2022 DOTY Winners
The complete list of DOTY winners for the 2021 Deals of the Year, including the firms that worked on them, is as follows:
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)