The shortlists are based on the Country Selection Committees’ votes on all the deals nominated across CEE The shortlist for each country is based on the votes of the countries’ Selection Committees. The winners will be determined by a vote by the Regional Committee.
Country | Title of Deal | Firms Involved | CEELM Coverage |
Albania | AYEN AS Energji’s EUR 110 Million Syndicated Loan | Raiffeisen Bank (facility agent): Kalo & Associates AYEN AS Energji (borrower): Wolf Theiss | N/A |
Albania | Karavasta 140-Megawatt Solar Plant EUR 99 Million Financing | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Albania, and Privredna Banka Zagreb (lenders): AK Partners; Allen Overy Shearman Sterling Voltalia S.A (borrower): Kalo & Associates; Norton Rose Fulbright | |
Albania | SMA’s Holding’s Acquisition of Studio Moderna | SMA’s Holding Sh.p.k. (buyer): Bona Fide; Deloitte Legal; Tashko Pustina Studio Moderna Sh.p.k. (seller): Van Campen Lien | N/A |
Austria | Nippon Express Holdings’ Acquisition of Cargo-Partner Subsidiaries | Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. (buyer): Boyanov & Co. Freshfields; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Polenak Law Firm; Selih & Partnerji Cargo-Partner Group Holding (seller): Hogan Lovells; Luther; Schoenherr; | |
Austria | Vauban Infrastructure Partners’ EUR 803 Million Acquisition of Cellnex’s Austrian Telecommunications Tower Assets | Vauban Infrastructure Partners SCA (buyer): Hogan Lovells; KPMG Law; Schoenherr Cellnex Telecom SA (seller): Clifford Chance; Wolf Theiss | |
Austria | Voestalpine’s EUR 1 Billion Debt Issuance Program and EUR 500 Million Green Bond Offering | Voestalpine (issuer): Cerha Hempel Crédit Agricole Corporate; Investment Bank (arrangers): DLA Piper Crédit Agricole Corporate; Investment Bank, UniCredit, Raiffeisen Bank International, Erste Group and Banco Santander (underwritters): DLA Piper | N/A |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Schneider’s Acquisition of Imaco Systemtechnik | Schneider (buyer): Aulinger Rechsanwalte; Maric & Co Imaco Systemtechnik (seller): In-House Legal Team | N/A |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | United Group Refinancing | UniCredit Bank (lender): Linklaters; Maric & Co United Group (borrower): Paul Weiss; Schoenherr | N/A |
Bulgaria | 525 Million Refinancing for Eurohold Bulgaria | J.P. MORGAN SE, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, DSK Bank AD (lenders): Boyanov & Co.; Linklaters Eastern European Electric Company B.V. (borrower): Stoeva Tchompalov & Znepolski | N/A |
Bulgaria | Bulgarian Ministry of Transport’s Purchase of Electric Trains from Skoda Group | Bulgarian Ministry of Transportation (buyer): In-House Legal Team Skoda Group: CMS | |
Bulgaria | E&’s Acquisition of PPF Telecom Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, and Slovakian Assets | E& (buyer): Schoenherr; Sullivan & Cromwell PPF Telecom (seller): Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Karanovic & Partners; Lakatos Koves & Partners; Perkins Coie; Von Doorne; White & Case | |
Bulgaria | Space Estates’ Acquisition of Alpha Bank Headquarters Building | Space Estates OOD (buyer): Yonev, Valkov, Nenov Peter Mitev and Big Orange Foundation (JV foundation): Kinstellar Alpha Bank (seller): CMS | |
Croatia | Aggreko’s Acquisition of Resalta | Aggreko (buyer): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; BDK Advokati; Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka; RTPR; Selih & Partnerji Resalta (seller): Rutgers & Posch; Schoenherr | |
Croatia | NLB’s Acquisition of Summit Leasing Slovenia from EBRD and Funds Managed by Apollo Global Management | Nova Ljubljanska Banka (buyer): BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic Bracun & Partners; Madirazza & Partners; Kinstellar; Knezovic & Associates; Tashko Pustina; Vis Law Firm Apollo Global Management LLC (seller): Sidley Austin; Wolf Theiss | |
Croatia | Rijeka Gateway Financing by Erste Group and Erste&Steiermarkische Bank | Erste Group and Erste&Steiermärkische Bank (lenders): Norton Rose Fulbright Rijeka Gateway d.o.o. (lender): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; Ostermann Ivancic | N/A |
Croatia | SkyToll’s Winning Tender for Croatia’s Electronic Toll Collection System | Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. (tenderer): In-House Legal Team SkyToll, a.s. (bidder): Savoric & Partners | N/A |
Czech Republic | CEZ´s Acquisition of GasNet from Macquarie | CEZ (buyer): Burges Salmon; Loyens & Loeff; Skils Macquarie (seller): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling | |
Czech Republic | CVC Capital Partners and Emma Capital’s Acquisition of Packeta from JSK Investments | CVC Capital Partners and Emma Capital (buyers): White & Case JSK Investments (seller): Havel & Partners Packeta (target): CMS Club of banks led by Ceska Sporitelna (lenders): Clifford Chance; Jalsovszky Packeta (borrower): Wolf Theiss | |
Czech Republic | E&’s Acquisition of PPF Telecom Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, and Slovakian Assets | E& (buyer): Schoenherr; Sullivan & Cromwell PPF Telecom (seller): Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Karanovic & Partners; Lakatos Koves & Partners; Perkins Coie; Von Doorne; White & Case | |
Estonia | Mainor Ulemiste’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Technopolis Ulemiste from Technopolis Baltic Holding | Mainor Ulemiste (buyer): Triniti Technopolis (seller): Sorainen Mulligan Capital (investor): Ellex | |
Estonia | Mirova’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Baltic Storage Platform from Corsica Sole and Evecon | Mirova Energy Transition 5 S.L.P. (buyer): Cobalt; Linklaters Corsica Sole (seller): LPA-CGR Evecon OÜ (seller): Rask | |
Estonia | Republic of Estonia’s EUR 1 Billion Inaugural EMTN Drawdown | Estonian Ministry of Finance (issuer): Freshfields; Ellex Citibank, Goldman Sachs, and Societe Generale (join lead managers): Clifford Chance; Sorainen | N/A |
Hungary | BFCM’s Acquisition of Magyar Cetelem Bank | Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel S.A. (buyer): De Pardieu Brocas Maffei; Kinstellar BNP Paribas (seller): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; Wolf Theiss | |
Hungary | Corvinus and Vinci Airports’s Acquisition of Budapest International Airport from AviAlliance, Malton, and CDPQ | Corvinus Zrt. (buyer): CMS; KCG Partners; PK Law Firm Vinci Airport (buyer): Kinstellar; Orrick AviAlliance, GIC, and CDPQ (sellers): Bittera, Kohlrusz & Toth; Freshfields; Herbert Smith Freehills; Linklaters Bayerische Landesbank (lenders): Latham & Watkins; Linklaters, Wolf Theiss | |
Hungary | CVC Capital and Emma Capital’s Acquisition of FoxPost Ltd. | CVC Capital and Emma Capital (buyers): CMS; Kinstellar; Latham & Watkins Wallis Asset Management, Finext/Trueway (sellers): Forgo, Damjanovic & Partners Ceska sporitelna; Ceskoslovenska obchodni; Citi (financing): Clifford Chance | |
Hungary | Granit IPO | Granit (issuer): DLA Piper | N/A |
Kosovo | Maverix Private Equity’s USD 30 Million VC Funding of Kode Labs | Maverix Private Equity (buyer): Nallbani Law Firm; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Kode Labs (seller): Cytowski & Partners | |
Kosovo | Naser Hoxha’s Acquisition of Village Mall 33% Equity | Naser Hoxha (buyer): ABD Law Nexhmedin Hoxha (seller): Vokshi & Lata Law Firm | N/A |
Kosovo | Virtus Invesco Partners’ Acquisition of Swinto Shares from Velanis | Virtus Invesco Partners (buyer): ICL Legal Velanis AG (seller): RPHS Law | N/A |
Latvia | AirBaltic’s EUR 380 Million Bonds Issuance | AirBaltic (issuer): Arthur Cox; Cobalt; Dentons BNP Paribas; Citigroup Global Markets; J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley; SEB; LHV Pank; Signet Bank (underwriters): Linklaters; TGS Baltic | |
Latvia | AS Latvenergo’s Acquisition of Shares in SIA Laflora Energy | AS Latvenergo (buyer): TGS Baltic SIA Laflora (seller): Janis Junkers | |
Latvia | Printify and Printful Merger | Printify: Cobalt; Cooley Printful: Ellex; Latham & Watkins | |
Lithuania | C Company’s Acquisition of Controlling Stake in TOKS | C Company (buyer): Motieka Nordic Minds, UAB (seller): Triniti | N/A |
Lithuania | EIB and Siauliu Bankas Agreement for New EUR 200 Million Renovation Fund | AB Siauliu Bankas: TGS Baltic EIB: In-House Legal Team EBRD (financing): Ellex SB Asset Management (financing): In-House Legal Team Swedbank (financing): In-House Legal Team | |
Lithuania | Vinted’s TPG-Led Secondary Investment | TPG (buyer): Sorainen Vinted (seller): Cooley; Ellex; Taylor Wessing | |
Moldova | EIB’s Loan and Portfolio Guarantee to MAIB | European Investment Bank (lender): Gladei & Partners MAIB (borrower): In-House Legal Team | N/A |
Moldova | Trans-Oil Group’s USD 550 Million Eurobond Issuance | Trans-Oil (issuer): Arthur Cox; Baker & McKenzie; Gladei & Partners; Harneys Aristodemou Loizides Yiolitis Citigroup; ING; Oppenheimer; Raiffeisen Bank International; Unicredit (joint bookrunners): Linklaters, Homburger; Sayenko Kharenko; Turcan Cazac | |
Moldova | Victoriabank’s Acquisition of BCR Chisinau | Victoriabank (buyer): Filip & Company; Vernon | David Banca Comerciala Romana (seller): Schoenherr | |
Montenegro | Krnovo 72-Megawatt Wind Power Plant Refinancing by KfW IPEX-Bank | KfW IPEX-Bank (agent and lender): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; Karanovic & Partners Krnovo Green Energy doo Nikšić (borrower): Dentons; Karanovic & Partners Akuo Energy Central Europe (sponsor): Dentons; Karanovic & Partners | N/A |
Montenegro | Merit Starlit 5-Star Hotel and Casino Construction | Net Holding A.S.: BDK Advokati Zeta Film: In-House Legal Team | N/A |
Montenegro | SMA’s Holding’s Acquisition of Studio Moderna | SMA’s Holding Sh.p.k. (buyer): Bona Fide; Deloitte Legal; Tashko Pustina Studio Moderna Sh.p.k. (seller): Van Campen Lien | |
North Macedonia | SMA’s Holding’s Acquisition of Studio Moderna | SMA’s Holding Sh.p.k. (buyer): Bona Fide; Deloitte Legal; Tashko Pustina Studio Moderna Sh.p.k. (seller): Van Campen Lien | N/A |
North Macedonia | VDL Bus & Coach’s Acquisition of Van Hool Makedonika | VDL Bus & Coach Holding B.V. (buyer): AKD; Karanovic & Partners; KPMG Law Immoroc NV; Van Hool NV (sellers): Debarliev, Dameski & Keleshoska | N/A |
Poland | Cerberus’s Acquisition of VeloBank from Bank Guarantee Fund | Cerberus Capital Management L.P. (buyer): Linklaters European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (buyer): CMS International Finance Corporation (buyer): Clifford Chance Bank Guarantee Fund (seller): Rymarz Zdort Maruta | |
Poland | Eastnine’s EUR 280 Million Acquisition of Warsaw Unit from Ghelamco | Eastnine AB (buyer): Greenberg Traurig, Schjodt Ghelamco (seller): Dentons, Rymarz Zdort Maruta, Eubelius Signal Capital Partners (seller): Linklaters | |
Poland | Tauron Polska Energia’s PLN 2.9 billion Green Financing | PKO Bank Polski; ICBC (lenders): Taylor Wessing Tauron Polska (borrower): Linklaters | |
Poland | Zabka Group IPO | Zabka Group (issuer): Elvinger Hoss Prussen; Freshfields; Greenberg Traurig Heket Topco S.a r.l. (principal selling shareholder): Elvinger Hoss Prussen; Freshfields; Greenberg Traurig PG Investment Company 1113B S.a r.l.; the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (selling shareholders): Clifford Chance Amphibian 2 S.a r.l. (selling shareholder): SSW Goldman Sachs; JP Morgan (underwriters): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; Baker McKenzie | https://ceelegalmatters.com/poland/27800-ssw-advises-zabka-minority-shareholders-on-public-offering |
Romania | Banca Transilvania’s Acquisition of OTP Bank Romania | Banca Transilvania (buyer): Filip & Company OTP Group (seller): CMS | |
Romania | CTP and WDP’s Acquisition of Globalworth’s Logistics Assets | CTP (buyer): Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen WDP (buyer): Peli Partners Globalworth (seller): Kinstellar | |
Romania | EnergoNuclear and FCSA Joint Venture’s EUR 3.2 Billion EPCM Contract for Cernavoda NPP Units 3 and 4 | EnergoNuclear: Dentons FCSA Joint Venture: CMS | |
Romania | OMV Petrom’s Acquisition of Renovatio Green Projects | OMV Petrom (buyer): Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii Renovatio (seller): Mihaela Aliman; Schoenherr | |
Romania | PPC Group’s Acquisition of Evryo Group’s Romanian RES Portfolio | PPC Group (buyer): Clifford Chance Evryo Group (seller): RTPR | |
Serbia | Actis-Led Consortium’s Acquisition of Telekom Srbija Tower Portfolio | Actis (buyer): CMS; Simpson Thacher; White & Case Blue Sea Capital (buyer): PwC Legal; Van Campen Liem Telekom Srbija (seller): Deloitte Legal Alpha Bank S.A. and Deutsche Bank (original lenders and mandated lead arrangers); UniCredit Bank Srbija A.D. (original lender, mandated lead arrangers, and onshore security agent; and UniCredit S.p.A. (agent and offshore security agent) (all financing): Kinstellar; Paul Hastings | |
Serbia | Aggreko’s Acquisition of Resalta | Aggreko (buyer): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; BDK Advokati; Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka; RTPR; Selih & Partnerji Resalta (seller): Rutgers & Posch; Schoenherr | |
Serbia | BIG’s Acquisition of Promenada Novi Sad from NE Property | CEE-BIG B.V. (buyer): Karanovic & Partners NE Property (seller): LEF Attorneys UniCredit bank Serbia; OTP Serbia; OTP Hungary (financing): Schoenherr | |
Serbia | E&’s Acquisition of PPF Telecom Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, and Slovakian Assets | E& (buyer): Schoenherr; Sullivan & Cromwell PPF Telecom (seller): Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Karanovic & Partners; Lakatos Koves & Partners; Perkins Coie; Von Doorne; White & Case | |
Slovakia | Creditas Group’s Acquisition of a 100% Stake in GGE from Infracapital | Creditas Group (buyer): BPV Braun Partners; Watson Farley & Williams Infracapital (seller): Dentons GGE (target): Barger Prekop; Polacek & Partners | |
Slovakia | IAD Investment´s Acquisition of HB Reavis Investment Management | IAD Investments, správ. spol., a. s. (buyer): CMS HBR IM Holding Ltd. (seller): White & Case | N/A |
Slovakia | Tatry Mountain Resorts’ EUR 290 Million Financing | Tatra Banka (senior lender): Dentons; E+H J&T Banka (junior lender): Kinstellar Tatry Mountain Resorts (borrower): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling | |
Slovenia | Aggreko’s Acquisition of Resalta | Aggreko (buyer): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; BDK Advokati; Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka; RTPR; Selih & Partnerji Resalta (seller): Rutgers & Posch; Schoenherr | |
Slovenia | Gonvarri’s Acquisition of H&R Remaining Shares | Gonvarri (buyer): Cuatrecasas; Schoenherr H&R (seller): Jadek & Pensa | N/A |
Slovenia | NLB’s Acquisition of Summit Leasing Slovenia from EBRD and Funds Managed by Apollo Global Management | Nova Ljubljanska Banka (buyer): BOPA Bojanovic & Partners; Kavcic Bracun & Partners; Madirazza & Partners; Kinstellar; Knezovic & Associates; Tashko Pustina; Vis Law Firm Apollo Global Management LLC (seller): Sidley Austin; Wolf Theiss | |
Turkiye | Akbank’s Additional Tier-I Issuance | Akbank T.A.Ş. (issuer): Baker McKenzie; Esin Attorney Partnership Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC; Citigroup Global Markets Limited Securities; Emirates NBD Bank PJSC; J.P. Morgan Securities plc; MUFG Securities EMEA plc; Standard Chartered Bank (joint bookrunners): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; Gedik & Eraksoy | |
Turkiye | Enerjisa Uretim’s Financing of 750-Megawatt YEKA-2 Wind Power Plants | Akbank, DEG, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, KfW IPEX-Bank, and Proparco (lender): Ciftci Attorney Partnership; Clifford Chance Enerjisa Uretim (borrower): GKC Partners; White & Case | |
Turkiye | Petrol Ofisi’s Acquisition of British Petroleum’s Downstream Business | Petrol Ofisi (buyer): Akin Gump; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli British Petroleum (seller): Ashurst; Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership | |
Turkiye | Quexco Incorporated’s Acquisition of Mutlu Aku | Quexco (buyer): Bowmans; Kinstellar; K&L Gates; KST Law Metair International Holdings Cooperatief (seller): Linklaters; Tabloglu; Webber Wentzel Garanti Bank (financing): Ertekin Law Firm | |
Turkiye | Zorlu Enerji’s Eurobond Issuance | Zorlu Enerji (issuer): GKC Partners; White & Case Emirates NBD Bank, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC Bank J.P. Morgan Securities, and Merrill Lynch International (joint bookrunners): Baker McKenzie | |
Ukraine | NJJ Holding and Horizon Capital-led Consortium’s Acquisition of Datagroup-Volia and Lifecell | NJJ Holding and Horizon Capital (buyers): Avellum; Bredin Prat; CMS; DWF; Kinstellar Turkcell (seller): Dentons Banking pool: Gide Loyrette Nouel European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Finance Corporation (financing): Clifford Chance; George Yiangou; Redcliffe Partners | |
Ukraine | Trans-Oil Group’s USD 550 Million Eurobond Issuance | Trans-Oil (issuer): Arthur Cox; Baker & McKenzie; Gladei & Partners; Harneys Aristodemou Loizides Yiolitis Citigroup; ING; Oppenheimer; Raiffeisen Bank International; Unicredit (joint bookrunners): Linklaters, Homburger; Sayenko Kharenko; Turcan Cazac | |
Ukraine | Ukraine’s USD 20.47 Billion Sovereign Debt Restructuring | Amia Capital LLP; Amundi (UK) Limited; Amundi Ireland Limited; Blackrock Investment Management (UK) Limited – Fundamental Fixed Income Group; Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC; Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC; Pacific Investment Management Company LLC; Polus Capital Management Limited; Wellington Management Company LLP (ad hoc committee of bondholders): Sayenko Kharenko; Weil, Gotshal & Manges Ministry of Finance of Ukraine: Avellum; White & Case |
