Shortlist

The List of Shortlisted Deals

The shortlists are based on the Country Selection Committees’ votes on all the deals nominated across CEE.

 The winners will be determined by a vote by the Regional Committee. 

Albania

Financing for Viva Fresh’s Acquisition of Spar Albania

Viva Fresh (borrower): In-House Counsel

EBRD (lender): Dentons; Kalo & Associates

N/A

Albania

KAN’s Acquisition of KFC Operations in Albania from TP Investment

KAN sh.p.k. (buyer): Hoxha, Memi & Hoxha

TP Investment Limited (seller): Kalo & Associates

N/A

Albania

Project Blue 2 Financing

Blue 2 SPV (borrower): Tonucci & Partners

Tirana Bank; OTP Bank Albania; Union Bank; Intesa SanPaolo Bank Albania (lenders): Kalo & Associates

N/A

Austria

AoM’s Re-Acquisition of MV Agusta Motor from KTM

Art of Mobility SA (buyer): PedersoliGattai; Taylor Wessing

MV Augusta (target & buyer): PedersoliGattai

KTM AG (seller): Oberhammer

https://ceelegalmatters.com/austria/28772-taylor-wessing-advises-art-of-mobility-on-mv-agusta-stake-acquisition-from-ktm

Austria

Coupa’s Acquisition of Cirtuo

Coupa (buyer): Kirkland & Ellis; Wolf Theiss

Cirtuo (seller): Dentons; Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners; Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner

https://ceelegalmatters.com/croatia/29696-ilej-partners-and-wolf-theiss-advise-on-cirtuo-s-sale-to-coupa

Austria

NXP’s Acquisition of TTTech Auto from Audi, Aptiv, and Infineon

NXP Semiconductors n.v. (buyer): Schoenherr; Skadden

Audi; Aptiv; Infineon (sellers): Freshfields

Aptiv (seller): Binder Groesswang; Clifford Chance

https://ceelegalmatters.com/austria/28461-schoenherr-freshfields-and-binder-groesswang-advise-on-nxp-s-acquisition-of-tttech-auto

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EUR 350 Million International Bond Issuance

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (issuer): Baker Botts; Wolf Theiss

Deutsche Bank; Merrill Lynch International; UniCredit Group (joint lead managers): Sijercic & Partners; White & Case

N/A

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dundee Precious Metals’ Acquisition of Adriatic Metals

Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (buyer): Cassels Brock & Blackwell; Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner; Dimitrijevic & Partners

Adriatic Metals Plc. (seller): Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer; Law Office Naida Custovic; Wolf Theiss

https://ceelegalmatters.com/bosnia-herzegovina/30718-dimitrijevic-partners-and-wolf-theiss-advise-on-dundee-precious-metals-adriatic-metals-acquisition

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fortenova EUR 550 Milion Refinancing

Fortenova (borrower): Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Maric & Co

Unicredit; Zagrebacka (lenders): Clifford Chance; RRH Legal; CMS

N/A

Bulgaria

EnduroSat’s USD 104 Million Funding Round

Riot Ventures; Google Ventures; Lux Capital; the European Innovation Council Fund; Shrug Capital (investors): Hristov & Partners; K&L Gates

Riot Ventures (investor): Goodwin

EnduroSat (target): In-House Counsel

N/A

Bulgaria

Enery’s Acquisition of BESS Project from Most Energy

Enery Power Holding (buyer): Kinstellar

Most Energy (seller): Wolf Theiss

N/A

Bulgaria

Eurobank Bulgaria Covered Bonds

Eurobank Bulgaria (issuer): Clifford Chance; Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners, member of Eversheds Sutherland

Citi (sole bookrunner and trustee): Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Linklaters

https://ceelegalmatters.com/bulgaria/30427-eversheds-sutherland-and-dgkv-advise-on-eurobank-bulgaria-s-covered-bonds-issuance

Bulgaria

Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant Units 7 & 8 Development

Kozloduy NPP – New Build EAD (project owner): Kambourov & Partners; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; White & Case

Westinghouse Electric Company (project partner): In-House Counsel

Hyundai Engineering Co. (project partner): In-House Counsel

N/A

Bulgaria

Renalfa IPP EUR 1.2 Billion Investment and Financing

Renalfa (borrower): Ashurst; CMS

EBRD; Blacksea Trade and Development Bank; OTP; NLB; UniCredit; Kommunalkredit; UniCredit Bulbank as Bulgarian security agent (lenders): A&O Shearman; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; PHH

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/30356-cms-and-dgkv-advise-on-renalfa-ipp-s-eur-1-2-billion-investment-program-and-eur-315-million-ebrd-led-financing

Croatia

Advance Capital Partners’ Acquisition of Mass Group Majority Stake

Advance Capital Partners (buyer): Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic Bracun & Partners; Madirazza & Partners; Prelevic Law firm

Mass Group (seller): Ketler & Partners, a member of Karanovic

https://ceelegalmatters.com/slovenia/30482-ketler-partners-member-of-karanovic-advises-on-60-stake-sale-in-mass-to-advance-capital-partners

Croatia

Badel 1862’s Acquisition of Agrolaguna and Vinarija Novigrad from Fortenova Group

Badel 1862 (buyer): Miskovic & Miskovic

Fortenova Group (seller): Hogan Lovells; Kirkland & Ellis; Lovric, Novokmet & Partners; Skurla, Durmis & Spajis; Sidley Austin

https://ceelegalmatters.com/croatia/29306-lovric-novokmet-partners-and-miskovic-miskovic-advise-on-fortenova-s-sale-of-agrolaguna-and-vinarija-novigrad-to-badel-1862

Croatia

Coupa’s Acquisition of Cirtuo

Coupa (buyer): Kirkland & Ellis; Wolf Theiss

Cirtuo (seller): Dentons; Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners; Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner

https://ceelegalmatters.com/croatia/29696-ilej-partners-and-wolf-theiss-advise-on-cirtuo-s-sale-to-coupa

Croatia

Eagle Hills’ Acquisition of Suncani Hvar from CPI Property Group

Eagle Hills (buyer): Hanzekovic & Partners; Krehic, Fulir & Zornada

CPI Property Group (seller): Madirazza & Partners

https://ceelegalmatters.com/croatia/28847-krehic-law-and-madirazza-advise-on-eagle-hills-acquisition-of-suncani-hvar

Croatia

Podravka’s Acquisition of Fortenova Group’s Agricultural Segment

Podravka d.d. (buyer): BDK Advokati; DLA Piper; Gugic, Kovacic & Krivic; Kalo & Associates; Miskovic & Miskovic; Pesut Galekovic Zgombic; Polenak Law Firm; Selih & Partnerji

Fortenova Group (seller): Mamic, Peric, Reberski, Rimac

Zagrebacka Banka; Privredna Banka Zagreb; Erste Banka; OTP Banka (financing): CMS

EBRD (financing/buyer): Squire Patton Boggs; Wolf Theiss

https://ceelegalmatters.com/croatia/28757-cms-miskovic-miskovic-bdk-advokati-mamic-peric-reberski-rimac-and-wolf-theiss-advise-on-podravka-s-acquisition-of-companies-from-fortenova-group

Czech Republic

Blackstone’s Acquisition of CT Real Estate/Contera Parks

Blackstone (buyer): Schoenherr; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Contera (operating partner): Ments; Talers

TPG Real Estate (seller): White & Case

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/28370-white-case-and-schoenherr-advise-on-tpg-real-estate-s-eur-470-million-sale-of-czech-and-slovak-logistics-parks-to-blackstone

Czech Republic

Carlyle’s Acquisition of Adastra Majority Stake

Carlyle (buyer): Clifford Chance; Latham & Watkins; Ropes & Gray

Adastra Founders (sellers): Dentons

https://ceelegalmatters.com/czech-republic/30316-dentons-and-clifford-chance-advise-on-adastra-s-sale-of-majority-stake-to-carlyle

Czech Republic

CEZ Group’s Acquisition of a 20% Stake in Rolls-Royce SMR

CEZ Group (buyer): Pokorny, Wagner & Partners; Simmons & Simmons

Rolls-Royce SMR (target): Freshfields

Rolls-Royce plc (joint venture partner): Slaughter and May 

BNF Resources (joint venture partner): Dentons

Qatar Investment Authority (joint venture partner): Linklaters

Constellation (joint venture partner): Holman Fenwick Willan

N/A

Czech Republic

Czechoslovak Group’s Corporate Retail Bond Issuance

Czechoslovak Group (issuer): Clifford Chance

Ceska Sporitelna; Komercni Banka; J&T Banka; PPF Banka, UniCredit Bank (banks): Freshfields; PRK Partners

CSOB Asset Management (trustee): CMS

N/A

Czech Republic

Czechoslovak Group’s USD 1 Billion and EUR 1 Billion Dual-Tranche Notes Issuance

Czechoslovak Group (issuer): Clifford Chance

BNP Paribas; J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley (joint global coordinators, joint physical bookrunners, and initial purchasers); UniCredit Bank (joint bookrunner and initial purchaser): White & Case

N/A

Czech Republic

Erste Group’s Acquisition of Palladium Center from Union Investment

REICO Investicni Spolecnost Erste Asset Management (buyer): Wilsons

Erste Group Bank AG (coordinator and facility agent); Ceska Sporitelna; Komercni Banka; UniCredit Bank (lenders): White & Case

Union Investment (seller): Clifford Chance

https://ceelegalmatters.com/czech-republic/31359-clifford-chance-and-white-case-advise-on-union-investment-s-sale-of-prague-s-palladium-centre

https://ceerealestatematters.com/union-investment-sells-palladium-in-prague

Estonia

Baltic Storage Platform EUR 85.6 Million Financing from EBRD, NIB and Edmond de Rothschild AM

Baltic Storage Platform (borrower/project sponsor): Addleshaw Goddard; Cobalt; Linklaters; Rask

EBRD; Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management; Nordic Investment Bank (lenders): A&O Shearman; Ellex

https://ceelegalmatters.com/estonia/31325-addleshaw-goddard-and-ellex-advise-on-baltic-storage-platform-s-eur-85-6-million-financing-for-estonian-bess-projects

Estonia

Enefit Green’s Takeover and Delisting

Eesti Energia AS (buyer); Enefit Green AS (target): Ellex

N/A

Estonia

Tele2 and Global Communications Infrastructure Tower Infrastructure Joint Venture

Tele2 AB (joint venture partner): Clifford Chance; Tegos

Global Communications Infrastructure LLC (joint venture partner): Cobalt; Freshfields

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/30422-cobalt-and-tegos-advise-on-gci-and-manulife-im-s-creation-of-tower-company-in-partnership-with-tele2

Estonia

Vosker Corporation’s Acquisition of Defendec Holding

Vosker Corporation (buyer): Cobalt; Norton Rose Fulbright

Defendec Holding (seller): Ellex

N/A

Greece

Intrum Restructuring

The steering committee of RCF Lenders of Intrum Group, with Swedbank AB (outgoing facility agent and security agent) and Nordic Trustee & Agency AB (incoming facility agent and security agent): Clifford Chance; Lakatos, Koves and Partners

The steering committee of RCF Lenders, the facility agent, and the security agent: Roschier

Bondholders: Latham & Watkins

Intrum: CMS; Milbank; PotamitisVekris; Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak; Vinge

https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/30400-sk-s-advises-intrum-ab-on-eur-4-48-billion-recapitalization-transaction

Greece

Metlen’s Dual Listing on LSE and ATHEX

Metlen Energy & Metals (issuer): Bernitsas; Clifford Chance

Citigroup Global Markets Morgan Stanley & Co (UK sponsors): Karatzas & Partners; Latham & Watkins

National Bank of Greece; Piraeus Bank (financial advisers): Papanikolopoulou & Partners

https://ceelegalmatters.com/greece/30403-papanikolopoulou-partners-karatzas-partners-and-bernitsas-advise-on-metlen-energy-metals-dual-listing-on-the-london-and-athens-stock-exchanges

Greece

Piraeus Bank and Resolute Asset Management Real Estate Portfolio Transfer

Piraeus Bank S.A.; Resolute Asset Management: Papanikolopoulou & Partners

Premier Capital Investments S.A.: Norton Rose Fulbright; Papapolitis & Papapolitis

N/A

Hungary

EUR 740 Million ESG-Linked Facility for MOL Group

MOL Group (borrower): Baker McKenzie

Erste Group Bank; OTP Bank (coordinators); Erste Group Bank (facility agent); BNP Paribas (sustainability coordinator) (lenders): CMS

https://ceelegalmatters.com/hungary/30731-cms-advises-lenders-on-eur-740-million-esg-linked-facility-for-mol-group

Hungary

Green Factory’s Acquisition of Eisberg Business Units from Bell Food Group

Green Factory (buyer): Clifford Chance; Lakatos, Koves and Partners

Bell Food Group (seller): Schoenherr

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/29785-schoenherr-advises-bell-food-group-on-cee-divestment-of-eisberg-units

https://ceelegalmatters.com/by-practice/30959-closing-bell-food-group-s-cee-divestment-of-eisberg-units-now-closed

Hungary

Intrum Restructuring

The steering committee of RCF Lenders of Intrum Group, with Swedbank AB (outgoing facility agent and security agent) and Nordic Trustee & Agency AB (incoming facility agent and security agent): Clifford Chance; Lakatos, Koves and Partners

The steering committee of RCF Lenders, the facility agent, and sthe ecurity agent: Roschier

Bondholders: Latham & Watkins

Intrum: CMS; Milbank; PotamitisVekris; Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak; Vinge

https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/30400-sk-s-advises-intrum-ab-on-eur-4-48-billion-recapitalization-transaction

Hungary

MOL’s Restructuring into a Holding Entity

MOL Plc (restructuring entity): Kinstellar

N/A

Hungary

Unilever’s Demerger of The Magnum Ice Cream Company

Unilever Plc.: Kinstellar

https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/31649-kinstellar-advises-on-unilever-s-demerger-of-the-magnum-ice-cream-company

Kosovo

Banka Ekonomike’s Acquisition of Turkiye Is Bankasi’s Banking Portfolio in Kosovo

Banka Ekonomike (buyer): Inlex Law Firm

Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S. & Banka Ekonomike (seller): RPHS Law

N/A

Kosovo

Podravka’s Acquisition of Fortenova Group’s Agricultural Segment

Podravka d.d. (buyer): BDK Advokati; DLA Piper; Gugic, Kovacic & Krivic; Kalo & Associates; Miskovic & Miskovic; Pesut Galekovic Zgombic; Polenak Law Firm; Selih & Partnerji

Fortenova Group (seller): Mamic, Peric, Reberski, Rimac

Zagrebacka Banka; Privredna Banka Zagreb; Erste Banka; OTP Banka (financing): CMS

EBRD (financing/buyer): Squire Patton Boggs; Wolf Theiss

https://ceelegalmatters.com/croatia/28757-cms-miskovic-miskovic-bdk-advokati-mamic-peric-reberski-rimac-and-wolf-theiss-advise-on-podravka-s-acquisition-of-companies-from-fortenova-group

Kosovo

Public-Private Implementation of Kosovo’s Deposit Refund System Framework

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Kosovo L.L.C.: Basha Kraja

N/A

Kosovo

Zatriq Wind Power Plant EUR 112 Million Financing

EV Wind Park sh.p.k. (borrower): Watson Farley & Williams

Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (guarantor): Watson Farley & Williams

Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale (lender): Nallbani Law; CE Partners; Clifford Chance

N/A

Latvia

Agrova International’s Acquisition of Sunrise Eggs

Agrova International (buyer): Higgs

Adian Damian Crawley; Phillip Anthony Crawley (seller): Gateley

Accession Capital Partners (financing): Eversheds Sutherland Bitans

N/A

Latvia

Latvenergo’s Inaugural EUR 400 Million 5-year EU Green Bond Issuance

Latvenergo AS (issuer): Clifford Chance; Cobalt

BNP Paribas; J.P. Morgan (arrangers and dealers): Baker McKenzie; Tegos

https://ceelegalmatters.com/latvia/31355-cobalt-and-tegos-advise-on-latvenergo-s-eur-400-million-eu-green-bond-issuance

Latvia

Lufthansa Group’s Acquisition of AirBaltic Minority Stake

Lufthansa Group (buyer): Eversheds Sutherland

AirBaltic (seller): Cobalt; Dentons

https://ceelegalmatters.com/latvia/28710-cobalt-and-eversheds-sutherland-bitans-advise-on-airbaltic-s-minority-stake-sale-to-lufthansa-group

Lithuania

Baltic States’ Synchronization with Continental Europe Electricity Network

LITGRID AB (transmission system operator of the Republic of Lithuania): Tegos

https://ceelegalmatters.com/lithuania/28875-tgs-baltic-advises-on-synchronization-of-baltic-states-electricity-grids-with-continental-europe

Lithuania

Investicinis Kapitalas’ EUR 25 Million Defense Bond Issue

Investicinis Kapitalas (issuer): Ellex

https://ceelegalmatters.com/lithuania/30973-ellex-advises-valstybes-investicinis-kapitalas-on-eur-25-million-defense-bond-issue

Lithuania

Tele2 and Global Communications Infrastructure Tower Infrastructure Joint Venture

Tele2 AB: Clifford Chance; Tegos

Global Communications Infrastructure LLC: Cobalt; Freshfields

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/30422-cobalt-and-tegos-advise-on-gci-and-manulife-im-s-creation-of-tower-company-in-partnership-with-tele2

Moldova

Establishment of International Stock Exchange of Moldova

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE); Agentia Proprietatii Publice; MAIB; Donaris Vienna Insurance Group; GRAWE Carat Asigurari; Moldindconbank; MK Kredit; OTP Bank Moldova; Moldcell and Premier Energy Romania: Filip & Company; Vernon | David

Moldindconbank SA: Gladei & Partners

Donaris: Schoenherr

https://ceelegalmatters.com/moldova/31323-filip-company-advises-on-establishment-of-international-stock-exchange-of-moldova

Moldova

SE Ranking’s Acquisition of Planable

SE Ranking (buyer): Gladei & Partners; BPV Grigorescu Stefanica; Jizdan & Partners; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Planable Founders and Shareholders (sellers): Andronic and Partners; Melnic | Bercu; Eversheds Sutherland

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/30464-andronic-and-partners-melnic-bercu-bpv-grigorescu-stefanica-gladei-partners-and-jizdan-partners-advise-on-planable-s-sale-to-se-ranking

Moldova

Summa’s IFC EUR 50 Million Multi-Jurisdiction Secured Financing

Summa Turizm Yatirımciligi A.S. (borrower): Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership

IFC (lender): ACI Partners; Afridi & Angell; Geni & Kebe Lawyers; Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer; Paksoy

N/A

Montenegro

AikGroup’s Acquisition of Shares in Hipotekarna Banka

AikGroup (buyer): Moravcevic, Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr

Corporate, family, and individual shareholders of Hipotekarna Banka (sellers): Komnenic & Partners

https://ceelegalmatters.com/montenegro/30694-komnenic-partners-advises-sale-of-hipotekarna-banka-shares-to-aikgroup

Montenegro

Emma Capital’s Acquisition of Urion

Emma Capital (buyer): NKO Partners

Urion (seller): BDK Advokati

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/30720-nko-partners-and-bdk-advokati-advise-on-emma-capital-s-acquisition-of-urion

Montenegro

Fortuna Entertainment Group’s Acquisition of Lob

Fortuna Entertainment Group (buyer): Karanovic & Partners

Lob (seller): Moravcevic, Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr

https://ceelegalmatters.com/montenegro/30988-karanovic-partners-advises-lob-on-sale-to-fortune-entertainment-group

North Macedonia

Grupo Bimbo’s Acquisition of Don Don Group

Grupo Bimbo (buyer): Crangasu Legal; Ketler & Partners; Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners; Karanovic & Partners; White & Case

AMAL Nalozbe; KJK Discovery Holding; KJK Balkan Holding (sellers): CMS; Selih & Partnerji; Jadek & Pensa

N/A

North Macedonia

Medicover Group’s Acquisition of Synlab Eastern European Business

Medicover Group (buyer): Georghios Colocassides & Partners; Schoenherr

Synlab (seller): CMS

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/29315-cms-and-schoenherr-advise-on-synlab-international-s-sale-of-eastern-european-business-activities-to-medicover-group

North Macedonia

Podravka’s Acquisition of Fortenova Group’s Agricultural Segment

Podravka d.d. (buyer): BDK Advokati; DLA Piper; Gugic, Kovacic & Krivic; Kalo & Associates; Miskovic & Miskovic; Pesut Galekovic Zgombic; Polenak Law Firm; Selih & Partnerji

Fortenova Group (seller): Mamic, Peric, Reberski, Rimac

Zagrebacka Banka; Privredna Banka Zagreb; Erste Banka; OTP Banka (financing): CMS

EBRD (financing/buyer): Squire Patton Boggs; Wolf Theiss

https://ceelegalmatters.com/croatia/28757-cms-miskovic-miskovic-bdk-advokati-mamic-peric-reberski-rimac-and-wolf-theiss-advise-on-podravka-s-acquisition-of-companies-from-fortenova-group

North Macedonia

Vega’s Acqusition of Phoenix Pharma

Vega (buyer): ODI Law; Stanivuk & Manasijevski

Phoenix Group (seller): Schoenherr

N/A

Poland

Ares Management and Slate Asset Management Acquisition of Portfolio of 36 Properties from Trei Real Estate

Ares Management Corporation; Slate Asset Management (buyers): Rymarz Zdort Maruta

Trei Real Estate (seller): JDP

https://ceelegalmatters.com/5833-law-firms/rymarz-zdort-maruta/31124-rymarz-zdort-maruta-and-jdp-advise-on-ares-management-and-slate-asset-management-s-acquisition-of-retail-parks-from-trei-real-estate

Poland

Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm Finalization

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.: Rymarz Zdort Maruta

Orsted: Hengeler Mueller; Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak

https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/28726-rymarz-zdort-maruta-and-sk-s-advise-on-pge-polska-grupa-energetyczna-s-baltica-2-offshore-wind-farm-finalization

Poland

Diagnostyka’s PLN 1.7 Billion IPO

Diagnostyka S.A. (issuer): Greenberg Traurig

Citigroup Global Markets Limited; Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. – Biuro Maklerskie Banku Handlowego; Jefferies GmbH; Santander Bank Polska S.A. – Santander Biuro Maklerskie; Banco Santander, S.A. (joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners); Trigon Dom Maklerski S.A.; Wood & Company Financial Services; A.S. Spolka Akcyjna; Oddzial w Polsce; Pekao Investment Banking S.A.; Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. – Biuro Maklerskie Pekao (joint bookrunners): White & Case

Mid Europa (selling shareholder): Baker McKenzie

https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/28769-greenberg-traurig-white-case-and-baker-mckenzie-advise-on-diagnostyka-s-pln-1-7-billion-ipo

Poland

Equinor and Polenergia’s EUR 6 Billion Financing

Equinor and Polenergia (borrowers):

A&O Shearman; CMS

EIB; the Nordic Investment Bank; Euler Hermes; KUKE; the Polish state development bank BGK (lenders): Clifford Chance

https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/29737-a-o-shearman-cms-and-clifford-chance-advise-on-equinor-and-polenergia-s-eur-6-billion-financing

Poland

Green Factory’s Acquisition of Eisberg Business Units from Bell Food Group

Green Factory (buyer): Clifford Chance; Lakatos, Koves and Partners

Bell Food Group (seller): Schoenherr

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/29785-schoenherr-advises-bell-food-group-on-cee-divestment-of-eisberg-units

https://ceelegalmatters.com/by-practice/30959-closing-bell-food-group-s-cee-divestment-of-eisberg-units-now-closed

Romania

AFI Romanian Portfolio EUR 537 Million Refinancing

AFI (borrower): CMS

Erste Group Bank AG; Banca Comercială Romana S.A.; Raiffeisen Bank S.A.; Raiffeisen Bank International AG; UniCredit Bank S.A. (lenders): Dentons; Stelios Americanos & Co

https://ceelegalmatters.com/romania/31626-dentons-advises-on-eur-537-million-refinancing-for-afi-romania-portfolio

https://ceerealestatematters.com/afi-romania-secures-eur-537-million-refinancing-for-afi-cotroceni-afi-brasov-and-afi-ploiesti

Romania

Ahold Delhaize’s Acquisition of Profi Rom Food from MidEuropa

Ahold Delhaize (buyer): CMS; GNP Guia Naghi & Partners

MidEuropa (seller): RTPR; White & Case

https://ceelegalmatters.com/romania/24742-white-case-rtpr-and-cms-advise-on-mideuropa-s-eur-1-3-billion-sale-of-profi-to-ahold-delhaize

https://ceelegalmatters.com/romania/28380-closing-mideuropa-s-eur-1-3-billion-sale-of-profi-to-ahold-delhaize-now-closed

Romania

Distributie Energie Oltenia’s RON 1.76 Billion Financing

Distributie Energie Oltenia (borrower): RTPR

BCR; Erste Group Bank; BRD Groupe Societe Generale S.A; UniCredit Bank; Banca Transilvania; Alpha Bank; PKO Bank Polski Warsaw Bucharest Branch; Siemens Financial Services (lenders): Kinstellar; Linklaters

N/A

Romania

Romgaz’s EUR 500 Million Bond Issuance

Romgaz (issuer): Hogan Lovells; Musat & Asociatii

BT Capital Partners; Citigroup Global Markets Europe; Erste Group Bank, J.P. Morgan; Raiffeisen Bank International; Unicredit Bank (arrangers): Linklaters; Filip & Company

https://ceelegalmatters.com/romania/27735-filip-company-advises-on-romgaz-eur-500-million-bond-issuance

Romania

Vodafone Romania and Digi Romania’s Acquisition of Telekom Romania Mobile Communications from OTE

Vodafone Romania S.A. (buyer): Osborne Clarke; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii

Digi Communications N.V. (buyer): Addleshaw Goddard; Filip & Company

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (seller): Eversheds Sutherland; Mayer Brown

https://ceelegalmatters.com/romania/30882-tuca-zbarcea-asociatii-filip-company-and-addleshaw-goddard-advise-on-acquisitions-of-parts-of-telekom-romania-mobile-communications

Serbia

CVC Capital’s Acquisition of MediGroup

Mehilainen Yhtiot Oy (buyer): Bojanovic & Partners; Bondoc & Asociatii; Latham & Watkins; White & Case

MidEuropa (seller): A&O Shearman; Karanovic & Partners; RTPR

Blue Sea Capital (seller): Kinstellar

https://ceelegalmatters.com/legal-markets/29275

https://ceelegalmatters.com/news/31637-closing-sale-of-regina-maria-group-to-mehilainen-now-closed

Serbia

Elixir Group’s EUR 300 Million Syndicated Financing Led by UniCredit

Elixir Group (borrower): Schoenherr

UniCredit (the sole underwriter and global coordinator): Dentons; ZSP Advokati

https://ceelegalmatters.com/by-practice/31665-schoenherr-and-zsp-advokati-advise-on-elixir-group-s-eur-300-million-syndicated-financing-led-by-unicredit

Serbia

Grupo Bimbo’s Acquisition of Don Don Group

Grupo Bimbo (buyer): Crangasu Legal; Ketler & Partners; Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners; Karanovic & Partners; White & Case

AMAL Nalozbe; KJK Discovery Holding; KJK Balkan Holding (sellers): CMS; Selih & Partnerji; Jadek & Pensa

N/A

Serbia

United Group Sale of SBB Beograd to E& PPF Telecom Group and of Eon TV International to Telekom Srbija

E& PPF Telecom Group (buyer): SOG in cooperation with Kinstellar; Sullivan & Cromwell

Telekom Srbija (buyer): Clifford Chance; Gecic Law

United Group (seller): Kirkland & Ellis; Moravcevic Vojnovic and partners in cooperation with Schoenherr

https://ceelegalmatters.com/serbia/28839-gecic-law-kinstellar-and-schoenherr-advise-on-united-group-s-sale-of-eon-tv-international-and-sbb-belgrade

Slovakia

Blackstone’s Acquisition of CT Real Estate/Contera Parks

Blackstone (buyer): Schoenherr; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Contera (operating partner): Ments; Talers

TPG Real Estate (seller): White & Case

https://ceelegalmatters.com/deals-and-cases/28370-white-case-and-schoenherr-advise-on-tpg-real-estate-s-eur-470-million-sale-of-czech-and-slovak-logistics-parks-to-blackstone

Slovakia

Enery’s Acquisition of Solar PV Portfolio in Slovakia from ContourGlobal and Energy Infrastructure Partners

Enery (buyer): Schoenherr

ContourGlobal (seller): Eversheds Sutherland

UniCredit Bank (lender): Kinstellar

https://ceelegalmatters.com/slovakia/31228-schoenherr-and-eversheds-sutherland-advise-on-enery-s-on-acquisition-of-solar-pv-portfolio-in-slovakia-from-contourglobal-and-energy-infrastructure-partners

Slovakia

GA Drilling USD 45 Million Investment Round

Nabors Industries; Christian Oldendorff’s family office alfa8; TomEnterprise; Underground Ventures; Neulogy Ventures (investors): Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

GA Drilling a.s. (target): Barnes & Thornburg; Taylor Wessing

N/A

Slovakia

Slovenske Elektrarne’s EUR 2 Billion EMTN Program and EUR 750 Million Debut Note Issuance

Slovenske Elektrarne (issuer): Hillbridges; White & Case

BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole Corporate; Investment Bank (arrangers, dealers, and bookrunners): Clifford Chance

https://ceelegalmatters.com/czech-republic/31420-white-case-hillbridges-and-clifford-chance-advise-on-slovenske-elektrarne-s-eur-2-billion-emtn-program-and-eur-750-million-green-bond-issuance

Slovenia

Advance Capital Partners’ Acquisition of Mass Group Majority Stake

Advance Capital Partners (buyer): Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic Bracun & Partners; Madirazza & Partners; Prelevic Law firm

Mass Group (seller): Ketler & Partners, a member of Karanovic

https://ceelegalmatters.com/slovenia/30482-ketler-partners-member-of-karanovic-advises-on-60-stake-sale-in-mass-to-advance-capital-partners

Slovenia

Great Point Partners’ Acquisiton of Lenis Farmacevtika

Lenis Group (seller): Jerovsek-Malis; Senica & Partners; Stradley Ronon

Great Point Partners (buyer): McDermott Will & Schulte; Wolf Theiss

https://ceelegalmatters.com/slovenia/31600-senica-partners-jerovsek-malis-and-wolf-theiss-advise-on-sale-of-lenis-group-to-great-point-partners

Slovenia

Grupo Bimbo’s Acquisition of Don Don Group

Grupo Bimbo (buyer): Crangasu Legal; Ketler & Partners; Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners; Karanovic & Partners; White & Case

AMAL Nalozbe; KJK Discovery Holding; KJK Balkan Holding (sellers): CMS; Selih & Partnerji; Jadek & Pensa

N/A

Slovenia

Robinhood Markets’ Acquisition of Bitstamp from NXC Corporation

Robinhood (buyer): Latham & Watkins; Loyens & Loeff; Schoenherr; Selih & Partnerji; Simmons & Simmons; Slaughter and May

NXC Corporation (seller): A&O Shearman; Jadek & Pensa

N/A

Turkiye

Akbank’s TRY 3.9 Billion Covered Bond Issuance to EBRD

Akbank T.A.S (issuer): Baker McKenzie; Esin Attorney Partnership

EBRD (investor): A&O Shearman; Gedik Eraksoy

https://ceelegalmatters.com/turkey/29895-baker-mckenzie-and-a-o-shearman-advise-on-akbank-s-try-3-9-billion-covered-bond-issuance-to-ebrd

Turkiye

Antalya-Alanya Motorway Project Financing

Limak (sponsor): Cakmak; Watson Farley & Williams

Deutsche Bank; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Black Sea Trade and Development Bank; Islamic Development Bank; Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector; ICBC; Silk Road Fund; Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait; Kuveyt Turk; Akbank; Garanti BBVA; QNB; VakıfBank; Ziraat Bank (lenders): GKC Partners; White & Case

https://ceelegalmatters.com/turkey/31262-white-case-and-gkc-partners-advise-bank-syndicate-on-eur-1-7-billion-financing-for-antalya-alanya-motorway-in-turkiye

Turkiye

Dream Games’ Investment from CVC

CVC (investor): Latham & Watkins; Paksoy

Farallon Capital (investor): Baker McKenzie; Esin Attorney Partnership

Dream Games (target): GKC Partners; White & Case

https://ceelegalmatters.com/turkey/29528-gkc-partners-white-case-and-paksoy-advise-on-dream-games-investment-from-cvc

Turkiye

Enerjisa Enerji’s Sustainability-Linked Unsecured Club Loan with IFC, GGF, AIIB and FMO

Enerjisa Enerji A.S. (borrower): Baker McKenzie; Esin Attorney Partnership

International Finance Corporation; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank; Green for Growth Fund (lenders): CE Partners; Clifford Chance; Paksoy

N/A

Ukraine

Establishment of the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund

U.S. Department of the Treasury; U.S. International Development Finance Corporation: Arnold & Porter; Redcliffe Partners

Government of Ukraine: Hogan Lovells

N/A

Ukraine

G7 ERA Loans from the UK, Canada, and Japan for Ukraine

The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine (borrower): Avellum; White & Case

Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury (lender): Hogan Lovells

Canada (lender): Border Ladner Gervais; Sayenko Kharenko

https://ceelegalmatters.com/ukraine/30497-avellum-and-sayenko-kharenko-advise-on-g7-era-loans-from-the-uk-canada-and-japan

Ukraine

Kyivstar Group NASDAQ Stock Market Listing

Veon (JSC Kyivstar parent): Latham & Watkins; Sayenko Kharenko

Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp I: Impacta Law; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

https://ceelegalmatters.com/ukraine/29235-Impacta Law-and-sayenko-kharenko-advise-on-cohen-circle-s-business-combination-agreement-with-jsc-kyivstar-in-preparation-for-nasdaq-listing

Ukraine

Kyivstar’s Acquisition of Uklon

Kyivstar (buyer): Sayenko Kharenko; Asters (on merger clearance)

Uklon Group Companies (seller): Imagine Lawyers; Asters (on merger clearance)

https://ceelegalmatters.com/ukraine/29284-imagine-lawyers-asters-and-sayenko-kharenko-advise-on-sale-of-uklon-to-kyivstar