CEE Legal Matters
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Gide has advised BNP Paribas Bank Polska on granting a new facility to finance three retail projects from the portfolios of Newgate Investment and Torwell Investment including Galeria Sieradzka, Wysockiego Retail Park in Bialystok, and Certe Convenience Shopping Center in Gdansk-Suchanino.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised BBI Development on the issuance and allocation of 44,740,000 new bonds with a total nominal value of PLN 44.74 million.
Schoenherr has advised Enterprise Investors on a debt financing transaction aimed at supporting the growth of Expobud Domy. Greenberg Traurig advised mBank on the financing of the transaction.
On 15 January 2025, the new electronic land register was launched in Hungary, although the transitional rules currently still allow for the use of the previous paper-based procedure. At the end of February 2025, the Hungarian Government proposed amendments to the recently implemented electronic land registry system (E-ING) to enhance legal uniformity and bolster the security of real estate transactions.
Pohla & Hallmagi has advised Estonia-based Foodexpert on the acquisition of a cold storage warehouse and logistic property in Tallinn from Capital Mill.
Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners has advised Unior Group on the sale of Unitur Hotels & Resorts to Advance Capital Partners. Fatur Menard advised Advance Capital Partners.
Dentons has advised Shopper Park Plus on the acquisition via its subsidiary Shopping Malls SVK of a Tesco-anchored retail park portfolio in Slovakia from Tesco Stores. Wilsons reportedly advised Tesco.
