanka Privatization (Jadek & Pensa; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Wolf Theiss)

Turkey: Sisal’s Successful Bid to Operate Turkish State Lottery (Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership; Dentons; GKC Partners; Lexist Law Firm; White & Case)

Ukraine: NEQSOL’s Acquisition of VF Ukraine (Aequo; Avellum; DLA Piper; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; PwC Legal)

2019

Albania: The Republic of Albania’s Eurobond Issue and Tender (Dechert; Allen & Overy)

Austria: Vonovia’s Public Takeover of BUWOG (Schoenherr, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)

Bosnia & Herzegovina: ArcelorMittal Zenica, Finnfund, KPA Unicon Oy, and City of Zenica Public-Private Partnership (CMS and Karanovic & Partners)

Bulgaria: OTP’s Acquisition of Societe Generale Expressbank and Subsidiaries (Schoenherr; CMS; Kalo & Associates; Jones Day)

Croatia: Meteor Group’s Acquisition of Badel 1862 (Ostermann & Partners; Law Firm Svilar)

Czech Republic: Advent’s Acquisition of Zentiva from Sanofi (CMS; Dentons; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Ropes & Gray; Kirkland & Ellis; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii)

Estonia: Blackstone Group’s Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Luminor (Ellex; COBALT; Allen & Overy; Hamilton Advokatbyra)

Greece: Bain Capital Credit’s Acquisition of Non-Performing and Credit Exposures from Piraeus Bank (Shearman & Sterling; Kirkland & Ellis; Karatzas & Partners; Andreas Angelidis & Associates; Allen & Overy; Koutalidis Law Firm; Zepos & Yannopoulos)

Hungary: Vodafone’s Acquisition of Liberty Global’s Operations in Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Romania (CMS; Lakatos Koves & Partners; Shearman & Sterling; Slaughter & May; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Ropes & Gray; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii)

Latvia: Blackstone Group’s Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Luminor (Ellex; COBALT; Allen & Overy; Hamilton Advokatbyra)

Lithuania: Blackstone Group’s Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Luminor (Ellex; COBALT; Allen & Overy; Hamilton Advokatbyra)

Moldova: Acquisition by the EBRD, AB Invalda INVL, and Horizon Capital of Stake in Moldova Agroindbank from the Moldovan Government (Gladei & Partners; CMS; Efrim, Rosca & Associates)

Montenegro: PPF Group’s Acquisition of Telenor’s Telecommunications Assets in CEE (Boyanov & Co.; Karanovic & Partners; White & Case; Latham & Watkins; Allen & Overy; Schoenherr; BDK Advokati; Szecskay Attorneys at Law; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov)

Poland: Polish Development Fund’s Acquisition of PESA Bydgoszcz S.A. (Linklaters; Weil Gotshal & Manges)

Romania: Black Sea Oil & Gas EPCIC Contract with GSP Offshore (Ijdelea Mihailescu; Stronachs)

Russia: Merger of CJSC Transmashholding and LocoTech-Service LLC (Herbert Smith Freehills; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Allen & Overy; Harneys; Stibbe; Michael Kyprianou; Bellpark Legal)

Serbia: Privatization of Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport (Allen & Overy; Dentons; BDK Advokati; Andric Law Office; Vasilijevic Bogdanovic; CMS; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Graf & Pitkowitz; Zivkovic | Samardzic)

Slovakia: Zapadoslovenska Energetika’s Acquisition of the Malzenice Power Plant from E.ON (Allen & Overy; Kinstellar)

Slovenia: Novo Ljubljanska Banka IPO (Clifford Chance; Shearman & Sterling)

Turkey: Canakkale Motorway Project (Shearman & Sterling; Goksu Safi Isuk; Clifford Chance; Verdi Law Firm)

Ukraine: SALIC’s Acquisition of Mriya Agro Holding (Redcliffe Partners; Hogan Lovells; Dickson Minto; Sayenko Kharenko)

Baltic Deal of the Year: Blackstone Group’s Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Luminor (Ellex; COBALT; Allen & Overy; Hamilton Advokatbyra)

CEE Deal of the Year: Advent’s Acquisition of Zentiva from Sanofi (CMS; Dentons; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Ropes & Gray; Kirkland & Ellis; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii)

2018

Austria: Merger of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG with Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Schoenherr and bpv Hugel)

Bulgaria: Hugo Pfohe Sale of Moto-Pfohe Group to Sumitomo Corporattion: (CMS and Wolf Theiss)

Croatia: Arriva Acquisition of Majority Stake in the Autotrans Group (Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic; BDK Advokati; Mamic Peric Reberski Rimac)

Czech Republic: Transfer of Shares in Agrofert and SynBiol to Two Private Trusts (Kocian Solc Balastik)

Estonia: Providence Equity Partners’ Acquisition of Baltic Subsidiaries of Modern Times Group (Cobalt; Fort Legal; Hamilton; Skopina & Azanda; Sorainen; Mannheimer Swartling)

Greece: Attica Bank NPL Securitization (Zepos & Yannopoulos; Shearman & Sterling)

Hungary: Waberer’s IPO (Lakatos Koves & Partners, White & Case; Kinstellar; and Shearman & Sterling)

Latvia: AS Augstsprieguma Tikls Acquisition of Stake in Conexus Baltic Grid from Uniper (TGS Baltic and Ellex Klavins)

Lithuania: UAB Euroapotheca Acquisition of Apoteksgruppen from Sweden (TGS Baltic; Hammarskiold & Co.; Lindahl; Cederquist)

Poland: Mid-Europa Sale of Zabka Polska to CVC Capital (CMS; White & Case; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Greenberg Traurig)

Romania: A&D Pharma Acquisition by Dr. Max/Penta Investments (RTPR Allen & Overy; Musat & Asociatii; Baker McKenzie; Havel, Holasek & Partners; Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski; Clerides, Anastassiou, Neophytou; Jan Evan Law Office)

Russia: FESCO Restructuring (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Ogier; Loyens & Loeff; Chrysses Demetriades & Co; Herbert Smith Freehills; Dechert)

Serbia: EBRD and IFC Financing of Vetroelektrarne Balkana — Cibuk 1 Windfarm (Karanovic & Nikolic; Norton Rose Fulbright; Maric i Mujezinovic Law Office in cooperation with Kinstellar; Shearman & Sterling)

Slovakia: EPH Group Acquisition of Slovenske Elektrarne from Enel (Allen & Overy; White & Case)

Slovenia: Sale of Adria Mobile to Trigano in the Course of Ownership Restructuring by Shareholders of Protej d.o.o. (CMS; Kavcic, Bracun in partnerji)

Turkey: Vitol Acquisition of Petrol Ofisi from OMV (Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Hengeler Mueller; CSHS; Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership)

Ukraine: 2017 Ukraine Eurobond Issue (Avellum, Sayenko Kharenko; White & Case; Latham & Watkins)

CEE Deal of the Year: 2017 Ukraine Eurobond Issue (Avellum; Sayenko Kharenko; White & Case; Latham & Watkins)