CEE Legal Matters
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BCGL has advised Bank Pekao on the financing for RiO Family Office’s acquisition PartyDeco. CMS advised PartyDeco and its founders Mikolaj Gabryel and Agnieszka Gabryel, while Deloitte Legal advised RiO Family Office on both the acquisition and the financing.
On August 1, 2023, Binder Groesswang announced that Semperit Aktiengesellschaft Holding's acquisition of the Austrian Rico Group (reported by CEE Legal Matters on May 9, 2023) had closed.
Schoenherr, working with Sullivan & Cromwell, has advised the Emirates Telecommunications Group Company – operating as E& – on its acquisition of a 50%-plus-one-share stake in PPF Telecom Group's assets in Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia. White & Case and Karanovic & Partners advised the PPF Group on the up to EUR 2.5 billion sale and the setup of a joint venture with E&.
Binder Groesswang, working with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, has advised French investment company Wendel and other shareholders on their sale of Constantia Flexibles to One Rock Capital Partners. Wolf Theiss, working with Latham & Watkins, advised One Rock. Hamburg's Klawitter Neben Plath Zintler reportedly advised Wendel as well.
Raphael Valenta has rejoined the KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwaelte Corporate Law team in Vienna as a Junior Partner.
On August 2, 2023, Ellex announced that Eesti Gaas’s acquisition of Gaso from Latvijas Gaze (reported by CEE Legal Matters on April 28, 2023) had closed in July 2023.
Hule Bachmayr-Heyda Nordberg has advised the shareholders of IBB Adaptive Solutions and Adaptive Gmbh on the sale of their shares to ProLogistik.
