2023 DOTY Winners
The complete list of DOTY winners for the 2022 Deals of the Year, including the firms that worked on them, is as follows:
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)