| Date | Firm(s) | Deal/Litigation | Value | Country | CEELM Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-17 | Drakopoulos; Zivkovic Samardzic | Drakopoulos, working with Serbian firm Zivkovic Samardzic, assisted Promoveritas on the use of promotional games in Albania. | N/A | Albania | |
| Nov-17 | CEE Attorneys | CEE Attorneys in Romania provided legal assistance to EshopWedrop Group, the B2C service of Xpediator Plc., a provider of freight management services across the UK and Europe, in its awarding of franchises in Cyprus and Albania to Kronos Express and Albanian Courier SHPK, respectively. | N/A | Albania;Romania | Here |
| Dec-16 | Freshfields | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised UBS AG on the combination of most of its European wealth management business into UBS Europe SE, a European company headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. UBS Europe SE was established through the cross-border merger of its Italian, Spanish, Luxembourg, Dutch, and German wealth management activities. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Dec-16 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzie assisted Amundi Immobilier in obtaining the first license for the marketing of a foreign real estate investment fund to private investors in Austria under the Alternative Investment Funds regime. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Dec-16 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners advised Casinos Austria Aktiengesellschaft on taking aboard Novomatic AG. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Dec-16 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised Ikea on its acquisition of the Blue Building at ViennaÕs Westbahnhof railway station from Austrian Federal Railways. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Lee & Li; Chiomenti Studio Legale; Gide Loyrette Nouel; Gleiss Lutz; Houthoff Buruma; Macfarlanes; Wolf Theiss | Working alongside lead counsel Gleiss Lutz, Wolf Theiss provided Austrian assistance to Enterex International Limited, a Taiwan listed company, on its takeover of the AVA Group from Haugg-Kuhlerfabrik GmbH. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis; Grohs Hofer; Schoenherr; Wolf Theiss | Dorda Brugger Jordis advised the Czech SAZKA Group in increasing its indirect stake in Casinos Austria AG to 34% by its acquisition of the shares of UNIQA Beteiligungs-Holding GmbH and Leipnik-Lundenburger Invest Beteiligungs AG in Medial Beteiligungs GmbH. UNIQA was advised by Schoenherr on the deal, and LLI was advised by Wolf Theiss. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jan-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised Trumpf Venture GmbH, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Trumpf GmbH + Co KG (both based in Germany), in connection with the Series A round of financing for Xarion Laser Acoustics GmbH (Austria). | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jan-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised Immofinanz AG on its invitation to the holders of its EUR 515.1 million 4.25% senior unsecured convertible bonds due 2018 to convert their outstanding bonds into ordinary Immofinanz shares and ordinary BUWOG shares or to accept payment of a corresponding cash settlement in exchange for their BUWOG shares. This conversion offer was limited to 45% of the nominal amount of outstanding bonds and was not addressed to retail investors. | EUR 515.1 million | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Allen & Overy | Allen & Overy advised Oesterreichische Kontrollbank on legal aspects of its public offering of USD 1.5 billion of 1.750% Guaranteed Global Notes due 2020. | USD 1.5 billion | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Binder Groesswang; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised Tricentis, a Vienna-based company specializing in automated software testing solutions, on new financial investment into the company from Insight Venture Partners. Binder Groesswang advised Insight on the investment. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Freshfields; Schoenherr; SCWP Schindhelm | Schoenherr and SCWP Schindhelm advised a joint venture formed by an investor group and Austrian property developer UBM Development AG on the acquisition of UniCredit Bank Austria subsidiary Ekazent Group. UniCredit Bank Austria was advised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Arnold Rechtsanwalte; Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised a group of investors led by Erwin Krause and Franz Kollitsch on the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with SIGNA, and on the JV's acquisition of BAI Bautrager Austria Immobilien GmbH from Immobilien Holding (a UniCredit Bank Austria company). Arnold Rechtsanwalte advised SIGNA on the deal, while Immobilien was advised by Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | Acting on behalf of the Austrian National Union of Students, CHSH represented a Czech student and a German student in their challenge of the practice of having family allowance notionally deducted by authorities when calculating financial aid for higher education studies granted to foreign students in Austria. The practice, according to CHSH, has frequently resulted in a significant reduction in financial aid granted to students. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Paul Hastings; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss, working alongside global counsel Paul Hastings, provided local Austrian counsel to international real estate investor Invesco Real Estate on its sale of a portfolio of hotels to the hotel operator Pandox AB. Wolf Theiss was responsible for executing the sale of Invesco's Austrian hotels at the Vienna International Airport and in Salzburg. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Allen & Overy; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised Erste Group Bank AG on its January 18, 2017 placement of a fixed-interest mortgage-backed Pfandbrief with a volume of EUR 750 million on the international capital market. Allen & Overy advised the participating consortium of banks. | EUR 750 million | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; EY Law; Kaufman & Canoles | CHSH advised on Austrian legal aspects of LifeNet HealthÕs recently concluded acquisition of Krems-based tissue bank AlloTiss from Drs. Karl Kaudela und Ursula Burner. CHSH collaborated with U.S. firm Kaufman & Canoles to facilitate the transaction, while the sellers were advised by EYLaw. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised UNIQA Insurance Group AG on a contract with IBM Oesterreich GmbH for the upgrade of UNIQA's business processes and IT infrastructure. Schoenherr describes the agreement as "one of the largest IT contracts ever to be signed in the German speaking region of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland." | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Binder Groesswang; Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka; Kinstellar; SCWP Schindhelm | Binder Groessswang has served as lead counsel to the Belgian Puratos Group in the acquisition of 100% of Diamant Nahrungsmittel Group from the German Werhahn Group. Kinstellar and Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka worked alongside Binder Groesswang in the Czech Republic and Poland, respectively.SCWP Schindhelm reportedly advised Diamant Nahrungsmittel Group on the transaction, which was signed and closed in Vienna on February 3, 2017. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised OBB in a tender for up to 200 freight locomotives in areas dealing with procurement and contract law. Siemens succeeded as the best bidder in the tendering procedure. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | bpv (Hugel) | BPV Hugel represented the Vienna airport in a procedure for exemption from procurement rules before the European Commission. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | PHH Attorneys | PHH Attorneys advised Harold Primat, a French investor living in Switzerland, on his acquisition of almost 12% of shares in tractive GmbH, an Austrian company focusing on pet wearables for "more than EUR 2 million." | EUR 2 million | Austria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Clifford Chance; Schoenherr; Weber & Co.; Wolf Theiss | Schoenherr advised publicly traded, global sugar, starch and fruit processor Agrana Beteiligungsverwaltungs-Aktiengesellschaft as issuer on its successful rights offering of 1,420,204 new shares, combined with a secondary offering of 500,000 existing Agrana shares held by Sudzucker AG, one of Agrana's core shareholders. Joint global coordinators Berenberg, BNP Paribas, Erste Group, and Raiffeisen Bank International were advised by Clifford Chance Deutschland and Weber & Co. Rechtsanwalte, while Sudzucker was represented by Wolf Theiss. | EUR 192 million | Austria | Here |
| Mar-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis | Dorda advised German industrial and logistics property developer Log4Real on its market entry into Austria. Log4Real, a majority-owned company of the German Zech Group, has acquired properties of more than 300,000 square meters in close vicinity to the Vienna Airport from an undisclosed seller. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Mar-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner (FWP) advised Ankerbrot AG on acquiring a 65% shareholding in the Linauer & Wagner bakery group from shareholders Brigitte Linauer, Karl Linauer, and Backerei Wagner Betriebs gmbH & Co KG. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Mar-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper is providing pro bono support to the Austrian breast health foundation, | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Mar-17 | SCWP Schindhelm | SCWP Schindhelm advised the Wopfinger Group on the acquisition by group member Baumit Beteiligungen GmbH of 100% of the shares in w&p Baustoffe GmbH from Wietersdorfer Group. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Mar-17 | bpv (Hugel); Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International AG on its merger with unlisted Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG (RZB). RZB was advised by bpv Hugel. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Apr-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised McArthurGlen, a developer, owner, and operator of designer outlet centers in Europe and Canada, on matters relating to the expansion of its center in Parndorf, Austria | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Apr-17 | SCWP Schindhelm | SCWP Schindhelm advised Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer Ñ the founders of Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik Gesellschaft m.b.H. Ñ and two foundations established by Bernecker and Rainer (the Bernecker Privatstiftung and Josef Rainer Privatstiftung, respectively) on the sale of their shares in the company to the ABB group. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Apr-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr represented European transport and logistics company Gebruder Weiss and inet-logistics CEO Oswald Werle on the sale of their controlling stake (75%) in Austrian inet-logistics GmbH to Castik Capital Partners GmbH. | N/A | Austria | |
| Apr-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Notino Limited, an online reseller of genuine brand name fragrances and cosmetics, on the acquisition of 75% of shares in Mussler Cosmetic Production GmbH and Co. KG. | N/A | Austria | |
| Apr-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners; Manfred Umlauft & Partner; Vogl | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised Loacker Recycling GmbH on its acquisition of Hausle GmbH from CETEC Beteiligungs GmbH and WHB Hofer GmbH. Hans-Jorg Vogl from the Vogl law firm in Feldkirch, Austria, advised CETEC, and Manfred Umlauft from Manfred Umlauft & Partner in Dornbirn, Austria, advised EHB Hofer. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Apr-17 | Rautner | Rautner advised Oekostrom AG, working in cooperation with the crowdfunding platform Conda AG, on the successful April 2017 carrying out of the first offering of equity shares via crowd-investing in Austria. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| May-17 | Herbst Kinsky; Latham & Watkins | Herbst Kinsky provided Austrian legal advice to the Hofmann Menu Group on refinancing by an international banking consortium headed by The Governor and company of the Bank of Ireland and UniCredit Bank AG as Joint Global Coordinators. The transaction volume amounts to EUR 200 million. Latham & Watkins was global counsel to the Group. | EUR 200 million | Austria | Here |
| May-17 | DLA Piper; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised Aachener Grundvermogen on its purchase of a commercial property on St. Stephen's Square in the center of Vienna from Julius Meinl Versicherungsservice & Leasing Vermogens_ und Finanzierungsberatung G.m.b.H. DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| May-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr is representing Cubic (London) Limited and core shareholders including San Gabriel Privatstiftung and T.R. Privatstiftung on the sale of their controlling stake in C-Quadrat Investment AG to the Chinese conglomerate HNA Group (Hong Kong) Co., Limited. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| May-17 | Brandl & Talos | Brandl & Talos advised aws Mittelstandsfonds in its investment in the Vorarlberg, Austria-based med-tech company System Industrie Electronic. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| May-17 | Brandl & Talos | Brandl & Talos advised GoLending AT GmbH on the issuance of a corporate bond with an indefinite term for a total of up to EUR 50 million. | EUR 50 million | Austria | Here |
| May-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH on the acquisition of 25.1% of the shares in Austrian gas station servicing company KSW Elektro- und Industrieanlagenbau Gesellschaft m.b.H. | N/A | Austria | |
| May-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised the Vienna Insurance Group as issuer and Erste Group as arranger, sole lead advisor, and bookrunner on VIG's issuance of a EUR 250 million 3.5% tier 2 subordinated bond. | EUR 250 million | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss provided legal support for the April 2017 groundbreaking for the new Boehringer Ingelheim production facility in Vienna and advised on the creation of related contracts. | EUR 700 million | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners; Weber & Co.; White & Case | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised the former owners of GREENoneTEC Solarindustrie GmbH on the sale of its majority stake in the company to China's Haier Group. Weber & Co. and White & Case advised the buyers on the transaction. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Binder Groesswang; Schoenherr; Stibbe | Schoenherr advised Erste Group Bank AG on the financing of the leveraged buyout of Austrian sensor technology manufacturer Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH by New York-based Greenbriar Equity Group LLC. MNKS acted as Luxembourg counsel for Erste Group, and Frauscher Sensortechnik and Greenbriar were advised by Binder Groesswang and Stibbe, respectively. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Brandl & Talos | Brandl & Talos advised Dr. Karl Petrikovics, former executive with Immofinanz AG, on a settlement he reached with the company. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Wiedenbauer Mutz & Partner | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised the shareholders of FirmenABC Entwicklung und Management GmbH on the sale of 80% of its share capital to Eugen Marketing Beteiligungen GmbH, a company belonging to the Swiss Investnet group. The buyers were advised by Wiedenbauer Mutz Winkler & Partner Rechtsanwalte. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Brandl & Talos | Brandl & Talos provided assistance to the venture capital fund capital300 with the setup and FMA registration process. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss provided advice to IHR Labor, a recently-merged network of medical laboratories, on legal questions involving IP, data protection, employment law, corporate law, tenancy law, and the drafting of contracts. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Flick Gocke Schaumburg; Linklaters; Schoenherr | Schoenherr, working alongside Linklaters, advised John Deere on the acquisition of Wirtgen Group. Flick Gocke Schaumburg advised the seller. | EUR 4.4 billion | Austria | Here |
| Jun-17 | bpv (Hugel) | BPV Hugel advised Immofinanz AG in review proceedings of the exchange ratio to be applied in its 2010 merger with Immoeast AG. | N/A | Austria | |
| Jun-17 | Brandl & Talos; Gordon S. Blair; Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Brandl & Talos advised Ring International Holding AG on the sale of its proOffice Group, to the Hamelin Group, a manufacturer of paper and office products based in Caen, France. Brandl & Talos was supported by Willkie Farr & Gallagher on questions of French and German law, while the Hamelin Group was represented by the Gordon S. Blair law firm. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Binder Groesswang; Stibbe; Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Binder Groesswang advised Gantner Electronic Austria Holding GmbH on the acquisition of Syx Automations NV. Stibbe advised the seller. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Brandl & Talos | Brandl & Talos successfully defended RBB Klagenfurt against a claim for damages in the amount of EUR 400 million. | EUR 400 million | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners; Schoenherr | Schoenherr has achieved an important victory on behalf of Vienna International Airport (VIE) and the province of Lower Austria in a case regarding the construction of a third runway at the airport. Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner announced that it advised the City of Vienna in the proceedings before the Austrian Constitutional Court. According to FWP, "right from the start, the City of Vienna supported the realization of the project provided that noise pollution was minimized. Following the courtÕs decision, this will now become possible." The firm's team consisted of Partner Michael Hecht Associate Sebastian Scholz. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS Ñ with ENSafrica assisting on all matters of South African law Ñ advised ALPLA, an Austria-based worldwide provider of plastic packaging, on its agreement to acquire Boxmore Packaging, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Signing of the transaction occurred on July 5, 2017, and closing is subject to applicable regulatory and competition approvals. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised the Roche Group on its acquisition of all shares of mySugr GmbH. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | act (WMWP) | WMWP, the Austrian arm of act Legal, advised aws Grunderfonds on its investment in Vienna-based start-up Adverity, which -- together with investments by Speedinvest and 42CAP -- successfully bring the seed financing round for Adverity to a close. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner successfully represented OBB Infrastruktur in a dispute involving the Semmering tunnel -- one of the largest infrastructure projects in Austria -- as on June 21, 2017 the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court denied an appeal lodged by the environmental organization Allianz fur Natur and a citizensÕ initiative in objection. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised real estate investment company Deka Immobilien on its acquisition of DC Tower 1 in Vienna, the tallest hotel and office building in Austria, from a UniCredit Bank Austria AG subsidiary. Sixty percent of the shares will be allocated to the Deka-ImmobilienGlobal portfolio and forty percent to the Deka-ImmobilienEuropa portfolio. Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised UniCredit on the deal. Closing took place on July 6, 2017 and the purchase price was not disclosed. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Schoenherr | Schornherr advised OpenLink Financial on the sale of its IRM Software business unit to the Kisters Group, in Germany. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Herbst Kinsky; Jank Weiler Operenyi | Herbst Kinsky advised tecnet equity and eQventure Beteiligungsgesellschaft on their sale of the Austrian IT-company nxtControl GmbH to the French electronics group Schneider Electric. Jank Weiler Operenyi advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Austria | |
| Jul-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Harisch & Partner | CHSH advised the KGAL Group on its acquisition of the ELI Liezen shopping center in Liezen, Austria, from the Rutter Immobilien Group. Harisch & Partner advised Rutter on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Freshfields; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss and Linklaters assisted Raiffeisen Bank International with its issuance of EUR 650 million 6.125% AT1 notes. The banking consortium of Citigroup, Bank of America Merril Lynch, BNP Paribas, and UBS Investment Bank received legal advice from Freshfields. | EUR 650 million | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Binder Groesswang | Binder Groesswang advised the Italian firm Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A. on the sale of its Austrian subsidiary Pioneer Investments Austria GmbH to the Amundi Group, headquartered in France. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Taylor Wessing | Taylor Wessing Slovakia advised and represented the Austrian company Wiener Donauraum Laanden und Ufer Betriebs- und Entwicklungs GmbH on its investment into P.A.D., spol. s.r.o., which owns and operates seven pontoons on the Danube river in Slovakia. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Binder Groesswang; Freshfields; Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Binder Groesswang, working in co-operation with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, advised the Constantia Flexibles Group on the carve-out and EUR 1.15 billion sale of its labels division to the US strategist and global player Multi-Color Corporation. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Multi-Color on the deal. The signing took place on July 16, 2017 in Frankfurt and remains subject to regulatory approvals. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2017. | EUR 1.15 billion | Austria | Here |
| Jul-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Eisenberger Herzog | CHSH advised the Dentsu Aegis Network in connection with its acquisition of all shares in the second largest Austrian media agency, the media.at group. The media.at group, with its Omnimedia, Mediastrategen, und trigomedia brands, previously belonged to the A1 Telekom group, Austrian Lotteries, Austrian Post, Bawag PSK, and the Federation of Austrian Industries. The sellers were advised by Eisenberger Herzog. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Bock Fuchs Nonhoff; Dorda Brugger Jordis | Dorda advised a subsidiary of Reitenburg GmbH on its EUR 82 million acquisition of the A1 Telekom Austria site at Obere Donaustrasse in Vienna's second district from Frankfurt am Main-based investment company Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH. The Bock Fuchs Nonhoff law firm advised Deka on the deal. | EUR 82 million | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners; Schoenherr | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised VBV-Pensionskasse Aktiengesellschaft on its acquisition of the inner-company pension fund of Austria's EVN AG energy company. Schoenherr advised EVN AG on the matter. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Freshfields; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Swedish telecommunications group Tele2 on the sale of subsidiary Tele2 Austria to mobile company Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH for an enterprise value of EUR 95 million. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the buyer on the transaction, which is expected to close following approval by the Austrian competition authority. | EUR 95 million | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised red-stars.com data AG in connection with its acquisition of 25% of the shares of ecosio GmbH. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | CMS; Dr. Stilz Behrens & Partner | CMS advised Austria's BECOM Group on its merger with IVP Group Germany GmbH. The Dr. Stilz Behrens & Partner firm advised IVP Group Germany on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Schoenherr advised PSA Peugeot Citroen SA on its acquisition of General Motors' Opel Austrian subsidiary and Opel manufacturing site in Vienna. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised General Motors on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr assisted TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft AG in its implementation of the "Storage Power Station Kuhtai" project in Austria by successfully gaining the approval of Austria's Federal Administrative Court. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Amhof & Damian; Bock Fuchs Nonhoff; Vavrovsky Heine Marth | Vavrovsky Heine Marth advised Wienwert AG, an Austrian real estate company, on its entrance into a syndicate contract with an EU-based state pension fund and subsequent acquisitions of two large urban development plots worth, together, about EUR 22 million. The fund was reportedly represented by CHSH and Binder Groesswang, while the seller of the of the plots were represented by Amhof & Damian and Bock Fuchs Nonhoff. | EUR 22 million | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Binder Groesswang; Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised Stadler on the establishment of a joint venture with OBB-Technische Services-GmbH that will be responsible for the maintenance of the KISS train fleet operated by WESTbahn Management GmbH. Binder Groesswang advised OBB-Technische Services-GmbH. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Aug-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati assisted the Excellence Research Centre of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria on its establishment of an incubator for spin-offs with an unnamed international investor. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised the Viennese business myAbility Social Enterprise GmbH on its successful conclusion of Austria's largest ever round of investment in the social business start-up sector, as, a consortium of investors from Switzerland and Germany provided growth capital to myAbility. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised real estate investment company Deka Immobilien GmbH on the acquisition of the Hoch Zwei and Plus Zwei office buildings in Vienna from S IMMO AG, which was advised by Dorda. | EUR 235 million | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati acted as legal advisor to the Austrian venture capital fund Speedinvest on matters related to its joint venture ownership of iMobility GmbH, stretching from the foundation of the joint venture with partner OBB-Holding AG up to the recent acquisition by OBB-Holding of Speedinvest's shares, which leaves OBB-Holding as sole owner. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH reported that, in its judgment of September 7, 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union accepted the firm's arguments on behalf of STRABAG, issuing what the firm is calling "the first ever preliminary ruling on a question relating to the Merger Regulation." | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | act (WMWP) | WMWP Ñ the Austrian office of Act Legal Ñ successfully advised the Hannover Finanz Group on its acquisition of a stake in Sporternahrung Mitteregger GmbH. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | CMS; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Schweighofer Group on the sale of Schweighofer Fiber GmbH to private equity group TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. The buyers were reportedly advised by CMS on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Allen & Overy; Binder Groesswang; Dorda Brugger Jordis | Dorda advised Soravia and ARE Development as joint venture and project partners on their sale of TrIIIple Tower 3 to Corestate Capital Group. The buyers were reportedly advised by Binder Groesswang, with a Dusseldorf-based Allen & Overy team advising Corestate on the structuring of the transaction | EUR 300 million | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised the Valora Group on Austrian aspects of its acquisition of German-based food service company BackWerk from the Swedish financial investor EQT. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Hule Bachmayr-Heyda Nordberg; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised The Student Hotel Group on preparations for a new 822-room flagship hotel in Vienna, including on its acquisition of real property and on the drafting and development (design and build) agreement. Hule Bachmayr-Heyda Nordberg reportedly advised the sellers and developers of the real property, the S+B Gruppe. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised BK Invest GmbH on its acquisition of atms Telefon- und Marketing Services GmbH, which also includes sms.at mobile internet services GmbH, from German company dtms GmbH. Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised dtms GmbH on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Freshfields | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Austrian Oberbank AG on the conclusion of a financing framework agreement with banks in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is the first agreement of this type between a European credit institution and Iranian banks since the easing of sanctions against Iran in early 2016. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised the HYPO NOE Group on the upstream merger of HYPO NOE Landesbank AG into HYPO NOE Landesbank fur Niederosterreich und Wien AG. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS | CMS advised Synergie International Employment Solutions SL, one of the largest personnel services providers in Europe, on its acquisition of an 80% stake in the Austrian company Volker GmbH Personalbereitstellung. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis | Dorda advised Corestate Capital Holding S.A. on the acquisition of the UBM Micro Living project Vienna's new Quartier Belvedere Central district from developer UBM Development AG. Eisenberger & Herzog reportedly advised sellers UBM Development. | EUR 27 million | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Rautner; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised Volksbank Wien on its issuance of a subordinated bond (tier 2) with a volume of EUR 400 million. Rautner Rechtsanwalte advised a banking syndicate consisting of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Erste Group Bank AG, HSBC Bank plc, and UBS Limited as Joint Lead Managers on Volksbank Wien's issuance. | EUR 400 million | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Wildmoser/Koch & Partner; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised the sellers on the acquisition by Vivatis Holding AG of Frisch & Frost. Wildmoser/Koch & Partner reportedly advised Vivatis on the transaction. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner advised BAWAG P.S.K and Easybank AG on their acquisition of the commercial prepaid and credit card issuing business operating under the ÒPayLifeÓ brand. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised the largest Chinese producer of SUVs, the Great Wall Motor company, on its creation of an Austrian subsidiary. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis | Dorda advised Austria's TTTech group on a strategic partnership with Samsung regarding the development of technologies for automated driving. Eisenberger & Herzog advised Samsung on the deal. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Accuron Technologies Limited, owned by Temasek Holdings, Singapore, on the acquisition of mechatronic systemtechnik GmbH from Danube Equity, a Voest Alpine group company and Fidura, a German private equity fund. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Allen & Overy; Frotz Riedl | Allen & Overy and Frotz Riedl Rechtsanwalte in Vienna have advised Vienna-based private equity investor CMR GmbH on the acquisition of Rofin Sinar UK Ltd. from Coherent Inc. | N/A | Austria | |
| Oct-17 | CMS | CMS advised the Cosmo Consult Group on its recent acquisition of the Austrian Microsoft partner FWI. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis; Freshfields; Hengeler Mueller | Hengeler Mueller advised Austrian lender BAWAG Group AG on the successful October 25, 2017 listing of its shares on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Dorda Rechtsanwalte reportedly provided Austrian advice to BAWAG, and Freshfields reportedly advised Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc. | EUR 1.9 billion | Austria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised ASFINAG on its issuance of EUR 750 million 0.25% bonds with a maturity of seven years. | EUR 750 million | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss assisted Catella Residential Investment Management GmbH with its acquisition of a student apartment building by way of a forward purchase from Germany's real estate development company GBI AG. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis; Horzepa Spiegel & Associates; Pinsent Masons; Rautner | Dorda served as Austrian counsel to US-based Idera, Inc., the parent company of global B2B software productivity brands, on its acquisition of Austria's Ranorex GmbH, a software development company focusing on test automation software. The United States' Horzepa Spiegel & Associates PC law firm was global counsel to Idera, and Pinsent Masons acted as German counsel. Ranorex was advised by Rautner Attorneys. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS | CMS Vienna advised Niederosterreichisches Pressehaus Druck- und Verlagsges.m.b.H., Lower Austria's largest media corporation, on the reorganization of its corporate structures. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Herbst Kinsky; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Dutch capital investment firm Endeit Capital as lead investor in a EUR 9 million Series B financing round for Austrian tour booking platform TourRadar. Herbst Kinsky advised TourRadar on the matter. | EUR 9 million | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised UBM Development AG on the placement of a EUR 150 million corporate bond. Raiffeisenbank International and Quirin Privatbank were the joint lead managers and bookrunners in the transaction. | EUR 150 million | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis | Dorda secured a court victory for German automotive group Volkswagen in six proceedings before the Austrian Supreme Court, successfully arguing in all six proceedings that Austria has no international jurisdiction for investor claims. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised Viennese start-up KIVU Technologies on company structure and financing matters. | EUR 1.8 million | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft in connection with the successful issue of a hybrid bond with a total volume of EUR 175 million. | EUR 175 million | Austria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised German real estate investment company Art-Invest on its acquisition of Vienna's Millennium Tower from Morgan Stanley and the Kaufmann Group. The purchase took place for a special fund which Art-Invest established on behalf of the pension fund Rheinische Versorgungskassen. | N/A | Austria | Here |
| Jan-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Belarus advised Priorbank Ñ a member of the Raiffeisen Bank Group Ñ on implementation of EU standards for know-your-client procedures. | N/A | Austria;Belarus | Here |
| Jul-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Belarus advised Moet Hennessy Osterreich GmbH on employment law issues related to its business in Belarus. | N/A | Austria;Belarus | |
| Sep-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Belarus advised Machine & Voice Communication GmbH on its potential entrance onto the telecommunication market of Belarus. | N/A | Austria;Belarus | |
| Nov-17 | ADE Solutions; Gugic-Kovacic; Hogan Lovells; Kushnir, Yakymyak & Partners; Law Firm Sibincic Krizanec; Law Office Najdenovski; Nagy es Trocsanyi; Samardzic, Oreski & Grbovic; Samolej-Wojcinska; Schoenherr; Sora & Asociatii; Vozab & Co. | Sibincic Krizanec advised the Httpool Group on Slovenian matters related to the sale of a 51% shareholding in the company to IMS Media services, a US-based digital marketing and communications company. Other firms advising on the 22-jurisdiction deal were Schoenherr and Hogan Lovells on the buyer side and, on the seller side, KBL (Austria), Brabners (UK), ABV (Bulgaria), Gugic-Kovacic (Croatia), Eliades and partners (Cyprus), Vozab & Co (Czech Republic), Ince & Co (Hong Kong), Nagy es Trocsanyi (Hungary), MNSA Legal (India, Indonesia; Malaysia), Baker Tilly (Kosovo), Najdenovski (Macedonia), Samolej-Wojcinska (Poland), Sora & Asociatii (Romania), ADE Solutions (Russia), Samardzic Oreski & Grbovic (Serbia), BLS Dubai (UAE), and KY Partners (Ukraine). | N/A | Austria;Bulgaria;Croatia;CzechRepublic;Estonia;Greece;Hungary;Kosovo;Macedonia;Poland;Romania;Russia;Slovenia;Serbia;Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised private equity investor Kohlberg & company on its purchase of the winter sport division of Newell Brands. The signing took place on May 25, 2017, and the deal closed on July 14, 2017. | N/A | Austria;Bulgaria;CzechRepublic | |
| Mar-17 | Dorda Brugger Jordis; Pecarevic & Relic | Dorda Rechtsanwalte advised Austrian real estate investor and developer Supernova Group in its successful acquisition of four DIY retail properties in Croatia: The Garden Mall shopping center in Zagreb, two retail parks in Koprivnica and Sisak, and one property in Pozega. For the Croatian legal aspects, Dorda collaborated with Pecarevic & Relic. | N/A | Austria;Croatia | Here |
| Jun-17 | CMS; Ostermann & Partners | CMS teams in Austria and Croatia advised Zagrebacka banka d.d, a member of UniCredit Group, on its sale of non-performing loan portfolios to a company controlled by APS Holding a.s. Ostermann & Partners advised APS Holding on the deal. | N/A | Austria;Croatia;CzechRepublic | Here |
| Oct-17 | Hengeler Muller; Schoenherr | Schoenherr, working with lead counsel Gleiss Lutz, advised French IT service provider Atos SE on the planned acquisition of Siemens Convergence Creators GmbH for an undisclosed price. Siemens AS was represented by Hengeler Muller on the deal. | N/A | Austria;Croatia;Romania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Sanova Pharma GesmbH on the acquisition of the Austrian and Czech businesses of medical technology company Menges Medizintechnik (Menges Medizintechnik GmbH and MeMed Cz sro). Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner advised the seller. | N/A | Austria;CzechRepublic | Here |
| Dec-17 | Ashurst; Clifford Chance; Schoenherr | Schoenherr, working alongside global lead counsel Ashurst, advised Deutsche Private Equity Management III on its acquisition of leaflet printing business Euro-Druckservice from a consortium of three company shareholders. Clifford Chance advised EDS's shareholders on the sale. | N/A | Austria;CzechRepublic;Poland;Romania | |
| Feb-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Hogan Lovells | Taylor Wessing advised Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft on the partial sale of its hotel portfolio to the Thai investor U City Public company Limited. CHSH and Hogan Lovells advised U City on the transaction, which included participations in eight hotels in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania, two of which are partly (50%) owned by UBM Development AG. | N/A | Austria;CzechRepublic;Poland;Romania;Russia;Slovakia; | Here |
| Jan-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopoulos negotiated claims compensation terms on behalf of INTRAKAT on its rental and service agreement with JagerBau GmbH related to the provision of a high performance tunnel boring machine for a tunnel construction project awarded to INTRAKAT by the Greek State.Ê | EUR 10 million | Austria;Greece | Here |
| Jan-17 | Cechova & Partners; Dorda Brugger Jordis; Grama Schwaighofer Vondrak; Hogan Lovells; Partos & Noblet | Partos & Noblet, the associated Budapest office of Hogan Lovells, working with Grama Schwaighofer Vondrak Rechtsanwalte in Austria and Rowan Legal in Slovakia, advised South Africa's JSE-listed Accelerate Property Fund on the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of nine retail warehouse properties tenanted by OBI subsidiaries from the Supernova Privatstiftung group. Supernova was advised by Dorda Brugger Jordis with Slovak law advice provided by Cechova & Partners. | EUR 82.1 million | Austria;Hungary;Slovakia | |
| Jan-17 | Allen & Overy; Baker McKenzie; Binder Groesswang; Burness Paull; Freshfields; Viera de Almeida & Associados | Allen & Overy advised SGL Carbon SE on the conclusion of a syndicated revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks advised by Freshfields. Binder Groesswang advised SGL Carbon on matters of Austrian law, with Burness Paull advising the company in Scotland, Viera de Almeida & Associados in Portugal, and Baker McKenzie in the United States. | EUR 150 million | Austria;Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Schoenherr; Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Schoenherr advised US asset manager KPS Capital Partners on its acquisition of DexKo Global's production facilities in Austria and Poland from private equity investment firm Sterling Group L.P. Harris Williams & Co. acted as special advisor to Sterling Group L.P.'s Board, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher acted as legal counsel on the acquisition, which closed on July 25, 2017. | N/A | Austria;Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Wildmoser/Koch & Partner; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised France's Saint-Gobain on Polish and Austrian law matters related to its acquisition of a 90% stake in the Polish company ISOROC Polska from Austrian company ISOROC Holding AG, represented by Austrian industrialist Alexander Maculan. Wildmoser/Koch & Partner Rechtsanwalte advised the sellers. | N/A | Austria;Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; DLA Piper | DLA Piper's Austria and Romania offices advised UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions on the sale of its card processing activities to the Italian technology company SIA group. CHSH reportedly advised the SIA group in Austria on the deal. | EUR 500 million | Austria;Romania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii; Wolf Theiss | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised two Romanian subsidiaries of Immofinanz on a EUR 71 million loan from Raiffeisen Bank International AG for financing and refinancing the development of various office buildings in Bucharest. Wolf Theiss advised the lenders. | EUR 71.5 million | Austria;Romania | Here |
| Jan-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Freshfields | Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Rechtsanwalte assisted Teufelberger Wirerope GmbH, an international metal wire ropes producer based in Austria, in the acquisition of Italian-based Redaelli Tecna S.p.A. from JSC Severstal-Metiz, a company owned by the PAO Severstal steel and steel-related mining group. | N/A | Austria;Russia | |
| Jun-17 | Alrud; Trummer & Thomas Rechtsanwalte | Alrud, together with Trummer & Thomas Rechtsanwalte, successfully represented AHT Cooling Systems GmbH, a leading Austrian manufacturer of coolers and freezers, in a dispute with a Russian distributor. | N/A | Austria;Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS; DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich | CMS advised Slovakia-based Arca Capital Group on its acquisition of a 61.37% interest in Wiener Privatbank SE from majority shareholders Gunter Kerbler and Johann Kowar, who were reportedly advised by DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich Rechtsanwalte. | GBP 37 million | Austria;Slovakia | |
| Mar-17 | Dentons (BASEAK); CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Hengeler Mueller; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | CHSH and Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Avukatlik Ortakligi advised OMV in connection with the sale of all of 100% of its shares in Turkish mineral oil distribution company OMV Petrol Ofisi AS to Vitol Group. Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli worked with Hengeler Mueller in advising the Vitol Group, which was selected as purchaser by OMV after a competitive auction process, on the sale. The total purchase price of the transaction amounts to EUR 1.368 billion, and closing is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2017, subject to conditions including the relevant regulatory approvals. | EUR 1.368 billion | Austria;Turkey | Here |
| Feb-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko KharenkoÕs IP team successfully represented the interests of Porsche Ukraine in its protection of the VW, AUDI, and SEAT brands in Ukraine. | N/A | Austria;Ukraine | Here |
| Oct-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Clifford Chance and Redcliffe Partners advised UniCredit Bank Austrian AG and ING Bank N.V. on the provision of an up-to USD 200 million pxf revolving credit facility to Kernel Group. | USD 200 million | Austria;Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-16 | Revera | Revera advised the US-based OWHealth startup on the USD 1 million investment the company received from the Haxus venture capital fund and Flint Capital. | USD 1 million | Belarus | |
| Dec-16 | Aleinikov & Partners | Aleinikov & Partners advised AIMatter on a wide range of issues, including intellectual property, corporate, and commercial law. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Jan-17 | Revera | Revera assisted American-Belarusian start-up WorkFusion on IP matters and corporate due diligence and other legal matters. | USD 35 million | Belarus | Here |
| Feb-17 | IPM-Consult | The IPM-Consult law firm advised one of the companies in the TVOE Group on its acquisition of shares of OJSC Baranovichi Sewing Factory belonging to the the Republic of Belarus. The number of shares acquired and the transaction price were not disclosed. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Feb-17 | Arzinger | Arzinger advised a group of the Middle East investors led by Agromilk Holding (UAE) on their acquisition of the state-owned dairy farm located in the Grodno region of Belarus. The multimillion investment project is aimed at the development of the current facilities and the construction of new ones, as well as increasing the livestock. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Mar-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Belarus advised Comuto SA Ð a French company operating the long distance carpooling service BlaBlaCar Ð on its potential entrance onto the Belarusian market. The matter involved regulatory issues related to ride-sharing, licensing, tax, and administrative issues under Belarusian law. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Mar-17 | Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners | Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners has assisted with the establishment of LLC Zoomlion-MAZ, a joint venture between MAZ (Belarus) and Zoomlion (China). The JV, which is located in Belarus, will produce heavy machinery, trucks, and special purpose vehicles manufactured from Belarusian chassis with a Chinese superstructure. | N/A | Belarus | |
| Apr-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Belarus advised OKI Europe Limited on employment law issues related to OKI's representative office in Belarus. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Apr-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen Belarus advised the IFC on the February 14, 2017 sale of some of its shares in Belarusky Narodny Bank at the Belarusian Currency Stock Exchange. | N/A | Belarus | |
| Apr-17 | Revera | Revera advised 21vek.by on an investment it received on March 31, 2017, from Zubr Capital Fund in a transaction structured under Belarusian and English law. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| May-17 | Revera | Revera advised Juno Ñ the taxi-hailing service founded by Igor Magazinik and Talmon Marco, the co-founders of Viber Ñ on Belarusian aspects of its acquisition by online taxi service Gett. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| May-17 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Weil, Gotshal & Manges in the United States secured asylum for an LGBT man from Belarus who was forced to flee his home after being targeted for numerous assaults on account of his sexual orientation. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Jun-17 | Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners | Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners provided legal support for the incorporation in Belarus of four companies from Guangdong in China -- three of which have become residents of the Great Stone Industrial Park. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Jul-17 | Fieldfisher | Fieldfisher advised Zubr Capital Fund I on its acquisition of Belarus's av.by and A.TUT.BY online automotive buying and selling websites. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Jul-17 | Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners | Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners assisted the EBRD with several recent transactions involving loans to large Belarusian borrowers: A July 6, 2017 agreement to loan up to EUR 15 million to IOOO Svuds Export, and a July 25, 2017 agreement to loan EUR 5 million to CJSC Clean Beach. | EUR 20 million | Belarus | Here |
| Aug-17 | Revera | ReveraÕs lawyers advised DIY retail giant Mile on the construction of the biggest do-it-yourself hypermarket in Belarus. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Sep-17 | CMS | CMS advised Heineken N.V. on its sake of Belarus-based breweries Heineken Breweries FJSC and Rechitsapivo OJSC to Oasis Beverages, a Russia-based Cyprus-incorporated beer and soft drinks company. | N/A | Belarus | Here |
| Nov-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Belarus advised the Monster Energy Limited (Ireland) energy drink manufacturer on a major distribution agreement with Coca-Cola Beverages Belorussiya UE (Belarus). | N/A | Belarus | |
| Nov-17 | Aleinikov & Partners | Aleinikov & Partners advised a consortium of investors investing in Belarusian agri-tech startup OneSoil. | N/A | Belarus | |
| Dec-16 | Beiten Burkhardt; CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Belarus advised the Linde AG gas and engineering company on regulatory issues related to a new engineering project in Belarus. The project involved advice on structuring its relationship with local partners, licensing, and regulation of engineering services under Belarusian law. Beiten Burkhardt advised Linde AG on German law. | N/A | Belarus;CzechRepublic | Here |
| Dec-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen assisted PlusPlus with its registration in a public list of consumer credit providers in Lithuania and with PlusPlus's relations with the Bank of Lithuania. | N/A | Belarus;Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicus advised Lithuania's KG Group on the preparation and negotiation of financing agreements from the EBRD for a credit facility to be used for development of the company's business in Belarus. | N/A | Belarus;Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Law Firm Sajic | Law Firm Sajic advised creditors including the Lottery of the Republic of Srpska, the Regional Chamber of Commerce Banja Luka, and Novomatic AG in bankruptcy proceedings against Bobar Bank a.d. Bijeljina. | EUR 2.4 million | BosniaandHerzegovina | Here |
| Jun-17 | Sajic | Sajic obtained a successful result for Krajina Osiguranje against a EUR 1.1. million claim for unjust enrichment filed by the company Boska. | EUR 1.1 million | BosniaandHerzegovina | Here |
| Jun-17 | Law Firm Sajic | The Law Firm Sajic is representing the Lithuanian company AB Ukio Bankas as a bankruptcy creditor in the bankruptcy proceedings against Banka Srpske a.d. Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. | EUR 19.7 million | BosniaandHerzegovina | Here |
| Aug-17 | BDK Advokati | The Bosnian practice of BDK Advokati in cooperation with attorney-at-law Dijana Pejic advised British American Tobacco on its acquisition of the assets of the Bosnian tobacco products manufacturer Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo. The transaction closed on August 7, 2017, following merger clearance by the Bosnian competition authority and internal approvals in FDS. | N/A | BosniaandHerzegovina | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dimitrijevic & Partners | Dimitrijevic & Partners advised Altima UK Value Investments Limited on the restructuring of its indirect shareholding interest in Banjalucka Pivara ad Banjaluka. | N/A | BosniaandHerzegovina | Here |
| May-17 | Ceferin and Partners; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Linde Aktiengesellschaft on the direct and indirect sale of its subsidiaries in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina to these subsidiaries' current local management. Ceferin and Partners advised the buyers. | N/A | BosniaandHerzegovina;Croatia;Slovenia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dimitrijevic & Partners; Jadek & Pensa | Dimitrijevic & Partners collaborated with Jadek & Pensa in Slovenia and lead counsel Clifford Chance in assisting Mercator in a series of transactions related to the restructuring of the company's business operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. | N/A | BosniaandHerzegovina;Slovenia | |
| Jun-17 | Moral Law Firm; White & Case (Cakmak-Gokce Attorney Partnership) | Moral Law Firm advised the Kardesler Family on the sale of Tozmetal Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S. to GKN. The Cakmak-Gokce Attorney Partnership, the Turkish arm of White & Case, advised GKN on the deal. | EUR 24 million | BosniaandHerzegovina;Turkey | Here |
| Dec-16 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov represented Corob SpA in relation to a attempted fraud against one of the the companyÕs Saudi Arabian customers resulting into a money transfer in the amount of EUR 580,000 to a fake account in Bulgaria. | EUR 580,000 | Bulgaria | Here |
| Dec-16 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised on the potential acquisition in a structured bidding process of Devin AD, a local bottled mineral water group. The team was responsible for the legal due diligence of the target and the review of the transaction documents. The deal was signed with another bidder. | EUR 120 million | Bulgaria | |
| Dec-16 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov obtained a successful verdict for Glorient Investment BG Ltd. in its dispute with Technomarket Bulgaria AD regarding ownership of 13 retail stores and an office building in Bulgaria. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Dec-16 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.Õs lawyers provided legal support with regard to the registration and opening of a new high-profile ultramodern medical centre in Sofia, Bulgaria. The client relied on the law firmÕs team for handling the seed capital funding through a number of capital increase rounds. Full legal assistance was provided in connection with the drafting and negotiating of construction contracts, lease agreements, design contracts, contracts for supply of medical equipment, establishment of a right to build, advocacy in obtaining construction permits, licensing matters concerning the usage of specialised medical equipment, employment matters, etc. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Dec-16 | Kambourov & Partners | Kambourov & Partners successfully defended Lidl in two proceedings before the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition pertaining to alleged infringements of Art. 37a of the Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act, which prohibits abuse of stronger bargaining position. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Jan-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; McMillan | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised on the acquisition of a Bulgarian mining company by Stratton Resources Inc., as the project aims the entrance of a key new player on the Bulgarian gold mining market. McMillan advised on Canadian law. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov reached an out-of-court settlement for Italy's Mosaico+ Srl., in a commercial dispute over collection of outstanding receivables with Bulgaria's Temena LTD EOOD. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Jan-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov obtained a successful verdict for Glorient Investment BG Ltd. in its dispute with Technomarket Bulgaria AD over ownership of 13 retail stores and an office building in Bulgaria. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov provided local Bulgarian counsel to the Export-Import Bank of China in relation to USD 102 million shipping financing extended to certain subsidiaries of Navigation Maritime Bulgare AD Ð the largest shipping operator in Bulgaria. | USD 102 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | CMS; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Bulpros Consulting AD on acquisition financing it received from Unicredit Bulbank AD for an acquisition by its German subsidiary of a majority interest in a global software business held by GROUP Business Software Europa GmbH, GBS Pavone Groupware GmbH, and GROUP Business Software (UK). CMS advised UniCredit on the financing. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised LaunchHub Advisors OOD and the European Investment Fund on the setting up of two new seed stage venture capital funds to invest in early stage startups in Bulgaria and across Southeastern Europe. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Kinstellar; Linklaters | Kinstellar, working alongside Linklaters, advised the Belgian KBC Group on its EUR 610 million acquisition of the United Bulgarian Bank and Bulgaria's Interlease leasing company from the National Bank of Greece. | EUR 610 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | CMS | CMS advised ÒPrestige-96Ó AD, the manufacturer of biscuits, wafers, and mini cakes, on the acquisition of the ÒCredoÓ brand and production facilities. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised B2 on the purchase of a real estate-secured Bulgarian NPL portfolio from UniCredit Bulbank. | EUR 93 million | Bulgaria | |
| Jan-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov successfully represented Golden Leaf Tobacco company Inc. in a commercial dispute with Sofia-Bulgartabac AD a subsidiary of Bulgartabac Holding. | USD 1.2 million | Bulgaria | |
| Jan-17 | Bazinas Law Firm; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Mundus Services AD on its EUR 3.2 million acquisition of 100% of the capital of A.S.S. Bulgaria EOOD Ð a supplier of technical equipment maintenance to office and administrative buildings and engineer of security systems Ð from S.V.S. EOOD (80%) and a private individual (20%). The sellers were advised by the Bazinas Law Firm on the deal. | EUR 3.2 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jan-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov has been retained by Bulgaria's Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) to represent it in a total of 19 proceedings before the Supreme Administrative Court based on the appeal of IsaOdit Ltd. against the FSC's decision to remove it from the list of approved auditors to verify the assets of Bulgarian pension and insurance companies. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Dacheng Law Offices | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov successfully represented Shanghai Sensheng Assets Management Centre with regard to a major portfolio investment in solar PV power plants in Bulgaria Ñ including on nine commercial litigation proceedings regarding the ownership and management of the Bulgarian project companies. The firm also represented the client in the related interim relief proceedings. Dacheng Law Offices advised on Chinese law. | EUR 90 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Feb-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Mayer Brown | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Wilmington Trust as a trustee on Bulgarian law aspects of the issuance of super senior secured notes AAA-tranche priority PIK of Ideal Standard. Mayer Brown LLP advised on UK law. | EUR 75 million | Bulgaria | |
| Feb-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Linklaters; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Zobele Holding S.P.A. and its Bulgarian subsidiary on Bulgarian law aspects of financing and security arrangements of Zobele Holding S.P.A. and its subsidiaries with a banking syndicate for a EUR 210 million refinancing of senior secured notes offering and super senior revolving credit facilities. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised the borrower on UK law, and Linklaters advised lenders UniCredit, HSBC, GE, Natixis, BNP, and Credit Agricole. | EUR 210 million | Bulgaria | |
| Feb-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | In 2016 a team of Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. was engaged by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to draw up an exhaustive legal Guidance for Bulgarian Public Procurement Authorities with regard to the Implementation of the Public Procurement Act (PPA). The documents prepared by the Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.ÕsÕ team have been made publicly available and have been recognised by the Institute of Public Administration as comprehensive training materials. They will be used in 80 training sessions for 1,000 employees involved in public procurement by the end of 2019. The documents are published on the website of the Institute of Public Administration. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Feb-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. assisted Pharmhold AD on its transformation into a public company and its listing on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, including a successful appeal of the decision by the refusal by the Financial Supervision Commission to approve the prospectus to the Supreme Administrative Court. Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. provided thorough advice on the public offering prospectus which was approved by the FSC on 17.02.2017. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Feb-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co helped New-Tek EOOD reach an out-of-court agreement with Bulgarian National Television for payment of amounts due under a software license agreement. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Mar-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited on public procurement tenders in the medical and life sciences sector. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Mar-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. advised the Sisecam Group on the implications on the Bulgarian corporate structures of a sequence of mergers and spin-offs on the level of the Netherlands vehicle mother companies within the Group. Advice was provided on the possible tax effects of the operation, as well as on the implementation of all necessary steps to reflect the operation within the Bulgarian group of companies. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Mar-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. advised VM Petroleum on the design and construction of a large Sofia gas station which opened for business in March 2017. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Mar-17 | Boyanov & Co.; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginsky, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised the owners of the Pharmastore pharmacy chain in the sale of the business to Sopharma Trading. Boyanov & Partners advised Sopharma on the deal. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Apr-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Latham & Watkins | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov acted as legal advisor to Citigroup Global Markets Limited that should have provided project finance to TAV Airports Holding in relation to the Sofia Airport Concession. The tender was for a 35-year concession to operate Sofia Airport, the countryÕs biggest, demanding at least EUR 281 million in initial payment. Latham & Watkins advised on UK law. | EUR 281 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Apr-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov prepared an update of the Euro medium-term note (EMTN) Series F European Base Prospectus for Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Apr-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. represented Multiforce A.S., a security services company, in its challenge to an award of a public procurement contract for security services to a government agency and also with regard to challenging the requirements of a public procurement procedure as anticompetitive and limiting the participation of economic operators. | EUR 3.3 million | Bulgaria | |
| May-17 | CMS; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Debevoise & Plimpton; Dentons | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised the Bulgarian aspects of the acquisition of certain assets and renewal rights of AIGÕs business in many jurisdictions, including Bulgaria. Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & VelichkovÕs services included advice on the Bulgarian aspects of the deal, inter alia legal due diligence, structuring advice, regulatory, compliance and transactional work. CMS advised the seller. Globally, Dentons advised the buyer while Debevoise & Plimpton assisted the seller. | EUR 203 million | Bulgaria | |
| May-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Eurex Clearing AG on clearing of security lending transactions with Bulgarian lenders. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| May-17 | Arsov Nachev Ganeva; Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. defended Sofia Airport, a major supplier of ground handling services, in a complex case before the Bulgarian competition regulator regarding alleged abuse of dominance via predatory pricing. Arsov Nachev Ganeva advised the counter-party. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| May-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Mundus Services AD on the acquisition of 100% of the capital of VM Automation EOOD Ð a wholly-owned subsidiary of BulgariaÕs VM Finance Group. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| May-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov has successfully persuaded the Bulgarian courts to recognize and enforce an award in favor of Sandvik Bulgaria EOOD resulting from arbitration against Bulgaria's state-owned Montagi EAD arising from a contract for erection of coal and lime stone storage and handling systems at Bulgaria's Maritza East 1 power station. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| May-17 | Cravath Swaine & Moore; K&L Gates; Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised FactSet on CEE matters related to its USD 205 million acquisition of BISAM Technologies from Aquiline Capital Partners. Factset was also represented by Cravath Swaine & Moore in the United States and K&L Gates in Western Europe. Willkie Farr & Gallagher represented the Sellers and BISAM. | USD 205 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| May-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski | Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski advised Romania's Prime Kapital on the acquisition of two shopping malls in Bulgaria by the Luxembourg-registered PKM Investments (a joint venture of MAS Real Estate and Prime Kapital) from Poland's Globe Trade Centre. The sellers were advised by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov. | EUR 62 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Boyanov & Co. | Boyanov & Co. advised Investor.BG (Investor Media Group) in its acquisition of a majority stake in VUZF AD, the founder and owner of the Sofia-based University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship, from founder Grigorii Vazov. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Heta Asset Resolution AG on its exit from Bulgaria by means of a management buy-out of of its subsidiaries Heta Asset Resolution Bulgaria OOD and Heta Asset Resolution Auto Bulgaria OOD. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jun-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. reported that on May 16, 2017, Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition issued a decision stating that firm client Sofia AirportÕs conduct in the ground handling services market cannot be defined as an abuse of dominant position. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Jul-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised HSBC Bank it on the regulatory framework of its security and investment products. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. advised Husqvarna on the liquidation of its Bulgarian subsidiary Husqvarna Bulgaria EOOD. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Jul-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; EY Law | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised International Personal Finance Investments Limited, the leading British-based international home credit business provider, on the sale of Provident Financial Bulgaria (Provident) to Easy Asset Management (which operates under the Easy Credit brand). EY Law advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Jul-17 | Baker McKenzie; Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov, working with Baker McKenzie, London, advised British American Tobacco on its over EUR 100 million acquisition of assets of Bulgarian cigarette maker Bulgartabac Holding, including Bulgartabac's Victory, Eva Slim, and GD tobacco brands and its distribution and retail assets in Bulgaria and Bosnia. The sellers -- Bulgartabac Holding AD and Blagoevgrad-BT AD -- were represented by in-house counsel on the deal. Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. advised British American Tobacco on the merger control clearance. | EUR 100 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Boyanov & Co.; Dimitrova & Co. | Boyanov & Co. advised Bulgarian Leasing Finance EAD Ñ the former Piraeus Leasing AD Ñ on its acquisition of 100% of the capital of TBI Rent EAD, a Bulgarian provider of operating lease and rent-a-car services, from TBI Bank. The sellers were reportedly advised by Dimitrova & Co. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Penkov, Markov & Partners | Penkov, Markov & Partners advised both Dairewa BV and PROFIREAL Group subsidiary Profi Credit Bulgaria on a cross-border non-syndicated loan of up to EUR 14 million deal between the two. | EUR 14 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Penkov, Markov & Partners | Penkov, Markov & Partners advised Weston Growth Capital (formerly Innimmo Investments) on its acquisition of Advance Address Valuations from real estate investment holding AG Capital. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Boyanov & Co.; Penkov, Markov & Partners | Boyanov & Co. advised Silver Star Group on its acquisition of a group of assets and services related to the Mercedes distribution business in Bulgaria from Vienna Real Estate / Balkan Star Group. Penkov, Markov & Partners advised Balkan Star on the deal. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov has successfully assisted CEZ Electro Bulgaria AD, one of the three public electricity suppliers in Bulgaria, in settling a multimillion commercial dispute with state-owned power utility National Electricity company EAD (NEK). | EUR 35 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Deloitte Legal; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Kronberg International on the acquisition of Mall Varna EAD from Raiffeisen Bank International AG. Deloitte Legal advised RBI on the deal, which closed in Q2, 2017. The purchase price was not disclosed. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | CMS | Acting for borrowers RES Techonogy JSCo and ASM-BG Investicii JSCo., both jointly owned by the Korean South East Energy company (a subsidiary of KEPCO) and SDN company Ltd., CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang advised on the largest renewable energy refinancing in Bulgaria to date with the completion of UniCreditÕs EUR 62 million facility. CMS Reich Rohrwig Hainz advised UniCredit on the refinancing. | EUR 62 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Jul-17 | Boyanov & Co.; Dinova Rusev & Partners | Boyanov & Co. advised UK Hystead Limited on its EUR 156 million acquisition of The Mall Ñ the second biggest shopping center in Bulgaria. In particular, UK Hystead Limited acquires 100% of Bulgarian company AP Retail I Limited from Cypros Fortone Holdings Limited, which is ultimately owned by Greece's Assos Capital (85%) and Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs (a combined 15%). Dinova Rusev & Partners Law Office advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 156 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. advised VM Petroleum and Tradenet Varna on the establishment of a new petrol station retail chain in Bulgaria. Ultimately, the firm assisted with the successful conclusion of over 20 purchase contracts and lease agreements, with a total value exceeding EUR 6 million. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Aug-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Gerginov Aehrenthal Zivny advised Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bulgaria on the merger of its Enterprise business segment with Computer Science Corporation. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Aug-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Bulgarian Eagle airlines, the ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) carrier recently founded by the Germania Group, on its expansion into Bulgaria and on obtaining an official air operator certificate from the Bulgarian authorities, which allows the airline to use aircraft for commercial purposes. After all the necessary licenses were issued and a demonstration flight was successfully completed, the Bulgarian aviation authority cleared the new airline for take-off. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised the Austrian real estate investment company S IMMO AG on the sale of the Serdika Center Sofia shopping mall and the Serdika Offices building to New Europe Property Investments plc. in the form of a share deal. | EUR 207.4 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Aug-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov acted for a consortium consisting of German engineering consultancy companies CDM Smith Consult GmbH, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG, and C&E Consulting und Engineering GmbH in arbitration proceedings before the Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce against the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Waters. | EUR 161,000 | Bulgaria | |
| Aug-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov successfully represented the interests of CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD in several cases before Bulgaria's Commission for Protection against Discrimination. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Deloitte Legal; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised AP Investments AD on the sale of 50% of Mall Galleria Varna to the Serbian-based Delta Real Estate DOO and the Cyprus-based Astatine Holdings Limited. The buyers were advised by Deloitte Legal on the deal. | EUR 12.5 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised a consortium consisting of HungaryÕs OTP Bank PLC, its Bulgarian subsidiary, DSK Bank, and Eurobank Bulgaria on a EUR 133 million senior loan facility to Business Park Sofia. | EUR 133 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Kambourov & Partners | Kambourov & Partners successfully represented Iberdrola Inmobilaria before the European Court of Justice in a case involving the general rules for deduction of VAT credit in cases of investment in public infrastructure. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Sep-17 | Kinstellar | KinstellarÕs Sofia antitrust team advised the Linxens Group on its successful application to the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition for its acquisition of the SIT Division of the Smartrac Group and on the antitrust aspects of the deal. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Penkov, Markov & Partners | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & VelichkovÕs real estate team advised NEPI Rockcastle on the September 21, 2017 acquisition by its subsidiary NEPI Project Two EOOD of Bulfeld EOOD Ñ the owner of the Paradise Center shopping center in Sofia Ñ from Bul Dom OOD. Penkov, Markov & Partners advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 252.9 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS | CMS successfully defended renewable energy client Astronergy against a commercial claim brought by a former developer over the acquisition of the Cherveniakovo-4MWp photovoltaic plant in Bulgaria. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria EAD on the structuring and launch of a EUR 100 million public procurement procedure to select financial intermediaries for equity and quasi-equity investments in Bulgarian seed and start-up companies. | EUR 100 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov acted as local counsel to the Export-Import Bank of China with regard to a EUR 50 million loan facility extended to the Bulgarian Development Bank for on-lending to customers in the form of mid or short-term trade financing transactions. | EUR 50 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised BulgariaÕs Arexim Engineering, a world leading producer of plastic car components, on the sale of its business related to the production of battery boxes to Accumalux. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Oct-17 | Boyanov & Co. | Boyanov & Co. supported the UK-listed company BSP PLC on its acquisition of a historic building in Sofia. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Nov-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. provided legal advice to Evrotrust Technologies AD with regard to the capital raising for establishing the local business of a certification services provider. | N/A | Bulgaria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Boyanov & Co. | On November 1, 2017, Lilyana Pavlova, the Minister in charge of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council and Boyanov & Co. Managing Partner Borislav Boyanov, the President of the Association of the Honorary Consuls in Bulgaria and Honorary Consul of Malta, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for the forthcoming Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Nov-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria EAD on the structuring and launching of a EUR 180.5 million public procurement procedure to select financial intermediaries for the Urban Development Fund under the Operational Program "Regions in Growth 2014-2020," which is co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds. | EUR 180.5 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Nov-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised NorwayÕs B2 Kapital on the acquisition of a EUR 84 million non-performing Bulgarian credit portfolio composed of secured/unsecured non-performing loans granted to private individuals, SMEs and corporate customers. | EUR 84 million | Bulgaria | Here |
| Dec-17 | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov acted on refinancing provided to Libena Resorts Ltd.Õs hotel business, successor of Sigma Capital Investments S.A. Through its four subsidiaries it owns four and five-star hotels and resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. | EUR 80 million | Bulgaria | |
| Dec-17 | Penkov, Markov & Partners; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Penkov, Markov & Partners, working alongside Weil, Gotshal & Manges, advised CEZ on the sale of Bulgaria's hard coal-fired thermal power plant in Varna to Bulgarian company SIGDA OOD. | N/A | Bulgaria | |
| Jul-17 | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. | Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. advised DESA, a Turkish producer of leather products, on the establishment of its business in Bulgaria and on the incorporation of a Bulgarian subsidiary. | N/A | BulgariaTurkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | CMS; DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised Hungary-based Egis Pharmaceuticals on its acquisition of the D-Panthenol brand, the second largest brand in the dexpanthenol market in Russia, and of a Russian gynaecology portfolio consisting of Vagilac, Feminal and Folacin brands, from Jadran-Galenski Laboratorij. CMS advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Bulgaria;Croatia;Russia | |
| Dec-17 | Allen & Overy; Kocian Solc Balastik; Spasov & Bratanov; Svetkova Bebov Komarevski | Kocian Solc Balastik advised Energo-Pro on matters of Czech law related to its debut Eurobond issue in London. Energo-Pro was advised as to Bulgarian law by Svetkova Bebov Komarevski, while the Managers (Banca IMI S.p.A, Komercni banka, a.s., and UniCredit Bank AG) and the Trustee (Citibank, N.A London Branch) were advised by Allen & Overy on Czech and English law and by Spasov & Bratanov on matters of Bulgarian law. | N/A | Bulgaria;CzechRepublic | Here |
| Aug-17 | Arcliffe | Arcliffe was appointed by Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze to assist the company on labor law-related matters in various CEE jurisdictions. | N/A | Bulgaria;CzechRepublic;Romania;Slovakia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Boyanov & Co.; Freshfields | Boyanov & Co., working alongside Freshfields, reported that it advised the National Bank of Greece on its EUR 610 million sale of United Bulgarian Bank and Interlease to KBC, and that the deal closed on June 13, 2017. | EUR 610 million | Bulgaria;Greece | Here |
| Feb-17 | BDK Advokati; Boyanov & Co.; KG Law; Neocleous; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Winston & Strawn | The firms of the SEE Legal network reported that they worked alongside Skadden Arps in advising BA Glass I Ð Servicos de Gestao e Investimentos S.A. (the parent company of BA Vidro S.A.) on its acquisition of substantially all of the Yioula Glassworks SA glass container business from Yioula Glassworks SA and its subsidiary Yalos Holdings (Overseas) Limited. Yioula Glassworks was supported on all legal issues by Winston & Strawn. | EUR 550 million | Bulgaria;Greece;Romania;Serbia; | Here |
| Dec-16 | CMS; Dentons; Hristov & Partners | Dentons advised Group Spadel, on the acquisition of a 93.29% stake in Bulgarian bottled water producer Devin AD from private equity firm Advent International. Dentons worked with Hristov & Partners in Bulgaria, while Advent was advised by CMS on the transaction. | EUR 120 million | Bulgaria;Hungary | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; Dentons | Allen & Overy advised South Africa-based Internet and entertainment group Naspers on its sale of the comparison shopping engines Arukereso.hu, Compari.ro, and Pazaruvaj.com to the Rockaway Group. Dentons reportedly advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Bulgaria;Hungary;Romania | Here |
| Dec-16 | Baker McKenzie; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss, working as local CEE counsel to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, advised Amundi on its acquisition of Pioneer Investments from Unicredit. UniCredit was advised by Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners. | EUR 3.545 billion | Bulgaria;Hungary;Romania;Slovakia | Here |
| May-17 | Durukan+Partners | Durukan+Partners advised KfW IPEX Bank in connection with an amendment to the EUR 16 Million export financing to Bulgarian borrower Trakya Glass Bulgaria EAD guaranteedÊby Turkish guarantors Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari A.S., Trakya Cam Sanayii A.S., and Pasabahce Cam Sanayii A.S. | EUR 16 million | Bulgaria;Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | ODI Law; Simmons & Simmons | ODI, working alongside alongside Simmons & Simmons, advised Sinohydro on its cross-border acquisition of Geodata Tunel d.o.o., a design and construction company in Croatia. | N/A | Croatia | |
| Jan-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised Enlight Renewable Energy on the construction and financing of a wind farm near the Adriatic port of Split in Croatia. | N/A | Croatia | |
| Jan-17 | CMS; Jones Day; Schoenherr | CMS advised OTP Group on its acquisition of Societe GeneraleÕs Croatian bank, Splitska Banka, and its leasing and insurance subsidiaries. Jones Day Paris and Schoenherr Zagreb advised Societe General on the transaction. | N/A | Croatia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic; Gide Loyrette Nouel; Praljak & Svic | Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic, working alongside Gide Loyrette Nouel, advised BNP Paribas Cardif Insurance in the sale of its Croatian entity to Croatia Osiguranje, making Croatia Osiguranje the sole owner of BNP Paribas Cardif Insurance in Croatia. Croatia Osiguranje was advised by Praljak & Svic. | N/A | Croatia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic; Mamic, Peric, Reberski Rimac | Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic advised Arriva on its acquisition of 78.34% of the Autotrans Group. Mamic, Peric, Reberski Rimac advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Croatia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Ostermann & Partners; Schoenherr | Ostermann & Partners assisted APS Holding with its acquisition of a Croatian portfolio of non-performing loans with a nominal value significantly exceeding EUR 100 million from Hrvatska Postanska Banka with the approval of the Croatian National Bank. The Hrvatska Postanska Bank was reportedly advised by Schoenherr. | EUR 100 million | Croatia;CzechRepublic | Here |
| Dec-16 | Clifford Chance; Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic; Montanios & Montanios; Norton Rose Fulbright; Tark Grunte Sutkiene | Norton Rose Fulbright advised Inter Cars S.A. and its group companies on a PLN 1.1 billion loan facility. Clifford Chance, working with Tark Grunte Sutkiene, Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic, and Montanios & Montanios, advised Bank Pekao S.A. (agent), mBank S.A. (security agent), and Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A., ING Bank Slaski S.A., Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A., DNB Bank, and Caixa Bank (mandated lead arrangers) on the facility. | PLN 1.1 billion | Croatia;CzechRepublic;Lithuania;Poland;Romania;Slovakia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic; Selih & partnerji; Weinhold Legal | Weinhold Legal, Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic, and Selih & partnerji advised on the merger of Croatia's Olympus d.o.o and Slovenia's OLYMPUS SLOVENIJA d.o.o. into the Czech entity, Olympus Czech Group, s.r.o., clen koncernu. | N/A | Croatia;CzechRepublic;Slovenia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Dechert; Squire Patton Boggs | Dechert secured a victory for MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc in what Dechert describes as "a bet-the-company, multi-billion dollar arbitration." | N/A | Croatia;Hungary | Here |
| Sep-17 | Wiewiorski Legal; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on the financing of OT Logistics' expansion in Croatia. OT Logistics was advised by Wiewiorski Legal. | EUR 30 milion | Croatia;Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Krajinovic and Partners; K&L Gates | K&L Gates advised OT Logistics S.A. on the acquisition of 11.75% of shares in Luka Rijeka d.d., as well as on the conclusion of a joint policy agreement with Allianz ZB and Erste funds. Krajinovic and Partners advised OT Logistics on Croatian law. | N/A | Croatia;Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy; Dentons; Karanovic & Nikolic | RTPR Allen & Overy advised Penta, the Romanian entities part of the group having as parent Fortuna Entertainment Group NV, as well as the Romanian entity part of the Hattrick group, acting as borrowers and/or guarantors under the Facility Agreement in relation to a EUR 161.65 million financing. Dentons was the advisor of Finance Parties. Arthur Cox and Karanovic & Nikolic advised the borrower on Irish and Croatian aspects respectively. | EUR 161.65 million | Croatia;Romania | Here |
| Aug-17 | BDK Advokati; Lukic | BDK Advokati advised the Czech company Lach:ner s.r.o., a regional distributor of pure chemicals, specialized services, and innovative products,** **on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Serbian Proanalytica d.o.o., a distributor of laboratory chemicals. The Lukic law firm advised the sellers on the deal, which closed on August 4, 2017. | N/A | Croatia;Serbia | |
| Jun-17 | ODI Law | ODI Law advised the seller -- a private individual -- on the sale of a 42.1218 % stake in Iskra to Taxgroup Gmbh, one of the existing shareholders of the company. The deal also involved the purchase by the firm's client of a share in Caveat Romanae, a Croatian subsidiary of Iskra. | N/A | Croatia;Slovenia | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; White & Case | Allen & Overy acted for Societe Generale on financing for an (ultimately unsuccessful) bidder for the CEE assets of SAB Miller. White & Case advised the potential bidder/borrower.Ê | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; BADOKH | Allen & Overy assisted Ceska Sporitelna and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia as joint lead managers of CZK 1 billion standalone bond issuance by Czechoslovak Group a.s., a holding enterprise of a group of Czech and Slovak industrial and trade companies. Badokh advised the issuer.Ê | CZK 1 billion | CzechRepublic | |
| Dec-16 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Redside Investicni Spolecnost, a.s., the manager of the real estate open-ended investment fund NOVA Real Estate, on its acquisition of the Panorama Business Center building from Dutch closed private investment fund Mint Fund 8 B.V. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Dec-16 | Dentons; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised ContourGlobal erneuerbare Energie Europa GmbH on the sale of its solar energy business in the Czech Republic to China Central and Eastern Europe Investment Co-operation Fund SCS SICAV-SIF, via CEE Equity Partners Ltd. Dentons advised CEE Equity Partners on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Dec-16 | Baker McKenzie; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Hengeler Mueller; Kirkland & Ellis; Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | Kinstellar advised on the Czech aspects of the divestment of Xella to an affiliate of US private equity group Lone Star. Among the many other firms working on the deal were Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy for Xella and Hengeler Mueller and Kirkland & Ellis for Lone Star. | EUR 2.2 billion | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Dec-16 | Kocian Solc Balastik | KSB assisted Gramexo PLC on its issuance of discounted certificates in the value of approximately CZK 1.4 billion. | CZK 1.4 billion | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jan-17 | Clifford Chance; Wilson & Partners | Clifford Chance advised CBRE Global Investors on its acquisition of the OC Letnnany shopping center from Tesco, on behalf of a separate account client of CBRE. Tesco was advised by Wilson & Partners. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jan-17 | Kinstellar; Randa Havel Legal; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Randa Havel Legal provided Czech law advised to the American investment group Blackstone in connection with its sale of the Hilton Prague Old Town hotel and the adjoining Gestin Centrum building to M&L Hospitality Trust. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was lead counsel to Blackstone on the deal, while M&L Hospitality was advised by Kinstellar. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jan-17 | Antoniou McCollum & Co; Antis Triantafyllides and Sons; Clifford Chance; George Z. Georgiou & Associates; JSK | JSK advised APS Holding a.s on its agreement with the Hellenic Bank Public company Ltd to manage the real estate assets and service the non-performing loans of the Bank. Antoniou McCollum & Co advised APS on Cyprus law matters. Clifford Chance advised the Hellenic Bank, with George Z. Georgiou & Associates advising it on employment law matters and Antis Triantafyllides and Sons on Cyprus Law matters. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jan-17 | DLA Piper; Fenwick West; Vaclav Stankovsky | Allen & Overy advised Alteryx on its acquisition of 100% shareholding in Semanta, a Czech developer of data governance and analytic tools. Fenwick West advised Alteryx on the US aspects. Vaclav Stankovsky advised the sellers . | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Feb-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzie advised Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka on its provision of a loan facility to Denemo Media for its EUR 116 million acquisition of Modern Times Group's 50% shareholding in FTV Prima Holding, the second largest private Czech broadcaster. The share acquisition will return FTV Prima entirely back to Czech ownership. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Feb-17 | Kocian Solc Balastik | KSB provided legal services to the CERCL Green group in connection with the sale of Green Gas International by means of a management buy-in for an undisclosed consideration to ML Green Netherlands B.V., a special purpose management buy-in company jointly owned by private investors Laurent Barrieux and Martin Vojta. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Feb-17 | Allen & Overy; Glatzova & Co. | Glatzova & Co. advised Denemo Media s.r.o. on its acquisition of a 50% shareholding in FTV Prima, with Allen & Overy advising Modern Times Group, the seller. | EUR 234.7 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Feb-17 | Kocian Solc Balastik | KSB assisted the MS Invest real estate development company in its recent issue of discounted bonds. | CZK 320 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Feb-17 | Dunovska & Partners | Following a tender for "Provision of Legal Services for Law Offices," Dunovska & Partners has been selected to supply legal services to Komercni Banka, a.s as well as Societe Generale. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Ostrava Zachveja & Partneri; Taylor Wessing | Taylor Wessing Prague advised Hectas Facility Services Stiftung & Co. KG, from Germany, on the disposal of its subsidiary Hectas Facility Services, s.r.o., which supplies cleaning and technical services in the Czech Republic, to Ostrava-based MW-Dias, a.s. Ostrava's Zachveja & Partneri firm advised the buyers. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Kinstellar; White & Case | Kinstellar successfully advised Deutsche EuroShop AG on its EUR 374 million acquisition of Olympia Shopping Center in Brno from a joint venture of ECE Real Estate Partners and Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP. White & Case advised the sellers on the transaction, which is expected to be finalized within the first half of 2017, and which represents Deutsche EuroShop's entry into the Czech market. | EUR 374 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Delta Legal; JSK | JSK advised the Lama Energy Group on its acquisition of Live Telecom from sellers Pavel Stepanek, David Lukac, and Zdenek Nesveda. The sellers were represented by Delta Legal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Advokatni Kancelar Holub; Balcar, Polansky & Spol | Balcar, Polansky & Spol. advised Skanska Reality on its CZK 841 million purchase of eight hectares of land in Prague from Codeco UK. The sellers were represented by Radek Budin of Advokatni Kancelar Holub. | CZK 841 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised Genesis Capital on its acquisition of a 47% share in the POS Media Group from founder and CEO Richard van het Bolscher. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance's Prague office advised Danish electronics company Bang & Olufsen on the divestment of its Czech subsidiary, Bang & Olufsen, s.r.o., to its long-term partner Tymphany Acoustic Technology HK Limited. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | CMS; Squire Patton Boggs | CMS advised Spanish investment fund Azora Europa l on its sale of the Galleries Louvre office property in Prague to Redstone Real Estate. Squire Patton Boggs advised Redstone on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised automotive parts manufacturer Motorpal on the successful implementation of a pre-pack reorganization. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Mar-17 | Noerr | Noerr advised ANV, a Lloyds syndicate underwriter and member of the AmTrust Group, on providing W&I insurance for the acquisition of the SPV that owns the Futurum Ostrava shopping center. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy | Allen & Overy assisted Moneta Money Bank, a.s., in connection with the establishment of its debut domestic bond program allowing for issuance of senior unsecured bonds, mortgage covered bonds, and subordinated bonds, including on the preparation and approval process of the program base prospectus by the Czech National Bank. | EUR 1.86 billion | CzechRepublic | |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy | Allen & Overy advised Solek Holding, a progressive Czech renewables group developing photovoltaic and similar projects, on its debut standalone issuance of CZK 500 million unsecured bonds offered to retail and institutional investors in the Czech Republic. | CZK 500 million | CzechRepublic | |
| Apr-17 | Kinstellar; Kocian Solc Balastik | Kinstellar advised Trelleborg, a provider of engineered polymer solutions, on its EUR 65 million sale of Trelleborg Material & Mixing Lesina s.r.o., a producer and supplier of polymer compounds, to Hexpol. Kocian Solc Balastik advised Hexpol on then deal. | EUR 65 million | CzechRepublic | |
| Apr-17 | Kinstellar; Linklaters | Kinstellar and Linklaters advised Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, on the sale of a 7.5% stake held by CEZ in the Hungarian oil company MOL. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| May-17 | JSK | JSK represented a fund managed by 3TS Capital Partners and BHS Private Equity Fund on a EUR 2 million investment and a EUR 2.5 million investment in the ZOOT online fashion store, respectively. | EUR 4.5 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| May-17 | CMS | CMS advised VGP and Allianz on the acquisition of several new logistics properties in the Czech Republic and Germany. | EUR 173 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| May-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners; Havel Holasek & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners advised Pebal s.r.o., on investment into the company by JB Capital and the establishment of a joint venture. Havel Holasek & Partners advised JB Capital on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| May-17 | CMS; Kinstellar | CMS Prague advised Prologis on its sale of the Ostrava Logistics Park to CBRE Global Investors. Kinstellar advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| May-17 | Allen & Overy; White & Case | Allen & Overy advised IAD Investments in relation to the disposal of 100% shares in River Garden I, a class-A office building located in the Karlin district of Prague, from LaSalle Investment Management. White & Case advised the buyer. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jun-17 | DLA Piper; Havel Holasek & Partners | Allen & Overy advised Nikon Corporation on a long term cooperation and joint venture agreement with a Czech developer of graphics software used in laboratory microscopes and photo cameras. Havel Holasek advised the developer. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Jun-17 | Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance's Prague office advised the regional used car dealership AAA Auto International a.s. in connection with the planned refinancing of the acquisition of the company and agreeing the terms of operating loans for its entire group from CSOB. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Jun-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised the Karlin Group on the creation of a joint venture with the Shinkun & Binui developer for a residential real estate project in the Modrany part of Prague. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr; Wilson & Partners | Schoenherr assisted Erste Group Immorent with its sale of its Czech company Futurama Gama s.r.o., which owns the Futurama Business Park Phase III building in Prague, to Caerus International Ltd. Wilson & Partners advised the buyer. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jun-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners successfully represented a member of the Expandia group in arbitration proceedings before the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic against an unnamed "leading Czech construction company." | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Jun-17 | Slaughter and May; White & Case | Slaughter and May advised Centrica plc on the sale of its operational Langage and South Humber Bank combined cycle gas turbine power stations with a combined capacity of 2.3GW to a subsidiary of Energeticky a prumyslovy holding, a. s. for GBP 318 million in cash (subject to customary working capital and other completion adjustments). White & Case announced that it had advised EP UK Investments Limited (EP UKI), the UK business of Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding, a.s. (EPH), on the deal. | GBP 318 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners represented Algotech in its purchase of a share of Hugport, a start-up providing digital signage solutions. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jul-17 | Allen & Overy; Kinstellar | Allen & Overy advised the EPISO 4 opportunistic fund, managed by Tristan Capital Partners, and its co-investing local partner, Mint Investments, on their acquisition of the Avenir Business Park in the Nove Butovice neighborhood of Prague from debt restructuring firm Lone Star. Kinstellar advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dentons; Kinstellar | Dentons advised Aerium, a pan-European real estate fund manager, on the sale of the Kralovo Pole Shopping Center in Brno, in the Czech Republic, to CPI Property Group. Kinstellar advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Aug-17 | Taylor Wessing | Taylor Wessing Prague advised Germany's Biotest group and its subsidiary Plasma Service Europe on their acquisition of Cara Plasma s.r.o. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised Investec GLL Global Special Opportunities Real Estate Fund on the EUR 19.5 million sale of the Keystone office building in the Karlin neighborhood of Prague to the Czech KB Realitni fond 2 Investicni Kapitalove Spolecnosti KB real estate fund. | EUR 19.5 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Sep-17 | CMS; DSK Legal | CMS advised Indian automotive components manufacturer Pricol Ltd. on its acquisition of PMP PAL International s.r.o., a Czech company which manufactures automotive windscreen wiper parts, from PMP Auto Components (part of the Ashok Piramal Group). The sellers were advised by India's DSK Legal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Sep-17 | CMS | CMS advised investment companies Miton, Enern, and In-Bridge, on their sale of Slevomat Group, a company holding deal websites in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to UK-based travel company Secret Escapes. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Sep-17 | Gleiss Lutz; Schoenherr | Schoenherr Czech Republic (along with Gleiss Lutz as lead counsel) advised Isringhausen Metall GmbH, part of the AUNDE Group, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in GMA Stanztechnik Kaplice spol. s r.o. from the German company GMA Stanztechnik GmbH & Co. KG. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners represented the Fit Invest group in its purchase of the Form Factory fitness center in the Stodulky neighborhood of Prague. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Sep-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners advised the Czech investment group CEHA Investment a.s. on its acquisition of the Czech construction company Cermak a Hrachovec a.s. and its sister company Prakan a.s. from Colas S.A. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Sep-17 | Kocian Solc Balastik | Kocian Solc Balastik won a promotion dispute over garlic drops for manufacturer Allivictus. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS; Linklaters; Noerr | Noerr, together with Linklaters, advised RWS, the provider of translation services, on its acquisition of the Czech company Moravia from Clarion Capital Partners, advised by CMS. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Oct-17 | Z/C/H Legal | Z/C/H Legal successfully assisted the Czech Republic's Burrito Loco restaurant chain with the entry of a new investor: The Leos Novotny investment group. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Oct-17 | Baker McKenzie; White & Case | Baker McKenzie advised Sika, a manufacturer of speciality chemicals, on its acquisition of Prague-based KVK Holding from private equity firm Arx Equity Partners. White & Case advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Oct-17 | CEE Attorneys; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Austrian Post on its acquisition of a share of In Time Spedice. CEE Attorneys advised the selling shareholder on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Oct-17 | Kinstellar; PRK Partners; White & Case | Kinstellar and White & Case advised BMO Real Estate Partners on the acquisition of the high end department store in Prague occupied by Van Graaf from Vienna-based MTK Developments on behalf of investors in BMO's pan-European retail property investment fund. PRK Partners reportedly advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS | CMS advised Moravia Holdings II on the sale of Moravia US Holding Company, Inc. and Moravia Lux Holding Company S.a r.l. | USD 320 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners represented the Fit Invest group in its purchase of the World Class fitness center on Wenceslas Square in Prague. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Nov-17 | bpv (Braun Partners); Kinstellar | BPV Braun Partners advised European real estate service provider Corpus Sireo on the purchase by its Luxembourg investment fund Dereif Immobilien of the Oasis Florenc office building in the center of Prague. Kinstellar advised the unidentified sellers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Nov-17 | Baker McKenzie; Bouchon & Partner; Kocian Solc Balastik; Wardynski & Partners | Kocian Solc Balastik advised the Agrofert Group on its acquisition by group member DEZA a.s. of Polish chemical company Petrochemia-Blachownia S. A. from BorsodChem Zrt. Szecskay Attorneys at Law advised DEZA on Hungarian matters, Wardynski & Partners advised on Polish matters, and Bouchon & Partner advised on German matters. Baker McKenzie advised BorsodChem Zrt. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Nov-17 | Dentons; Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised CBRE Global Investors on its off-market acquisition of a logistics/light industrial portfolio in Plzen, in the western Czech Republic, from Stage Capital. Dentons advised Stage Capital on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Nov-17 | Randa Havel Legal | Randa Havel Legal represented the Jufa Investment Group in connection with its purchase of the Brno Turany solar power plant. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Nov-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised Allianz and ING on a EUR 160 million syndicated loan for the financing of a portfolio of industrial properties owned by CTP, a commercial real estate developer and manager in the Czech Republic. | EUR 160 million | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS; Rentsch Legal | CMS advised Savills plc. on the acquisition of SB Property Services, a Czech company providing asset management services, from its founders, Martina Bartek and Michaela Semanova. Rudolf Rentsch of Rentsch Legal advised the sellers. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Nov-17 | Rentsch Legal; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Prevent DEV GmbH on the sale of its Car Trim production site in Kraslice, Czech Republic, to Lantal Textiles AG. Rentsch Legal advised the buyer. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Nov-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Prevent DEV GmbH on the sale of its Car Trim production site in Nymburk, Czech Republic to Car Face Design s.r.o. | N/A | CzechRepublic | |
| Nov-17 | Konecna & Zacha | Konecna & Zacha successfully represented the Statutory City of Ostrava in a dispute involving the construction of a shopping center. | CZK 1.5 million | CzechRepublic | |
| Dec-17 | Dentons | Dentons successfully represented Sev.en EC, a.s., a member of the Czech Coal group, before the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic in what the firm calls "extraordinary litigation" related to the reimbursement of gift tax from the Czech state that was imposed on the free carbon dioxide emission allowances in 2011 and 2012 in breach of EU law. | N/A | CzechRepublic | Here |
| Dec-16 | CMS; Oppenheim | CMS advised Belgian real estate developer Atenor on the sale of Vaci Greens Building C in Budapest to Czech investment fund ZFPR Realitni Fond, which is managed by ZFP Investments. Oppenheim acted for ZFP Investments on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Hungary | Here |
| Jun-17 | Allen & Overy; Kinstellar | Allen & Overy advised Cromwell Property Group on the sale of a portfolio of industrial assets to M7 Real Estate. The portfolio comprises 209,832 square meters across 276 units. Seven of the assets are located in Hungary, while the remaining four are in the Czech Republic. Kinstellar advised M7 Real Estate. | EUR 127.5 million | CzechRepublic;Hungary | Here |
| Jan-17 | Clifford Chance; Dentons | Clifford Chance advised CBRE on the sale of its retail portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe to CPI Property Group (CPI). Dentons advised CPI on the transaction, which is valued at over EUR 600 million and will see properties including 11 shopping centers change hands across the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Romania. | EUR 600 million | CzechRepublic;Hungary;Poland;Romania | |
| May-17 | Noerr | Noerr advised N26 Mobile Bank on banking regulatory and civil law matters in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, including structuring of business/products and operations, consumer protection, personal data protection, and anti-money laundering. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Hungary;Poland;Romania | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; Freshfields | A&O advised Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. on its share purchase agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev to acquire businesses formerly owned by SABMiller Limited (formerly SABMiller plc) in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Romania and other related assets that were owned by SABMiller prior to its combination with AB InBev. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised AB InBev on the deal. | EUR 7.3 billion | CzechRepublic;Hungary;Poland;Romania;Slovakia | |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised AG Foods Group and Cooperatief Avallon MBO U.A. on the settlement of minority shareholders' disputes and on a subsequent management buyout. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Hungary;Poland;Slovakia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised AG Foods Group and Cooperatief Avallon MBO U.A. on settlement of minority shareholders' disputes and on a subsequent management buyout. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Hungary;Poland;Slovakia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Jeantet | Jeantet advised the Mama Shelter hotel chain Ð a subsidiary of the Accor Group Ð on the opening of new hotels in Prague and Belgrade. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Hungary;Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | CMS; Gleiss Lutz; Mannheimer Swartling | Gleiss Lutz and CMS advised the Pradera retail property fund and asset managers on its EUR 900 million acquisition of 25 prime retail parks in eight European countries from IKEA Centres. The sellers were advised by Mannheimer Swartling. | EUR 900 million | CzechRepublic;Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance advised Fortbet Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Penta Investments, on a tender offer for shares in the Dutch company Fortuna Entertainment Group N.V.. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Kirkland & Ellis; Kocian Solc Balastik; Wardynski & Partners | Kocian Solc Balastik in the Czech Republic and Wardynski & Partners in Poland have provided local assistance to global counsel Kirkland & Ellis in advising Bain Capital Private Equity on its USD 3.2 billion acquisition of the cleaning and chemicals system division ("Diversey Care") and the food hygiene and cleaning business of Sealed Air Corp. | USD 3.2 billion | CzechRepublic;Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dentons; White & Case | White & Case advised REICO Investicni Spolecnost Ceske Sporitelny, a.s., acting for CSNF, which manages the largest Czech market real estate investment fund, on the acquisition of the Galeria Sloneczna in Radom, Poland, from White Star Real Estate. Dentons advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 164 million | CzechRepublic;Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii; Wolf Theiss | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Czech pharmacy chain Dr. Max, owned by Penta Investments Group, on its acquisition of the Fastpharm SRL, Iezer Farm SRL, Panpharma Med SRL, and York Farm SRL chains, which will be rebranded and run under the name "Dr. Max". Wolf Theiss advised the sellers, a Romanian family. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Romania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Kinstellar; Sidley & Austin | Kinstellar teams in Bucharest, Budapest, and Prague have worked alongside international counsel Sidley & Austin in advising Nidec, a leading Japanese manufacturer of electric motors, on the acquisition of Leroy-Somer and Control Techniques from Emerson Electric Co. Motors. | USD 1.2 billion | CzechRepublic;Romania;Hungary | Here |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy; CMS | Allen & Overy advised the arranging banks on a financing for P&P Spearhead, a group engaged in the agricultural sector primarily in CEE. CMS advised P&P Spearhead on the deal. | EUR 177 million | CzechRepublic;Romania;Slovakia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Allen & Overy | Allen & Overy announced that it advised Fortuna Entertainment Group on the acquisition of the 100% share in Hattrick Sports Group Ltd., Ireland, the owner of the Casa Pariurilor betting operator in Romania, the PSK and Hattrick operator in Croatia, and B2B operations in Spain, Germany, and other European countries. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Romania;Slovakia | Here |
| Jan-17 | PRK Partners | PRK Partners advised SABMiller group on Czech and Slovak issues related to its sale of its CEE businesses Ñ including Czech brewery Plzensky Prazdroj and Slovak brewery Pivovary Topvar Ñ to the Japanese Asahi Group. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovakia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Baker McKenzie; CMS | CMS, working alongside Sidley Austin, advised Mid Europa Partners on its sale of Alpha Medical, a prominent provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Unilabs. The sale price was not disclosed. Baker McKenzie reportedly advised Unilabs on the the transaction, which remains subject to customary clearance by local competition authorities and is expected to close in Q2 2017. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovakia | Here |
| Feb-17 | bpv (Braun Partners) | BPV Braun Partners advised Unilabs on regulatory issues related to its acquisition of Alpha Medical Group's laboratories in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from Mid Europa Partners, including environmental and compliance matters. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovakia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners provided legal assistance to Czech Republic Sotheby's International Realty in connection with its entry into the Czech and Slovak markets. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovakia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised Genesis Private Equity Fund III on its acquisition of what the firm describes as "a material minority share" in a new player on the consumer electronics market. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovakia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Clifford Chance; Velisek & Podpera | Clifford Chance's Prague office advised KKCG Investments AG on the acquisition of a majority stake in AutoCont Group, the largest supplier of information and communication technologies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Clifford Chance also advised on the financing of the transaction. Velisek & Podpera advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovakia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised Genesis Private Equity Fund III in connection with its investment in the combination of DATART and HP TRONIC on the Czech and Slovak market. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovakia | Here |
| Jul-17 | JSK; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Zavrsek Law Firm | The Czech Republic's JSK law firm and Slovenia's Kavcic, Bracun & Partners have successfully provided legal advice to TCCM, s.r.o., in relation to its acquisition of 100% shares in Slovenia's Teleray. The Zavrsek Law Firm, in Slovenia, advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Slovenia | Here |
| May-17 | Gurel Yoruker; Kocian Solc Balastik | KSB acted for the Energo-Pro group on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Murat Nehri (a Turkish company currently developing the 280 MW Alpaslan II Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Murat river in Mus province in South-Eastern Turkey) from Enerjisa Enerji Uretim Ñ a 50-50 joint venture of the Turkish Sabanci Group and German E.ON. The Gurel Yoruker firm advised the sellers on the deal, which closed on April 28, 2017. | N/A | CzechRepublic;Turkey | Here |
| Dec-16 | Ellex (Raidla) | Raidla Ellex represented Telia company in a dispute involving its acquisition of shares of Eesti Telekom to a conclusion. | EUR 951,835 | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-16 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised the management of Infotark on funding for its acquisition of shares in the company and the acquisition itself, which gave them a majority stake. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-16 | Eversheds | Eversheds Ots & Co advised VitalFields and its shareholders on their sale of the Estonian farm management software company to The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto company. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-16 | Ellex (Raidla); Tark Grunte Sutkiene | Both Varul Ñ the Estonian office of Tark Grunte Sutkiene Ñ and Ellex Raidla reported success in a dispute before the Estonian Supreme Court involving the country's Administrative Reform Act. Varul represented 23 smaller municipalities claiming that the Act violated their constitutional rights, while Raidla Ellex defended the Act on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Estonia. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Tark | Tark advised Swiss drug manufacturer Acino on its acquisition of a medication packing plant from drug manufacturer Takeda. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Estconde Invest OU on the sale of two office buildings in Tallinn. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen Estonia advised Silmaasema, the Finnish optical chain, on its acquisition of Estonian chain Tallinna Optika from its founder Kalev Klais. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Hedman Partners | Hedman Partners provided Estonian startup SprayPrinter with legal advice to help it get accepted into the US Kickstarter program -- a funding platform for creative projects. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Leadell (Pilv) | Leadell Pilv advised the Tartu Ulikooli Kliinikum foundation and Valga Haigla AS hospital on the former's acquisition of 51% of the shares of the latter from the Estonian Town of Valga. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Cobalt; Pohla & Hallmagi | Cobalt advised Baltic Horizon Fund on its EUR 12.2 million acquisition of the newly reconstructed Piirita shopping center in Pirita, Tallinn, from Matching Holding OU. The Pohla & Hallmagi firm advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 12.2 million | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt assisted a syndicate of banks with Nordea Bank Finland Plc as the arranger in a EUR 280 million financing to AS Tallink Grupp for the refinancing of the Group's existing loans. | EUR 280 million | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Ellex (Raidla); TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Cybernetica in selling its navigation systems business unit, including EKTA branded products and contracts, to TSX listed Carmanah Technologies Corporation. The buyer was advised by Ellex. | EUR 1,35 million | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Cobalt; Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek | Cobalt advised Berlin-based language learning mobile app Tandem on the investment of EUR 2 million into the company by Rubylight, Faber Ventures, and existing investors Hannover Beteiligungsfonds, Atlantic Labs, and Zehden. Cobalt German law firm Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek covered local law aspects of the transaction. | EUR 2 Million | Estonia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Ellex (Raidla); LINKLaw | Ellex Raidla advised Aeroc International AS with the acquisition of VKG Plokk OU from Viru Keemia Grupp AS. The sellers were advised by LINKLaw. | N/A | Estonia | |
| Jan-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt successfully represented the Estonian Competition Authority against AS Tallinna Vesi in a complex tariff dispute before the Tallinn Circuit Court. | EUR 40,000 | Estonia | |
| Feb-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Raidla Ellex advised Coop Eesti, EstoniaÕs largest retail group, on its acquisition of shares of Eesti Krediidipank from the Bank of Moscow. Inbank acquired a shareholding simultaneously with Coop Eesti to contribute to the bankÕs development as a counsel and financial investor. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla successfully represented EuroPark, EstoniaÕs largest parking service provider, in three cases before the Estonian Supreme Court regarding the use of private parking places. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Nove | Nove successfully represented If P&C Insurance in a dispute with policyholder and contractor Skanska involving Skanska's claims for professional liability cover. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Gilkman Alvin | Glikman Alvin represented KredEx Credit Insurance Ltd.'s in its successful defense of its victory in the court of first instance to the Tallinn Circuit Court. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Ellex (Raidla); Triniti | Ellex Raidla represented Seesam Insurance AS in a sale-and-lease-back transaction of an office building with an unidentified private investor. Triniti reportedly advised the buyer. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Eesti Loto on the procurement of a new central information system. | EUR 3.5 million | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Leadell (Pilv) | Leadell Pilv successfully represented AbeStock AS, Viimsi Kaubanduskeskus OU, and ABC Vara AS before the Estonian Supreme Court in a dispute over their alleged joint and several liability for a EUR 4.6 million debt. | EUR 4.6 million | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Ellex (Raidla);Glikman Alvin | Glikman Alvin advised JSC BM Bank (the former Bank of Moscow) Ð a member of the VTV Group Ð on the transfer of its 59.7% stake in the Estonian Credit Bank to Coop Eesti and Inbank. Ellex Raidla acted for Coop and Inbank, while Supremia Attorneys at Law advised the mediator of the share sale. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt advised Estonian-based Guardtime on its contract to design the next generation NATO cyber range defensive platform with the Estonian Ministry of Defense. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Primus | Primus advised Skeleton Technologies on a EUR 15 million "quasi equity" financing from the European Investment Bank. The EIB loan is guaranteed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments. | EUR 15 million | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Njord | Njord assisted bitcoin gambling operator bitcasino.io establish a bitcoin gambling operating company Ñ Kopikas Entertainment OU Ñ with only bitcoins as share capital contribution. According to Njord, "the share capital contribution in bitcoins was one of its kind and the first in Estonia and most likely in the world." | EUR 1 million | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Leadell (Pilv) | Attorneys Aivar Pilv and Anneli Aab from Leadell Pilv in Estonia have successfully defended clients Karl and Kaarel Liivapuu in Harju County Court against a civil claim for damages of over EUR 127,000 based on allegations that they improperly influenced "a member of management board ... to perform a transaction harmful for the company by selling an apartment under its market value." | EUR 127,000 | Estonia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt advised Levikom in launching the worldÕs first Òopen value chainÓ IoT network. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised East Capital Explorer's on the sale of its 38.3% shareholding in the Trev-2 Grupp to the Baltcap Private Equity Fund. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Cobalt; Tark Grunte Sutkiene; Varul | Varul, the Estonian member of Tark Grunte Sutkiene, advised the shareholders and management of Citypark Eesti, one of the largest parking services providers in Estonia, on the sale of 100% of its shares to Stova, a member of Lithuania's Modus Group. Cobalt advised Stova on the deal. Financial terms were not disclosed. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Njord | Njord won a public tender organized by the Tallinn University of Technology to provide "high-level training of 30 selected inspectors of the Labor Inspectorate and heads of the Labor Dispute Committee in Estonia regarding occupational and health regulations, labor relations, and labor disputes." | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Primus; Sorainen | Sorainen Estonia advised Nettbuss on its acquisition of 15% of Estonian technology company T Solutions. Primus advised T Solutions on the deal, which also involves an agreement by Nettbuss to implement T SolutionsÕ technology on Nettbuss commercial express lines in Norway and Sweden. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt Estonia successfully advised Nordea and DNB banks regarding issues concerning insolvent dairy producer Tere. After complex procedures (reorganization, bankruptcy, change of management), the banks exited the case by selling their claims to Maag Grupp. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Cobalt; Ellex (Raidla); Primus; Sorainen | Primus advised BaltCap on its acquisition of 100% of Sanoma Baltics AS, the operator of the Estonian online classified sites auto24 and Kuldne Bors, from Sanoma Media Finland Oy. Sorainen advised the sellers and Cobalt advised the management of Sanoma Baltics AS on the transaction. Financing for the transaction was partly provided by LHV pension funds, managed by AS LHV Varahaldus, which was advised by Ellex Raidla. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Slaughter and May | Slaughter and May advised Attarat Power company and project sponsors Eesti Energia AS and YTL Power International Berhad on the construction and project financing of a 554MW gross oil shale fired mine mouth power station and open cast oil shale mine in Attarat um Ghudran, Jordan. | USD 1.582 million | Estonia | |
| Mar-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised the Arvo Pert Centre in Estonia regarding construction procurement for a new building. | EUR 6.69 million | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Nasdaq Tallinn-listed Harju Elekter on its acquisition of an 80.5% stake in Energo Veritas OU, a company trading in electrical materials and equipment. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt successfully represented the European Commission in a dispute against the Republic of Estonia in the Court of Justice of the European Union. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Fort | Fort advised Tuleva Fondid AS on its successful application for authorization from Estonia's Financial Supervision Authority for its launch of mandatory pension funds, with simultaneous registration of two second-pillar pension funds. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Tark Grunte Suktiene | Tark Grunte Sutkiene advised real estate crowdfunding platform EstateGuru on the acquisition of a 4% interest in the company by Helmes, an Estonian IT solutions provider. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Nove; Tark Grunte Sutkiene; Varul | Arsi Pavelts of Nove and Paul Varul from Varul Ñ the Estonian office of Tark Grunte Sutkiene Ñ successfully represented Netica OU before the Estonian Supreme Court in a dispute with Paldiski Logistikapark OU and OU Riigiressursside Keskus involving, according to Nove, "acknowledgement of obligation." | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Tark Grunte Suktiene | Tark Grunte Sutkiene represented Kemotex Finance in obtaining creditor and mortgage creditor authorization from the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised venture capital firm Karma Ventures on its investment in Plumbr. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Njord | Njord's Estonian office assisted People Fitness Eesti OU with the opening of its first health club in Tallinn. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Njord | Njord's Estonian office advised AS Testfilm on the acquisition of a business line focusing on the cure of sleeping disorders and the provision of different specialized medical services from Unimed Grupp OU. Rask Attorneys-at-Law advised Unimed Grupp on the deal. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Eesti Gaas on an agreement with the Tallink Group by which Eesti Gaas will provide the Megastar vessel operating between Tallinn and Helsinki with liquified natural gas. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Ramboll Finland Oy on the divestment of its shareholding in Ramboll Environment OU to Eurofins Scientific, made as part of a global transaction between the two companies involving the sale of Ramboll Finland's food and environment testing business. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Nove; Sorainen | Lawyers from the Nove and Sorainen law firms successfully represented private individual Tarmo Tamm before the Estonian Supreme Court in a dispute involving the liability of a board member. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt Estonia advised Laurus S.a.r.l., a joint venture of the Swiss investment company Partners Group and Northern Horizon Capital, on the sale of the Hobujaama 4 office building in Tallinn to Colonna. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised venture capital firms Karma Ventures and Creathor Venture on a EUR 1.5 million investment in Swedish high-tech startup Adaptive Simulations. | EUR 1.5 million | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | TGS Baltic | The Estonian office of TGS Baltic represented Kemotex Finance on its successful application for creditor and mortgage creditor authorization from the country's Financial Supervision Authority. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised the Estonian Development Fund and its investment company SmartCap on the transfer of their venture capital direct investment portfolio to private fund manager Tera Ventures. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Sten Tamkivi and Silver Keskkula, the founders of the start-up Teleport, on the sale of the company to British technology company MOVE Guides. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Nove | Nove represented the Estonian company OU Hotell Parnu in the Supreme Court of Estonia in a dispute relating to the validity of transactions concluded by a member of its board. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Glikman Alvin | Glikman Alvin successfully defended writer Kaur Kender against criminal charges of creation and dissemination of child pornography in his work. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt Estonia advised a newly launched venture capital fund, Change Ventures, on Estonian law issues related to fund formation and on its first three investments, into Interactio (a Lithuanian startup that provides a simultaneous translation app that fully replaces interpretation hardware for live events), Timbeter (an Estonian startup that offers a smart-device solution for accurate timber measurement and data management), and Guaana (an Estonian startup that provides an online platform for allocating scientific research grants based on peer evaluation). | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt Estonia advised venture capital firm Karma Ventures on its investment in SpectX, a startup founded by former security engineers at Skype and Swedbank that is developing an analytics software solution for rapid processing of unlimited amounts of data. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Leadell (Pilv) | The Leadell Pilv Law Office successfully represented private individual Allan Kiil in a dispute against Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn). | EUR 25,000 | Estonia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Endover Kinnisvara on its issuance of EUR 6.5 million notes. | EUR 6.5 million | Estonia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt represented the European Commission in three administrative matters concerning state aid before the Tallinn District Court. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Ellex (Raidla); Kluge; TGS Baltic; Watson Farley & Williams | TGS Baltic, together with Watson Farley & Williams in Germany and Kluge in Norway, advised DVB America N.V. on the restructuring of the credit facility provided for ferry financing between the Estonian mainland and Saaremaa and Hiiumaa islands. Ellex advised Vainamere Liinid OU, the borrower. | EUR 71.5 million | Estonia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Rubylight on follow-on investment in the Berlin-based social newsfeed app Jodel. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Njord | Njord advised Axioma LT UAB on its acquisition of Aktsiaselts Remeski Keskus. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Primus | Primus advised international logistics and industrial park operator VGP on its EUR 54 million sale of the Nehatu logistics park in Tallinn to East Capital Baltic Property Fund III. Ellex Raidla advised the buyers on the deal, which includes 5 logistics buildings with a total of more than 77,000 square meters of lettable area, and which remains subject to approval by the Estonian Competition Authority. | EUR 54 million | Estonia | |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised French real estate fund Corum on its EUR 16.7 million acquisition of the Prisma shopping center in Narva, Estonia, from EfTEN, in a deal that marks Corum's first investment in the Baltics. | EUR 16.7 million | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised venture capital funds Creathor Venture and MTIP (MedTech Innovation Partners) in financing Finnish startup Blueprint Genetics. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic reported that the firm successfully represented the Estonian municipalities of Noo and Luunja and the town of Loksa in matters related to the Estonian government's proposal to have them merge. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Combiwood on its acquisition of Norwegian moldings producer Barkevik. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt successfully represented the company Empower, the energy and telecommunications infrastructure construction company, in court. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Estonian wood manufacturing company Ha Serv and its majority owner Livonia PartnersÕ EuVECA in the acquisition of Suomen Lampopuu, a Finnish manufacturer of thermo-treated wood products. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised The Middleby Corporation on its acquisition of Sveba Dahlen Group, a manufacturer of high-quality bakery ovens, baking equipment, and planetary mixers in Northern Europe. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised venture capital funds Creathor Venture and MedTech Innovation Partners on financing the Finnish startup Blueprint Genetics. | EUR 14 million | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen Estonia advised Armin Karu, Kaia Karu, Erik Karu, and Ines Karu-Salo on the sale of OU Emahool and its franchise of Mothercare online-store and retail stores in Estonia and Latvia to the owner of Juku children stores, Kotryna OU. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Eversheds | Eversheds Sutherland Ots & Co advised Estonian seafood producer PRFoods on its EUR 14.5 million acquisition of 85% of the John Ross Jr Ltd. and Coln Valley Smokery Limited fish processing companies from the Leigh family. | EUR 14.5 million | Estonia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Leadell (Pilv) | Leadell Pilv represented Urmas Nisuma, one of the owners of the Hotel Parnu, in a dispute with business partner Ado Sepa and OU Linden Hotell, which Sepa controls involving allegations that Sepa and his company had taken over effective control of Hotel Parnu from Nisuma and lefyt him out of both the profits and day-to-day business of the hotel. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt reported that it and Baker McKenzie have been chosen as legal advisor to the Port of Tallinn's on its initial public offering. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt Estonia advised ride-hailing platform Didi Chuxing on its investment in Estonian-based transport app Taxify. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Hedman Partners | Hedman Partners acted as a collateral agent in a EUR 6.5 million bond issue financed entirely through the capital markets, with more than 50 Baltic investors taking part. | EUR 6.5 million | Estonia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Hedman Partners | Hedman Partners advised a majority shareholder of Fusion Varahalduse AS on its merger with United Finance, a financial institution in the Finnish capital. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Primus | Primus advised a joint venture of Lumi Capital and LHV pension funds on their July 2017 entrance into a transaction with a joint venture of Hepsor Kinnisvara and Tolaram Group to develop and acquire two apartment buildings in the new Sitsi Ounaaed development in the Pelgulinn district of Tallinn. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised AS Ekspress Grupp on its foundation of a new affiliated company, OU Kinnisvarakeskkond, which will develop a new real estate portal. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Rask | Rask Attorneys-at-Law advised on the establishment of a cultural center in Narva, Estonia. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised on the initial coin offering of Robot Vera. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt Estonia advised Aktsiaselts DNB Pank, a subsidiary of NorwayÕs DNB Bank ASA, on its application for an additional credit institution authorization from the European Central Bank and the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Bulgarian crowdfunding platform IUVO on its obtaining of credit intermediary authorization from the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla represented media group AS Ekspress Grupp in a dispute with Grupivara OU involving the approval of AS Ekspress Grupp's annual reports. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented the Estonian Center Party in a dispute in the arbitration court of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry over the lawfulness of EUR 730,000 guarantee letters by a former Secretary General issued to the partyÕs campaign manager, advertising agency Midfield. | EUR 730,000 | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Primus | Primus advised a joint venture of Lumi Capital and LHV pension funds on a July 2017 agreement with a joint venture of Hepsor Kinnisvara and Tolaram Group to develop and acquire two rental apartment buildings in the Pelgulinn district of Tallinn. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Cobalt; Rask | Cobalt advised longtime client Alexela Oil on its acquisition of Euro OilÕs 24 petrol stations in Estonia. The sellers on the share deal were advised by Rask. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised recruitment platform Jobbatical on its USD 4 million series A round led by Japan-based Mistletoe Inc, with participation from Union Square Ventures (U.S.), AirTree Ventures (Australia), and Tera Ventures (Estonia). | USD 4 million | Estonia | |
| Oct-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Austrian headquartered Ascalon Holding GmbH in acquiring a 47% ownership in Finnish Scancerco Oy, a wholesale company for door, window and building industry. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Law Firm Teder; TGS Baltic; Sorainen | TGS successfully represented Estonia's Hiiu County Government in administrative court in three disputes regarding spatial plans providing general conditions for establishing offshore wind farms.ÊSorainen represented the wind farm developer Nelja Energia AS in the dispute while Law Firm Teder represented the opposing party, non-profit organization Hiiu Tuul. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Patria OYJ on its acquisition of 50.1% of Milrem LCM OU, the largest defense maintenance contractor in Estonia. Patria is partly owned by the State of Finland. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Karma Ventures on its investment in AppGyver, a provider of innovative app development tools founded in 2010 with offices in the USA and Finland. | N/A | Estonia | |
| Nov-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Stora Enso on the sale of 100% of its shares in Puumerkki Oy and Puumerkki AS to Mimir Invest AB. | N/A | Estonia | |
| Nov-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic successfully represented Estonia's Hiiu County Government in administrative court in three disputes regarding spatial plans providing general conditions for establishing wind farms. | N/A | Estonia | |
| Nov-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised EfTEN Real Estate Fund III AS, a public closed alternative investment fund, on its public offering, totaling EUR 3.5 million, with a bid price of EUR 14 per share. | EUR 3.5 million | Estonia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Nove | The Nove law office reported that it has been selected by Estonia's Ministry of Defense and Ministry of the Interior to prepare a "Legal Analysis of Supplies" report. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Nove | The Nove law office and Estonia's Center for Applied Research were selected to prepare a "Study to Map Environmental Field Corruption Risks and Measures to Prevent Corruption and Fraud" report by the country's Ministry of the Environment. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Cobalt; Ellex (Raidla) | Cobalt advised BPM Capital on financing for Tahe Outdoors' investment in German kite surf engineering company Hiss-Tec. Ellex Raidla advised Tahe Outdoors on its investment. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised venture capital firm Karma Ventures on its investment in Minut, Inc., a Scandinavian startup that has developed and is promoting Point, a new platform that lets homeowners connect over the Internet to their home security system. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised venture capital fund Change Ventures on its investment in Festivality, a platform for bringing events onto mobile devices. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised AS Ekspress Grupp on its EUR 750,000 investment into Zlick LTD. | EUR 750,000 | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla advised Estonian start-up ZeroTurnaround on the sale of the business to Rogue Wave Software, Inc. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Ellex (Raidla); TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised AK Systems on the sale of its IT services business to Telia Estonia. Ellex advised the buyer. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Admiral Markets on its public bond issue of up to EUR 7 million. | EUR 7 million | Estonia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Finnish company Live Nation Finland Oy on its acquisition of the remaining 49% of OU Live Nation Baltics, giving it sole ownership of the company. | N/A | Estonia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Tark Grunte Suktiene | Tark Grunte Sutkiene advised 1Home Group AS on its acquisition and takeover of management of a student hotel in Riga and EUR 8.4 million financing from AS DNB Banka for the expansion of its business of providing rental housing for students in the Baltics and Poland. | EUR 8.4 million | Estonia;Latvia | |
| Jun-17 | Primus; White & Case | Primus advised AS Lauma International on its acquisition of Felina International AG, the parent company of the German-based lingerie group, from the Palero investment fund. White & Case Frankfurt advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia | |
| Jul-17 | Eversheds | Eversheds Sutherland Bitans in Latvia and Eversheds Ots & Co in Estonia have represented the Republic of Estonia (in the form of the Estonian Road Administration) in connection with the recognition and enforcement of an Estonian arbitral award in Latvia against a prominent Latvian road construction company, recovering EUR 4.6 million for their client in the process. | EUR 4.6 million | Estonia;Latvia | |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Korona Invest Fund on Estonian and Latvian aspects of its investment in digital agency Wunder. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Primus | Primus advised Madara Cosmetics, the Latvian manufacturer of natural and organic cosmetics, on its share offering to investors in Latvia and Estonia, with the subscription period lasting between October 16 and November 3. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia | Here |
| Jan-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted General Electric Technology GmbH with the re-registration of its intellectual property portfolio (including five patents) from Alstom Technology Ltd to General Electric Technology GmbH. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | BA-HR; Cobalt; Dittmar & Indrenius; Ellex (Klavins); Ellex (Valiunas); Gorrissen Federspiel; Hansen Law; Husch Blackwell; Lindahlhas; Mannheimer Swartling; Michelmores; Pinsent Masons; Roschier Attorneys; Sorainen; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case | Sorainen, Ellex Valiunas, Ellex Klavins, and Cobalt advised on Baltic elements of the acquisition by AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. of Nordic Cinema Group Holding AB from Bridgepoint and Bonnier Holding. Sorainen advised AMC, working alongside Pinsent Masons, Husch Blackwell, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Lindahlhas. In addition to Valiunas Ellex, Klavins Ellex, and Cobalt, the sellers were advised by Mannheimer Swartling, White & Case, Dittmar & Indrenius, BA-HR, Gorrissen Federspiel, Roschier Attorneys, Hansen Law, and Michelmores. | USD 929 million | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Cobalt; Ellex (Klavins); Ellex (Raidla); Ellex (Valiunas) | Ellex advised European vending and coffee services company Selecta Group on the sale of its Baltic subsidiaries to BaltCap Private Equity Fund II, managed by BaltCap. Cobalt advised BaltCap on the deal. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen has updated and supplemented transfer pricing documentation for Bridgestone Baltics regarding transactions undertaken in the Baltics in 2014 and 2015. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | |
| Feb-17 | Glimstedt; Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius advised the Publicum Group, a Lithuanian communication services provider, on its pan-Baltic merger with the Idea Group. Glimstedt advises shareholder of UAB ADCOM, one of the leading media agencies in Lithuania, on all legal issues related to this transaction. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Baker McKenzie; Ellex | Ellex advised European vending and coffee services company Selecta Group on the sale of its Baltic subsidiaries to BaltCap Private Equity Fund II, managed by BaltCap. Cobalt advised BaltCap on the deal, which remains subject to the approval of the competition authorities. The transaction price was not disclosed. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Allen & Overy; Cobalt; Hamilton; Mannheimer Swartling; Sorainen | Working alongside global counsel Mannheimer Swartling, Sorainen advised Providence Equity Partners on the acquisition of the Baltic businesses of Swedish media holdings Modern Times Group. Allen & Overy advised Providence on financing for the acquisition. Cobalt Ñ working alongside Sweden's Hamilton law firm Ñ advised the Modern Times Group on the deal. | EUR 115 million | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Bird & Bird; Cobalt; Ellex (Raidla); Primus | Cobalt advised Santa Monica Networks Group on the sale of its Estonian and Finnish subsidiaries to the Elisa Corporation telecommunications company and its Latvian and Lithuanian subsidiaries to Livonia Partners. Bird & Bird advised the Elisa Corporation and Ellex Raidla advised Livonia Partners on the transaction. Primus represented the minority shareholder of SIA Santa Monica Networks. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Apr-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Ringier Axel Springer Media AG on Estonian law aspects of its acquisition of CV Keskus, an operator of the Estonian cvkeskus.ee, Latvian cvmarket.lv, and Lithuanian cvmarket.lt job classified sites. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Ellex; Sorainen | Sorainen advised CPA:17-Global on the acquisition of a 70% position in a joint venture with Baltic Retail Properties. Ellex advised Baltic Retail Properties on the deal. The portfolio includes eighteen retail stores and one logistics facility in locations throughout Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. The assets are leased on a long-term basis to Kesko Senukai, a prominent do-it-yourself retailer in the Baltic States. | EUR 127 million | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Deca Legal; Sorainen | Sorainen Estonia advised NEFCO, an institution established by the five Nordic countries to finance green investment projects in Eastern Europe, on its subscription agreement with BaltCap for a EUR 3 million equity investment in the EUR 100 million BaltCap Infrastructure Fund, which will focus primarily on investments related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, and transport, as well as social infrastructure projects in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. BaltCap was advised by the Deca Legal law firm. | EUR 3 million | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Aug-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised French payments company Worldline on its acquisition of payment processors First Data Lietuva, First Data Latvia, and First Data Eesti. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Aug-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic's Latvia office assisted Clear Channel International BV with due diligence of Clear Channel's subsidiaries in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. | EUR 150 million | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Nasdaq on the merger of the central securities depositories of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia into the Latvian entity Nasdaq CSD SE and its obtaining of a license to operate under the new EU regime introduced by Central Securities Depositories Regulation No. 909/2014. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt; Sorainen | Sorainen advised Nordea on the October 1, 2017 combination of its Baltic operations with those of DNB to create Luminor. Cobalt advised DNB on the deal. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt; Sorainen | Sorainen advised Finland-based Oriola on the sale of its Baltic business to Oribalt Group, controlled by the former management of Oriola's Baltic subsidiaries. Cobalt advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Cobalt; Ellex (Raidla) | Ellex Raidla and Cobalt worked alongside Taaleri Capital in advising the management of Oriola Baltic in their August 14, 2017 buyout of the company's five Baltic subsidiaries, the reorganizing of the subsidiaries in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania under a new Latvian parent company, SIA Oribalt Group, and the transaction financing. | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Russel Bedford (Seller's lawyer), NOBLES Ukraine, Ellex (Buyers local counsels), Stelios Americanos (Cyprus) | Noerr advised on the acquisition of 51% shares (with a call option to acquire all shares) in Timex Card - a Polish company acting as a franchise partner and distributor of UTA service cards for car fleets issued by UNION TANK Eckstein - the Target's business activity was spun-off from Timex S.A., controlled by Cypriot holding Sklodowski Holdings Limited and includes business in Poland as well as in Ukraine and the Baltics (operated via branches and subsidiaries). Russel Bedford (Seller's lawyer), NOBLES Ukraine, Ellex (Buyers local counsels), Stelios Americanos (Cyprus) | N/A | Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania;Poland;Ukraine; | Here |
| Dec-16 | Ellex (Raidla); Fort; Primus | Primus advised Polaris Invest on its EUR 83.6 million cash acquisition of a 63% stake in AS Starman from East Capital Explorer. The transaction was financed by Elisa, which also agreed to purchase StarmanÕs Estonian operations from Polaris for EUR 151 million in cash. Elisa was represented by Fort, with both East Capital Explorer and Starman represented by Raidla Ellex. | EUR 208 million | Estonia;Lithuania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Cobalt; Ellex (Klavins); Ellex (Raidla); Ellex (Valiunas); Sorainen | Ellex Raidla, Ellex Valiunas, and Ellex Klavins advised Kesko on the sale of a 45% interest in its Baltic machinery trade subsidiaries to DAVA Agravis Machinery Holding A/S, a subsidiary of Denmark's Agro group. Sorainen advised the buyer on its acquisition in Lithuania. Cobalt advised DAVA Agravis Machinery Holding. | EUR 21 million | Estonia;Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Ellex (Raidla); Ellex (Valiunas); TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic acted as a collateral agent and as a certified advisor during the bond issuance of UPP & Co Kauno 53 OU, an Estonian SPV (special-purpose vehicle) founded by United Partners Property, and admission to trading on the Nasdaq Baltic First North market by Nasdaq Tallinn Ellex in Estonia and Lithuania advised the issuer. | EUR 4.7 million | Estonia;Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Ellex (Raidla); Ellex (Valiunas) | Ellex Raidla and Ellex Valiunas advised United Partners in preparation for its EUR 4.7 million bond issuance. | EUR 4.7 million | Estonia;Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt; Primus | Primus advised Polaris Invest and Com Holding, the shareholders of Cgates, the second largest cable operator in Lithuania, on the sale of a stake in the company to Livonia Partners. Cobalt advised Livonia Partners on the transaction, which is awaiting regulatory approval. | N/A | Estonia;Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Baltic pension fund manager LHV Pension Funds on its investment in Cgates, a Lithuanian provider of cable television and Internet services, made as part of a consortium with partners Livonia Partners and Ambient Sound Investments. Cobalt represented Livonia Partners. | N/A | Estonia;Lithuania | |
| Dec-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised venture capital firm Karma Ventures on its investment in Vilnius-based CGTrader. | N/A | Estonia;Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Linklaters | Linklaters Warsaw advised gategroup, an independent provider of services to the travel industry, on the sale of its EuroShop stores, based at airports and ferries in Poland and Estonia, to Lagardere Travel Retail. Radzikowski Szubielska reportedly advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Estonia;Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Cobalt; Wolf Theiss | Cobalt advised Fitek on its acquisition of Slovakian financial technologies company SmartPost. Wolf Theiss covered Slovakian law aspects of the transaction. | N/A | Estonia;Slovakia | |
| Jan-17 | Ince & Co; Norton Rose Fulbright; Papadimitriou | Ince & Co advised GasLog Ltd. on its acquisition a 20% shareholding in Gastrade S.A. A.S. Papadimitriou in Athens provided Greek law advice to GasLog, and Norton Rose Fulbright advised Gastrade. | N/A | Greece | |
| Mar-17 | Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson Farley & Williams | Norton Rose Fulbright advised Alpha Bank on the EUR 33.7 million non-recourse financing of a 33.3MW onshore wind power project developed by Goritsa Aiolos Energy S.A., a company of Eren Groupe, in Viotia, Greece. Watson Farley & Williams advised Goritsa Energy on the financing. | EUR 33.7 million | Greece | Here |
| Apr-17 | Freshfields | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and the Copelouzos Group on the EUR 1 billion financing of the operating concessions to run a total of 14 regional airports in Greece. | EUR 1 billion | Greece | |
| May-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopoulos advised Kiron Interactive on a series of corporate and financing matters related to its participation in a Cypriot joint venture with Vermantia Plus.Ê | N/A | Greece | Here |
| May-17 | Kyriakides Georgopoulos | Kyriakides Georgopoulos advised Cookpad International LTD on its acquisition of Greece's Sintages tis Pareas online recipe contents business. | N/A | Greece | Here |
| Jun-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopoulos advised the Sword Group, an international consulting company, on all tax matters related to the purchase of shares in PLEFSYS and on the appointment of a tax representative of the company in Greece.Ê | EUR 0.5 million | Greece | Here |
| Jun-17 | Kyriakides Georgopoulos | Kyriakides Georgopoulos advised the National Bank of Greece on a Public Private Partnership project for the development, design, financing, construction, and operation of a solid waste treatment plant at Serres, in Northern Greece, awarded to the consortium of Archirodon Group NV, Intrakat Constructions S.A., and Envitec S.A. The consortium was advised by Bernitsas. | EUR 37 million | Greece | |
| Jul-17 | A.S. Papadimitriou; Bernitsas Law; Freshfields | A.S. Papadimitriou has acted as local counsel to EXIN Financial Services Holding B.V. on its EUR 718 million acquisition of a 75% stake in insurer Ethniki Hellenic General Insurance S.A. from the National Bank of Greece. Bernitsas Law and Freshfields advised the NBG on the transaction, which remains subject to customary approvals. | EUR 718 million | Greece | Here |
| Jul-17 | Zepos & Yannopoulos | Zepos & Yannopoulos, working alongside Shearman Sterling, has acted as Greek legal counsel to Attica Bank SA, a Greek medium size bank, on the securitization of non-performing loans and future receivables from the EUR 1.3 billion sale of real estate. The portfolio was sold to a Luxembourg SPV against issuance of EUR 525 million senior notes and EUR 806.2 million junior notes. All the notes were initially subscribed by Attica Bank, which will also act as interim servicer of the portfolio. | EUR 1.3 billion | Greece | |
| Aug-17 | Norton Rose Fulbright | Norton Rose Fulbright advised the Hellenic Republic on the ownership unbundling of the Greek power grid operator, ADMIE, from the Public Power Corporation, and the partial privatization of ADMIE through the sale of a 24% interest to the State Grid Corporation of China. | EUR 623,2 million | Greece | Here |
| Sep-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopoulos Greece advised Hellenic Petroleum Group of Companies with respect to the groupÕs compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation. | N/A | Greece | Here |
| Nov-17 | Kyriakides Georgopoulos | Kyriakides Georgopoulos assisted the Frigoglass group on the completion of its debt and capital restructuring process. | N/A | Greece | Here |
| Nov-17 | Norton Rose Fulbright | Norton Rose Fulbright advised Alpha Bank on its second shipping securitization, which raised USD 250 million. The transaction was arranged and financed by Citi. | USD 250 million | Greece | Here |
| Nov-17 | AP Legal; DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised Kerzner International Holdings Limited on its joint venture with private equity firm Dolphin Capital Partners and Dolphin Capital Investors for the development and management of a luxury tourism project on the Cycladic island of Kea. Local input was provided by AP Legal in Greece and L Papaphilippou & Co LLC in Cyprus. | N/A | Greece | Here |
| Nov-17 | Kyriakides Georgopoulos | The Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm acted as Greek law counsel to the EBRD in relation to the EUR 150,000,000 loan agreement entered into by (among others) the EBRD as lender, Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A. as borrower, and Hellenic Communications Organization S.A. as guarantor. | EUR 150 million | Greece | Here |
| Dec-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopoulos advised the Hellenic Petroleum Group of Companies regarding the groupÕs compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).Ê | N/A | Greece | Here |
| Dec-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopoulos advised WGC LLC on a EUR 3 million purchase and operation of an olive oil factory in in Greece.Ê | EUR 3 million | Greece | Here |
| Dec-17 | Kyriakides Georgopoulos; Norton Rose Fulbright | Kyriakides Georgopoulos announced that it acted as Greek law counsel to a consortium of lenders consisting of Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank and HSBC London Plc, Greek Branch for the refinancing of the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in Athens. Norton Rose Fulbright acted as the lenders' English law counsel. | N/A | Greece | Here |
| Mar-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopolous advised Yalco, a major Greek distributor of household goods and hotel equipment listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, on the EUR 1.9 million sale of its 100% Romanian subsidiary to a Cypriot purchaser. | EUR 1.9 million | Greece;Romania | |
| Aug-17 | Leroy si Asociatii; Norton Rose Fulbright | Leroy si Asociatii advised Societe Generale on Romanian law matters related to the delivery of one bulk carrier vessel, the acquisition of which was partially financed by a syndicated loan facility made available by Societe Generale and other lenders to Angelicoussis Shipping Group companies. Norton Rose Fulbright Greece advised the other groups of lenders. | N/A | Greece;Romania | |
| Mar-17 | Drazic, Beatovic & Stojic; Holman Fenwick Willan; White & Case; Zivkovic Samardzic | Holman Fenwick Willan and Zivkovic Samardzic advised Serbian industrial conglomerate MK Group on the proposed acquisition by its subsidiary AIK Banka of Alpha Bank A.E.'s Serbian subsidiary. Alpha Bank was advised by White & Case and Drazic, Beatovic & Stojic on the transaction. Financial details were not disclosed. | N/A | Greece;Serbia | Here |
| Aug-17 | BDK Advokati; Moussas & Partners; Three Crowns LLP | BDK Advokati, Three Crowns LLP, and Moussas & Partners successfully represented Greek investor Mytilineos in an investment arbitration against the Serbian state. | USD 40 million | Greece;Serbia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Estudio Olaechea; Noerr; Moroglu Arseven; Zepos & Yannopoulos | Noerr, Zepos & Yannopoulos, and Moroglu Arseven advised Daimler AG on the acquisition by subsidiary Intelligent Apps GmbH Ð provider of the e-hailing app mytaxi Ð of Taxibeat, the Greek app-based taxi booking company. Daimler was also advised by Estudio Olaechea in Peru. | N/A | Greece;Turkey | |
| Apr-17 | Freshfields; Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co.; Papadimitriou; Turunc | Turunc provided Turkish legal advice and the Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm acted as Greek legal advisor to Israel's Rivulis Irrigation Ltd. in relation to its acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Greek company Eurodrip SA from US fund Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC. Israel's Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. was lead counsel for the buyers, while Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and A. S. Papadimitriou advised the sellers. | N/A | Greece;Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzieÕs Kyiv office advised Eurobank Ergasias S.A., one of the largest banks in Greece, on the sale of its Ukrainian subsidiary, Universal Bank, to Ukraine's TAS Group industrial group, which owned by Ukrainian businessman Sergiy Tigipko. | N/A | Greece;Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-16 | Ban, S.Szabo & Partners; CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised Evobus GmbH and Evobus Kft. on the supply of 31 buses for the purposes of public transport in Budapest. Ban, S.Szabo & Partners acted at the advisor to the transport services provider. | EUR 9.35 million | Hungary | Here |
| Jan-17 | Nagy es Trocsanyi | As counsel of the Hungarian State, Nagy es Trocsanyi worked from 2012-2017 on the repatriation of the Sevso treasures, a hoard of silver objects from the late Roman Empire, to Hungary. | EUR 43.5 Million | Hungary | Here |
| Jan-17 | Nagy es Trocsanyi | Nagy es Trocsanyi successfully represented the Hungarian subsidiary of YARA International ASA in its claim for compensation of damages originating from defective performance. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Jan-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised NIF Nemzeti Infrastruktura Fejleszto Zrt. on the design, development, and construction sections M0 28+856 Ð 73+235 km of Hungary's M4 expressway. | EUR 232.2 million | Hungary | |
| Jan-17 | Baker McKenzie; Hogan Lovells | Hogan Lovells reported that it achieved a victory for Edenred in its ICSID arbitration against Hungary, with the Tribunal ruling in favor of Edenred and ordering Hungary to pay around EUR 23 million, plus interest. Baker McKenzie represented Hungary in the arbitration. | EUR 23 million | Hungary | |
| Jan-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised on the sale of the Office Garden 1 building to FLE GmbH, part of the French LFPI group. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Jan-17 | Dentons; NGYL Partners | Dentons advised Skanska on the sale of the Nordic Light office complex in Budapest to Erste Alapkezelo Zrt, a subsidiary of Erste Asset Management GmbH. NGYL Partners advised Erste on the deal. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Jan-17 | Kinstellar; Noerr | Kinstellar advised Prologis (on behalf of Prologis European Properties Fund II) on its acquisition of the M0 Central Business Park, located at Szigetszentmiklos on the M0 ring road around Budapest, from the Logidune Kft. logistics real estate developer. Noerr advised Logidune on the deal. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Jan-17 | CMS; Clifford Chance; Dechert; Dentons; Lakatos Koves & Partners; Neocleous; White & Case | CMS Cameron McKenna advised the China CEE Investment Co-operation Fund, advised by CEE Equity Partners, on its acquisition of 99.9% of Magyar Telecom B.V.'s holdings in the Invitel Group. Dechert involved Magyar Telecom on the deal. White & Case, Dentons, and Neocleous advised on the financing of the transaction. | EUR 202 million | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH represented Phoenix Pharma Zrt. (a major Hungarian healthcare provider) as plaintiff in two lawsuits concerning the liquidation of its customers. The purpose of the lawsuits was to establish the liability of the customersÕ managing directors and ÒshadowÓ directors for decreasing the value of the customersÕ assets.Ê | EUR 1.3 million | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | CMS; Jeantet | Jeantet advised Orbis, a unit of the French group Accor, in a buyback transaction involving five hotels in downtown Budapest operating under Accor brands from Erste Group Immorent Holding GmbH. CMS advised Erste Group Immorent on the deal. | EUR 64.3 million | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH Dezso & Partners advised Domper Kft. and Subterra a.s. in an investigation launched by the Hungarian Competition Authority concerning an an alleged restrictive agreements involving the construction of Hungary's M4 motorway." | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Weil represented MOL in its acquisition of a majority interest in the OT Industries Group, which Weil describes as "a key market participant of the Central and Eastern European oil and gas industry with its main profile in EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) project implementation." The transaction, which also involved a joint venture arrangement between MOL and the minority shareholder, closed on January 31, 2017. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Feb-17 | CMS; Dentons | CMS advised Futureal, HungaryÕs largest real-estate developer, on its acquisition of the Sasad Resort residential development in the Buda hills area of Budapest from GTC. Dentons advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | Oppenheim; Ormos Law Firm | Oppenheim advised Skanska on its December 2016 agreement to lease a 17,300 square meter space in its Mill Park complex in Budapest to IT Services Hungary, the largest ICT employer of Hungary, starting in Q2 2018. The Ormos Law Firm advised ICT Services Hungary on the deal, which Oppenheim claims was "the second biggest office leasing transaction in Hungary in 2016." | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | Szabo Kelemen & Partners; VJT & Partners | Szabo Kelemen & Partners (SKP) advised CarNet Invest Zrt. on its acquisition of Auto-Fort group from C.P Holding and Interag. The sellers were advised by VJT & Partners on the deal, which was approved by the Hungarian Competition Authority at the beginning of January and closed this month. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Agro Sittara on the acquisition of an agricultural enterprise in Hungary and its consolidation with the companyÕs existing agricultural enterprise. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | CMS | CMS advised the Belgian real estate developer Atenor on the sale of Building A in the Vaci Greens complex in Budapest. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Feb-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised NXP Semiconductors on transferring the assets of NXP Semiconductors HungaryÊ Ltd. as a part of the global divestment of Nexparia from NXP to a consortium of financial investors.Ê | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Mar-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar assisted Rubik Ventures (Luxembourg) on its sale of the SPV owning an office building in Budapest to Videoton Group. The property, located at 30 Bocskai St., in Budapest's 11th district, is 5,000 square meters and is fully leased to Colas Hungaria Zrt. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Mar-17 | CMS | CMS advised the John Laing Group plc. on its sale of a 30% stake in Mecsek Autopalya Koncesszios Zrt., the Hungary-based highway concession company, to Strabag AG and Intertoll Europe Zrt. | EUR 26.2 million | Hungary | Here |
| Mar-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Lehoczky, Muszka es Szelei | CHSH Budapest advised Vienna-based investment manager GalCap Europe on its acquisition of a renovated palais in the center of Budapest under its Eastern European mandate for an individual fund of a German pension scheme managed by Institutional Investment Partners. Lehoczky, Muszka es Szelei advised the unidentified private investor. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Mar-17 | CMS; PwC Legal | CMS Budapest advised Balbec Capital LP and APS Holding on the financing and acquisition of a non-performing loan portfolio of residential mortgages from UniCredit. PwC Legal advised UniCredit on the deal. | EUR 139 million | Hungary | Here |
| Mar-17 | Sar & Partners | Sar & Partners advised Hungarian hotel chain management companies responsible for the Prestige, Continental, and Boutique Hotels Budapest****Superior in several trademark infringement proceedings in Hungary initiated by or against the fast fashion company, Industria de Diseno Textil S.A., holder of the international and European Union "ZARA" trademarks. The subject of these proceedings was the use of the logo by the hotel chain management companies in connection with services of four stars superior premium hotels. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Mar-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised OTP on the acquisition of the third building of the Vaci Greens campus in Budapest. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Apr-17 | Nagy es Trocsanyi | Nagy es Trocsanyi successfully represented Invivo Group on tax consequences (VAT) of product distribution. | HUF 1.2 Billion | Hungary | Here |
| Apr-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised NIF Nemzeti Infrastruktura Fejleszto Zrt. on the design and construction of the track side system and ETCS 2 system of the rail way track between Kelenfold and Szazhalombatta in Hungary.Ê | EUR 53.8 million | Hungary | Here |
| Apr-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH provided legal advice to Modine Europe GmbH regarding the development of a new production hall in Mezokovesd, Hungary.Ê | EUR 5 million | Hungary | |
| Apr-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised OTP Property Fund on the acquistion of Nokia Sky Park in Budapest, which has more than 25,000 square meter of gross leasable area and a 460-space parking garage.Ê | N/A | Hungary | |
| Apr-17 | Jalsovszky Law Firm; Szecsenyi | Szecsenyi & Partners advised Wing Zrt. on the sale of the South Pest Business Park logistics facility to Diofa Asset Management. The Jalsovszky Law Firm advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Apr-17 | bpv (Jadi Nemeth) | The bpv Jadi Nemeth firm in Budapest reported that the Court of Justice of the European Union has published the Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar in case C-49/16 Unibet International confirming the arguments made by the firm in Luxembourg. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Apr-17 | HP Legal | HP Legal advised Raiffeisen Bank Ltd. on its provision of a refinancing credit facility and an additional working capital facility to Profirent (a large Hungarian building equipment rental company). | EUR 15 million | Hungary | |
| Apr-17 | CMS | CMS advised DEKRA on the direct acquisition of VEIKI-VNL Kft., a company which delivers laboratory services and product testing in the high voltage electricity industry. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Apr-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar's Budapest and Prague offices advised M7 Real Estate on its EUR 68.5 million senior debt facility from Starwood European Real Estate Finance and on its acquisition of Aerozone Logistics Park in Budapest from CA Immo Group and Union Invest. | EUR 68.5 million | Hungary | Here |
| May-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised Dalex Alkotomuvesz Kft. with regard to the lease of a hostel located in the center of Budapest with a net floor area of approximately 2,000 square meters.Ê | N/A | Hungary | |
| May-17 | CMS; DLA Piper | CMS Budapest advised the Futureal Group on the sale of the Skypark office building in the center of Budapest and the Sziget Centre shopping mall on the city's outskirts to the OTP Property Investment Fund. DLA Piper advised the OTP Prime Property Investment Fund on its acquisition of the Skypark office building. | N/A | Hungary | |
| May-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised CA Immo and Union Investment on the sale of the Aerozone logistics center in the suburbs of Budapest to the M7-managed fund M7 CEREF I. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| May-17 | CMS; Lakatos Koves & Partners | CMS Budapest represented BlackRock in leasing a 3,500 square meter space at GTC White House, an office building being developed by GTC Hungary and due for completion in Q1 2018. Lakatos Koves & Partners advised GTC Hungary on the deal. | N/A | Hungary | |
| May-17 | Szecsenyi | The Szecsenyi law firm advised a fund managed by CBRE Global Investors on its sale of the Liget Center in Budapest to M7 Real Estate, acting on behalf of its first Central European fund for third party investors, M7 Central European Real Estate Fund I (M7 CEREF I). Kinstellar advised M7 on the deal. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| May-17 | Clifford Chance; Hengeler Mueller; Norton Rose Fulbright; Schoenherr | Schoenherr, working with Hengeler Mueller, advised Robert Bosch GmbH on the sale of its Hungarian starter motor and generator business to Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co. Ltd and China Renaissance Capital Investment Inc. Clifford Chance and Norton Rose Fulbright advised the buyer. | EUR 545 million | Hungary | Here |
| Jun-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised NIF Nemzeti Infrastruktura Fejleszto Zrt. on the complete rebuild of the rail way track between Puspokladany (excl.) and Ebes (incl.) to achieve 225 kN axel load and operational speed of 160 kms per hour. | EUR 241.6 million | Hungary | Here |
| Jun-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised Magyar Nemzeti Vagyonkezelo Zrt. on the development of a framework agreement for the construction, reconstruction, and renovations of various buildings falling within the company's asset management responsibilities.Ê | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Jun-17 | Kovacs, Reti, Szegheo Law Office | The KRS Law Office advised PortfoLion Regional Private Equity Fund on its investment of EUR 2 million in the Codecool Kft. IT training company. | EUR 2 million | Hungary | |
| Jun-17 | KRS Law Office | The KRS Law Office in Budapest advised PortfoLion Regional Private Equity Fund on its investment of EUR 2 million in the Codecool Kft. IT training company. | EUR 2 million | Hungary | |
| Jun-17 | HP Legal | HP Legal advised K&H Bank Ltd. on its provision of a credit facility to Cordia Real Estate involving a residential real estate development in the 2nd district of Budapest. | EUR 15 million | Hungary | |
| Jun-17 | Antall & Partners; Jeantet | Jeantet Budapest advised Accor-Pannonia Hotels Zrt. on its EUR 42.25 million acquisition of the company holding the real estate on which the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge hotel is located from Universale International Realitaten GmbH. Reti, Antall & Partners advised the sellers. | EUR 42.25 million | Hungary | Here |
| Jul-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH provided legal advice to Mark Consulting in connection with the acquisition of an approximately 1000 square meter retail unit housing an ALDI store in Debrecen, Hungary.Ê | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Jul-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH advised Diofa Alapkezelo Zrt. and drafted of a Letter of Intent regarding the acquisition of a logistics center consisting of combined warehouse and office spaces with a total lettable area of approximately 25,800 sqyare meters.Ê | N/A | Hungary | |
| Jul-17 | Kinstellar; Lakatos Koves & Partners; Shearman & Sterling; White & Case | Lakatos Koves & Partners provided Hungarian law advice to Mid Europa Partners in relation to the IPO of WabererÕs International Nyrt., one of EuropeÕs largest haulage and logistics companies. White & Case acted as international legal advisor, and Shearman & Sterling and Kinstellar represented the Mandated Lead Arrangers. Kinstellar confirmed that Citigroup and Berenberg had acted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners on the IPO, with Erste Group and Renaissance Capital also acting as Joint Bookrunners. Erste Group acted as Lead Manager of the Hungarian Public Offering. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS advised Trei Real Estate, the property arm of the German Tengelmann Group, on a sale of a portfolio of 40 Spar leased supermarkets to Erste Asset Management. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS advised Union Investment on the sale of the 18,000 square meter Krisztina Palace office property in Budapest.Ê | N/A | Hungary | |
| Jul-17 | Allen & Overy; Dentons; Linklaters; Wolf Theiss | Linklaters advised Budapest Airport and its shareholders on the amendment and extension of its existing EUR 1.4 billion debt facilities, with Dentons Budapest working alongside and advising on Hungarian law. Allen & Overy in London and Faludi Wolf Theiss in Budapest advised the lenders and security agent Bayerische Landesbank on English and Hungarian law, respectively. | EUR 1.4 billion | Hungary | Here |
| Jul-17 | Sar & Partners | Sar & Partners reported that, in the nearly two-decade long patent dispute with Adidas in Hungary, the country's Supreme Court has now ruled, on appeal, that the lower court's ruling regarding the amount of unjust enrichment to be returned to firm client Laszlo Oroszi Ñ the developer of Adidas's Predator Precision and Predator Mania football shoes, who patented the ribbed top of the shoes in 1996 Ñ should stand, although the specific reasoning for the award was incorrect. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Jul-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised Media Development Management Kft on the acquisition of Russmedia Kft from Russmedia Cee GmbH.Ê | N/A | Hungary | |
| Aug-17 | Baker McKenzie; DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised OTP Property Investment Fund on its acquisition of the West End Business Center office building in Budapest from an international investment consortium consisting of Wing, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and CC Real. The sellers were assisted by Baker McKenzie. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Aug-17 | Allen & Overy | EUR 110 million | Hungary | Here | |
| Aug-17 | HP Legal | HP Legal advised K&H Bank on the amendment of the credit documentation of BSZL Zrt., which operates the largest river port in the Danube. | EUR 35 million | Hungary | |
| Aug-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office on the acquisition of Electool, a company developing procurement operation systems.Ê | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Aug-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised German asset manager KGAL Investment Management GmbH on its EUR 60 million acquisition of the Kalvin Square and City Zen office buildings in downtown Budapest from Europa Capital. | EUR 60 million | Hungary | Here |
| Sep-17 | Nagy es Trocsanyi | Nagy es Trocsanyi advised Hiventures Venture Capital Fund Management Plc. on its investment into NeticleLabs Kft. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Sep-17 | Baker McKenzie; Deloitte Legal | Baker McKenzie advised Luxembourg-based Corpus Sireo Real Estate investment fund on its EUR 53.8 million acquisition of the Eiffel Palace building from the National Bank of Hungary. The seller was represented by Deloitte Legal. | EUR 53.8 million | Hungary | |
| Sep-17 | CMS | CMS Budapest advised Belgian real estate developer Atenor on the acquisition of a 19,000 square meter plot of land on the main road corridor in Budapest connecting the city center to the airport. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Sep-17 | HP Legal | HP Legal advised MKB and Eximbank on the financing of the construction of a wheat starch production plant of Visonta Project Ltd. | EUR 100 million | Hungary | |
| Sep-17 | CMS | CMS advised NEPI Rockcastle plc on its acquisition of the Arena Plaza shopping center in Budapest by means of a EUR 275 million purchase of all the issued shares in and claims against Symmetry Arena Ingatlankezelo Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag, the owner of the mall, from Lanebridge Investment Management Limited. | EUR 275 million | Hungary | Here |
| Sep-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzie Budapest assisted British multinational oil and gas company BP on the establishment of a shared service center in Szeged, Hungary. | HUF 8 billion | Hungary | Here |
| Oct-17 | Nagy es Trocsanyi | Nagy es Trocsanyi advised Hiventures Venture Capital Fund Management Plc. on its investment into Tickething-Change Kft. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Oct-17 | CMS; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | CMS advised Kopaszi Gat Kft. on the sale of property in Budapest to the MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas company, which will use it for the development of its new built-to-suit office building. Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised MOL on the acquisition. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS; Hogan Lovells | Partos & Noblet Hogan Lovells advised the Vajda Papir Group on its HUF 22 billion syndicated loan arrangement with a Hungarian bank syndicate consisting of OTP Bank, UniCredit Bank Hungary, Eximbank, and the Hungarian Development Bank for project finance and general corporate purposes. The lenders were advised by CMS Budapest. | HUF 22 billion | Hungary | Here |
| Oct-17 | Sarhegyi and Partners | The Sarhegyi and Partners law firm successfully represented the Hungarian State on appeal to the Metropolitan Regional Court against claims brought against it by the Hungarian town of Budaors involving challenges to aspects of the country's Budget Act. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Oct-17 | Clifford Chance; Dr. Zsolt Szita Law Office; Lakatos Koves & Partners; Linklaters | Lakatos Koves & Partners provided Hungarian law advice and Clifford Chance London acted as international legal advisor to joint lead managers Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, and ING Wholesale Banking London and stabilization manager Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch in connection with HungaryÕs issue of international bonds with a 1.75% coupon for EUR 1,000,000,000 on 4 October, 2017 maturing in 2027. The Hungarian state was advised by the Dr. Zsolt Szita Law Office on matters of Hungarian law and Linklaters on English law. | EUR 1 billion | Hungary | Here |
| Nov-17 | HBK Partners | HBK Partners advised Konzum Group on a public takeover bid for Appeninn Holding Plc. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Nov-17 | Noerr | Noerr advised on the sale of 100% quotas in Terex Cranes Hungary. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Nov-17 | Szabo Kelemen & Partners | Szabo Kelemen & Partners successfully represented Berlington Hungary kft. and several other Hungarian gambling operators against the Hungarian State in their claims for damages caused by the Hungarian legislation, which, in 2012, banned the operation of slot machines in arcade halls without providing a transitionary period and without indemnification. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Nov-17 | Mayer Brown; Noerr | Noerr, working alongside global counsel Mayer Brown, advised IDI Gazeley on the USD 2.4 billion acquisition of its European division, Gazeley, by the Singaporean warehouse operator Global Logistic Properties. | USD 2.4 billion | Hungary | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS | CMS advised Atenor on the sale of the fourth building of the Vaci Greens complex in Budapest to a Hungarian private fund. | N/A | Hungary | |
| Nov-17 | EY Law; Kinstellar | Kinstellar Hungary advised a syndicate of banks consisting of Erste Group Bank AG, Erste Bank Hungary Zrt., K&H Bank Zrt., UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. and UniCredit SpA on a EUR 335 million credit facility to Granit Polus for refinancing existing loans and providing a capex credit line for the WestEnd City Center shopping mall in Budapest. EY Law advised the borrowers on the deal. | EUR 335 million | Hungary | Here |
| Nov-17 | DLA Piper; Lakatos Koves & Partners | DLA Piper advised the OTP Property Fund on its acquisition of the BSR Center office building on Vaci ut in Budapest from a real estate fund managed by GLL Real Estate Partners. The seller was advised by Lakatos Koves & Partners. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Dec-17 | Jeantet | Jeantet advised Accor-Pannonia Hotels Zrt., a subsidiary of the Orbis Hotel Group, on the execution of a sale and management back transaction with controlled subsidiaries of Starwood Capital Group regarding the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge Hotel. | EUR 75 million | Hungary | |
| Dec-17 | Szabo Kelemen & Partners | Szabo Kelemen & Partners advised Adony Logisztikai Kozpont Kft. on the purchase of HungaryÕs largest granary and on financing for the transaction. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Dec-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised Hungarian telecommunications service provider Magyar Telekom Nyrt. and its affiliate T-Systems Magyarorszag Zrt. on the acquisition of ITgen Kft., an SAP technology and security specialist. | N/A | Hungary | Here |
| Dec-17 | HP Legal | HP Legal advised the Archabbey of Pannonhalma on the licensing agreements of a new Marriott Autograph Hotel. | EUR 15 million | Hungary | Here |
| Dec-17 | HP Legal | HP Legal advised K&H Bank as lender on a loan to Infogroup to finance the construction of the Bartok Udvar Office Project. | EUR 15 million | Hungary | Here |
| Dec-17 | HP Legal | HP Legal advised International Investment Bank on its provision of a bank guarantee facility in respect of a new waterfowl slaughtering and processing plant developed by Hunent Zrt. | EUR 45 million | Hungary | Here |
| Apr-17 | CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati | CHSH assisted Hungarian air traffic controller company HungaroControl Zrt. with the renewal of its professional indemnity insurance covers. Bids were managed in two public procurement procedures: one involvingÊ coverage of USD 1.2 billion for the airspace over Hungary and another involving coverage of USD 1.2 billion for activities in the airspace over Kosovo. | USD 3.1 million | Hungary;Kosovo | |
| Jul-17 | CMS; Hogan Lovells; PeliFilip | CMS Hungary advised by Ilford Holding Kft. and Invitel Technocom Tavkozlesi Kft. Ñ controlled by the China Central and Eastern Europe Investment Co-operation Fund, advised by CEE Equity Partners Ñ on its July 21, 2017 sale of 99.99% of the share capital and voting rights of Hungarian telecommunications operator Invitel Tavkozlesi Zrt. to DIGI Tavkozlesi es Szolgaltato Kft., the Hungarian subsidiary of Digi Communications N.V. PeliFilip advised the buyers on the deal. | EUR 140 million | Hungary;Romania | |
| Jan-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr has led Kosovar mobile operator Dardafon.net LLC to victory in its dispute against state-owned Telecom Kosovo n Kosovo's largest commercial arbitration to date. | EUR 31.1 million | Kosovo | |
| Dec-16 | Tria Robit | The Board of Appeals of the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia ruled in favor of Tria Robit client Europart Holding GmbH in its opposition to the trademark "EURO PARTS holding" registered by Euro Auto Truck Baltia, SIA. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Jan-17 | Eversheds | Eversheds Bitans advised Latvia's AS Citadele Banka on the emission, public offering, and listing of subordinated bonds on the Nasdaq Baltic Bond List. | EUR 40 million | Latvia | Here |
| Jan-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic developed the General Staff Remuneration Regulations for the University of Latvia. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jan-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Snap Inc., the developer of Snapchat, in engaging employees and independent consultancy service providers for creation of simulations for hair and clothing in various animated scenes services, including 3D modeling character setup, through its Latvian subsidiary Snap Latvia, in various countries, including Russia. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jan-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic successfully represented LV Asset Management AIFP before the Latvian Financial and Capital Market Commission in its application to become a registered alternative investment fund manager and in registering the closed alternative investment fund ÒEverGreen FundÓ with sub-funds ÒEcoEnergy SubfundÓ andÊ ÒEcoShrimp Subfund.Ó | EUR 50 million | Latvia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Vilgerts | Vilgerts has been engaged by Proof IT to challenge the procurement decisions of the European Institute for Gender Equality involving the award of framework IT service contracts before the General Court of the EU. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Feb-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Intrum Justitia Software Development Centre with a spectrum of employment, immigration, and data processing issues, starting from contracts with Belorussian agencies recruiting qualified specialists for their transfer for employment in Latvia, concluding, amending and terminating employment contracts, and formulating job descriptions and duties, and ending with drafting all relevant internal working and safety at work regulations, then adopting and familiarizing employees with them. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Feb-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted My Fitness, the largest chain of luxury gyms and fitness studios in Latvia and Estonia, with a spectrum of employment law issues. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Feb-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Santen Oy on its termination of the former head and engagement of a new head of its Latvia representative office. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Feb-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic implemented the merger of Mars and Wrigley planned during the previous year by ensuring notification of Mars and Wrigley employees about the transfer, evaluating preferences of several employees competing for the same job position, and evaluating termination packages and processes for engaging new employees. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Feb-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Royal Canin with engaging certain service providers on the basis of a service contract instead of an employment contract. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Feb-17 | Tria Robit | Acting on behalf of client Intercontinental Great Brands LLC, Tria Robit convinced AS Siera Nams to withdraw its application to register the figurative mark PHILADELPHIA. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Feb-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen, acting on behalf of SIA Bauskas Dzive, the publisher of the Latvian newspaper of the same name, persuaded the Latvian Supreme Court to partially satisfy a complaint against a decision of the Administrative District Court, which had refused to initiate a case on the basis of _Bauskas Dzive_Õs application against the conduct of the Council of Iecava Region, itself the publisher of the _Iecavas Zinas_ newspaper. | EUR 33,000 | Latvia | |
| Feb-17 | Primus | Primus successfully represented the publishing house VESTI at court in a dispute with Latvian citizen Gulam Mohammad Gulami, who had brought an action for the retraction of defamatory information and damages. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Mar-17 | Spigulis & Kukanis; Tark Grunte Sutkiene | Tark Grunte Sutkiene assisted a minority (20%) shareholder of SIA Vudlande with a buy-out of the remaining 80% of the company from Latvian Timber Ltd. (UK). Spigulis & Kukainis advised Latvian Timber on the deal. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Mar-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic provided legal assistance to the Akropolis Group on the drafting of and negotiations for a turn key agreement on performing a full scope of work, including design and construction of a new multifunctional shopping and office center in Riga. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Mar-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic successfully represented of Nordic Granit, SIA before LatviaÕs Procurement Monitoring Bureau. | EUR 135,000 | Latvia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Tria Robit | Tria Robit, working on behalf of Italian undertaking Ferrero S.P.A., successfully opposed the international registrations by Ukrainian undertaking Dochirnie pidpryiemstvo "Kondyterska korporatsiia Roshen" with the word "Roshen" in them -- subsequently designated to Latvia -- on the basis that they created a likelihood of confusion with Ferrero's earlier international "Ferrero Rocher" figurative trademark registration _and_ improperly imitated a well-known trademark. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen Latvia, acting pro bono, assisted the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees (LIZDA) in its claim that liquidation proceedings of the Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy are not legal. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Mar-17 | Primus | Primus represented Klaipedos Baldu Prekyba JSC Ñ a furniture retail trade chain with eight stores in Lithuania operating under the Berry trademark Ñ on its conclusion of a long term lease agreement with the Elkor group for a multi-story building and adjacent territory for a store in the central part of Riga. | EUR 1 million | Latvia | |
| Apr-17 | Cobalt; Vilgerts | Cobalt advised AS SEB Banka and Danske Bank A/S Latvia Branch on their provision of a syndicated loan to glass fibre manufacturer AS Valmieras Stikla Skiedraone in the amount of EUR 50.4 million. Vilgerts advised Valmieras Stikla Skiedraone on the loan. | EUR 50.4 million | Latvia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Eversheds; TGS Baltic | TGS provides legal advice to Haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050 in relation to design and author supervision. Eversheds Sutherland Bitans represented the contracting authority Ventpils Komunala parvalde. | EUR 23 million | Latvia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Deloitte Legal | Deloitte Legal advised IKEA group companies SIA Verus Praedium and SIA Paul Mason Properties regarding a construction loan and overdraft facility, both from SEB Banka. | EUR 40.4 million | Latvia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Ellex (Klavins); Sorainen | Ellex Klavins advised Latvian telecommunications company Unistars on its acquisition by mobile operator Bite. Sorainen advised Bite on the deal. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| May-17 | Eversheds; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Laimonis Kravalis and Daiga Grigale, the majority shareholders of AS Interbaltija AG, on the buy-out of minority shareholder SIA Wine Holding and the subsequent sale of 100% shares of AS Interbaltija AG to Amber Beverage Group. The Latvian office of Eversheds Sutherlands advised SIA Wine Holding. | N/A | Latvia | |
| May-17 | Vilgerts | Vilgerts reported that the Supreme Court of Latvia decided in favor of its client, If P&C Insurance, in its dispute with Liepajas Metalurgs regarding use of an inappropriate vessel for carriage under an open cargo policy subject to ICC(A). | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| May-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Medap Systems, a Latvian developer of medical diagnostics equipment software, on trademark registration and intellectual property protection issues. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| May-17 | TGS Baltic | The Latvian office of TGS Baltic assisted AS DNB Banka and its group companies during the insolvency proceedings of a debtor and in related legal proceedings, resulting in partial settlement of the claims and the takeover of the real properties pledged as security for the loan by a company in the DNB Banka group. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| May-17 | Deloitte Legal | ZAB Deloitte Legal represented AS Indexo in its successful application for an investment management license and its registration as a manager of funds in a funded pension scheme. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Cobalt; Dottir Attorneys; Fenwich West | Cobalt Latvia, working alongside US counsel Fenwick & West, advised visual presentation platform Prezi in its acquisition of Infogram, a web-based data visualization company in Latvia. Infogram was advised by Dottir Attorneys in the United States. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jun-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised the wholesaler of pharmaceuticals and health products Tamro on the development and implementation of a pharmacy point of sales system. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs International, and Societe Generale in relation to a dual-tranche Eurobond transaction by the Republic of Latvia in an aggregate amount of EUR 350 million. The transaction completed LatviaÕs financing requirement for 2017 in the international capital markets. | EUR 350 million | Latvia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Ellex (Klavins) | Ellex Klavins successfully represented the Latvian state, acting through the Ministry of Finance and the State JSC Privatization Agency in proceedings against Valerijs Kargins and Viktors Krasovickis. former shareholders of JSC Parex Banka (now Reverta). | EUR 144 million | Latvia | Here |
| Jul-17 | BDO Law | Counsel Gvido Zemribo of BDO Law successfully represented Heide Lydia Friedel Schmidt in the European Court of Human Rights in a case originally filed in 2005 regarding an alleged violation of Article 6 ¤ 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. On April 27, 2017 the Court ruled that Heide Lydia Friedel Schmidt's right to a fair trial had been violated. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Jul-17 | Primus | Primus advised Marketing Investment Group, the owner of Sizeer (a multi-brand footwear and clothing chain from Poland), on questions concerning its entry into the Latvian market and the opening of its first store in Riga. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt represented the Jaunjelgava Municipality of Latvia on its successful constitutional challenge to a Latvian regulation setting the minimum number of pupils in secondary school classes. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Linstow, a shopping center developer and manager in the Baltic states, on its acquisition of real estate consisting of several separate buildings and a site exceeding 3 hectares in Riga, near the Alfa Retail Park. | EUR 3 million | Latvia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Osborne Clarke; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic and Osborne Clarke advised WhatsApp and Facebook on a potential partnership with local mobile network operators in Latvia and TGS Baltic assisted with an assessment of the general net neutrality situation in Latvia. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Eversheds; Skrastins & Dzenis; Sorainen; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised SOK (the shareholder of AS Prisma Latvia) on the termination of lease agreements with all lessors of its Prisma hypermarkets in Latvia. Eversheds Sutherland Bitans, Sorainen, and Skrastins & Dzenis represented various lessors. | EUR 11.9 million | Latvia | Here |
| Jul-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic provided assistance to the AS Graanul Invest group in relation to procurement of stevedoring services in the Riga Free Port from SIA Rigas Universalais Terminals. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Jul-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Ceva Logistics Netherlands B.V. on an alleged violation of customs regulations. The case entailed potential administrative liability for discrepancies in the transit documents violating customs regulations and potentially negative tax consequences. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Jul-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Europa Belgium NV / SA (Netherlands) in claiming unpaid freight invoices from Retro Furnish Ltd. (United Kingdom), and with a seizure/attachment of a bank account in Latvia and other assets that Retro Furnish Ltd. held in that bank account. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Jul-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented DSV Air & Sea in relation to fraudulent actions with regard to monetary funds owned by the company. As the result of the firm's assistance, sums fraudulently transferred to a Latvian bank were successfully frozen. | EUR 3.5 million | Latvia | |
| Jul-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted ABN Amro Bank NV, acting as security agent and mandated lead arranger, with the refinancing of a multi-currency revolving syndicated loan issued to Paul Reinhart AG. | USD 270 millions | Latvia | |
| Jul-17 | TGS Baltic; Sorainen | TGS Baltic assisted the University of Latvia regarding the EUR 30 million investment contract of the European Investment Bank for the further development of the university's new campus in Riga, called the ÒAcademic Centre.Ó Sorainen was involved by EIB on selected issues of Latvian law. | EUR 30 million | Latvia | |
| Aug-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen is assisting Latectus, a subsidiary of AB SEB Bank, with structuring and developing an auction procedure for sale of its real estate portfolio in Latvia and Lithuania. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Aug-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Eurovia Ð a subsidiary of VINCI, a transport infrastructure construction and urban development company, which operates in 15 countries and has 38,000 employees Ð on its acquisition of 68.75% shares in Saldus Celinieks, a Latvian builder of road infrastructure. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Aug-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Eltel Networks on the management buy-out of of its business operations in Latvia in which Eltel District Manager Jurijs Kokorevics acquired 100% of the shares. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Aug-17 | TGS Baltic | The Latvian office of TGS Baltic represented the FXFair forex services provider in the process of attracting a new equity investor and throughout the shareholder change procedure. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Aug-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Alpha Shipping Company SIA in a dispute with a Swedish shipping company regarding the performance of services in the Port of Helsingborg and respective payments. | EUR 62,000 | Latvia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Cobalt | Working on behalf of Evolution Latvia SIA, Cobalt secured the annulment of a prohibition against dismissing a member of the LABA trade union in Latvia | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Legal Solutions Partners; Skrastins & Dzenis | Skrastins & Dzenis, in cooperation with Bulgaria's Legal Solutions Partners, participated in a project involving energy performance contracting in Latvia for public buildings and street lighting projects. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Aug-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted HAVI Global Logistics GmbH with the buy-out of the minority shareholder of HAVI Logistics SIA. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Sep-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Benu Aptieka Latvija SIA, a chain of medicine retailers in the Baltics, on its acquisition of 100% shares SIA Cesu Vecpilsatas Aptieka, a pharmacy in Cesis, Latvia. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen provided legal advice to Regional Investment Bank Ð a credit institution in Latvia established in 2001 Ð as a mortgage creditor in a maritime dispute involving the forced sale of a ship. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen represented Norwegian shipbuilding company Folla Maritime Service in negotiations with Rigas Kugu Buvetava (Riga Shipyard) regarding execution of a shipbuilding contract under Latvian law. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Sep-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted OOO Smeshariki in a review of the status of eight Smeshariki international trademarks in Latvia and with on-going trademark disputes in Latvia. | USD 15 million | Latvia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt reported that the Supreme Court of Latvia passed a judgment recognizing the rights of firm client Otkritie Capital International Ltd. to recover almost EUR 14.8 million. | EUR 14.8 million | Latvia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Latvian investor Hansalink SIA on its acquisition of a direct qualifying holding in Bank M2M Europe. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Ellex (Klavins) | Ellex Klavins advised New Hanza Capital, acting via its NHC 2, SIA subsidiary, on the acquisition of three office buildings on the territory of Latvia's former State Electro-Technical Factory from Salvus 6, SIA, a subsidiary of DNB Bank. | EUR 8.46 million | Latvia | |
| Oct-17 | BDO Law; Ellex (Klavins); TGS Baltic | Ellex Klavins successfully represented JCDecaux Latvia before the Latvian Competition Council in a matter regarding the placement of outdoor advertising on public transportation stops. TGS Baltic represented Clear Channel Latvia in its application to the Latvian Competition Council "that led to CouncilÕs infringement decision establishing that SIA Rigas Satiksme, SIA Pilsetas linijas, and SIA JCDecaux had committed competition law violation in relation to contracts on rights to place outdoor advertisements." BDO Law prepared a written undertaking on behalf of SIA Rigas Satiksme. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Ellex (Klavins); TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented Clear Channel Latvia in its successful argument to the Latvian Competition Council that contracts by SIA Rigas Satiksme, SIA Pilsstas linijas and SIA JCDecaux involving the rights to place outdoor advertisements constituted a violation of competition law. Ellex Klavins represented JCDecaux Latvia. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Oct-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted with significant changes in the management board and employment structure of Avis Latvia. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised AB SEB Banka on its role as arranging bank on the October 10th issuance of EUR 20 million Green bonds by Latvia's state-owned JSC Development Finance Institution Altum. | EUR 20 million | Latvia | Here |
| Nov-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic successfully represented Road Traffic Safety Directorate as contracting authority in litigation resulting from the procurement of speed camera equipment.Ê | EUR 6.8 million | Latvia | |
| Nov-17 | Cobalt; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Nordea Bank AB in relation to amendments in Senior Multicurrency Term and Facility Agreement concluded with One Med Oy, drafted novation of a share pledge agreement, and ensured registration of the pledge. One Med Oy was assisted by Cobalt. | EUR 31.5 million | Latvia | |
| Nov-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Expobank AS on integrating the requirements of Financial Instrument Market Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II) into its operations. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised the Baltic Horizon Fund, managed by Northern Horizon Capital, on its acquisition of the Vainodes 1 office building in Riga from sellers NULE 4 and NM 2. | EUR 21.3 million | Latvia | |
| Dec-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt Latvia advised venture capital firm Karma Ventures on its investment in Sonarworks, a Latvian innovative audio technology startup. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Dec-17 | Ellex (Klavins); Triniti | Ellex Klavins advised Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Latvija on a land acquisition in the Adazi Region intended for a new production facility. The seller, Sabre Group, was represented by Triniti. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Dec-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic helped AS Interbaltija AG with merger notification to the Latvian Competition Council related to the sale of the company to Amber Beverage Group. | EUR 6.8 million | Latvia | Here |
| Dec-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Tamro in a dispute with a former employee regarding the pharmaceuticals and health products companyÕs obligation to make a payment for observing a non-compete obligation where the employee voluntarily commenced new employment in a different industry. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Dec-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Volvo Truck on changes in the companyÕs internal employment structure and in terminating the employment of an HR specialist and engaging a new HR partner. | N/A | Latvia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Aldis Paunins; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised the Latvian Ministry of Economics on the acquisition of 16.05% of the shares of the natural gas transmission and storage system operator AS Conexus Baltic Grid by the Latvian electricity transmission system operator AS Augstsprieguma tikls from SIA ITERA Latvija. Aldis Paunins, Attorney at Law, advised SIA ITERA Latvija on the sale. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Dec-17 | Ellex (Klavins); TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised the Latvian Ministry of Economics on the acquisition of 18.31% of the shares of the natural gas transmission and storage system operator AS Conexus Baltic Grid by the Latvian electricity transmission system operator AS Augstsprieguma tikls from the German energy company Uniper Ruhrgas International GmbH. Ellex Klavins and EY Latvia advised Uniper Ruhrgas International GmbH on the sale of its stake in AS Conexus Baltic Grid. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Dec-17 | Meitar; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted the shareholders of KnowledgePrice, a digital transformation services firm, with the sale of 100% of the shares of the company to Sapiens International Corporation. Meitar advised the buyers. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Dec-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic assisted Amenda Markets AS IBS regarding the introduction of Financial Instrument Market Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II) in the operations of investment brokerage company. | N/A | Latvia | |
| Jan-17 | Tark Grunte Suktiene | Tark Grunte Sutkiene assisted LV Asset Management AIFP in its successful application for status as a registered alternative fund manager to Latvia's Financial and Capital Market Commission and AB INVL Baltic Real Estate on its transformation into a licensed Lithuanian special closed-end type investment company. | N/A | Latvia;Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | Dominas Derling; Leadell (Balciunas & Grajauskas) | Dominas Derling advised the selling shareholders of Litagra on the transfer of its trading business and grain elevator network in Lithuania and Latvia to the Achema Group. Leadell Balciunas & Grajauskas represented the buying side. | N/A | Latvia;Lithuania | |
| Jul-17 | Ellex (Klavins) | Ellex Klavins advised Lords LB Special Fund V, managed by Lords LB Asset Management, on its EUR 16.8 million acquisition of the Preses Nams building from SIA LASCO Investment, a subsidiary of AS Latvijas Kugnieciba. | EUR 16.8 million | Latvia;Lithuania | |
| Aug-17 | Ecovis; Ellex | The Latvian and Lithuanian offices of Ellex advised the Lithuanian investment company UAB Prosperus Strategic RE Fund on its acquisition of the 7250-square meter Mezciems shopping center in Riga and a 1,650 square-meter store in Vilnius. The Ecovis law firm advised the sellers on the Latvian sale. | N/A | Latvia;Lithuania | Here |
| Aug-17 | Alrud; Cobalt; KPMG | Cobalt advised AS Storent Investments, a rental equipment company operating in Baltics, Finland, and Sweden, on its acquisition of Cramo operative companies in Latvia (SIA Cramo) and Kaliningrad (OOO Cramo Kaliningrad) consisting of seven rental depots with 43 employees. Storent was advised on Russian aspects of the deal by Alrud, and Cramo Plc was advised by KPMG. | N/A | Latvia;Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Asters | Asters represented Eugene Kazmin, a Ukrainian national and the owner of the KVV Group, a scrap metal holding company in Ukraine, in investment arbitration against the Republic of Latvia. | N/A | Latvia;Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-16 | Ellex (Valiunas); Sorainen | Sorainen advised CPA:17 Ð Global on its acquisition of a modern Class A central logistics facility located in Kaunas from Baltic Retail Properties IISUTI UAB and on a long-term lease agreement with Kesko Senukai, a prominent Do-It-Yourself retailer in Lithuania and the Baltic States. Ellex Valiunas advised the seller. | EUR 60 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Dec-16 | Ellex (Valiunas); Sorainen | Sorainen advised the shareholders of Palink, the operator of the IKI grocery retail chain, on the EUR 213 million cash sale of 100% of Palink shares to ICA Gruppen, the shareholder of the Rimi Baltic retail chain. Valiunas Ellex advised the buyers on the deal. | EUR 213 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Dec-16 | Sorainen | Sorainen Lithuania assisted International Fintech with the launch of its operations in Lithuania. International Fintech, backed by investors from Israel, is developing a system that provides e-money and e-wallet services to online customers. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius advised Lufthansa Technik AG on tax issues in Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius, working alongside Dentons, successfully represented PAO Gazprom before the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen Lithuania advised Finnish energy company Gasum on the sale of its shares in GET Baltic to Amber Grid, a Lithuanian gas transmission system operator. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Skogran UAB on its acquisition of the Finnish forestry company Pohjan Taimi Oy from Suomen Metsakeskus and Tapio Oy. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised the European Investment Bank on the implementation of the fund of funds and financial engineering instruments in energy efficiency projects. | EUR 230 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised PVA European Refreshments, a company operating in the Republic of Ireland, on its acquisition of half of the shares in UAB Neptuno Vandenys from the soft drinks producer UAB Coca-Cola HBC Lietuva. | EUR 10 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Jan-17 | Tark Grunte Suktiene | Tark Grunte Sutkiene successfully represented UAB Senojo Boksto Klinika in the court of first instance and in the appellate court in an unfair competition dispute with Svalbono Klinika UAB, V.S. and UAB Valdimara. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Feb-17 | Ellex (Valiunas); Glimstedt | Glimstedt advised the IKEA Group on its acquisition of a 45 MW capacity wind farm in the Lithuanian district of Mazeikiai by purchasing the shares of the investment fund Orion Alternative Energy Fund (managed by the company Orion Asset Management) and the shares of Pamario Jegainiu Energija held by the investment fund Energy Investment Fund. The sellers were advised by Ellex Valiunas. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Feb-17 | Advokatu Kontora Gostautas ir Partneriai Advokates; Sorainen | Sorainen advised Taurapolis on the acquisition of a building complex on Aludariu street in the territory of the former Vilniaus Tauro brewery in Vilnius from Aludariu Development. The sellers were advised by boutique firm Advokatu Kontora Gostautas ir Partneriai Advokatas. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Ellex (Valiunas) | Ellex Valiunas assisted in integrating Omnitel and Baltic Data Center into Telia Lietuva (former Teo Lt). | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Tvins | The Tvins law firm in Estonia advised UAB Finansu Bite Verslui on becoming the first member of the public list of crowdfunding platform operators in Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Feb-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Hamilton Poland on its acquisition of Sekargas and Kompanija shares. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Ellex (Valiunas); Glimstedt | UAB IRI Investments Lietuva has acquired a 45 MW capacity wind farm in the Mazeikiai district of Lithuania by purchasing 100% of shares at UAB Pamario Jegainiu Energija previously owned by the investment fund Orion Alternative Energy Fund, which is managed by Orion Asset Management and the Energy Investment Fund. Ellex advised the sellers. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt represented MG Baltic Investment in its claim, as a shareholder, against the director of one of its subsidiaries for compensation of damages caused by a breach of fiduciary duties. | EUR 13 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt represented Jenna Samantha Lazarus and Greg Anthony Lazarus on their application to the Lithuanian Migration Department requesting the reinstatement of their Lithuanian citizenship on the grounds that their ancestors held Lithuanian citizenship prior to June 15, 1940, and ian subsequent and successful appeal of the DepartmentÕs rejection of their application in judicial proceedings. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | Cobalt; Tark Grunte Sutkiene | Cobalt advised the shareholders of UAB Sekargas Ir Kompanija Ñ a Lithuanian provider of cargo supervision and quality inspection services Ñ on the sale of 70 percent of the companyÕs shares to J.S. Hamilton Poland S.A. Tark Grunte Sutkiene advised J.S. Hamilton Poland on the transaction, which closed in February following clearance by Lithuania's Competition Council and Commission for Approval of Conformity of Potential Participants to National Security Interests. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | Fort | The Court of Appeal of Lithuania granted the appeal of Fort's Vilnius office and has decided that the court of first instance increased the risk of different court decisions arising from similar circumstances by obliging 212 investors of the bankrupt Snoras bank to submit 212 separate claims instead of one joint claim. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | Magnusson; Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius advised the shareholders of Bendrosios Medicinos Praktika on the sale of the hospital to the CGP Management holding company which controls the Camelia pharmacy chain Camelia. Magnusson advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. and its Lithuanian subsidiary AB Sanitas on legal matters relating to restructuring the existing financing scheme consisting of term loans, revolving loans, and notes. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised the former owner in his sale of the shares in UAB Verslama, which develops a new construction project in Vilnius city. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Deloitte Legal; Glimstedt | Glimstedt advised DistIT AB on its EUR 1.2 million acquisition of an 80% stake in Sominis Technology UAB, a Vilnius-based distributor of PC, laptop, smartphone, and tablet accessories. Deloitte advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 1.2 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen represented Lidl Lietuve in successful negotiations with the Vilnius City Municipality, the Architects Association of Lithuania, and The Department of Cultural Heritage involving disputes regarding the architectural value of a former road police building on Giraites street in Vilnius. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | Glimstedt; Primus | Primus assisted Mimaki Engineering, a Japanese manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting machines, on the acquisition of manufacturing and distribution of the Eco Balance ecosolvent ink and the distribution business of the Decojet digital printing PVC wallpaper from Lithuanian company UAB Veika. The sellers were represented by Glimstedt on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Mar-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen assisted IBS Lithuania in the process of obtaining an e-money license from the Bank of Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Apr-17 | Glimstedt; Sorainen | Glimstedt advised Realco, an ICOR group company, on the sale of the Pentagon business center to Technopolis, with a further option to buy a neighboring development opportunity. The transaction was carried out in two share deals. Sorainen acted on behalf of Technopolis. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Apr-17 | Glimstedt; Sorainen | Glimstedt advised the Icor group on its sale of the Pentagon office property and nearby area in Vilnius to the Finnish real estate group Technopolis. Sorainen advised the buyers on the transaction, which was valued at around EUR 32 million. | EUR 32 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Apr-17 | SPC Legal | SPC Legal assisted Modus Group in changing its holding structure by making 19 intra-group transfers to change the subordination system of different businesses. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Apr-17 | SPC Legal | SPC Legal advised UAB Nuomos Verslas (an investment vehicle owned by the majority shareholders of AB Freda) on its acquisition of 100% of shares of a company holding two warehouses with a total area of 13,000 square meters. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Apr-17 | SPC Legal | SPC Legal assisted AB Panevezio Stiklas, a Baltic producer of glass products and processors, in its obtaining of EUR 7.3 million in financing from the Citadele bank to be "used to purchase a new glass furnace and thus to materially upgrade production activities of the company." | EUR 7.3 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Apr-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen's Vilnius office advised design and publishing company Kopa on the implementation of a new construction project in Lithuania's Kaunas free economic zone. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| May-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt represented Addendum Solutions in an employment dispute with a former employee involving alleged breaches of an employment agreement containing a confidentiality clause and a clause prohibiting luring away of fellow employees post-termination. | EUR 29,000 | Lithuania | Here |
| May-17 | Dominas Derling | Dominas Derling advised SAFI Engineering on termination of activities in the Klaipeda free economic zone. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt; Ellex (Valiunas); Dominas Derling | Dominas Derling acted on behalf of the CEO and institutional shareholders of Rokiskio Suris in a case involving the claims made by the minority shareholder for damages against the CEO for prohibited financial assistance allegedly provided by the company to a third party with the view of acquisition of its shares. Ellex Valiunas represented the claimant East Capital. Cobalt represented third parties. | EUR 11 million | Lithuania | Here |
| May-17 | Dominas Derling | Dominas Derling represented E-energija in arbitration relating to the LNG terminal take-or-pay contract enforcement action. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt represented East West Agro, one of the largest agricultural machinery sales companies in Lithuania, in the initial public offering of the companyÕs shares. | EUR 3 million | Lithuania | |
| May-17 | Cobalt; Sorainen | Sorainen's Lithuania office advised 4finance on a USD 325 million bond issue due in 2022. Cobalt acted as Latvian counsel to 4finance Group on the bond issuance. The bonds are listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange. | USD 325 million | Lithuania | |
| May-17 | Ellex (Valiunas) | Ellex Valiunas represented the EBRD on a EUR 50 million loan agreement with Lithuania's Public Investment Development Agency. | EUR 50 million | Lithuania | |
| May-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised S.A. Elemental Holding on its acquisition of 99.8% of shares in EMP Recycling. | EUR 3.5 million | Lithuania | Here |
| May-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented UAB FM_ Finasta and its clients regarding structuring and acquisition of the issue of convertible bonds of AS Lauma International. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised EWA on the initial public offering of the companyÕs shares, and on the merging of UAB EWA Group with East West Agro and converting the form of East West Agro from private limited liability company to public limited liability company completed in preparation. | EUR 3 million | Lithuania | Here |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt advised Practica Venture Capital, managed by Practica Capital, on its EUR 1 million investment in UAB Softneta. | EUR 1 million | Lithuania | |
| May-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius advised ZSC Techteam and ZeroSum Capital OU on each's acquisition of 40% of the shares in long-term firm client Finbee Ñ which the firm also represented on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| May-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt assisted UAB Mobilus Mokejimai in obtaining an electronic money institution license for restricted activity, enabling it to issue electronic money and provide payment services in Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt represented security company G4S in a case involving allegations by its insurer that it failed to perform its duties in securing an object under the security contract. | EUR 3.5 million | Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Dominas Derling | Dominas Derling advised OTCF on lease issues. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Regus on the lease of office premises at the Park Town business center developed by MG Valda. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Ellex; Sorainen | Sorainen assisted the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance in issuing ten-year and thirtyÐyear Eurobonds and borrowing EUR 750 million and EUR 550 million respectively. Ellex Valiunas advised lead managers BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan on the Eurobonds issuance. | EUR 1.3 billion | Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius successfully represented Lithuania's public non-profit deposit system administration institution Uzstato Sistemos Administratorius before the District Court of Vilnius City. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Allen & Overy; Cobalt | Cobalt represented a syndicate of banks including AB SEB Bankas (in Lithuania), Danske Bank A/S (in Denmark), and Nordea Bank AB (in Sweden), in granting a syndicated loan of EUR 60 million to Telia Lietuva. The borrowers were advised by the South African office of Allen & Overy. | EUR 60 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Harbortouch, a provider of touch-screen point-of-sale (POS) systems and payment services in the USA, on its launch of operations in Vilnius. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Schage Real Estate on the sale of the Vytenio 4 office project. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic provided the European Commission with an EU-wide study on the law applicable to insurance contracts. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen represented Alfa Bank in a dispute over loans personally granted by Lithuanian businessman Vidmantas Kucinskas to Arvi NKP, which operates a fertilizer factory in Kaliningrad. | EUR 10 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen assisted Contrarian Ventures on its successful tender to become manager of a venture capital fund established by Lietuvos Energija. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius represented AB Kauno Grudai, one of the largest agriculture companies in Lithuania, in an investigation initiated by the Lithuanian Competition Council. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Jun-17 | Clifford Chance; Dentons; Ellex (Valiunas); Sorainen | Sorainen advised Lietuvos Energija in establishing a EUR 1 billion Euro Medium Term Note Program and on preparations to issue and distribute the first tranche of up to EUR 200 million. Ellex Valiunas represented BNP Paribas and SEB on the program. Dentons announced that it also advised Lietuvos Energija, UAB on the bond issue, and reported that Clifford Chance worked alongside Ellex in advising the underwriters. According to Dentons, "Lietuvos Energija was initially expected to bring a EUR 200 million green bond to market, however, the deal defied expectations with an oversubscribed book which enabled the issuer to print a EUR 300 million bond from a EUR 1.4 billion book. The bonds were issued under Lietuvos Enegija's EUR 1 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) Programme, and Dentons also advised the company on the establishment of the EMTN Programme." | EUR 1 billion | Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Sorainen; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented UAB INVL Asset Management and funds managed by it on the acquisition of shares in Lithuania SME Fund and BaltCap Latvia Venture Capital Fund from UAB SEB Venture Capital. Sorainen advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Ellex | Ellex, representing the Vilnius-based UAB Ozantis real estate developer, helped facilitate a settlement agreement between some 32 entities and containing more than 16,880 signatures that, having been approved by the Vilnius City Council, brings an end to a 16-year dispute regarding investments in the 60-hectare territory of the Siemens Arena in Vilnius. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Primus | Primus represented and advised UAB Litagra, one of the largest agricultural companies in Lithuania, on its now-completed reorganization and division into two companies: UAB LP Grupe, which will take over the trade and elevator business, and UAB Litagra, which will operate the activities of feed production and agricultural business. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Aug-17 | Fort; Sorainen | Sorainen advised Genesta Property Nordic on the sale of 100% of its shares in GNBLIT Kaunas Logistics to EfTEN Capital. Fort advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Aug-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented Lietuvos Energija in structuring the Baltics' first specialized corporate risk capital fund and in coordinating all documents related to the fund's establishment with fund manager Contrarian Ventures. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Aug-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen Lithuania advised the shareholders of the Adnet Media online advertising network in the Baltic States, on their entrance into a share sale-purchase agreement with Ekspress Grupp. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Aug-17 | Tvins | Tvins advised the Energy and Infrastructure SME Fund, managed by Lords LB Asset Management, on its acquisition of 100% of shares of City Parking Group S.A. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | TGS Baltic | Prominent Lithuanian entrepreneur Nerijus Numavicius signed a long-term strategic partnership agreement with TGS Baltic, which will serve as his strategic adviser for legal and business management issues. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Olympic Entertainment Group on the merger of Orakulas into the Olympic Casino Group Baltija. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen successfully defended the interests of Eurocash1 in an eight-year dispute involving a prohibited vertical agreement. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Lietuvos Energija on its sale of shares in Duomenu Logistikos Centras to Telia Lietuva. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Zurnalu Leidybos Grupe, the publisher of the popular Lithuanian magazines ÒZmonesÓ, ÒLaimaÓ, ÒJiÓ, and ÒEditaÓ and the operator of the portals Zmones.lt, Ji24.lt, Elaima.lt, and Shopspy.lt, on the transfer of its business to Media Bites. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka &_ Audzevicius assisted listed company Lifland Gaming in its acquisition of 100%_of shares in Baltic Bet Ð a betting services company in Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Glimstedt | Glimstedt advised UAB Asseco Lietuva on its acquisition of Saikas UAB. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt successfully persuaded Lithuania's Supreme Administrative Court to reduce a fine imposed on client UAB Ministerium by the Lithuanian Competition Council from EUR 8,000 to EUR 4,000. | EUR 8,000 | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius assisted UAB Elektroniniu Pinigu Bite in obtaining an e-money institution license for activities in Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | TGS Baltic; Motieka & Audzevicius | TGS Baltic advised venture capital fund Litcapital I on the buyout of 85 percent of shares in semiconductor laser company Brolis Semiconductors by the Brolis Group. Motieka & Audzevicius advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Ellex; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Medicinos Bankas on its purchase of rights of claim to a EUR 29.8 million loan portfolio from UAB Baltijos Kredito Sprendimai to home, student, and consumer loans of former clients (natural persons) of the failed bank Snoras. Ellex reportedly advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 29.8 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Ellex (Valiunas) | Acting upon the request of Mano Unija, the largest credit union in Lithuania, the Bank of Lithuania has issued authorization for it to start transforming into a public company with a bank license. Ellex Valiunas advised Mano Unija on the process. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Motieka & Audzevicius | Motieka & Audzevicius successfully defended the interests of public non-profit deposit system administration institution Uzstato Sistemos Administratorius in contractual litigation. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented BaltCap Infrastructure Fund on the entrance into a EUR 16 million engineering, procurement, and construction contract with Axis Technologies to develop a biomass plant in Vilnius. | EUR 16 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Decathlon on its entrance into Lithuania and the Baltics. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt; Sorainen | Sorainen advised Blue Ocean Invest on the sale of 100% shares in Interneto Partneris Ð the largest online flight ticket seller in the Baltic States Ð to the Otravo Group. The buyers were advised by Cobalt. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Aversus | Averus advised the Kaunas Free Economic Zone Management company in Lithuania on its agreement with Hollister for the American lifestyle brand (owned by Abercrombie & Fitch Co.) to set up a new plant in the zone. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Orkla Care and Orkla Health on intellectual property matters. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cobalt; TGS Baltic | Cobalt advised Lithuanian dairy company AB Rokiskio Suris on the acquisition of 10% of its shares by global dairy giant Fonterra. TGS Baltic advised Fonterra on the deal. | EUR 7 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Dominas Derling | Dominas Derling advised the selling shareholders of Musu miskai, UAB on the transfer of 100 percent of the shares to Silvestica Green Forest AB. | EUR 2.45 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen has drafted a letter on potential opposition to the Cloud Raiders trademark of global game developer Game Insight and registered the company's Cloud Raiders, Guns of Boom, and GEOTWIST trademarks. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised Google on its launch of YouTube Kids and Google Play ToS in the Lithuanian market as well as assisting the company in issues related to misleading content. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented UAB Nordic Food Republic on a restaurant lease agreement with UAB Blendas, the owner of a hotel located in the historic mansion of the Pacai family that is expected to open next year. | N/A | Lithuania | |
| Nov-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised the Open Circle Capital venture capital fund on the launch of its operations in Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Ellex (Valiunas) | Ellex Valiunas assisted UK financial technologies start-up Revolut on its successful application to the Bank of Lithuania for a banking license. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised German technology company Continental on building a new electronic components manufacturing plant in the Kaunas region of Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Sulija Partners Law Firm; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented both Aircastle Limited and Aero Capital Solutions Inc.on the sale and leveraged purchase of two aircraft registered in Lithuania and leased to Lithuania air carrioer Small Planet Airlines UAB. The Sulija Partners Law Firm represented Small Planet Airlines on the deal and on lease novation legal matters. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen advised the Finnish fund YCE Housing I, managed by Vicus Capital Advisors Limited, on its investment in Stage I of the Raitininku Sodai residential construction project in Vilnius. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Avance Attorneys; Cobalt; Jones Day; Sorainen | Sorainen, working alongside global lead counsel Jones Day, advised Owens Corning on its acquisition of the Paroc Group, a European producer of mineral wool insulation for building and technical applications. Finland's Avance Attorneys advised the sellers. Cobalt's Lithuania team also provided sell-side support in respect of Lithuanian part of the deal. | EUR 900 million | Lithuania | Here |
| Dec-17 | Cobalt; Ellex (Valiunas) | Cobalt represented UAB EIKA on the sale of Business Centre 135 in Vilnius to UAB Capitalica Baltic Real Estate Fund I, represented by the UAB Capitalica Asset Management management company. Ellex Valiunas advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Dec-17 | Sorainen | Sorainen helped Via Payments, part of the VIA SMS Group, obtain an e-money institution license from the Bank of Lithuania. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Dec-17 | Cobalt | Cobalt successfully acted for UAB Haltex in proceedings regarding the dismissal of a mid-level executive. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Dec-17 | TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic represented Credit Value Investments and funds managed by it in investing in the bonds of ABÊCivinity by structuring the bond issue and creating the issuerÕs instruments to ensure the performance of obligations. | N/A | Lithuania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Deloitte Legal; TGS Baltic | TGS Baltic advised Enterprise Investors on the sale by the Polish Enterprise Fund VI and minority shareholders sale of Novaturas, the largest tour operator in the Baltic States, to Itaka Holdings. Deloitte Legal advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania;Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | TGS Baltic; Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland and TGS Baltic advised Baltic Champs Group on acquisition of a majority stake in Agrowill AB. | EUR 42 million | Lithuania;Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Allen & Overy; Sulija Partners Law FIrm | Sulija Partners Law Firm assisted AB AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange-listed global aviation holding company, with the sale of four Airbus A320 aircraft to a subsidiary of GTLK Europe, an Ireland-based international leasing company. Allen & Overy Moscow advised GTLK Europe on the deal. | N/A | Lithuania;Russia | |
| Sep-17 | Ellex (Valiunas); White & Case | A legal position developed by Ellex Valiunas and White & Case on behalf of the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice in a dispute with Vladimir Antonov, the former owner of Snoras bank, was accepted by Russian courts. | N/A | Lithuania;Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Georgi Dimitrov Law Firm; Karanovic & Nikolic | Macedonian lawyers cooperating with Karanovic & Nikolic advised Central Asia Metals on its EUR 340 million acquisition of 100% of Lynx Resources, which operates the SASA zinc-lead mine in Macedonia, from Orion Co-investments III and Fusion Capital. The Georgi Dimitrov Law Firm reportedly advised the sellers. | EUR 340 million | Macedonia | |
| Jun-17 | Ak Law Firm; Clifford Chance (Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership) | The Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership advised Turkiye Is Bankasi and Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi on financing provided to Turkuaz Petrol Urunleri A.S. for its acquisition of TP Petrol Dagitim, the fuel retailing branch of Turkiye Petrolleri, Turkey«s state-owned oil and gas firm. The Ak Law Firm represented Turkuaz Petrol Urunleri (a subsidiary of Zulfikarlar Holding A.S.) on its successful bid for TP Petrol Dagitim. | N/A | Moldova;Turkey | Here |
| Feb-17 | BDK Advokati | BDK Advokati advised Montenegrin transmission system operator Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem on its development of the undersea HVDC transmission cable connecting Italy and Montenegro. The project was finalized in February 2017. The development was handled jointly with Terna. | EUR 800 million | Montenegro | Here |
| May-17 | CMS | CMS advised TFI BGK on a joint venture agreement with OT Logistic S.A. in relation to the acquisition of companies Luka Bar and Monte Cargo in Montenegro. | N/A | Montenegro | Here |
| Nov-17 | Law Office Vujacic | Law Office Vujacic advised Atlas Invest on the EUR 3.2 million sale of "The Old Post" building in Budva, Montenegro, to an unnamed private individual. | EUR 3.2 million | Montenegro | Here |
| Nov-17 | MIM Law | MIM Law successfully represented Beppler & Jacobson Montenegro in the Commercial Court of Montenegro, which, following a long trial, ordered Casino Avala Budva to pay more than EUR 16 million EUR to the hotel owner for its unauthorized use of B&J's business premises. | EUR 16 million | Montenegro | |
| Mar-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic secured a victory for its clients, Petrol d.d. Ljubljana and Petrol Crna Gora MNE d.o.o, the leading Slovenian energy company and its Montenegrin subsidiary, in their dispute with Konim d.o.o. Belgrade in the Montenegrin Court of Appeal. | N/A | Montenegro;Serbia;Slovenia | |
| Dec-16 | Greenberg Traurig; Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak | Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak represented Agora S.A. on its sale of a 21.5% of the share capital in Green Content sp. z o.o. to Discovery Polska. Additionally, Discovery Polska subscribed for new shares in the increased share capital of Green Content. Greenberg Traurig advised Discovery Polska on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Dec-16 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka successfully represented PKP Intercity in an arbitration before the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw related to a dispute over payment of a contractual penalty by Alstom for a delay in the supply of Pendolino trains. | EUR 42.3 | Poland | Here |
| Dec-16 | Dentons | Dentons announced that the joint bid of a consortium consisting of it, Infralinx Capital Polska, Ove Arup & Partners International Limited, and the Institute for Public- Private Partnership Foundation submitted pursuant to a tender announced by the Ministry of Development for the award of a public contract for the Framework Agreement for Consultancy and Specialist Workshops Concerning Preparation for the Implementation of Public-Private Partnership Projects was chosen as one of the three best bids. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Dec-16 | Dentons; Linklaters | Dentons advised European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3, an opportunity fund advised by European real estate investment manager Tristan Capital Partners, on its sale of the Zakopianka Shopping Center in Krakow to Echo Polska Properties. Linklaters advised Echo Polska on the deal. | EUR 54 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance advised the European Investment Bank on the debut hybrid unsecured subordinated registered bonds in the amount of EUR 190 million issued by Tauron Polska Energia S.A. Allen & Overy advised Tauron Polska on the issue. | EUR 190 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-16 | Glade Michel Wirtz; Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig advised Rentokil Initial plc on its joint venture agreement with Haniel & Cie. Holding company. The Dusseldorf-based Glade Michel Wirtz law firm provided counsel to Haniel. | EUR 1.1 billion | Poland | Here |
| Dec-16 | Hogan Lovells; Pinsent Masons; KKLW; Kochanski Zieba & Partners | Kochanski Zieba & Partners, working alongside Pinsent Masons, advised Aberdeen Asset ManagementÕs Infrastructure Funds on its acquisition of a 49.99% stake in Intertoll EuropeÕs PPP portfolio for ZAR 633.2 million (EUR 43 million). | EUR 43 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-16 | Greenberg Traurig; Linklaters | Linklaters advised Echo Investment S.A. on its sale of the Q22 tower in Warsaw to the US-based Invesco Real Estate fund. Greenberg Traurig advised Invesco on the deal and on its financing. | PLN 1 billion | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka; Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft; Noerr; White & Case | Noerr advised IKB Deutsche Industriebank on financing of one of the largest wheels suppliers to the automotive industry. White & Case was counsel to the existing lender, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft was the debtorÕs counsel, and DZP acted as the debtorÕs counsel in Poland. | EUR 20 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Noerr | Noerr offered asset management-related advice to Rolls Royce, relative to its production facility complex in the South of Poland. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW advised an affiliate of the GetBack group on its issuance of bonds for a total value of up to PLN 105 million | PLN 105 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Dentons; Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised Waimea Holding S.A. on its sale of the North-West Logistic Park warehousing and manufacturing facility in Szczecin to Exeter Property Group, which was supported by Dentons. | PLN 180 million | Poland | |
| Jan-17 | Czabanski & Galuszynski; Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW advised the Unilink group on the equity investment into the company by Darby Private Equity, part of Franklin Templeton Investments. Czabanski & Galuszynski advised the buyer. | Euro 12.5 million | Poland | |
| Jan-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds advised Rolls-Royce PLC and Rolls-Royce Polska Sp. z o.o. on the framework cooperation agreement they signed with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jan-17 | Hogan Lovells; Norton Rose Fulbright | Norton Rose Fulbright advised a consortium of banks consisting of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski S.A., and the European Investment Bank on a PLN 629 million loan facility to be made available to Polish transport company Przewozy Regionalne sp. z o.o. Hogan Lovells advised Przewozy Regionalne on the deal. | PLN 629 million | Poland | |
| Jan-17 | Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik | The Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik represented a consortium of Saferoad group companies in appeal proceedings before Poland's National Chamber of Appeals concerning a tender for the maintenance of a section of the country's highway around Poznan. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jan-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP, representing the Transport & Logistics Poland Employers' Association, successfully persuaded PolandÕs Constitutional Tribunal that a Polish regulation allowing payments for international transport drivers to be made in the form of overnight allowances is not compliant with the Polish Constitution. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik | The Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik reported that it successfully represented two large trade associations Ñ the Polish Association of Construction Employers and the Polish Association of Aggregates Producers Ñ in appeal proceedings before Poland's National Chamber of Appeals involving the award of a contract for the redevelopment and extension of a section of the "inter-regional roadÓ 559. The two associations had joined their claim to that of appellant Skanska SA. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners advised Vantage Development S.A. on its issuance of O-series bonds with face value of PLN 50 million. | PLN 50 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik | The Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik successfully represented the Polish Association of Construction Employers before Poland's National Chamber of Appeals (NCA) in a case involving A4 motorway maintenance. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Greenberg Traurig; Hogan Lovells | The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig advised Galeria Warminska spolka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia sp.k. on the sale of the Galeria Warminska shopping center to a Polish SPV controlled by Rockastle. Hogan Lovells reportedly advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Dentons; Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP acted for Enea Wytwarzanie in negotiating a five month extension to a contract to build a 1075 MW energy unit in Kozienice with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe and Polimex-Mostostal. Dentons advised Polimex-Mostostal on the deal. | PLN 5.1 billion | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Dentons; Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners advised Waimea Holding SA on the sale of a warehouse and production center in the North-West Logistic Park in Szczecin to the Exeter Property Group. Dentons advised the buyer on the deal. | EUR 41.2 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Gessel | Gessel advised Good Food Products on a credit agreement with Bank BGZ BNP Paribas. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Gessel | Gessel advised Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A., cooperating with Biuro Inwestycji Kapitalowych, on its investment in CCIG Group Sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz | FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz advised mBank SA on the sale of a portfolio of non-performing receivables towards corporate clients (and related receivables owed to a government financial institution) with a face value of over PLN 125 million. | PLN 125 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | BSWW Legal & Tax; Solivan | BSWW Legal & Tax advised Rank Progress on the EUR 26.7 million sale of Galeria Swidnicka to the Catalyst Capital Fund (an SPV of Calioppe Investments). The Solivan firm advised the seller on the deal. | EUR 26.7 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | BIL Law Firm; Mrowiec Fialek | Mrowiec Fialek advised private equity fund Argus Capital and GTX Hanex Plastic sp. z o.o. on Argu's divestment of GTX Hanex to Marpol S.A. The BIL Law Firm advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | CMS | CMS advised the EW Group GmbH/Aviagen Group on the acquisition of Hubbard Breeders, the broiler genetics division of Groupe Grimaud. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Mrowiec Fialek | Mrowiec Fialek advised Matexi Polska Sp. z o.o. Ð a company belonging to Belgium's Holding Matexi development group Ð on its acquisition of unidentified real property in Warsaw. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | CMS; Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak | Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak advised Eurocash S.A. on its acquisition of Polska Dystrybucja Alkoholi sp. z o.o. CMS advised the selling shareholders. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Mrowiec Fialek | Mrowiec Fialek advised Krakow-based Fabryka Pizzy sp. z o.o. on an investment agreement with restaurant company Sfinks Polska S.A. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jan-17 | CMS; KI Komosa Imielowski | CMS Poland advised the Brusikiewicz family on the sale of a 60% share in the Thai Wok restaurant chain to the EBS group. The KI Komosa Imielowski firm advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Squire Patton Boggs; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Squire Patton Boggs advised Resource Partners on its acquisition of a 70% stake in Polish cosmetics company Torf Corporation. Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised selling Torf CEO Wojciech Piasecki and Director General Ryszard Guminski on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | BSWW Legal & Tax | BSWW Legal & Tax provided advisory services to i2 Development S.A. with respect to its issuance of secured series C bonds with a total face value of PLN 30m. | PLN 30 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Gessel | Gessel assisted J.S. Hamilton Poland S.A. in connection with a PLN 40 million issue of ordinary A-series interest-bearing unsecured bonds. The entire issue was acquired by institutional investors. | PLN 40 million | Poland | Here |
| Jan-17 | Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik | The Public Procurement Law Firm Robert Siwik successfully represented a consortium of companies consisting of Mosty Gdansk and ÒProjmorsÓ Biuro Projektow Budownictwa Morskiego in appeal proceedings before Poland's National Chamber of Appeals concerning the award of a contract for project documentation for building a canal across the Vistula Spit by the Gdynia Maritime Authority. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | Allen & Overy; Polinvest | Allen & Overy advised Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. in connection with financing provided to Trasa Lagiewnicka S.A. for the construction of a 3.7 kilometer stretch of the Lagiewnicka Route in Poland known as the Third Krakow Bypass. Polinvest advised Trasa Lagiewnicka on the deal. | PLN 1 billion | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | Clifford Chance; White & Case | White & Case advised the Polish Ministry of Finance on its EUR 750 million issuance of Green Bonds with a profitability of 0.634 percent and an annual return of 0.5 percent. HSBC Ñ sole green structuring adviser, as well as a bookrunner Ñ was advised by Clifford Chance. | EUR 750 million | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance advised a fund managed by CBRE Global Investors on the sale of companies (under a share deal) that are the owners of Trinity Office Park II and Prosta Office Centre office buildings in Warsaw. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak | Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has America's Mohawk Industries Inc. in a transaction involving the takeover of Polcolorit S.A., a company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised IKEA on its launch of a distance selling platform that includes both online and telephone sales. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | Allen & Overy; Greenberg Traurig; Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | WKB advised members of the ad hoc group of noteholders of Roust on Polish law aspects of the complex restructuring of USD 488 million of debt. Kirkland & Ellis acted as counsel to the Senior Noteholders. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in the UK and Greenberg Traurig's Warsaw office were counsel to Roust. Allen & Overy acted as Polish counsel to mBank, the Polish security agent. | EUR 405 million | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | CMS; Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | CMS advised Greenspruce LP, the UK-based investment holding company and a subsidary of Invesco Ltd., the listed US-based investment management company, on its acquisition of Wawel Holding Sp. z o.o., the Poland-based hotel operator, from Societe Hoteliere de Cracovie SA, the Belgium-based investment holding company. Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka advised Wawel Holding. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Feb-17 | Greenberg Traurig; White & Case | White & Case advised Mid Europa Partners on the sale of Zabka Polska to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners. Greenberg Traurig advised CVC Capital on the deal, which it the largest ever transaction in the Polish food retail sector and the largest ever private equity exit in Poland. | N/A | Poland | |
| Feb-17 | Clifford Chance; CMS | CMS advised Integer.pl in the process of finding an investor Ð private equity fund Advent International through AI Prime Ð and the planned exit from the stock exchange. Clifford Chance signed Advent International on the deal. | PLN 670 million | Poland | |
| Feb-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP advised GSK Services sp. z o.o. on its successful bid to submit anti-pneumococcal vaccines to the Polish Ministry of Health, and its successful defense of its selection after a challenge from second place finisher PGF Urtica sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | |
| Feb-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto; Punda Lyszczarek I Wspolnicy | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised Equitin Partners Limited, a private equity fund in the financial services, FMCG, and healthcare sectors, on its acquisition of the 70% controlling stake in Time for Wax, a Polish beauty services chain. The sellers, Time for Wax's founders, were advised by Punda Lyszczarek i Wspolnicy (PLW). | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Traple Konarski Podrecki I Wspolnicy | Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspolnicy is reporting that it represented the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP) in a matter before the Court of Justice of the European Union, which, on January 25, 2017, issued its judgment. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | BSWW Legal & Tax | BSWW advised the Buma Group on its lease of 8000 square meters in the DOT Office Complex, one of its investment projects in Krakow, to Ericsson, which intends to move its seat there in June 2017. According to BSWW, "the tenant is going to lease the entire Building E of the investment." | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | CMS | CMS advised Invesco Real Estate on the EUR 70 million purchase of Wawel Holding Sp z o.o., the company owning the Sheraton Grand Krakow Hotel. DZP advised Algonquin, a pan-European hotel investor and operator, on the transaction, which closed on February 28, 2017. | EUR 70 million | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | CMS; DLA Piper; Hogan Lovells; Norton Rose Fulbright | Hogan Lovells advised Arcus Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of an 85% stake in the Gdansk Transport company S.A., a special purpose company set up in 1996 to pursue the DBFMO project for the northern section of the AmberOne A1 motorway concession in Poland. The acquisition was a multi-step transaction, involving Arcus's acquisition of NDI Autostrada sp. z o.o. (NDIA), which owns a 25.31% stake in GTC, from Grupa NDI and Transport Infrastructure Investment company (TIIC). As part of the acquisition, NDIA also exercised its right of first refusal on A1 Invest AB SkanskaÕs 30% stake and on John Laing Infrastructure Limited's 29.7% interest in GTC, taking NDIAÕs ownership in GTC to 85%, with Intertoll Europe retaining the residual 15% shareholding and remaining the operator of the A1 motorway. Norton Rose Fulbright advised Grupa NDI and TIIC, CMS advised John Liang, and DLA Piper advised Skanska. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised Korporacja Inwestycyjna Polskiej Farmacji sp. z o.o. on its tender offer for 100% shares in Pelion S.A. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Allen & Overy; Dentons | Allen & Overy advised ENGIE on the sale of 100% of its shares in ENGIE Energia Polska, the owner of Elektrownia Polaniec, to ENEA S.A. Dentons advised ENEA on the transaction. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised Samsung Electronics on the I-Terra Project, under which I-Terra will be responsible for running and supplying the Samsung e-store, and on consumer and privacy matters connected with the introduction of new Samsung products to the Polish market. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Robert Bosch GmbH on merger control proceedings before the Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection in relation to the creation of joint venture by Robert Bosch GmbH and EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG under the name Kraftwerksbatterie Heilbronn GmbH. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG persuaded the Court of Appeal in Warsaw to deny the appeal by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection of a lower court's ruling reversing his determination that T-Mobile Polska S.A. had participated in an agreement with three other telecommunication operators to restrict competition. | PLN 34 million | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | White & Case | On February 23, 2017, Poland's Supreme Court ruled in favor of a cassation appeal submitted by White & Case on behalf of a Polish and Spanish consortium led by Mostostal Warszawa S.A. to determine who the defendant must be in cases regarding the abuse of a bank guarantee. | N/A | Poland | |
| Mar-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised IKEA on its launch of a distance selling platform that includes both online and telephone sales. | N/A | Poland | |
| Mar-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto; Grabarek, Szalc I Wspolnicy | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised Capital Partners Investment Fund on a loan provided to IPOS S.A., a Polish provider of IT solutions. Grabarek, Szalc i Wspolnicy Ñ a member of Grata International Ñ advised iPOS on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Mar-17 | Dentons; Hogan Lovells | Hogan Lovells advised Union Investment on its EUR 62 million acquisition of the Maraton office building in Poznan, Poland, from Skanska. Dentons advised Skanska on the deal. | EUR 62 million | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | K&L Gates; Noerr | Noerr advised mBank on financing of an SPV to enable the acquisition of 46.03% of Komputronik S.A. and the subsequent delisting. The acquisition of Komputronik shares was performed via a tender offer and squeeze-out of the minority shareholders. K&L Gates was the borrowerÕs counsel. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised on the indirect disposal of shares in Awbud S.A. to Abadon Real Estate S.A.Ê | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Greenberg Traurig; Kochanski Zieba & Partners; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Kochanski Zieba & Partners advised Echo Polska Properties on its acquisition, made along with Echo Investment S.A., of the Galeria Mlociny shopping center in northern Warsaw currently under construction. Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised Echo Investment on the deal, while Greenberg Traurig advised the seller, Rosehill Investments. | EUR 42 million | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. on the sale of 100% of the shares of Exatel S.A. to the Polish State Treasury. | EUR 87 million | Poland | |
| Apr-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised SaveCartTM, a new marketing technology start-up, on the acquisition of a 15% stake in the company by the start-upÕs inventors. The founding shareholders retain the remaining shares. | N/A | Poland | |
| Apr-17 | Clifford Chance; White & Case | Clifford Chance advised a consortium of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (Agent and Security Agent), Alior Bank S.A., Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A., DNB Bank ASA, DNB Bank Polska S.A., PKO Bank Polski S.A., TFI PZU S.A. and Raiffeisen Bank International AG in relation to a transaction concerning the granting of term facilities and revolving facilities in the amount of PLN 7 billion to Play Holding 2 S.a r.l. and P4 sp. z o.o. (PLAY's network operator). White & Case advised the borrowers on the loan. | PLN 7 billion | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Mrowiec Fialek; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Mrowiec Fialek advised Altus TFI on its acquisition of BPH TFI from BPH PBK Zarzadzanie Funduszami, a member of the GE Capital group. Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised the GE Capital Group, including BPH PBK Zarzadzanie Funduszami, Bank BPH, and BPH TFI on the transaction. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Clifford Chance; CMS; Dentons; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | CMS advised InPost S.A. on the tender offer launched by Advent International Corporation and InPost Chairman Rafal Brzoska for 100% shares of the company. Advent International was advised by Clifford Chance, Dentons, and Weil. | GBP 28.33 million | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | CMS | CMS's Polish and Swiss offices advised the Bucher-Motorex Group on the acquisition of a lubricants factory in Poland from Circle K (the former Statoil Fuel&Retail). | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP succeeded in the Regional Court in Gdansk for Obrascon Huarte Lain. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Linklaters; Wardynski & Partners | Wardynski & Partners represented Castorama on its lease of warehouse and logistics space in Poland from the Panattoni group. Linklaters advised the Panattoni Group on the deal. | N/A | Poland | |
| Apr-17 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case | White & Case advised Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski S.A. Oddzial Ð Dom Maklerski PKO Bank Polski w Warszawie, as Global Coordinator, Joint Bookbuilder and Offeror, UBS Limited, WOOD & company Financial Services, a.s. S.A. and Oddzial w Polsce, as Global Coordinators and Joint Bookbuilders, and Erste Group Bank AG as Joint Bookbuilder, on the PLN 1.65 billion (approximately EUR 388 million) initial public offering and admission to trading of shares in Dino Polska S.A. on the regulated market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised Dino Polska and the selling shareholder, Polish Sigma Group S.a r.l., controlled by Polish Enterprise Fund VI L.P., a fund managed by Enterprise Investors. | EUR 388 million | Poland | Here |
| Apr-17 | Clifford Chance; Witkowski Hayder | Clifford Chance advised DaVita on the acquisition of Centrum Dializa II, which runs 47 dialysis centers and nephrological wards across Poland, from Jacek Nawakowski. The Witkowski Hayder firm advised Centrum Dializa II and Nawakowski on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Dubinski Fabrycki Jelenski; SMM Legal | SMM Legal advised Narodowe Centrum Badan i Rozwoju in the preparation and negotiation of an investment agreement between it and the contractor chosen in a public procurement procedure to create a fund-of-funds (a financial instrument) valued at of EUR 100 million from the European Regional Development Fund. Dubinski Fabrycki Jelenski advised Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych BGK S.A. on the deal. | EUR 100 million | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW advised GetBack S.A. on its issuance of a five bond series (series VA to VE) for a total face value of PLN 38 million.Ê | PLN 38 million | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised SaveCartTM, a new marketing technology start-up, on the equity investment into the company by an unnamed investor. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG advised MMP Neupack Polska Spolka z o.o. (part of the MM Karton AG group) on what the firm calls "the division of the company by separation." | N/A | Poland | |
| May-17 | Clifford Chance; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised TVN on its sale of the remaining 25% of web portal Onet Holding sp. z o.o. to joint venture partner Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, giving Ringier Axel Springer full control of the company. Clifford Chance advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Poland | |
| May-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG persuaded the Court of Appeal in Krakow to uphold the judgment of the lower court in favor of firm client Sobieslaw Zasada Group against a demand to have the plaintiff's compensated for its contribution in kind. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP advised SBB Energy on its acquisition of a majority stake in ELMAX Enterprise Service and Trade Andrzej Holub Sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Elzbieta Bogucka; Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | WKB successfully represented Miejskie Przedsiebiorstwo Komunikacyjne w Poznaniu in a case brought by Elektrobudowa S.A. for payment of PLN 25 million plus statutory interest in a dispute concerning the non-payment of a fee for the performance of a public contract governing the construction of a tram terminal in the Franowo Housing Estate in Poznan. The contractor was a consortium consisting of ZUE S.A. (leader) and Elektrobudowa S.A. | EUR 5.8 million | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Gessel; eszek Czarny, Wojciech Budny & Partners | Gessel advised the Madej Wrobel cold cut producer on its take-over by Bruno Tassi. The Leszek Czarny, Wojciech Budny & Partners firm advised the buyers. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Gessel; Sobczynski Adwokaci | Gessel represented private equity fund Highlander Partners on its take-over of Rotometal Sp. z o.o. S.K., a producer of cylinders used in printing adhesive labels for the consumer sector and other polygraphic components. Sobczynski Adwokaci advised Rotometal and its owners in the transaction. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| May-17 | Linklaters | Linklaters Warsaw, working pro bono, assisted the Empowering Children Foundation on its purchase of property in Warsaw earmarked to be Poland's first specialist support center for children. | N/A | Poland | |
| May-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG advised the Aon Group on Polish law aspects of the global sale of its benefits administration and HR BPO platform to private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone. | USD 4.3 billion | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | KKP Law Firm; SMM Legal | SMM Legal advised Narodowe Centrum Badan i Rozwoju in the preparation and negotiation of an investment agreement between it and the contractor chosen in a public procurement procedure to create a fund-of-funds (a financial instrument) valued at EUR 125 million from the European Regional Development Fund. KKP Law Firm advised VC3.0 sp. z o.o. | EUR 125 million | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Mrowiec Fialek | Mrowiec Fialek advised Advent Libri, a portfolio company of Advent International, on its acquisition of the Empik School -- one of the largest foreign language schools in Poland. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka; Taylor Wessing; WMS Treuhand | DZP advised Wielton SA, on its acquisition of 100% of shares in the German Langendorf GmbH, which manufactures trailers, semi-trailers, and special vehicles for transporting glass and other challenging materials. The Langendorf Group was represented by Germany's WMS Treuhand law firm, and Taylor Wessing advised NWR Bank on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Allen & Overy | Allen & Overy advised the International Finance Corporation on its EUR 137 million investment in subordinated green bonds issued by Bank Zachodni WBK. | EUR 137 million | Poland | |
| Jun-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG obtained a successful result for Tesco Polska in the Court of Appeal in Krakow in a dispute with a contractor concerning the legal nature of guarantee deposits securing their performance. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | CMS | CMS advised the EBRD on its participation in the acquisition of Zabka, one of PolandÕs leading food retailers, with an equity investment of up to EUR 25 million. | EUR 25 million | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP advised Envelo (Digital Mail Services Poland sp. z o.o.) , the largest platform for postal services in Poland, in a dispute with the Ministry of Finance concerning the application of VAT on their flagship product, the sale of e-stamps. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners advised Capital Park S.A. on its issuance of K-series bearer bonds. | EUR 15.67 million | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Greenberg Traurig | The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig represented Amstar in connection with a joint venture with developer Hines and the acquisition by the joint venture company of a 0.92 hectare plot of land in the city center of Krakow from Heitman. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised a fund managed by TFI Capital Partners S.A. on an indirect transfer to Aplitt S.A. of all shares in Monetia Sp. z o.o., which the firm describes as "the largest Polish company in terms of the number of outlets specializing in financial transaction outsourcing and cash transaction handling." | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Gessel; PWP Kanclelarie Prawne | Gessel advised Enterprise Investors on the sale of a 32.99% stake in Skarbiec Holding S.A. and on the sale of a PLN 75 million block of shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The shares were purchased by Murapol, a leading Polish real estate developer, which was advised by PWP Kanclelarie Prawne. | PLN 75 million | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised NanoGroup S.A., an advanced biotech company, on setting up a holding designed to generate added value by tapping into the groupÕs potential. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Linklaters | Linklaters advised Skanska on the co-creation of a business ecosystem called "Business Link" with Akademickie Inkubatory Przedsiebiorczosci, the largest network of co-working space and private offices in Poland. The joint venture, according to Linklaters, "will enable the developer to create the most comprehensive commercial office proposition available to a wide range of businesses in the CEE market." | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Dentons; White & Case | White & Case advised PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE), Poland's biggest power producer, on its PLN 4.51 billion (approximately USD 1.2 billion) acquisition of the EDF Group's assets in Poland. The EDF Group was represented by Dentons. | USD 1.2 billion | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | SK&S | SK&S advised Salad Signature (a portfolio company of the IK VII Fund, advised by the IK Investment Partners private equity firm) on its acquisition of 100% of shares in Maga PPH sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP announced that it, Mott MacDonald, and Crido Taxand have agreed to provide the Polish Ministry of Development and the City of Krakow with "full-range legal, economic, financial and technical advice, which will include preparing the legal structure for the first project in Poland to design, build, and operate part of a tramway undertaking entitled 'Krakow Fast Tramway Ð Stage IV.'" | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Eltel on the sale of its telecom maintenance service operations in Poland to Polish BKJ sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr Warsaw advised AGRO Merchants Group, an American company which owns and operates temperature-controlled warehouse and distribution space, on the acquisition of PSTL Sp. z o.o., a Polish firm providing transport of frozen goods. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr Warsaw advised Down2Earth Capital, a Belgian independent private equity fund, on the acquisition of MM Brown Group, a Polish company which owns chocolissimo.pl, and provides online and B2B sales of chocolate products. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | CMS | CMS advised mBank on the sale of 79.99% of shares in mLocum S.A, a company specializing in housing projects and property management to Archicom S.A., a developer implementing housing projects, post-industrial facilities, and investments in the premium sector. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jun-17 | KKLW | KKLW advised a consortium of Turkish construction firm Gulermak and Poland's Przedsiebiorstwo Budowy Drog i Mostow on its selection via tender to construct Part B of the Warsaw bypass road -- a 6.45 km long section to include a new bridge on the Vistula river. The value of the contract is EUR 178.1 million. | EUR 178.1 million | Poland | |
| Jun-17 | Baker McKenzie; Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka; Orrick | Orrick advised Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments, in its joint venture with Nokia, to build, own, and operate a fiber optic broadband network across Poland. DZP advised Infracapital on Polish law matters, while Baker McKenzie advised the joint venture and Nokia. | EUR 300 million | Poland | |
| Jun-17 | Laszczuk & Partners | Laszczuk & Partners assisted international flower wholesaler FleuraMetz Group on the sale of its transport activity enterprises in Poland and the Czech Republic to H.Z. Transport Poland sp. z o.o., a part of H.Z. Logistics, which operates a transportation business across Europe. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised on Alior Bank S.A.'s loan of up to PLN 50 million to GetBack S.A. and two investment funds. | PLN 50 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised Benefit Systems S.A. on its A series bonds issuance by a company in its group, involving the allocation of bonds with a face value of PLN 15 million. process. | PLN 15 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners advised Haitong Bank S.A. Spolka Akcyjna Oddzial w Polsce as the offerer on GetBack S.A.'s issuance of bonds with a face value of PLN 300 million. | PLN 300 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised Capital Park S.A. on its L series issuance of bonds with a face value exceeding EUR 5.7 million.Ê | EUR 5,7 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised on a loan of up to EUR 30 million by Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A. to GetBack S.A. and an investment fund. | PLN 30 million | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS advised Deutsche Asset Management on the purchase of a portfolio of Fashion House Outlets located in the Polish cities of Piaseczno, Gdansk, and Sosnowiec from Peakside Capital. Dentons advised Peakside Capital on the deal. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS advised Maxcom, a key manufacturer and distributor of feature phones -- mobile phones designed for seniors and extreme sports -- on its Warsaw Stock Exchange debut. The IPO took place on June 30, 2017. | PLN 37 million | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | Greenberg Traurig; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Greenberg Traurig represented the shareholders of Grupa Pracuj sp. z o.o. in its June 28, 2017 sale of a minority stake in the company to TCV, an international investment firm. Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised TCV on the deal. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | Allen & Overy | Allen & Overy advised PZU SA on its PLN 2.25 billion issuance of subordinated bonds in compliance with the requirements of the Solvency II Directive Ñ the first issuance of subordinated debt instruments by a Polish insurance company. | PLN 2.25 billion | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | act (BSWW) | Act BSWW advised the ECC Group on lease agreements signed for space in the Nowa Stacja shopping center near Warsaw with Danish household goods distributor Jysk, Vision Express, and Martes Sport, which produces and imports sports clothing, footwear, and accessories. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | act (BSWW) | Act BSWW advised both Reino Partners and Buma Group on their joint venture construction project in Wroclaw, consisting of two office buildings with a total area of 23,000 square meters. The first offices will be delivered to tenants by the end of 2018. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP advised FBSerwis on its PLN 155 million purchase of 100% of shares in Przedsiebiorstwo Higieny Komunalnej Trans-Formers Wroclaw and 100% of shares in Trans-Formers Karpatia. Gide Loyrette Nouel advised the sellers, Hossanova Sp. z o.o. (formerly Trans-Formers Holding Sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | KKLW | KKLW successfully represented Gulermak on a challenge to the Terms of Reference for the design and construction of the S3 road between Legnica and Lubawka in southwestern Poland by Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) as containing excessive conditions for potential contractors. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dubinski Fabrycki Jelenski; Magnusson; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Magnusson and Dubinski Fabrycki Jelenski advised Octava Non-Public Assets Closed-End Investment Fund on its purchase of a portfolio of 11 real properties, effected by purchasing 30 companies owned by two BPH closed-end real estate investment funds. BPH TFI was advised by Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Financial details were not disclosed. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS advised Work Service S.A. on the sale of IT Kontrakt sp. z o.o. to Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP, a private equity fund acting together with Cornerstone Partners sp. z o.o. The value of the transaction was just under PLN 147 million and Work Service S.A. intends to use the proceeds to finance further development of its core business and strengthen its presence in CEE. | PLN 147 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | K&L Gates | K&L Gates advised Chinese construction and engineering company China Overseas Engineering Group Co., Ltd (Covec) in the resolution of a dispute with the Polish General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways related to the construction of sections of the A2 Motorway between Lodz and Warsaw, in Poland. | PLN 1 billion | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Kochanski Zieba & Partners; Norton Rose Fulbright | Kochanski Zieba & Partners has the Infracapital infrastructure fund on its acquisition of 100% of the shares of gas infrastructure company Duon Dystrybucja S.A., a distributor of grid gas and LNG in Poland, from the Fortum Group. Norton Rose Fulbright advised the sellers on the transaction, which requires OCCP approval to be finalized. The final sale price was not disclosed. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | Acting on behalf of Deutsche Bank Polska in the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, SPCG won a dispute with the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection concerning "the alleged infringement of the collective interests of the consumers." | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Kondracki Celej | Kondracki Celej advised Luma Ventures fund on a PLN 6 million investment in Datarino. | PLN 6 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Gessel; Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig represented the Innova Capital private equity fund on its acquisition of an approximately 75% stake in the Polish office furniture manufacturer Profim sp. z o.o. Gessel advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | act (BSWW) | Act BSWW advised Nielsen in an intra-group merger between its Polish subsidiaries ACNielsen Polska Sp. z o.o. and Brandbank (Poland). | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | JGA; Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | WKB advised mBank S.A. on the financing of the acquisition of a controlling share in Mangata Holding. JGA acted as the counsel to the borrower and other obligors. | EUR 30.5 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS assisted mBank SA on it sale of a 51% stake in mLocum S.A., a Poland-based residential real estate developer and provider of related engineering and maintenance services, to Archicom Spolka Akcyjna, a listed Poland-based company engaged in construction of residential and commercial buildings. | EUR 13.14 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | CMS; DLA Piper | CMS advised Axel Johnson International AB on its acquisition of a majority stake in IOW Group, a Poland-based distributor and service provider of mobile drivetrain systems, hydraulics, cooling systems and filter technologies. IOW Group was advised by DLA Piper | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | CMS | CMS advised Revico S.A. on its sale of shares in Chemoservis-Dwory S.A. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Latham & Watkins; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case | White & Case advised Play Communications S.A. (Play) and its shareholders, Novator and Olympia, on the EUR 1 billion initial public offering of Play on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, which values the company at EUR 4 billion (PLN 16 billion). Play will be listed on July 27, 2017. Latham & Watkins advised the banks on the IPO, which is reported to be Europe's largest IPO in the telecommunications sector since June 2015, and one of the five largest Polish IPOs ever. Weil, Gotshal & Manges Ð Pawel Rymarz sp.k. announced that, acting alongside global counsel Latham & Watkins, it had advised Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, and UBS Limited, as well as Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. and PKO Bank Polski S.A. Oddzial - Dom Maklerski PKO Banku Polskiego w Warszawie, acting as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Offering Agents, on matters of Polish law related to the initial public offering of Play Communications S.A.. | EUR 1 billion | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | Mrowiec Fialek | Mrowiec Fialek advised Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne S.A. (WSiP) on its acquisition of the Szkola Jezykow Obcych R. Jezak Sp. z o.o. foreign language school. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto; Plopper & Partners | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised a private equity fund managed by Value Quest Sp. z o.o. on its acquisition of 100% shares in TTComm S.A., a prominent provider of satellite services in Central and Eastern Europe, from TTComm International B.V. The sellers were advised by Plopper & Partners, a US law firm | N/A | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | CMS; Macfarlanes; Mills & Reeve | CMS advised Polish company Tele-Fonika Kable S.A. on its acquisition of JDR Cable Systems (Holdings) Ltd. Ñ a supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, headquartered in the UK Ñ from majority owner Vision Capital. Macfarlanes served as legal counsel to the sellers, with Mills & Reeve acting as legal counsel to the JDR management team. JP Morgan and Societe Generale provided financial advice to TFKable, and Simmons & company International provided financial advice to JDR. | N/A | Poland | |
| Jul-17 | CMS; Eversheds; Gessel | Gessel and Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised Enterprise Investors on the acquisition by the Polish Enterprise Fund VII and the President of the Management Board of 100% of shares in Janton, PolandÕs leading producer of alcoholic beverages based on grape and fruit wines. The sellers were advised by CMS on the deal, which remains conditional on antimonopoly approval. Financial details were not disclosed. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dentons | Dentons provided legal and tax support to Mabuchi Motor on its investment into a new plant in the Krakow Special Economic Zone in Poland. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dentons; Greenberg Traurig | Dentons advised the offering managers Ñ including Haitong Bank, mBank, Pekao Investment Banking, Wood&Co, Raiffeisen Centrobank, Mercurius, Trigon and Vestor Ñ on the initial public offering and listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange of Polish debt collection company GetBack S.A. Greenberg Traurig advised Getback S.A. and its only shareholder, DNLD Holdings B.V. (an entity controlled by a consortium of private equity funds led by funds from the Abris Capital Partners Group), on the initial public offering of shares and listing. | EUR 174 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dubinski Fabrycki Jelenski | Dubinski Fabrycki Jelenski advised Plukon Food Group BV (the Netherlands) on its acquisition of a majority stake in L&B Wyrebski Sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Linklaters; Wardynski & Partners | Linklaters advised Grupa Ozarow on the sale of 99.19% of the shares in its Polish calcium silicate subsidiary, Grupa Silikaty Sp. z o.o., to H+H Polska Sp. z o.o., the Denmark-based subsidiary of H+H International. Wardynski & Partners advised the buyers on the deal, which remains subject to customary approval by the Polish authorities and is expected to occur at the end of 2017. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Kondracki Celej | The Kondracki Celej law firm advised bValue venture capital fund on its investment in SEEDiA, a Krakow-based startup that produces intelligent solar furniture and benches. The investment value is up to PLN 3 million. | PLN 3 million | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dentons; Linklaters | Linklaters advised Echo Investment SA (acting through its SPV) in connection with the sale of the Sagittarius Business House office building in Wroclaw to Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH. Dentons advised the buyers in the transaction, which remains subject to fulfillment of customary conditions precedent and is expected to occur in 2018. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Jul-17 | Radzikowski, Szubielska & Partners | Radzikowski, Szubielska & Partners assisted international trading company RWE Supply & Trading GmbH on its launch of trading activities in natural gas and electricity as a direct member of the Polish Power Exchange (PolPX). | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Linklaters; Porebski I Wspolnicy | Linklaters advised Alliance Automotive Group, a distributor of light and commercial vehicle parts to the independent aftermarket in France, Germany, and the UK, on the acquisition of a 51.3% controlling stake in Groupauto Polska from eight individual shareholders. Porebski i Wspolnicy advised the sellers on the transaction, which remains subject to the approval of the Polish Competition Authority, with completion expected by the end of September 2017. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Crido Legal; Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka; Mott MacDonald | DZP reported that it is part of a consortium with Mott MacDonald and Crido Tax which has agreed to provide legal, economic, financial, and technical assistance to Poland's Ministry of Development and the City of Krakow for the implementation of a public-private partnership project titled "Building, Maintenance and Management of the Investor Assistance Center (Krakow) in Krakow." | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Hogan Lovells; White & Case | Hogan Lovells advised mBank Hipoteczny S.A. on establishing a mortgage-covered bonds program up to the maximum total nominal value of EUR 3 billion (or the equivalent in another currency). White & Case was the counsel for both program arranger and dealer Commerzbank AG and other dealers, which include Erste Group Bank AG, J.P. Morgan Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg, and Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. The program instituted by mBank Hipoteczny S.A. is the second international program for the issuance of covered bonds established by a Polish mortgage bank. | EUR 3 billion | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Gessel | Gessel supported the Przelewy24.pl group in its merger with Currency One S.A., PolandÕs largest operator of online currency exchange platforms. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG represented the Leroy Merlin Polska retail chain in an arbitration dispute before the Court of Arbitration at the Confederation of Lewiatan with a former supplier concerning the admissibility of use in trade of turnover-based bonuses by the retail chains. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | WKB advised OGP Gaz-System SA on its contractor selection procedure and the conclusion of an agreement with Ramboll Danmark A/S, the contractor responsible for carrying out analytical, research, and design work necessary to obtain permits for the construction of the Baltic Pipe. The agreement was signed on August 3, 2017. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | CMS; Crido Legal; Cushman & Wakefield; Dentons | CMS advised REICO, the manager of the largest and oldest Czech open-ended real estate fund, on the purchase of the Proximo I office building in Warsaw from Proximo I sp. z o.o. Sp. K., part of the Hines Russia & Poland fund. In addition to CMS, REICO was advised by international advisory firms CBRE, TPA, and DIL, while the seller was represented by Cushman & Wakefield, Crido, and Dentons. | EUR 112 million | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig represented Getback S.A. in the acquisition of a majority stake in EGB Investments S.A. The total value of the transaction amounted to over PLN 200 million. | PLN 200 million | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr; Gorrissen Federspiel; Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek; Wistrand | WKB advised OGP Gaz-System SA on its contractor selection procedure and the conclusion of an agreement with Ramboll Danmark A/S, the contractor responsible for carrying out analytical, research and design work necessary to obtain permits for the construction of the Baltic Pipe Ð a project aiming at creating a new supply corridor in the European gas market. Wistrand, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, and Gorrissen Federspiel were WKBÕs consultants with regards to Swedish, German, and Danish law. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised EPTA, the multinational group specialized in commercial refrigeration for retailers, on the acquisition of its long term Polish partner, Libre. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Magnusson | Magnusson advised Vastint, the real estate arm of Inter IKEA Group, on its agreement with Credit Agricole to lease office space in the Wroclaw Business Garden. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Gessel; PwC Legal | Gessel acted as counsel to NPN II, a private equity fund managed by Krokus PE, on its sale of a 100% stake in Comfort S.A. to an entity from the Golbeck Group. PwC Legal reportedly advised the buyers on the transaction. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Aug-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG has won a dispute for Olesnica City in the Court of Appeal in Wroclaw against Krzysztof Golab Ð an administrative receiver of TIWWAL sp. z o.o. w upadlosci likwidacyjnej (in liquidation bankruptcy) Ð involving contractual penalties imposed on Olesnica City for the alleged non-submission of the design documentation. | N/A | Poland | |
| Sep-17 | SMM Legal | SMM Legal advised Narodowe Centrum Badan i Rozwoju on the revision and new opening of the BridgeAlfa grant program to support R&D companies with NCRD's grants through venture capital intermediaries. | EUR 356 million | Poland | |
| Sep-17 | SMM Legal | MM Legal represented ENERGA-Obrot S.A. in 22 actions related to framework agreements between the company and renewable energy sources electricity generators involving the sale of property rights arising from the certificates of origin (so-called green certificates). The defendants in the proceedings are the contractors of the company Ñ i.e., wind farms selling green certificates to the company Ñ and banks who were assigned receivables arising from these agreements. | EUR 500 million | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Hogan Lovells; Noerr; Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | Noerr advised the underwriter and W&I insurance provider ANV on a W&I insurance policy regarding the sale of the Vinci Office Center in Krakow by Dyskret Polska group (which was advised by SPCG) to Benson Elliot (which advised by Hogan Lovells). | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Bird & Bird | Bird & Bird's Warsaw office advised mBank in financing the construction of photovoltaic projects carried out by a special purpose entity from the Wento capital group. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP advised Polish broadcaster TVN on the sale of 100% of shares of Mango-Media sp. z o.o. to Studio Moderna Polska sp. z o.o. | N/A | Poland | |
| Sep-17 | Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance advised the European Investment Bank on its entrance into a project agreement and a subscription agreement with Energa S.A. providing the basis for the issue of EUR 250 million hybrid bonds. Allen & Overy advised Energa on the deal. | EUR 250 million | Poland | |
| Sep-17 | Allen & Overy; Hogan Lovells | Hogan Lovells advised the Nordea Group on transferring the managing capabilities from Nordea OFE to Aegon PTE. Allen & Overy advised Aegon PTE on the transaction. | N/A | Poland | |
| Sep-17 | CMS; Noerr | CMS advised private equity fund Resource Partners on its sale of Delicpol, a manufacturer of cookies sold under private labels, to Continental Bakeries, a manufacturer of sweets owned by Goldman Sachs Merchant Baking Division and Silverfern, a private equity fund. Noerr Warsaw advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Jara Drapala & Partners | Jara Drapala & Partners obtained a judgement on behalf of Porr S.A. a against Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways for performance of works exceeding the contract scope. | PLN 11 million | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | CMS | CMS advised PKO BP on a new issue of subordinated bonds. | PLN 1.7 billion | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Norton Rose Fulbright; White & Case | Norton Rose Fulbright advised a consortium of banks consisting of Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A., mBank S.A., and ING Bank Slaski S.A. on the grant of EUR 160 million and PLN 380 million in financing to Polish, Romanian, and German companies from the Cersanit Group and a PLN 100 million corporate bond issue placed on the Polish market. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. acted as agent and security agent. White & Case reportedly advised Cersanit on the deal. | EUR 160 million, PLN 480 million | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | CMS | CMS advised SEGRO, owner of SEGRO Logistics Park Strykow, on the lease of 30,000 square meters of warehouse space. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Bird & Bird | Bird & Bird's Warsaw office advised BNK Petroleum Inc., a North American oil & gas enterprise listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, on the shutting down of its operations in Poland. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | CMS | CMS advised the chipboard producer Egger on construction of a factory in Poland. | PLN 1 billion | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dentons; White & Case | Dentons advised German banks Helaba, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, and Berlin Hyp on their refinancing of the Warsaw Spire office complex. White & Case advised Belgian company Ghelamco on the deal. | EUR 370 million | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised the Insurance Guarantee Fund on the implementation of an antifraud platform. | PLN 35 million | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Chiomenti Studio Legale; Dua Associates; Lobo & de Rizzo; Tosetto, Weigmann e Associati; Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | WKB acted as local Polish counsel (alongside JunHe LLP as the global counsel) to Wuhu YuanDa as one of the owners of a special purpose vehicle Efort Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd. on the indirect acquisition of a company based in a special economic zone in Poland which manufactures automated production lines for the automobile industry. Dua Associates acted as Indian counsel, Lobo & de Rizzo as Brazilian Counsel, and Chiomenti Studio Legale as Italian Counsel. Tosetto, Weigmann e Associati acted as the sellersÕ counsel. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski; WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr | WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr advised PKO Bank Polski on the purchase by PKO BP Finat Sp. z o.o. of 100% of the shares in KBC TFI S.A. from KBC Asset Management, a Belgian fund manager from the KBC banking group. SPCG advised KBC on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka; K&L Gates | K&L Gates advised a consortium of banks consisting of Mercurius Dom Maklerski (as global co-ordinator), mBank and Trigon Dom Maklerski (as joint-bookrunners), and mCorporate Finance and Trigon Investment Banking (as financial advisors) in connection with the sale of 51.17% of the shares of LC Corp in an accelerated bookbuilding process by shareholders Leszek Czarnecki, LC Corp BV, Getin Noble Bank, Open Finance, and Open Life. DZP reportedly advised the selling shareholders on the sale, which is valued at approximately 500 million zlotys. | PLN 500 million | Poland | Here |
| Sep-17 | SMM Legal | SMM Legal represented Energa-Obrot S.A. in 22 court and arbitration cases concerning framework agreements for the sale of proprietary rights under certificates of origin for the energy generated from wind farms. | N/A | Poland | |
| Sep-17 | CMS; Deloitte Legal; Gessel; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | CMS, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Gessel have advised the sellers of Poland's Mila SA supermarket chain to Eurocash SA. Eurocash was advised by Deloitte Legal on the deal. | PLN 350 million | Poland | |
| Sep-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG successfully represented Termo Organika sp. z o.o. in a dispute with the Styrokon styrofoam manufacturer. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Mrowiec Fialek | Mrowiec Fialek advised Nowa Era sp. z o.o. on the intra-group acquisition of the assets of Young Digital Planet S.A. via a spin-off of the company. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised Ghelamco Poland on the sale of Building B in the Warsaw Spire office complex to CA Immo. Greenberg Traurig reportedly advised the buyers on the transaction. | EUR 100 million | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised Globalworth on an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Griffin Premium Real Estate. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Cuatrecasas; Kochanski Zieba & Partners; Loyens & Loeff; Mayer Brown; Paul Hastings; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Kochanski Zieba & Partners, working alongside Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP, Cuatrecasas, and Loyens & Loeff, advised a consortium of banks consisting of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, HSBC, JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, and Lloyds as arrangers in respect to EUR 900 million of senior facilities to finance the acquisition of IPH Group by Brammer Ñ a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International. The London office of Weil advised Brammer on both the financing and the acquisition itself. Willkie, Farr & Gallagher advised the sellers Ñ PAI Partners Ñ and Mayer Brown advised the management team. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dentons; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Dentons advised Griffin Premium Real Estate on its EUR 160 million acquisition of 100% shares in entities owning three office properties from Echo Polska Properties. Weil advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 160 million | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | act (BSWW) | Act BSWW provided legal services to investment funds managed by Credit Value Investment on the issuance of bonds by Telematics Technologies sp. z o.o. with a total nominal value of approximately PLN 48 million for the purpose of refinancing the participation of MCI. Tech Ventures in Naviexpert sp. z o.o. | PLN 48 million | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Arcliffe | Arcliffe Warsaw advised Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. on approximately PLN 24,500,000 in financing provided to the Napolo Group for the development of the Nowy Punkt 3 residential complex in Warsaw. | PLN 24.5 million | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | act (BSWW); Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG advised PKO BP S.A. in connection with loans granted to the Buma Group for the construction of an office building in the Wadowicka 3 complex in Krakow. Act BSWW reportedly advised the Buma Group. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr | WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr assisted C1015Nokia Solutions and Networks sp. z o.o. in negotiating and entering into an agreement with PHN Capital Group for the lease of new office space. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dentons; Hogan Lovells; King & Spalding | Dentons and King & Spalding advised Triuva Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH on its approximately EUR 48.5 million acquisition of the new Green Day office building in Wroclaw. The seller, a Luxembourg fund advised jointly by GLL Real Estate Partners and Investec Bank PLC, was advised by Hogan Lovells. | EUR 48.5 million | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised the Polish Power Exchange on the implementation of the MiFID II package. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS | CMS advised Bounty Brands (Pty) Ltd, the South Africa-based company engaged in the provision of personal care, apparel, home and personal care products, and a portfolio company of Coast2Coast Investments, a South Africa-based private equity firm, on its acquisition of Wielkopolska Wytwornia Zywnosci PROFI, a Poland-based producer of pate and ready-to-eat. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS | CMS advised mBank on establishing the mAccelerator corporate venture capital fund. | EUR 50 million | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG advised Mayr-Melnhof Packaging Int. GmbH and a Polish entity from its capital group on the acquisition of a production plant and acquisition of real estate from ASG Poland S.A. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Noerr | Noerr advised Polish privately-owned meat processor Cedrob on its acquisition of 100% shares in Zaklady Miesne Silesia, a Polish meat producer of pork, beef, and poultry, from its owners. | N/A | Poland | |
| Oct-17 | Baker McKenzie; White & Case | White & Case advised companies from the Ghelamco group on financing of up to EUR 221 million and PLN 45 million (a total amount of approximately PLN 1 billion) received from a consortium of financial institutions including Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., PKO BP S.A., Bank Pekao S.A., Bank BGZ Paribas S.A., and Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. that will be used to construct an office-services-hotel complex called The Warsaw Hub. Baker McKenzie advised the lenders on the deal. | PLN 1 billion | Poland | |
| Oct-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland and PwC advised the Polish Power Exchange on the implementation of the MiFID II package. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Czabanski & Galuszynski | Czabanski & Galuszynski advised Bank Pekao S.A. on the refinancing of the Q Hotel chain. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig advised Alior Bank on the establishment of a bond issuance program with a nominal value of up to PLN 1.2 billion. | PLN 1.2 billion | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto | Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto advised the NanoGroup S.A. biotech company on preliminary stages of the process of listing the company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | CMS; PwC Legal | CMS advised Coast2Coast, a South African private investment fund, on the acquisition of Wielkopolska Wytwornia Zywnosci Profi Ñ a manufacturer of p‰tes and soups sold under the Profi brand. PwC Legal advised Profi on the transaction. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Oct-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised Nokia Solutions and Networks Sp. z oo on the establishment of a consortium in connection with the tender procedure for PKP PLK concerning the construction of the ERTMS/GSM-R system of railway lines in Poland. | PLN 2.27 billion | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Weil attorneys in Paris and Warsaw obtained a ruling from the French tax authorities officially recognizing the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation as one of the few foreign entities to which bequests and donations can qualify for full tax exemption. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Clifford Chance; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Clifford Chance Warsaw advised Mid Europa Partners on its agreement to acquire Hortex Group from funds advised by Argan Capital. Weil advised Argan Capital on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS; K&L Gates | K&L Gates advised Trigon Brokerage S.A., offeror and book runner, on the IPO of Venture Inc S.A. and its introduction to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. CMS advised Venture Inc. | PLN 30 million | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Trauig advised Gremi Media S.A., the publisher of Poland's daily newspapers ÒRzeczpospolitaÓ and ÒPARKIET Gazeta Gieldy i Inwestorow,Ó on the listing of its shares on the NewConnect market, the alternative trading system of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The listing involved 1,138,500 shares of the company, with a nominal value of PLN 4 per share. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Jara Drapala & Partners | JD&P reported that the Court of Appeal in Warsaw had awarded a "seven-digit amount" to firm client PORR (a contractor of road and bridge construction projects) in a dispute against Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Highways. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Clifford Chance; DLA Piper; Hogan Lovells | Hogan Lovells advised arrangers and joint lead managers Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank and StormHarbour Securities on the securitization of a portfolio of lease receivables worth PLN 2.2 billion originated by Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy S.A., a Polish leasing company owned by Credit Agricole S.A. DLA Piper was legal advisor of EFL S.A., and Clifford Chance advised the European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund. | PLN 2.2 billion | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Aabo-Evasen & Co.; Norton Rose Fulbright | Norton Rose Fulbright advised Grzegorz Lysiuk and Marek Bardzinski on the sale of their shares in ComVision sp. z o.o. to LINK Mobility Group ASA. Norway's Aabo-Evensen & Co advised the buyers on the transaction, which was completed based on an agreed enterprise value of EUR 16 million on a cash-free and debt-free basis. | EUR 16 million | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Kochanski Zieba & Partners; Plesner | Kochanski Zieba & Partners, working alongside global counsel Plesner, advised global investment firm Marlin Equity Partners on its acquisition of Medius Poland, as part of a wider international transaction whereby Marlin acquired holding company Medius AB, a provider of cloud-based accounts payable automation software. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Gessel; Squire Patton Boggs | Squire Patton Boggs advised Mariusz Koczwara, the owner of the Polish gluten-free manufacturer Bezgluten, on his sale of the company to Bounty Brands, the food division of Coast2Coast. Gessel advised Coast2Coast on the deal. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Dentons; Kirkland & Ellis; Linklaters; White & Case; Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | WKB advised Toys "R" Us, a USA-based retailer operating around 1,600 stores worldwide, as Polish counsel in a USD 5 billion Chapter 11 restructuring of its chain, including advising on bridge financing in the amount of USD 816.2 million. The project involved a number of jurisdictions, including USA and Russia. Dentons advised Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, and Wilmington Trust, National Association. Linklaters and White & Case Poland also advised on the restructuring while Kirkland & Ellis acted as the global advisor to Toys "R" Us. | EUR 677.2 million | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG successfully represented Tesco Polska in Poland's Court of Appeal in a dispute involving trade bonuses and logistic discounts related to the takeover of the obligation to deliver supplies from the central warehouse of the retail chain to Tesco Polska stores. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Noerr; White & Case | Noerr advised Gobarto S.A. on a PLN 244 million credit facility agreement granted to Gobarto S.A. and its Polish subsidiaries by Bank Pekao S.A.. White & Case advised Bank Pekao on the matter, which included a refinancing facility, credit line for general corporate purposes, and a term loan to finance the acquisition of various real properties. | PLN 244 million | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS; Crido Legal | Crido Legal advised the Hungarian Investment Fund on its approximately EUR 70 million acquisition of the Torun Plaza shopping center in Poland from Plaza Centers N.V. CMS advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 70 million | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Eversheds | Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised Biomed-Lublin WSiS S.A. on the sale of rights to the Lakcid, Lakcid Forte, and Lakcid L brands to Polpharma. | PLN 17 million | Poland | |
| Nov-17 | Dentons; Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners; White & Case | Dentons advised Bounty Brands, part of the South African Coast2Coast fund, in connection with its acquisition of the Unitop group, a Polish manufacturer of confectionary products and snacks. SSW advised the Unitop Group on the deal. White & Case advised the financing banks. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS; Greenberg Traurig | CMS advised Maxima Grupe, owner of a network of grocery stores in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and a network of Aldik supermarkets in Poland, on an investment agreement signed with Emperia Holding S.A., an owner of the leading Stokrotka supermarket chain in Poland, which then became the basis for a tender offer. Greenberg Traurig advised Greenberg Traurig on the matter. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Kurzynski Kosinski Lyszyk Wierzbicki | KKLW advised Lootena in a PPP project involving the construction of multi-story car parks in Lodz. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Mrowiec Fialek | Mrowiec Fialek advised private equity fund ESO Capital on its divestment of Tempo Finanse Sp. z o.o. to Everest Finanse S.A. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS | CMS advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and Jedwabny & Brzozowska Legal advised Polish family company Polcom Group on financing provided by the former to the latter for the construction of a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Edinburgh. | GBP 14 million | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | act (BSWW) | Act BSWW advised a consortium made up of General Aviation Services Sp. z o.o. and Heli Holland Air Service B.V. on its entrance into a three-year air transport services agreement with Lotos Petrobaltic S.A. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Nov-17 | Kurzynski Kosinski Lyszyk Wierzbicki | KKLW advised ZA Polna SA in its delisting from the Warsaw Stock Exchange. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | CMS; Hogan Lovells; Noerr | Noerr advised the underwriter and W&I insurance provider ANV on a W&I insurance policy regarding the sale of a logistics park and warehouses in Konotopa by Panattoni Group and Marvipol S.A (which were advised by CMS) to M&G RE Fund (advised by Hogan Lovells). | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Clifford Chance; Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised the shareholders of WDX on the company's acquisition by Abris Capital. Clifford Chance advised the buyer. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions provided consulting services during GetBack S.A.'s approximately EUR 7 million bond issuance . | EUR 7 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised Cloud Technologies S.A. on the company's buy back of up to 920,000 shares . The brokerage house acting as an intermediary in the buyback process is IPOPEMA Securities S.A. | PLN 18 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions provided consulting services during GetBack S.A.'s approximately EUR 100 mililon bond issuance.Ê | PLN 100 million | Poland | |
| Dec-17 | Hogan Lovells; Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised the Unilink group on the transaction regarding refinancing the bonds acquired by Darby Private Equity, by the bank loans from mBank S.A. Hogan Lovells advised the bank. | PLN 60 million | Poland | |
| Dec-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised Credit Value Investments sp. z o.o., on financing made through the subscription of bonds to Holiday Park & Resort sp. z o.o. for the real estate project covering building of the several resort complexes at the Baltic Sea. | PLN 60 million | Poland | |
| Dec-17 | Dentons; Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig advised Hansainvest Real Assets GmbH on its acquisition of Generation Park X Ð the first building of Warsaw's Generation Park office project in Warsaw Ñ from Skanska. Dentons advised Skanska on the deal. | EUR 83 million | Poland | |
| Dec-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | DZP advised Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland on its receipt of financial support from Poland's Minister of Development and Finances to create a new production line in its factory in Jelcz-Laskowice. | PLN 400 million | Poland | |
| Dec-17 | Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance Warsaw advised Warburg Pincus on its sale of a majority stake in INEA, the fibre-to-the-home and cable operator in Western Poland, to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5, managed by global infrastructure investor Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. Macquarie was advised by Allen & Overy. | N/A | Poland | |
| Dec-17 | Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig is representing Cyfrowy Polsat Group on the acquisition of a block of approximately 32% of shares in Netia from two major shareholders, with a total purchase price amounting to PLN 638.8 million, and on the announcement of a tender offer in order to achieve 66% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting of Netia. | 638.80 PLN | Poland | |
| Dec-17 | Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig represented Cyfrowy Polsat Group in the acquisition of 100% of shares in companies owning the Eska TV, Eska TV Extra, Eska Rock, Polo TV, and Vox Music TV channels from ZPR Media Group, and 34% of the shares in the company owning the Fokus TV and Nova TV stations, as well as in connection with the preliminary agreement to purchase a further 15% of shares in the company in the future. | PLN 103 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Greenberg Traurig | Greenberg Traurig is representing Goldman Sachs International, through its affiliate Bricks Acquisition Limited, on the announced PLN 1 billion tender offer for 100% of shares in Robyg S.A., a prominent Polish stock-exchange listed developer. | PLN 1 billion | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | SPCG won a dispute before the Court of Appeal in Wroclaw, Poland, for Tesco Polska concerning the admissibility and effects of an agreement on the negative recognition of debt. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Hogan Lovells; Linklaters | Hogan Lovells advised the Management Board of mBank S.A. Ñ a unit of Commerzbank Ñ on its conditional agreement to sell an organized part of its mFinanse unit to Phoebe IVS. Linklaters advised the buyers on the deal. | USD 147 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Clifford Chance; Linklaters | Clifford Chance advised a syndicate of banks, with PKO BP as its agent, in connection with the signing of a credit facility agreement with PESA Bydgoszcz S.A. Linklaters advised PESA Bydgoszcz on the financing. | PLN 200 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | WKB advised ENEA on an investment under which it will acquire and/or take-up newly issued shares in Elektrownia Ostroleka from from Energa so that it ultimately holds 50% of the entire share capital. | N/A | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised Credit Value Investments sp. z o.o. on financing made through the subscription of bonds to OTL Logistics S.A.. | PLN 21.5 million | Poland | Here |
| Dec-17 | PwC Legal; TGS Baltic; Spaczynski, Szczepaniak & Partners | SSW Pragmatic Solutions advised Credit Value Investments sp. z o.o. on financing made through the subscription of bonds granted to the Civinity Group. TGS Balitc was the legal advisor to the fund in Lithuania and Latvia and PWC Legal Lithuania acted as the legal advisor to the issuer. | EUR 11 million | Poland;Lithuania;Latvia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Greenberg Traurig; Suciu Popa | Greenberg Traurig announced that it advised Anheuser-Busch InBev on the Polish aspects of the sale to Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. of the businesses that prior to its combination with AB InBev were owned by SABMiller plc in Central and Eastern Europe. Similarly, Suciu Popa announced that it advised SAB Miller on the sale of its Romanian businesses. | N/A | Poland;Romania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Linklaters; PeliFilip; Radulescu & Musoi; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss Bucharest and Warsaw, working alongside Radulescu & Musoi, advised Poland's Credit Value Investments asset management company on its EUR 12 million investment in Impact Developer & Contractor. Impact Developer & Contractor was advised by PeliFilip and Linklaters. | EUR 12 million | Poland;Romania | |
| Aug-17 | Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance Badea advised New Europe Property Investments on its merger with Rockcastle Global Real Estate company Limited to create NEPI Rockcastle Plc, which one analyst described as "the biggest investor on the commercial property market in Central and Eastern Europe and one of the ten largest companies of its type in Europe in terms of capitalization." | N/A | Poland;Romania | |
| Nov-17 | Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka; Kurzynski Kosinski Lyszyk Wierzbicki; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Romania's Popovici, Nitu, Stoica & Asociatii and Poland's Kurzynski Kosinski Lyszyk Wierzbicki advised the Romanian and Polish subsidiaries of the Etanco Group on their acquisition of of the subsidiaries of Gunnebo Fastening in those two countries. NNDKP, working along lead counsel Fidel, advised Gunnebo Fastening on the Romanian side of the transaction, with DZP reportedly advising Gunnebo Fastening on the sale of its Polish subsidiary. | N/A | Poland;Romania | |
| Jun-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii; CMS; Maravela si Asociatii; White & Case | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted US-listed The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. on a complex joint venture with Astra Rail Management GmbH involving the transfer of companies and cash in several jurisdictions under a joint Dutch umbrella. White & Case advised on non-Romanian law aspects for Greenbrier and CMS and Maravela si Asociatii advised Thomas Mann's subsidiary. | EUR 60 million | Poland;Romania;Slovakia | Here |
| Mar-17 | CMS; Gessel | CMS advised iCotton, a manufacturer of hygiene products in Eastern Europe, on its acquisition of a controlling 59.95% stake Harper Hygienics from Polish Enterprise Fund V, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors. Gessel advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Poland;Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Apr-17 | White & Case | White & Case lawyers in Poland and Slovakia participated in the firm's provision of advice to Banca Farmafactoring on its initial public offering on the Milan Stock Exchange, in which approximately 30% of the company's ordinary shares were sold for a total amount of approximately EUR 250 million. | EUR 250 million | Poland;Slovakia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Morgan Lewis; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss, working with Morgan Lewis, advised Hong Kong-based Automated Systems Holdings Limited on its merger with U.S.-based Grid Dynamics. | N/A | Poland;Ukraine | Here |
| Jun-17 | Clifford Chance; Gide Loyrette Nouel; Redcliffe Partners; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Clifford Chance advised Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen S.A. on its acquisition of control over Bank Polska Kasa Opieki Spolka Akcyjna (Bank Pekao) from ItalyÕs UniCredit. Redcliffe advised PZU on its successful application for merger clearance from the Ukrainian competition authority for the acquisition. Gide Loyrette Nouel advised Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A., and Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised UniCredit. | EUR 2.39 billion | Poland;Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Clifford Chance and Redcliffe Partners advised the EBRD on the extension of its USD 10 million loan to UkraineÕs TC Meest Express LLC, a provider of postal and logistic services for worldwide delivery. | USD 10 million | Poland;Ukraine | Here |
| Nov-17 | Avellum; White & Case | Avellum, working alongside global advisor White & Case, provided Ukrainian legal advice to Coast2Coast on the acquisition of Poland-based Stella Pack by Coast2Coast portfolio company Bounty Brands. | N/A | Poland;Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-17 | act (BSWW); Dentons; Hogan Lovells; Jasinski; Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | Hogan Lovells advised Benson Elliot on its purchase of five office buildings in four Polish cities, including the Vinci office building in Krakow, on which Greenberg Traurig advised as well. The deal included the acquisition of the Opera building in Gdansk from EURO Styl (which was represented by Jasinski Kancelaria Radcow Prawnych); the Vinci office building in Krakow from Dyskret Polska (which was advised by SPCG); the Forum 76 building in Lodz from Virako (which was advised by Dentons); and the Okraglak and Kwadraciak buildings in Poznan from Immobel (which was advised by act BSWW). | N/A | Poland;Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-16 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Ameropa Holding AG on a Competition Council investigation into an alleged price fixing cartel between Ameropa Grains and other grain traders. The Competition Council closed the investigation without applying any fines. | N/A | Romania | |
| Dec-16 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii assisted Albalact on a Competition Council investigation into alleged anticompetitive agreements regarding milk collection and processing and retail of dairy products. | N/A | Romania | |
| Dec-16 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii assisted Albalact on a Competition Council investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices involving four dairy producers regarding the "Supply of dairy products for the students in classes I-VIII of the state or private education and preschool children in state or private kindergartens with a normal 4 hours program, from Giurgiu County" service for 2010 Ð 2014. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; PeliFilip | RTPR Allen & Overy advised a syndicate of banks consisting of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, ING Bank, Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, SEB AG and Vorarlberger Landes- und Hypothekenbank Aktiengesellschaft on Romanian law aspects of Schlemmer Romania S.R.L.'s accession to a German-law-governed term and revolving loan facilities agreement for the refinancing of existing indebtedness and general corporate purposes of the Schlemmer group. PeliFilip advised the borrower. | EUR 85 million | Romania | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy | RTPR Allen & Overy advised the EBRD on a EUR 40 million loan to Credit Europe Bank to be used for supporting local small businesses. | EUR 40 million | Romania | |
| Dec-16 | Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii advised Delta Commodities & Financial Services on the restructuring of several banking facilities of a corporate group active in the agri business. The assistance included multi-party negotiations with sixÊ Êcommercial banks including an export credit bank. | N/A | Romania | |
| Dec-16 | Leroy si Asociatii; Savu, Cristescu si Asociatii | Leroy si Asociatii advised the French group Yves Rocher on its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Cosmetiques de France, owner of the Yves Rocher franchise in Romania, which includes 40 stores. Savu, Cristescu si Asociatii advised the seller. | N/A | Romania | |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; Leroy si Asociatii; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Schoenherr | RTPR Allen & Overy advised Raiffeisen Bank and Wood & company Financial Services as managers on Med LifeÕs IPO -- the biggest private IPO in Romanian history -- on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Medlife was advised by Schoenherr. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen advised Value4Capital on the sale of its entire shareholding of 36.25% in Medlife S.A., performed through the IPO. Leroy si Asociatii advised the International Finance Corporation which made a partial exit and lowered its share stake in Medlife following the listing. | EUR 230 million | Romania | |
| Jan-17 | Drakopoulos | Drakopoulos advised AIM-listed Secure Property Development & Investment on the issuance of a corporate guarantee to Alpha Bank Romania as security for a loan granted by the bank to one of the clientÕs Romanian subsidiaries.Ê | EUR 1 million | Romania | |
| Jan-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen | Bondoc & Asociatii represented a consortium of OTV International SASU and Constructii Erbasu S.R.L. in a legal battle over the awarding of a major public procurement contract for the rehabilitation of a waste water management plant in Bucharest. NNDKP represented the defendant.Ê | EUR 140 million | Romania | |
| Jan-17 | Musat & Asociatii | Musat & Asociatii assisted Emerson S.R.L., the Romanian subsidiary of Emerson Electric, with the separation of Emerson Network Power for the purpose of its transfer to the American investment fund Platinum Equity. | USD 4 billion | Romania | |
| Jan-17 | Biris Goran; CMS | Biris Goran advised AdamAmerica Europe on its acquisition of Construdava, a 9,400 square meter office building located on Pipera-Tunari Road, in the North-East of Bucharest, from Commerzbank AG and Aberdeen Asset Management. CMS advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jan-17 | EY Law; Faegre Baker Daniels; Van Campen | Faegre Baker Daniels, EY Law, and Van Campen advised the European luxury smartwatch brand Vector on the company's acquisition by Fitbit. | N/A | Romania | |
| Feb-17 | Clifford Chance; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised on the financing of the acquisition of NetCity Telecom SRL and the refinancing of a senior loan granted to Direct One SA. Badea Clifford Chance advised Banca Comerciala Romana SA and BRD Groupe Societe Generale SA. | EUR 36 million | Romania | |
| Feb-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted eMAG on the acquisition of a significant participation in Zitec.Ê | EUR 1.7 million | Romania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Allen & Overy; Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted Mid Europa Partners in connection with the acquisition of Profi, one of the largest retail chains in Romania. RTPR Allen & Overy assisted the seller. | EUR 533 million | Romania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii advised Fondul Proprietatea SA in connection with a monetary claim for interest on late payment of dividends in a publicly-held, state owned company for financial year 2014. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Clifford Chance; Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen | NNDKP provided legal counsel to a syndicate of banks on a EUR 24 million financing granted to the Pehart Tec Group. Clifford Chance advised the borrower on the deal. | EUR 24 million | Romania | |
| Feb-17 | Vernon | David; Volciuc-Ionescu | Volciuc-Ionescu advised Banca Commerciala Romana on a EUR 25 million financing to TMK-ARTROM for the development of a thermal treatment line. Vernon | David advised the borrower. | EUR 25 million | Romania | |
| Feb-17 | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen | NNDKP successfully represented a joint venture formed of three Spanish and French companies Ñ FCC Construccion S.A., Aqualia Intech S.A., and Suez International S.A. (case number 8424/2/2016) Ñ in a dispute over the awarding of a public procurement contract related to the extension of the Glina Waste Water Treatment Plant and the construction of a sludge incinerator organized by Bucharest Municipality. | N/A | Romania | |
| Feb-17 | Musat & Asociatii | Musat & Asociatii advised car component producer Mecaplast on a brownfield investment in Romania of approximately EUR 10 million. | EUR 10 million | Romania | |
| Feb-17 | CMS | CMS advised ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KGon its acquisition of Star East Pet SRL. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Feb-17 | bpv (Grigorescu Stefanica) | BPV Grigorescu Stefanica advised Zitec on the acquisition of a significant minority stake in the company by Dante International, the Naspers-owned company operating the largest Romanian e-commerce website. Following the transaction, Zitec will benefit from an infusion of capital intended for financing its expansion plans. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Zamifirescu Racoti & Partners | Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners has obtained a new final arbitration award from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Paris partially accepting the counterclaim made by the management company for state-owned stakes in the Societatea de Administrare a Participatiilor in Energie (SAPE) energy companies against E.ON Romania S.R.L. (E.ON). As a result of the ruling, E.ON is obliged to pay the amount of RON 4,070,948 (approximately EUR 901,000) plus interest to SAPE in compensation for infringing the minority shareholderÕs rights in its distribution of dividends. | EUR 901,000 | Romania | Here |
| Feb-17 | Zamifirescu Racoti & Partners | Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners secured a final arbitration decision from the International Chamber of Commerce Paris, which partially accepted a case brought by Societatea de Administrare a Participa_iilor in Energie (SAPE) against Enel Investment Holding B.V. and Enel S.p.A (Enel). | EUR 401.2 million | Romania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Carrefour Romania on the implementation of a farming cooperative. | N/A | Romania | |
| Mar-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Carrefour Romania S.A. on the signing of a 10-year lease agreement of built-to-suit logistic facilities developed by Warehouses DePauw for the companyÕs online retail business | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Mar-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias assisted Cotecna Inspection on its acquisition of 100% of the shares of TIMEX Surveyors S.R.L. from its former sole shareholder, Butuca Adrian. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Mar-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted Paul Hartmann SRL on various aspects of its business, including the acquisition of a large portfolio. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Mar-17 | CMS | CMS advised AGI Hera on its sale of industrial (logistic) property of over 100,000 square meters near Bucharest. | N/A | Romania | |
| Mar-17 | CMS | CMS advised Chem-Trend on the acquisition of the release agent business of its long-time distribution partner in Romania, Rubio Trading & Consulting SRL. | N/A | Romania | |
| Mar-17 | Allen & Overy; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii and Allen & Overy advised sports betting company Fortuna Entertainment Group on Romanian legal issues related to its acquisition of Hattrick Sports Group Ltd., Ireland, from Hattrick Sports Group LLC (U.S) and other shareholders and share warrant holders. | EUR 135 million | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Bredin Prat; Jones Day; Kinstellar; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Lincoln Electric, a manufacturer of welding products, on the acquisition of Romanian company Ductil SA, as part of the global acquisition of the welding business of Air Liquide. Jones Day was the global adviser to Lincoln Electric. Bredin Prat advised the seller globally and Kinstellar was the local adviser. | N/A | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Auchan Romania on its partnership with Petrom for opening of convenience stores in Petrom fuel service stations in Romania under the MyAuchan brand. | N/A | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | DLA Piper; The Law Chamber | As part of a more complex transaction involving the restructuring of the joint business investment plans of both the seller and the buyer, DLA Piper advised Catalin Fenelon Neagu on his sale of 74.4898% of his shareholding in Telecredit IFN S.A. to RC2 (Cyprus) Limited, a closed-end investment fund. Local boutique The Law Chamber advised the purchaser. | EUR 2.6 million | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy | RTPR Allen & Overy advised the EBRD on the restructuring of a EUR 8.8 million loan granted to Compania de Utilitati Publice Dunarea Braila S.A. in order to permit additional investments aimed at modernizing and upgrading the water and wastewater services in Braila County. | EUR 8.8 million | Romania | Here |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy | RTPR Allen & Overy advised BRD-Groupe Societe Generale S.A. and Komercni Banka, a.s. on a EUR 47.6 million loan to CTPark Gamma S.R.L. for the development of two industrial buildings near Bucharest. | EUR 47.6 million | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy; PeliFilip | RTPR Allen & Overy successfully represented SDEE Transilvania Nord SA (part of Electrica group) in front of the Bucharest Court of Appeal in a dispute initiated by RCS-RDS (the largest Romanian telecom services provider) challenging through a series of administrative cases SDEEÕs electricity distribution natural monopoly. PeliFillip represented RCS-RDS | N/A | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted Luscan Com SRL in connection with the acquisition of a business active in the extractive industry from an insolvent company. Following the acquisition, the firm represented the acquired company in a dispute related to its rights on the land where the extractive activities took place. | N/A | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy; Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii advised Mid Europa private equity group in connection with the increase and renegotiation of facilities extended to finance the acquisition of the Regina Maria group. RTPR Allen & Overy assisted the Seller. | EUR 95 million | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Suciu Popa | Suciu Popa assisted Enel Investment Holding B.V. in finalizing its acquisition of 13.6% of the share capital of E-Distributie Muntenia S.A. and Enel Energie Muntenia S.A., which increased EnelÕs interest in the two companies to 78%. | EUR 400 million | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | CMS | CMS advised Linde on the acquisition of Rodmir Expert and ITO Industries International, two Romanian companies active in the same industry. | N/A | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Clifford Chance; Linklaters; PeliFilip | PeliFilip, working with Linklaters, advised the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance on a two-tranche Eurobonds issue which attracted EUR 1.75 billion from international markets. Clifford Chance Badea provided legal assistance to the bank syndicate, which included Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Erste Group Bank AG, Societe Generale, and ING Bank NV. | EUR 1.75 billion | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Maravela si Asociatii | Maravela si Asociatii assisted Quantum Music Records Romania on its conclusion of a strategic partnership with Universal Music France for the development of the musical project of the artist Irina Rimes in France and on French territories and in the French communities of Monaco, The French Overseas Territories and Departments, Andorra, Benelux, Switzerland, and Canada. | N/A | Romania | |
| Apr-17 | Leroy si Asociatii; Schoenherr | Leroy si Asociatii advised Lactalis, the world's leading dairy products company, in the post-acquisition phase of Albalact, the largest Romanian dairy producer, namely with the squeeze out procedure of the minority shareholders in Albalact, followed by the delisting of Albalact from trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Schoenherr advised the seller. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Apr-17 | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen | NNDKP represented a joint venture created by FCC Construccion SA, Astaldi SPA, and Contratas Y Ventas S.A. in litigation involving an award of a public procurement contract by Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate SA (CFR) entitled ÒRehabilitation of the Frontiera Ð Curtici Ð Simeria Railway, part of the IVth Pan Ð European Corridor, for the circulation of trains with a maximum speed of 160 km/h, Section 3: Gurasada-Simeria.Ó | EUR 550 million | Romania | |
| May-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised SIVECO Romania on its successful participation in a public tender organized by the Romanian Intelligence Service for the acquisition of "Computer system integration and operational and analytical recovery of large amounts of data, personnel training and networking LAN and SANÓ software. | EUR 31 million | Romania | Here |
| May-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Ameropa Grains on the acquisition of a complex storage facility. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| May-17 | Allen & Overy | RTPR Allen & Overy advised the EBRD on the restructuring of a EUR 17.1 million loan granted to Apa Canal Sibiu S.A., to permit additional investments aimed at modernizing and upgrading the water and wastewater services in Sibiu County. | EUR 17.1 million | Romania | Here |
| May-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii; Clifford Chance | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted Bedminster Capital in connection with the sale of Hiperdia Diagnostics Centers in Romania to Affidea (following a competitive process involving two other bidders). Clifford Chance assisted Affidea. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| May-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Accel on its investment, made in participation with Earlybird Venture Capital, Credo Ventures, and Seedcamp, on USD 30 million in Series A investment into UiPath, a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company. | USD 30 million | Romania | |
| May-17 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Clifford Chance; Freshfields; Houthoff Buruma; PeliFilip | PeliFilip assisted Digi Communications N.V., the majority shareholder of RCS & RDS S.A., regarding the initial public offering of shares conducted for listing RCS & RDS on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Digi on U.S., UK, and Dutch elements of the issuance. Clifford Chance Badea advised the banks on Romanian law, while Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Houthoff Buruma offered legal assistance on U.S., UK, and Dutch law. | N/A | Romania | |
| May-17 | Dentons; Suciu Popa | Suciu Popa advised Hili Ventures in its acquisition of the ART Business Centre in Bucharest from FBC Exclusiv, with financing provided by Banca Comerciala Romana, advised by Dentons. | N/A | Romania | |
| May-17 | PeliFilip | PeliFilip successfully represented Romania's Financial Supervisory Authority in a dispute initiated by the former Chairman of the Insurance Supervisory Commission, Tudor Daniel George. | RON 3.3 million | Romania | |
| May-17 | Deloitte Legal (Reff & Associates); Schoenherr | Reff & Associates advised Investcapital Malta Ltd Ñ a subsidiary of BRIEF-Kruk Ñ on its acquisition of a debt portfolio with a nominal value of RON 1.25 billion from BRD Groupe Societe Generale. Schoenherr advised the sellers on the deal. | EUR 282 million | Romania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Carrefour on deals involving two of its supermarkets in the city of Braila as part of CarrefourÕs commitments to the Romanian Competition Council pursuant to the Carrefour-Billa deal. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Carrefour on a deal involving one of its supermarkets in the city of Braila as part of CarrefourÕs commitments to the Romanian Competition Council pursuant to the Carrefour-Billa deal. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Individual Law Practice Chiciu Alexandru Florin; TAMC Ð Attorneys at law; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii, working with solo practitioner Chiciu Alexandru Florin and TAMC Ð Attorneys at law, cleared the FRF (the Romanian Football Federation) of all charges in a case concerning the withdrawal of the status of affiliated member of SC Fotbal Club U Craiova SA. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jun-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias advised Solina on its acquisition of Supremia Grup SRL, a Romanian producer of blends and spices, with subsidiaries in Denmark and the Republic of Moldova. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jun-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias assisted Ascendis Health on the acquisition of several pharma companies in Europe, including Sunwave Pharma SRL, a distribution company based in Romania. In cooperation with the PwC Legal office in Cyprus, D&B coordinated the closing activities for all jurisdictions. | N/A | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | Allen & Overy; Norton Rose Fulbright | RTPR Allen & Overy and Norton Rose advised the EBRD on EUR 102.5 million financing granted to Lidl Discount, member of the German Schwarz group, for the financing of energy efficient buildings in Romania. Ê | EUR 102.5 million | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | Allen & Overy; Bondoc & Asociatii | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted the Romanian Town of Sinaia in a dispute with the central fiscal authorities on VAT-related matters. | N/A | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | Allen & Overy; Leroy si Asociatii | Leroy si Asociatii advised Expert Petroleum, a company specializing in resources optimization, operations restructuring, and production enhancement techniques, in the process of accessing a USD 5 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the purpose of developing its business in Romania. Allen & Overy advised the lender. | EUR 5 million | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Romanian DYI retailer Dedeman, on its acquisition of the AFI Park 1-3 office buildings in Bucharest from AFI, with an additional option to buy AFI Park 4 & 5. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen and solo practitioner Bianca Stamatoiu advised AFI. | N/A | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen | NNDKP successfully represented Search Corporation SRL in a dispute involving a claim for damages of approximately RON 62 million related to the public procurement contract concluded in 2006 for design works for the building of the Agigea Bridge near the Port of Constanta. | RON 62 million | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | CMS | CMS advised Alpla on the acquisition of Amraz, one of the leading PET preform producers in Romania. | N/A | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | CMS | CMS advised Iulius Group on a joint venture with the South African fund Atterbury Europe. | N/A | Romania | |
| Jun-17 | BonelliErede; Chiomenti Studio Legale; Schoenherr | Schoenherr, together with BonelliErede, advised Bosch Thermotechnik on the acquisition of MTA Spa and its six sales subsidiaries in Romania, France, Germany, Spain, USA and Austrialia. The seller was advised by Chiomenti. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jun-17 | Schoenherr | The Bucharest office of Schoenherr provided legal assistance on the creation of a 50/50 partnership between the Iulius Group, the developer and operator of the Iulius network of shopping malls, with Atterbury Romania. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jul-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias advised Fluorocarbon UK Limited on the sale of its Romanian business, FBS Prestige SRL., to American Pan (Bundy Baking Solutions). | N/A | Romania | |
| Jul-17 | Noerr | Noerr advised Daimler on the takeover by its subsidiary, e-hailing company Mytaxi, of Romanian company Clever Tech SRL, which owns the taxi hail app Clever Taxi. Financial terms were not disclosed. | N/A | Romania | |
| Jul-17 | PeliFilip | PeliFilip advised Mitiska REIM on its purchase of 11 Romanian commercial parks from Alpha Property Development. The portfolio covers a gross leasable area of 55,000 square meters and is fully leased to local and international brands such as Deichmann, Takko, and Pepco. | N/A | Romania | |
| Jul-17 | Musat & Asociatii | Musat & Asociatii reported that it gained an important victory for its client Ñ the Cyane SRL real estate developer Ñ in a dispute between the Cluj Napoca Local Council and the Association for Urbanistic Protection of Cluj involving the latter's attempts to have urban planning documents issued by the former related to the construction of a large real estate project (the Luminia residential complex)_ _canceled. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Kinstellar; PeliFilip | PeliFilip advised real estate company Global Trade Center on its acquisition of Bucharest's Cascade Office Building from Adval Properties in a deal valued at EUR 9 million. Kinstellar reportedly advised the sellers. | EUR 9 million | Romania | |
| Jul-17 | PeliFilip | PeliFilip advised Skanska on the sale of the third building in the Green Court Bucharest project to Globalworth Real Estate Investments Ltd. The buyer relied on in-house counsel only on a deal valued at EUR 38 million. | EUR 38 million | Romania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Stratulat Albulescu | Stratulat Albulescu assisted Futureal, a Hungarian real estate investment company, with the acquisition at auction of over 15,000 square meters of land near Poligrafiei Boulevard in Bucharest to build a housing estate. The transaction was worth EUR 3.7 million and was completed on June 14. | EUR 3.7 million | Romania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised OMV Petrom S.A. on the divestment of its fully owned subsidiary OMV Petrom Wind Power SRL to Canadian fund Transeastern Power Trust. | EUR 23 million | Romania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Leroy si Asociatii; Schoenherr | Leroy si Asociatii advised the French group Lactalis on its successful acquisition of Romania's Covalact S.A. dairy producer, from the SigmaBleyzer private equity firm. Schoenherr advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Aug-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised SAP Romania on a public tender organized by Electrica Furnizare (a state-owned company) for the acquisition of an IT client management system. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Aug-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias advised the shareholders of Praktiker Romania on the sale of 27 Praktiker stores to the British group Kingfisher. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Aug-17 | DLA Piper | As part of a multi-jurisdictional transaction, DLA Piper advised the funds Perusa Partners Fund 2, L.P. and Perusa Partners Founder 2a, L.P., managed by Perusa, on their acquisition of the majority of shares in HuDLA Piperst Holding B.V. from its founding shareholders. The transaction also covered the Netherlands, Germany, and China. | N/A | Romania | |
| Aug-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii; Clifford Chance | Bondoc & Asociatii assisted Ioan Tecar in connection with his full exit from Pehart SA -- the largest paper producer in SEE. Clifford Chance assisted Abris, the buyer.Ê | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Aug-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Auchan Retail Romania on its lease from Bucur Obor of 2300 square meters of space in the Bucur Obor Shopping Center in which it will base its first Bucharest supermarket. | N/A | Romania | |
| Aug-17 | Lazzari Law Firm; Maravela si Asociatii; Mondini & Resconi; Sinescu & Nazat | Maravela|Asociatii assisted Standex International Corporation with its first investment on the Romanian market: the acquisition of the Romanian branch of the Piazza Rossa Group. Other firms advising Standex on the transaction, which closed at the beginning of August, included Italy's Sinescu & Nazat, Mondini & Resconi law firm and Lazzari Law Firm. | N/A | Romania | |
| Aug-17 | Bondoc & Asociatii; Maravela si Asociatii; White & Case | Maravela|Asociatii represented Chimcomplex Borzesti S.A. in a tender for the assets of Romania's Oltchim chemical company. Oltchim was assisted by Bondoc & Asociatii and White & Case. | N/A | Romania | |
| Aug-17 | Biris Goran; Noerr | Biris Goran assisted Swiss investor Philippe Jacobs and the Ibitol Group with the sale of Coresi Business Park to Immochan via a share deal. The buyers were advised by Noerr on the transaction. | N/A | Romania | |
| Sep-17 | CEE Attorneys | CEE Attorneys advised Xpediator Plc on the initial public offering of its shares on the Alternative Investment Market, a subÐmarket of the London Stock Exchange. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii represented Alstom in litigation concerning the award of a Ilteu Ð Gurasada rehabilitation works contract, made as part of the "Reabilitarea liniei de cale ferata Frontiera Ð Curtici Ð Simeria, parte componenta a Coridorului IV Pan Ð European pentru circulatia trenurilor cu viteza maxima de 160km/h: Tronsonul 2: Km 614 Ð Gurasada, subtronsonul 2c: Cap Y Ilteu Ð Gurasada si tronsonul 3: Gurasada-SimeriaÓ project. | EUR 326 million | Romania | Here |
| Sep-17 | bpv (Grigorescu Stefanica); Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised the Romanian Chamber of Architects on its challenge of the decision of the National History Museum to cancel an international competition for the spatial and architectural redesign of the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest. bpv Grigorescu Stefanica acted for Starh studio. | EUR 94.6 million | Romania | Here |
| Sep-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias assisted the founding partners of Energobit Ñ Stefan Gadola, Pal Peter, and Ioan Socea Ñ with a capital injection amounting to approximately EUR 8,7 million. As a result of the share capital increase the three Romanian investors increased their ownership to 75% and the participation of Innova Capital and EBRD was diluted to 25%. | EUR 8.7 million | Romania | Here |
| Sep-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias and PwC Romania assisted Voici la Mode during its acquisition of three Marks & Spencer stores in Romania, making it the new holder of the M&S franchise in Romania. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Sep-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Fortuna Entertainment Group N.V., acting through Fortuna Romania, on various gambling regulatory aspects as well as on corporate, IP and insolvency laws matters related to its acquisitions of Bet Active Concept S.R.L., Bet Zone S.R.L., Public Slots S.R.L., and Slot Arena S.R.L. | EUR 47 million | Romania | |
| Sep-17 | Firon Bar-Nir; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Auchan on its acquisition of a land plot in Timisoara, Romania, from Plaza Centers. The seller was assisted by Firon Bar-Nir. | EUR 7.25 million | Romania | |
| Sep-17 | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Elit Cugir on its sale of a 100% stake in two packaged meat manufacturers in Romania Ñ Elit SRL and Vericom SRL Ñ to the Smithfield Foods Inc unit of WH Group Ltd. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Romania | |
| Sep-17 | bpv (Grigorescu Stefanica) | BPV Grigorescu Stefanica persuaded the Romanian Court of Appeal that an international architecture competition titled "The New MNIR" should be re-opened, after it had been cancelled by the director of the National History Museum of Romania. | N/A | Romania | |
| Oct-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Swietelsky Romania on its tender for the award of a railway infrastructure works agreement granted by the National Railway company valued at approximately RON 20 million, and on related litigation initiated by other bidders, which challenged the award before the National Council for Solving Complaints, the Bucharest Court of Appeal and the Timisoara Court of Appeal. | RON 20 million | Romania | Here |
| Oct-17 | PwC Legal (D&B David si Baias) | D&B David si Baias assisted the shareholders of Clinica Polisano on their sale of 100% of the shares in the company to Medlife. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Allen & Overy | RTPR Allen & Overy advised the EBRD on the EUR 10 million loan to Calihory Group to finance the expansion and refurbishment of the companyÕs network and the construction of a new warehouse. | EUR 10 million | Romania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Allen & Overy; PeliFilip | RTPR Allen & Overy advised DS Smith Plc group on its acquisition of EcoPack and EcoPaper, two major producers of packaging and paper products on the Romanian market. PeliFilip advised the seller. | EUR 208 million | Romania | Here |
| Oct-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised long-standing client Swietelsky Romania on its successful tender for the award of a railway infrastructure construction agreement by Romania's National Railway company. | RON 20 million | Romania | |
| Oct-17 | PeliFilip | PeliFilip, working alongside Linklaters, assisted Romania's Ministry of Public Finance in a Eurobonds issuance which attracted EUR 1 billion from international markets, through the re-opening of an April 2017 issue, with a maturity of 10 years and a coupon of 2.375%. | EUR 1 billion | Romania | |
| Oct-17 | Allen & Overy; bpv (Grigorescu Stefanica) | RTPR Allen & Overy advised private equity fund ADM Capital on the sale of Brikston Construction Solutions S.A. (previously Ceramica S.A.) to the Austrian group Wienerberger. bpv (Grigorescu Stefanica) advised the buyer. | N/A | Romania | |
| Nov-17 | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised French group Etanco on the purchase from Gunnebo Industries group of Gbo FasteningsÕ business in Romania, as part of a multi-jurisdictional transaction. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen advised the seller. | N/A | Romania | |
| Nov-17 | Allen & Overy | RTPR Allen & Overy advised a syndicate of banks led by Raiffeisen Bank International AG on the extension of and certain amendments to Alro financing arrangements of USD 167 million. | USD 167 million | Romania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Allen & Overy; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | RTPR Allen & Overy advised Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A. on its acquisition of the minority stakes previously held by Fondul Proprietatea in the companyÕs energy distribution and supply subsidiaries. PNSA advised the sellers on the deal. | RON 752 million | Romania | Here |
| Nov-17 | Allen & Overy; Schoenherr | RTPR Allen & Overy advised Wood & company Financial Services and Raiffeisen Bank as joint book-runners on the IPO of Sphera Franchise Group and admission to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Schoenherr Bucharest advised Sphera on the IPO, which represented approximately 25.3% of the company's share capital. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Nov-17 | CMS | CMS advised Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. on the sale of its majority stake in Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries Ð the largest industrial shipyard on RomaniaÕs Black Sea Coast Ð to Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group. | N/A | Romania | |
| Nov-17 | CEE Attorneys; McGregors | CEE Attorneys advised the Keswick Enterprises Group on the sale of its Romanian logistics subsidiary, Tibbett Logistics, to Japan's Yusen Logistics supply chain logistics company. McGregors advised the buyers on the transaction. | N/A | Romania | |
| Nov-17 | Biris Goran | Biris Goran represented One United Properties in a private placement bond issuance of EUR 20 million bonds maturing at four years through private placement for the development of high end real estate in Bucharest. | EUR 20 million | Romania | Here |
| Dec-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii assisted Auchan on the acquisition of an OK Supermarket network consisting of three stores located in and around Bucharest. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Dec-17 | PeliFilip; Schoenherr; Shearman & Sterling | PeliFilip advised Banca Transilvania on its acquisition of Bancpost S.A., ERB Retail Services IFN S.A., and ERB Leasing IFN S.A. from Eurobank Group. The sellers were advised by Shearman & Sterling and Schoenherr. | N/A | Romania | |
| Dec-17 | CMS | CMS advised BitdefenderÕs founders and majority shareholders on the sale of a 30% stake to private equity firm Vitruvian Partners. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| May-17 | Allen & Overy; Dentons; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised Fortuna Entertainment Group NV in connection with the acquisition of the Fortuna Romania business from its affiliated company, Fortbet Cyprus. Allen & Overy's Bratislava office acted as the acquisition finance advisor, together with Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii, while Dentons acted for the lenders. | N/A | Romania | Here |
| Jul-17 | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised on the acquisition by Astra Rail Management GmbH, an important investor in the agribusiness industry in the south west part of Romania, of two companies activating in the same business (Agromec Scornicesti S.A. and Agroprest Mihdar S.R.L.) operating approx. 2,600 hectares of land, mostly under leasehold. | N/A | Romania | |
| Mar-17 | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii; Van Campen | Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised Credo Ventures on the acquisition of a minority share package in DCS Plus. Van Campen advised the seller. | N/A | Romania;CzechRepublic | Here |
| Aug-17 | Bojovic & Partners; Freshfields; Karanovic & Nikolic; Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Weil is representing OTP Bank on two major transactions involving its Romanian and Serbian subsidiaries and the National Bank of Greece. Karanovic and Nikolic provided local advice to OTP in Serbia, and Schoenherr provided local advice in Romania. Freshfields advised the National Bank of Greece on both deals. Bojovic & Partners announced that it acted as local counsel to the National Bank of Greece "in its sale of Vojvodanska Banka a.d., NBG Leasing d.o.o., and a portfolio of Serbian-risk corporate loans to OTP Banka Srbija A.D. Novi Sad." The B&P team was led by Partner Vuk Draskovic. | EUR 125 million | Romania;Serbia | |
| Jan-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership); Cigdemtekin Dora Cakirca Aranci; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | The Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie advised BRF S.A., one of the biggest poultry producers in the world, on its acquisition of a 79.48% stake in Banvit Bandirma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi A.S, a prominent Turkey-based poultry company. The controlling shareholders of Banvit were advised by the Cigdemtekin Dora Cakirca Aranci firm. White & Case advised the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) on the joint venture between QIA and BRF to acquire the 79.5% stake in BRF. Wolf Theiss also advised the Qatar Investment Authority on matters of Austrian law in the matter while Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised BRF on Romanian elements. | EUR 229.4 million | Romania;Turkey | |
| Dec-16 | Alrud; Freshfields | Alrud advised Solopharm on its attraction of investment from the Baring Vostok private equity fund for the restructuring of its financial indebtedness, expansion of its production capacity, and diversification of the pharmaceutical products range. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the buyer. | N/A | Russia | |
| Dec-16 | Alrud; LJ&P Studio Legale; | Alrud advised McCormick & Company, a manufacturer of spices, herbs, and flavorings for global retail, commercial, and industrial markets, on matters of Russian law related to its acquisition of 100% shares in Enrico Giotti SpA (Italy), a leading Italian flavor manufacturer. LJ&P Studio Legale advised Enrico. | USD 127 million | Russia | |
| Dec-16 | Capital Legal Services | Capital Legal Services advised the Government of Khabarovsky Krai in Russia's Far East on the December 12, 2016 concession agreement signed between it and the Regional Concession company - part of the VIS Construction Group. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Dec-16 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners successfully represented the interests of Mondi Syktyvkar before the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Dec-16 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners developed an antitrust compliance program for Russia's M.Video retail chain. | N/A | Russia | |
| Jan-17 | Akin Gump; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Akin Gump advised USM Holdings and its subsidiaries in the proposed sale of its stake in Mail.Ru Group Limited to PJSC MegaFon. Cleary Gottlieb is advising MegaFon, which announced its board decision to call a shareholder meeting to approve the acquisition. | USD 740 million | Russia | |
| Jan-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners successfully defended the interests of T2 Mobile Ð a nation-wide mobile operator in Russia Ð in what the firm describes as "a precedent-setting case against the Moscow Metro regarding unfair tariffs for placing telecommunications equipment in the metro." | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Morgan Lewis | Morgan Lewis advised Natixis on a USD 300 million pre-export finance facility for Russian Copper company Group. Natixis was the Co-ordinating Mandated Lead Arranger for the deal, which was structured as a five year pre-export finance facility backed by receivables from export of copper wire rod and copper cathodes. | USD 300 million | Russia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners provided legal support for a project called the Mortgage Securities Factory, a new tool used by Russia's Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending to refinance mortgages. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Pepeliaev Group | Lawyers from Pepeliaev GroupÕs St. Petersburg office successfully challenged the cadastral value of Petrovskiy Fort, one of the largest business centers in St. Petersburg, in first instance and appeal courts. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Aliev; Goltsblat BLP; Herbert Smith | Goltsblat BLP advised Russian billionaire Roman Avdeev's Rossium group of companies on their acquisition of a 90.99% stake in Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim group's PJSC OPIN development group. Onexim was advised by Herbert Smith on the deal. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Capital Legal Services | Capital Legal Services advised the ADG Group on the engagement of Lenta as a key anchor tenant for 36 of its 39 district shopping and entertainment centers. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Debevoise & Plimpton | Debevoise & Plimptonadvised Polyus Gold International Limited on a USD 800 million Eurobond offering due 2023 with a coupon of 5.25% per annum. The Notes were offered inside the United States to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and outside the United States to buyers under Regulation S. | USD 800 million | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Berwin Leighton Paisner; Herbert Smith | Berwin Leighton Paisner advised Gett, the global on-demand mobility company, on its USD 100 million financing from Sberbank, the largest lender in Russia. Herbert Smith reportedly advised Sberbank. | USD 100 million | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Akin Gump; Park Energy Law | Akin Gump advised PJSC Lukoil in relation to the acquisition by Renaissance Oil Corp. of an indirect 25% interest in the Integrated Exploration and Production Contract for the 230 square kilometer (56,800 acres) Amatitlan block near Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico. Park Energy Law advised Renaissance Oil on the deal. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Weil is reporting that, in a case referred to the firm by LGBTQ immigrant rights organization Immigration Equality, its lawyers secured asylum for a Russian _pro bono_ client on the grounds that he suffered past persecution on account of his sexual orientation and had a well-founded fear of future persecution if required to return to Russia. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Freshfields | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised PAO Severstal on its USD 250 million issuance of senior unsecured guaranteed convertible bonds, due 2022. The transaction is the first-ever Russian bond issuance, and, according to Freshfields, one of the first emerging-market bond issuances to achieve zero-coupon pricing. | USD 250 million | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Linklaters; White & Case | White & Case advised PJSC Detsky Mir, Russia's largest children's goods retailer, as issuer, and PJSFC Sistema, as selling shareholder, on the RUB 21.1 billion (approximately USD 360 million) IPO of up to 33.55 percent of Detsky MirÕs ordinary shares on the Moscow Exchange. Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs International, and Morgan Stanley are acting as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, with Sberbank CIB and UBS Investment Bank also acting as Joint Bookrunners. The banks were represented by Linklaters. | USD 360 million | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Debevoise & Plimpton; Hogan Lovells | Debevoise advised NLMK and its U.S. subsidiaries on a USD 250 million revolving ABL facility to refinance existing indebtedness. Hogan Lovells advised sole coordinator and bookrunner and mandated lead arranger Bank of America Merrill Lynch International, as well as mandated lead arrangers JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank. Bank of America was appointed as facility agent, collateral agent, and issuing bank. | USD 250 million | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP advised ICBC International Leasing on the delivery of six Airbus A321-211 aircraft to Aeroflot. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Latham & Watkins; White & Case | White & Case advised Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, VTB Capital plc, and Aton LLC as Joint Bookrunners on the RUB 10,416.7 million (approximately USD 175 million) secondary public offering (SPO) of 138,888,888 existing ordinary shares in PAO ÔTMKÕ, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of tubular products for the oil and gas industry. Latham advised PAO 'TMK'. | USD 175 million | Russia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Debevoise & Plimpton | Debevoise & Plimpton advised Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) in the division of the shipbuilding and shipping business of Volgo-Balt Transport Holding (VBTH) with its minority shareholders, whereby the Vodokhod group -- the river cruise business of VBTH -- was taken over by the minority shareholders and UCL Holding consolidated 100% of VBTH, which has retained control of all of the shipbuilding and water cargo transportation assets. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Lidings | Lidings advised the Defi Group S.A.S. on matters related to the dismissal of the General Director of its Russian subsidiary and its appointment of a new General Director. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Capital Legal Services | Capital Legal Services advised ADG Group on the engagement of the Lenta hypermarket chain as an anchor tenant for 36 of its 39 district shopping and entertainment centers. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Herbert Smith; Linklaters | Linklaters advised VTB Capital, Renaissance Capital, and CLSA Ltd. as placing and settlement agents on the sale by Onexim Holdings Ltd of an approximately 3% stake in UC Rusal. Herbert Smith advised Onexim Holdings on the deal. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Clifford Chance; Linklaters | The Moscow office of Clifford Chance advised Integra Group on the restructuring of RUB 8.7 billion in debt provided by a syndicate consisting of Sberbank and Alfa-Bank. Linklaters advised the banks on the restructuring. | RUB 8.7 billion | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Alrud | Advised Volkswagen Group Rus in a number of disputes initiated by dealers of GEMA Group for the recovery of damages of over USD 250 million caused by termination of the dealer agreements. In the end, the court decided to dismiss the claims and concluded that the termination of the agreements had not caused damages, therefore there were no grounds for claiming damage from Volkswagen Group Rus.Ê | USD 250 million | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | CMS | CMS advised OMV AG, the Austrian oil and natural gas group, on its acquisition of a 24.99% stake in the Yuzhno-Russkoye field, the Russia-based oil and gas field, from Uniper SE. | USD 1.85 billion | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners defended the interests of the Cherkizovsky meat processing plant in a dispute with the Miratorg company. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Alrud | Alrud represented the interests of Standard Industries Holdings Inc. before Russia's competition authority regarding the acquisition of control over Russian subsidiaries of Braas Monier Building Group S.A. | USD 1.4 million | Russia | Here |
| Apr-17 | CMS; Freshfields | CMS advised ING Bank N.V., London Branch and other international banks as mandated lead arrangers of a new USD 420 million five year unsecured syndicated finance facility to Russian Railways. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer reportedly advised Russian Railways on the deal. | USD 420 million | Russia | |
| Apr-17 | Debevoise & Plimpton | The Moscow and London offices of Debevoise & Plimpton advised longstanding client PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel on its USD 1 billion Eurobond offering due 2023 with a coupon of 4.10% per annum. | USD 1 billion | Russia | |
| Apr-17 | Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners | Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners advised Brunello Cucinelli on its EUR 7.1 million acquisition of a participation interest in Perugia LLC. | EUR 7.1 million | Russia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAM) reported that on April 17, 2017 the Arbitrazh Court of Moscow approved a settlement agreement between Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Google and Yandex corporations, thereby bringing an end to a dispute which had run for more than two years. EPAM represented Yandex in the dispute. | N/A | Russia | |
| Apr-17 | Clifford Chance; Dentons | Clifford Chance advised PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel on the sale of its equity interest in the company which owns the Legion TI Business Center in Moscow to RCP Investments II Ltd. Dentons advised the buyers on the deal. | USD 100 million | Russia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Integrites | Integrites' Moscow office provided pro bono legal advice to the World Bank in the form of a report entitled "Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2017". | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Clifford Chance; Latham & Watkins | Clifford Chance advised X5 Retail Group, a Russian food retailer, on its debut issue of RUB 20 billion guaranteed notes. Latham & Watkins advised the banks on the issuance. | RUB 20 billion | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP advised Fasten, which it describes as "a major player on the taxi aggregator market in Russia," on its merger with RuTaxi. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | Jus Aureum | Jus Aureum advised Sberbank CIB on the debt restructuring procedure of the Chizhov Gallery JSC. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | Clifford Chance; Latham & Watkins | Clifford Chance advised EVRAZ plc, the London-listed globally integrated steel, mining. and vanadium company, on its disposal of the entire issued share capital of its fully owned subsidiary JSC EVRAZ Nakhodka Trade Sea Port to its majority shareholder Lanebrook Limited. Latham & Watkins advised Lanebrook Limited on the deal. | USD 354.4 million | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | DeHeng Law Offices; Liniya Prava | Liniya Prava, working with DeHeng Law Offices in China, advised ChinaNetCenter on its acquisition of a 70% share in the charter capital of LLC CDN-video from ZAO Leader, its subsidiary LLC CDN-Invest, and three business angels. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | Alrud | Alrud supported the long-term lease of a 4000-5000 square meter building in the center of Moscow to H&M on behalf of the landlord - State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | CMS; DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised Guard Capital, a venture capital fund specializing in telecom and Internet projects, on the sale of a 79.6% stake in DocDoc.ru, an e-medicine company in Russia, to Sberbank. Sberbank was represented by CMS on the deal, which sees the remaining stake belong to the founder of DocDoc.ru and its key management. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners ssisted with the transfer of JSC Uralsib's motor insurance portfolio to JSC Reliance. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| May-17 | Alrud | Alrud represented the Advent International private equity firm during merger control proceedings related to its cquisition of Morpho, the identity and security solutions business of the Safran group.Ê | USD 2.7 billion | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners acted as legal advisor to the special committee on the rights of Russian bondholders in the international debt restructuring of the Roust Corporation. | N/A | Russia | |
| Jun-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners advised Danone Russia on its entry into a joint project with Soyuzmultfilm. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Akin Gump; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Akin Gump advised PJSC Lukoil on the sale of 100% of the shares in JSC Arkhangelskgeoldobycha Diamond Mining company to the Otkritie Group. The buyers were advised by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. | EUR 1.45 billion | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Debevoise & Plimpton; Norton Rose Fulbright | Debevoise & Plimpton advised Polyus Gold International Limited in connection with its agreement to sell up to a 15% stake in PJSC Polyus for a total consideration of up to approximately USD 1.4 billion to a consortium led by Fosun International Limited and including Hainan Mining Co., Ltd and Zhaojin Mining Industry company Limited. Norton Rose Fulbright advised the buyers. | USD 1.4 billion | Russia | |
| Jun-17 | Alrud; Gleiss Lutz | Alrud served as Russian law counsel on an international team lead by Gleiss Lutz advising Syngenta on the auction sale of a major part of the company to DLF Seeds A/S. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Alrud; Zhong Lun Law Firm | Alrud advised China International Capital Corporation Limited on matters related to securing an issuerÕs obligations with respect to payments made under panda bonds, including a detailed review and due diligence of eight Russian companies serving as guarantors under the issue and issuing legal opinions on the issuerÕs companiesÕ status and good standing.The Zhong Lun Law Firm was lead counsel. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | BGP Litigation | Russia's BGP Litigation firm advised Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. on its entrance into a "large scale joint venture project with PJSC Rosneft" in the Russian Far East. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Art De Le | Russia's Art De Le firm has counseled OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works on the successful resolution of its claim of abuse of dominant market position against JSC United company RUSAL Ñ Trading House. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Alrud | Alrud represented the interests of Actelion Ltd with regard to its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson. | USD 26 billion | Russia | |
| Jun-17 | Alrud | Alrud supported an American wheel producing company (Accuride) with the acquisition of three Russian companies formerly owned by AvtoVaz as part of a joint bid encompassing multiple assets of the sellerÕs holding in more than five jurisdictions.Ê | N/A | Russia | |
| Jun-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised Doc+, one of the largest Russian digital health startups, on a USD 5 million round of financing from existing investors Baring Vostok, a Russian private equity fund, and Yandex, one of Europe's largest Internet companies. | USD 5 million | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Capital Legal Services | Capital Legal Services advised the Perm Concession company Ñ part of the VTB group Ñ on its June 21, 2017 agreement with the government of the Perm region of Russia to construct and operate a bridge over the Chusovaya river. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners assisted Knauf Petrobord on its June 2, 2017 entrance into an agreement with the Government of Leningrad Region involving Leningrad's funding of at least RUB 3.5 billion to renovate production facilities for cardboard facing before 2020. | RUB 3.5 billion | Russia | |
| Jun-17 | Liniya Prava | Liniya Prava, working in cooperation with King & Wood Mallesons, advised the China Development Bank (CDB) Henan branch on financing provided to a Henan joint venture leasing company related to its lease of 16 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft to Aeroflot. | N/A | Russia | |
| Jul-17 | Alrud | Alrud advised Pharm Research Associates on the lease of offices in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Alrud | Alrud advised the management of Baker Hughes CIS business, one of the world's largest oil field services companies, on its merger with and into General Electric, one of the largest multinational conglomerate corporation, in accordance with strategic investment regulation in Russia. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation accepted arguments made by Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Partner Dmitry Stepanov and found Article 302, Paragraph 1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation unconstitutional. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Alrud; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto | Alrud represented the Japanese company Tokyo Rope MFG. CO. LTD. in its intention to establish a joint venture with Rosengineering (JSC), a Russian company, in order to engage in construction of the factory in the special economic zone of technological innovative type, created on the territory of Saint Petersburg, and manufacturing of disaster prevention equipment, as well as other products. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto advised on Japanese matters.Ê | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Clifford Chance; Debevoise & Plimpton | The Moscow and London offices of Debevoise & Plimpton advised PJSC Polyus in connection with a public offering of shares and depositary receipts and the listing of the depositary receipts on the LSE. Clifford Chance reportedly advised the banks on the offering. Clifford Chance informed CEE Legal Matters that "advised the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners of PJSC Polyus' public offering of 12,020,442 shares in the form of ordinary shares and depositary receipts and the listing of the depositary receipts on the LSE." | N/A | Russia | |
| Jul-17 | Alrud | Alrud assisted Japan-based global culinary service Cookpad Int. with its acquisition of Russian recipe web-project Ovkuse. | N/A | Russia | |
| Jul-17 | Alrud | Alrud assisted TOTVS S.A. with the creation its joint venture in Russia with National Computer Corporation, the largest IT holding in Russia.Ê | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Pepeliaev Group | The Pepeliaev Group's St. Petersburg office successfully represented Korean energy holding company Daesung Industrial Co., Ltd. in its claim for USD 4 million from its Russian counterpart. | USD 4 million | Russia | |
| Jul-17 | Orrick | Orrick reported that, on July 18, 2017, the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California dismissed, with prejudice, plaintiffsÕ claims against JSC Rusnano and other defendants in a case challenging Rusnano's acquisition of the Nitol plant in the Irkutsk Region of Russia. Orrick represented JSC Rusnano and nine other corporate and individual defendants in the case. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Alrud; DLA Piper | Alrud advised S.C. Johnson on its acquisition of production facilities in one of the regions of the Russian Federation, conversion of the plants into consumer chemistry products facilities, and additional construction and development of the project. DLA Piper was the sellerÕs legal advisor during the original acquisition stage. | N/A | Russia | |
| Aug-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP advised Deutsche Bank Technology Centre on its lease of 8200 square meters of office space in MoscowÕs Aquamarine III Business Centre at 24 Ozerkovskaya Embankment from AFI Development. Goltsblat BLP describes the transaction as representing "the biggest Class A office lease deal in Moscow this year so far." | N/A | Russia | |
| Aug-17 | Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance's Moscow office advised Pfizer on its agreement to provide finance and technology to Russian pharmaceutical company NovaMedica for the construction of a new production facility in Russia, with the medicines licensed and manufactured under the agreement to be sold by Pfizer and NovaMedica in Russia and the CIS. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Andrey Gorodissky & Partners | Andrey Gorodissky & Partners advised Sberbank CIB on its RUB 20 million contribution to a RUB 20 billion mezzanine financing for the Mcapital group of companies. | RUB 20 million | Russia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Alrud; Slaughter and May | Alrud and Slaughter and May advised Trafigura on its acquisition of a 49% stake in Mumbai-based Essar Oil Limited from Essar Energy Holdings Limited.Ê | N/A | Russia | |
| Aug-17 | Clifford Chance | Clifford Chance reported that the Russian Appellate Court found the firm's arguments for Sberbank persuasive and overturned the judgment of the court of first instance in the case of Transneft vs Sberbank. | USD 1.1 billion | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners advised the National Media Group on the sale of shares in one of its companies to an unspecified buyer. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Berwin Leighton Paisner; Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP and the London office of Berwin Leighton Paisner have advised Atlant on its Initial Coin Offering. | USD 1.5 million | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Alrud | Alrud advised Mesago, subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt GmbH, on its acquisition of the Rosmold exhibition brand from Expomold Group, Russia. | N/A | Russia | |
| Sep-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised Rosgosstrakh on its proposed merger with Otkritie Financial Group. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dentons | Dentons represented Rosgosstrakh in its USD 300 million joint venture with Guohe Life (China), Anxin Trust & Investment, and other investors involving the creation of a new Chinese insurance company. | USD 300 million | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dentons | Dentons Moscow advised CarPrice on a minority investment into its Japanese subsidiary from Mitsui. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dentons | Dentons advised a consortium consisting of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and several prominent Middle Eastern funds on the acquisition of a minority stake in Russian Helicopters from Rostec. | N/A | Russia | |
| Sep-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised the FiveTen Group on its sale of Antal Russia, one of the largest recruitment companies in Russia and other CIS countries, back to the Antal International Group. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Clifford Chance; CMS | Clifford Chance Moscow advised 11 international banks on a USD 850 million pre-export financing for Uralkali. CMS advised Uralkali on the financing. | USD 850 million | Russia | Here |
| Sep-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised AviaAM Financial Leasing China on the acquisition, financing, leasing, and delivery of eight Airbus A320 family aircraft. | USD 500 million | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Alrud; Pavia e Ansaldo | Alrud advised RDIF in relation to the implementation and realization of the reconstruction of Russia's M-4 Don Highway. The project included: (i) the acquisition of a participatory share in the existing JV by a strategic foreign investor from a state Russian company; (ii) negotiating a shareholders agreement andÊ supplementary agreements in relation to funding and other obligations of participants of the company; (iii) entrance of co-investorsÊ into the company and provision of additional equity funding. Pavia e Ansaldo advised ANAS. | USD 883 million | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dentons; DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised Service-Telecom, a participant in the telecoms tower infrastructure market in the Moscow Region, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in Link Development, a prominent telecoms tower company in Northwest Russia. Dentons advised the unidentified sellers on the deal. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Alrud | Alrud represented the interests of Japan's Showa Denko K.K. chemical company on its acquisition of SGL GE Holding GmbH, a manufacturer of carbon based and graphite products and materials. | USD 384 million | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Alrud | Alrud supported Sojitz on carrying out due dilligance of Russian companies that it engaged as dealers of Subaru cars and establishment of a joint venture with the owner of Russian companies. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Alrud | Alrud represented John Wood Group PLC, a multinational energy services company, on acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler PLC, a multinational consultancy, engineering and project management company focused on energy sector.Ê | USD 3.9 billion | Russia | |
| Oct-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP advised Sberbank Investments in its capacity as restructuring agent on the restructuring of the Genser group's debt portfolio. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP won a dispute in the Supreme Court of Russia for Wine Brandy Plant Alliance-1892 LLC against RussiaÕs Federal Tax ServiceÕs Inter-district Office for Major Taxpayers No. 3. | N/A | Russia | |
| Oct-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has defended Total in a multi-billion-dollar dispute with the administrations of Russia's Volgograd and Saratov regions before ad hoc arbitrators in accordance with UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. | N/A | Russia | |
| Oct-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP advised PJSC MTS, a prominent telecommunications provider in Russia, on its acquisition of a 50.82% stake in Russian retail software developer Oblachny Retail LLC, which operated under the LiteBox brand. | N/A | Russia | |
| Oct-17 | Vegas Lex | Vegas Lex advised Sanofi on its entrance into one of the first federal special investment contracts with the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Oryol Region Government. | N/A | Russia | |
| Oct-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper was the official legal partner of a project bringing a Russian production of Peter Morgan's play "The Audience" to the stage. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | FBK Legal | FBK Legal represented Yamaha in a successful debt recovery matter involving equipment it supplied worth more than RUB 200 million against a Russian dealer. FBK Legal also won a lawsuit initiated by the dealer who tried to contest a mortgage agreement used as collateral for the debt. | RUB 200 million | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Danilov & Konradi | Danilov & Konradi advised CRYPTO20 on the launch of the worldÕs first tokenized cryptocurrency index and its October 16, 2017 initial coin offering. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | DLA Piper; Freshfields | DLA Piper advised ADG group, a Russian urban developer, on the establishment of a joint venture with South Korea's CJ CGV, the fifth largest multiplex theatre company in the world. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised CJ CGV on the JV, in which the ADG Group holds a 30% stake, and CJ CGV holds all the remaining shares. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Alrud | Alrud advised RHI Magnesia N.V. (Radex Vertiebsgesellschaft m.b.H, Veitscher Vertiebsgesellschaft m.b.H) on its sale of JSC Podolsk Refractories to the LIVIA Group. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Herbert Smith | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised the Far-Eastern Shipping company PLC and its subsidiaries on a new scheme of arrangement sanctioned by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales via an order dated November 3, 2017. Herbert Smith advised VTB Bank PJSC on the matter. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Nov-17 | White & Case | White & Case advised Nordic telecoms operator Telia company on the USD 1 billion sale of its approximately 19 percent holding in MegaFon, a federal mobile telecoms operator in Russia, to Gazprombank. | USD 1 billion | Russia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Pepeliaev Group | The Pepeliaev Group successfully represented the REHAU manufacturer of plastic windows in its challenge of decisions of Russia's Federal Customs Service regarding its classification of imported REHAU goods. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP acted as Russian legal counsel for Ferronordic Machines AB on the offering and listing of its ordinary shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. | N/A | Russia | |
| Nov-17 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | The Court of Arbitration for Sport approved a settlement agreement negotiated by Cleary Gottlieb for Russian ice hockey player Danis Zaripov, resolving his appeal of the two-year ineligibility period imposed on him by the IIHF Disciplinary Board in July 2017, and permitting him to resume playing professional ice hockey. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Liniya Prava | Liniya Prava supported Obuv Rossii PJSC in its September 2017 RUB 6 billion IPO on the Moscow Exchange. | RUB 6 billion | Russia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Goltsblat BLP | Goltsblat BLP advised the Eurasian Development Bank and the International Investment Bank on financing provided for the construction of two hydro-power plants with a total capacity of 49.8 MW in the Russian Republic of Karelia. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Dec-17 | White & Case | White & Case LLP advised EN+ on the offering of global depositary receipts admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange and the Moscow Exchange. | USD 1.5 billion | Russia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Hogan Lovells | Hogan Lovells advised Sberbank on its acquisition of a 25% stake in facial recognition startup VisionLabs, made via Sberbank's Digital Business Development Administration fintech venture fund. | N/A | Russia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Capital Legal Services | Capital Legal Services helped the Siberian Concession company (a JV of the VIS Group and Gazprombank) negotiate an agreement with the Novosibirsk Region government regarding the constructional and operational procedures of the fourth bridge over the Ob river in the city of Novosibirsk. | RUB 34 billion | Russia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Alrud; bpv (Hugel); Brandl & Talos; Loyens & Loeff; Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners; Schoenherr | Schoenherr, Alrud, and Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners advised Kansai Paint Co Ltd. on the acquisition of the Helios Coatings Group from Ring International Holding AG, GSO Capital Opportunities Fund II (Luxembourg) S.a r.l., and Templeton Strategic Emerging Markets Fund IV, LDC. The seller was advised by bpv Huegel Rechtsanwaelte GmbH, Brandl & Talos, and Loyens & Loeff.Ê | USD 728 million | Russia;Slovenia | Here |
| Jun-17 | Baker McKenzie; Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership); White & Case | The Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie advised Turkven Private Equity, the Akarlilar Family, and Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.on Mavi's IPO. White & Case advised underwriters Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, and Is Yatirim on the IPO, which, with a market capitalization of TRY 2,135,300,000 (TRY 43 per share) and an offering of 27,311,350 shares, is the largest in Turkey since 2013. | TRY 2,135.3 million | Russia;Turkey | Here |
| Apr-17 | Allen & Overy; Avellum; Baker McKenzie; Clifford Chance; Linklaters; Redcliffe Partners | Clifford Chance advised Deutsche Bank, ING, Natixis, and UniCredit in their capacity as the coordinating committee for the pre-export finance banks in connection with the successful implementation of a USD 2.3 billion debt restructuring for Metinvest. Ukraine's Redcliffe Partners, working alongside Clifford Chance, provided Ukrainian law advice to the committee. Baker McKenzie and Allen & Overy advised Metinvest on the restructuring. Linklaters and Avellum acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the holders of guaranteed notes issued by Metinvest B.V.. | USD 2.3 billion | Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Apr-17 | Asters; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | Asters served as Ukrainian counsel (working with lead counsel Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan) to JSC Oschadbank, in connection with Oschadbank's claim against the Russian Federation, brought before an arbitration panel at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, for recovery of over USD 1 billion in compensation as a result of the total loss of its investments in Crimea. | USD 1 billion | Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Jun-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper advised steel producer EVRAZ on its sale of the entire issued share capital of Kadish Limited, the holding company of EVRAZ Sukha Balka, to Berklemond Investments Ltd, a company of the DCH Group. | N/A | Russia;Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Ilyashev & Partners | Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented SE Confectionery Corporation ROSHEN, PJSC Kharkiv Biscuit Factory, PJSC Confectionery Factory Kharkivyanka, and PJSC Poltavakonditer in an anti-dumping investigation related to the import into Ukraine of certain types of chocolate and other food products containing cocoa powder manufactured in the Russian Federation. | N/A | Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Aug-17 | Baker McKenzie; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Morgan Lewis; Redcliffe Partners; White & Case | Redcliffe Partners has acted as Ukrainian law counsel to Grupo Bimbo, the worldÕs largest baker and distributor of baked goods, in connection with its USD 650 million acquisition of the foodservice-focused company East Balt Bakeries from private equity fund One Equity Partners. White & Case, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Morgan Lewis acted as international legal counsel to Grupo Bimbo. Baker McKenzie advised One Equity Partners on the deal. | USD 650 million | Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Oct-17 | Debevoise & Plimpton | Lord Goldsmith QC of Debevoise & Plimpton and a team from Akin Gump represented Russian state-owned oil company PJSC Tatneft in its successful appeal in the English Court of Appeal from a summary judgment decision of the English High Court, allowing the case to proceed to trial. | N/A | Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Nov-17 | Alrud; Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko advised HP Inc. on Ukrainian law matters related to its USD 1.05 billion acquisition of Samsung Electronics' global printer business. Alrud advised on Russian aspects of the global purchase agreement between the parties. | USD 1.05 billion | Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Feb-17 | Gestors | Gestors signed an agreement with GAO Chernomorneftegaz "on legal services regarding the return of the ship Titan-2." | N/A | Russia;Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-16 | Marjanovic Law | Marjanovic Law advised the Coficab Group on the procedure for obtaining state incentives based on investment of over EUR 12 million in a factory established in Serbia and employment of 180 people. | EUR 12 million | Serbia | Here |
| Dec-16 | Karanovic & Nikolic | Karanovic & Nikolic supported Affidea on its opening of the first foreign hospital located in Belgrade. The firm's services consisted of "extensive regulatory and corporate advice related to formation and start of operations of Affidea`s first hospital in Serbia." | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Jan-17 | BDK Advokati | BDK Advokati advised Blue Sea Cap, the owner of the private healthcare platform Medigroup, on the acquisition of 75% of capital in the Ioanna mesotherapy clinic in Belgrade. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Jan-17 | BDK Advokati; JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic | BDK Advokati advised Iron Mountain, the NYSE-listed storage and information management company, on its acquisition of Data Outsourcing Centre d.o.o., a prominent Serbian archive management, imaging services, and data storage company, from sellers Sinisa Tutus and Milan Mojic. JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Dentons; Zdravkovic & Partneri | Dentons advised the BNP Paribas Group on the sale of its Serbian bank subsidiary, Findomestic Banka a.d., to Serbian bank Direktna Banka A.D. Kragujevac. Zdravkovic & Partneri reportedly advised Direktna Banka on the deal. | N/A | Serbia | |
| Feb-17 | Bojanovic & Partners | Bojanovic & Partnershas assisted Trigano, a European manufacturer of trailers, semi-trailers, and camping cars, in its acquisition of the assets of the Serbian company Zastava Inpro. The acquisition was conducted in a public tender procedure in late 2016. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Bojanovic & Partners | Bojovic & Partners advised the Poseidon Group on the development of Capitol Park Rakovica, which the firm reports is BelgradeÕs largest retail park. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Bojanovic & Partners; ODI Law | Bojanovic & Partners advised King Engine Bearings group, a manufacturer of engine bearings for automobiles, trucks, marine, and aviation, on its acquisition, through its Serbian subsidiary Sinterfuse d.o.o., of the assets of Serbian joint stock company Sinter a.d. u likvidaciji. ODI Law advised the sellers. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Allen & Overy; BDK Advokati; Karanovic & Nikolic | BDK Advokati advised Senvion, a European wind-turbine producer and wind farm O&M contractor, on the development of the Alibunar 42MW wind farm. In addition to assisting with the EPC and O&M agreements BDK advised Senvion on obtaining the contractorÕs licenses required under Serbian law. Allen & Overy and Karanovic & Nikolic advised the lender. The Alibunar Project is financed by the IFC (lender). | EUR 65 million | Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic | Karanovic & Nikolic team has assisted the European Fund for Southeast Europe with a EUR 20 million loan to UniCredit Bank Serbia, which will use the funds to finance housing loans for private households. | EUR 20 million | Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | After an application brought by Zivkovic Samardzic on behalf of Serbian commercial television network Prva, the Commercial Court in Belgrade granted an interim injunction against the Pink International company, the parent company of the Pink TV network in Serbia and a member of the regional Pink Media Group. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | BDK Advokati; Dentons; Linklaters; Schoenherr | BDK Advokati and Dentons advised Expobank CZ A.S. on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Marfin Bank A.D. Beograd from Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd. Moravcevic Vojnovic i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr, working alongside Linklaters, advised the sellers on the restructuring of receivables against Marfin Bank which facilitated the sale. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Stankovic and Partners | Acting pro bono, Stankovic and Partners advised the Japanese Business Alliance in Serbia -- a collection of Japanese companies active on the Serbian market in Serbia -- on the group's creation. | N/A | Serbia | |
| Mar-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic advised South Central Ventures on a transaction involving its portfolio company Dry Tools and acquiring company Alchemy Cloud Inc. | N/A | Serbia | |
| Mar-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Phosphea on the acquisition of ElixirÕs feed phosphates activity in Serbia. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic secured a victory for AIK Banka in the Supreme Court of Cassation of Serbia. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic advised South Central Ventures (SCV) on its investment in CUBE Risk Management Solutions, a tech startup providing risk assessment, reporting and monitoring services, market analysis, and competition and trade intelligence to companies operating on, planning to expand into, or investigating their competition's presence on the Serbian market. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Apr-17 | BDK Advokati; CMS; Pinsent Masons | BDK Advokati acted as a co-counsel, together with Pinsent Masons, to Alpine Bau, in an ICC arbitration against the state-owned road investment company Putevi Srbije in a construction dispute under the Yellow FIDIC related to design and construction of the Beska bridge on a motorway E-75 from Belgrade to Novi Sad. The case was settled. CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz was the respondent's counsel. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Apr-17 | BDK Advokati; Harrisons; Norton Rose Fulbright | BDK Advokati advised Enlight Renewable Energy, an Israeli renewable energy investor, on its acquisition of a 104MW wind power plant energy project in Kovacica (Vojvodina, Serbia). BDK Advokati later supported Enlight in the project financing. Norton Rose Fulbright advised lenders globally while Harrisons acted as local adviser to the lenders. | EUR 160 million | Serbia | |
| Apr-17 | Marjanovic Law | Marjanovic Law worked in collaboration with KPMG Serbia as counsel of Kite Zrt. a potential buyer of a majority stake in Azotara, a major Serbian company for production of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds.Ê | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic | Karanovic & Nikolic successfully obtained conditional Serbian Competition Commission clearance for SBB's takeover of IKOM. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic secured what it calls "an important victory in the Administrative Court in Belgrade against the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia." | N/A | Serbia | |
| May-17 | JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Schoenherr | JPM advised the sellers of I.KOM, one of the largest cable TV, broadband Internet, and telephone industry providers in Serbia, on its takeover by SBB, advised by Schoenherr. | N/A | Serbia | |
| Jun-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic | Karanovic & Nikolic advised Teraplast Bistrita, the largest PVC processor in Romania, on the acquisition of Interlemind, a Serbian producer of sandwich panels, by means of public auction of the bankruptcy estate. The value of the acquisition is EUR 4.3 million, and Teraplast's planned investment in Serbia amounts to EUR 11 million. | EUR 4.3 million | Serbia | |
| Jun-17 | Bojovic & Partners; Schoenherr | Bojovic & Partners advised the Poseidon Group, a British property investment, development, and management company, on the structuring of its co-investment partnership in the Capitol Park Sombor retail park project with Mitiska REIM, which was advised by Schoenherr. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Bojovic & Partners | Bojovic & Partners announced that it has signed an agreement with China's MWE China Law Offices to "strengthen legal service cooperation and communication for supporting the 'Belt and Road' initiative and deepen bilateral pragmatic legal services cooperation." | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Baklaja Igric Tintor; JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic | JPM advised Gauselmann Group on the acquisition by subsidiary Merkur Casino Austria of 51% shares in Beo Impera and Pionir Internacional, which each own 50% shares in Balkan Bet and Merkur Games. The Baklaja Igric Tintor firm advised the sellers. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | A year after advising South City Ventures on its investment in City Expert, a Belgrade based startup that gained traction rapidly with its innovations and use of technologies in real estate sale and rental sector, Zivkovic Samardzic helped SCV on another share capital increase. | N/A | Serbia | |
| Jul-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic reported that it successfully represented Veran Matic, Chairman of the Serbian Commission responsible for investigating killings of journalists, in a complaint to the Press Council about an article published by Serbia's Politika newspaper. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic reported a successful representation of Dan Graf d.o.o. Ñ the publisher of the Belgrade-based Danas newspaper Ñ and Danas' former Editor in Chief against a civil defamation claim brought by Djordje Vukadinovic, a member of the Serbian parliament and Editor of the Nova Srpska Politicka Misao periodical. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic advised the British Broadcasting Corporation on the incorporation of its representative office and the regulatory aspects of its new digital service in the Serbian language. The BBC's Serbian incorporation followed the announcement of the launch of 12 new BBC World Service language services around the world. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Aug-17 | BDK Advokati | BDK Advokati advised regional private equity firm Blue Sea Cap on the acquisition of 100% of shares in the Dr Cvjetkovic company from Drs. Branka Cvjetkovic and Milan Cvjetkovic. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Schoenherr; Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic advised the shareholders of Tim Kolos d.o.o. on the sale of 55% of shares in the company to Samsic Holding dejavnost holdingov d.o.o, the Slovenian member of French Samsic Group. Moravcevic Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic; Schoenherr (Moravcevic Vojnovic and Partners) | Karanovic & Nikolic has advised Bulgaria's River Styxx Capital investment fund on the acquisition of 85% of the shares in Telenor Banka. Moravcevic Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr) advised Telenor on the transaction, which sees the Norwegian telecommunications group keeping 15% of its shares in the online bank. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Marjanovic Law | Marjanovic Law worked in collaboration with KPMG Serbia as counsel of Hellenic Sugar Industry S.A. regarding potential sale of the Sugar Factory Crvenka AD Crvenka and Joint Stock Company Sugar Plant Sajkaska Zabali.Ê | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic | Karanovic & Nikolic advised the Belgian renewable energy group Elicio NV on the EUR 9.8 million financing its wholly-owned subsidiary Electrawinds Mali WF d.o.o. received from UniCredit Bank Serbia for the development, construction, and operation of the Malibunar wind park. | EUR 9.8 million | Serbia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic; Norton Rose Fulbright | Karanovic & Nikolic advised the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the EBRD on the EUR 215 million financing of Cibuk 1 Windfarm. The project is developed by Vetroelektrane Balkana, majority owned by Masdar a renewable-energy company based in Abu Dhabi. Norton Rose Fulbright London acted as the international counsel to the lenders. | EUR 215 million | Serbia | Here |
| Oct-17 | JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic | The Appellate Court in Belgrade granted the appeal of Serbian business magnate Miroslav Miskovic made by his counsel, including JPM Senior Partner Nenad Popovic, and reversed the decision of the Higher Court in Belgrade (Organized Crime Unit), clearing Miskovic of charges of abuse of office and reversing a guilty verdict against him on tax evasion charges. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Bojanovic & Partners; Havel Holasek & Partners; JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic | JPM and Havel, Holasek & Parters have advised Dr. Max Group on the acquisition by its AsterFarm subsidiary of prominent Serbian pharmacy chains Farmanea and Farmakop. Bojanovic & Partners advised the sellers, Lovorka Nikolic and Miomir Nikolic. | N/A | Serbia | |
| Oct-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic | Karanovic & Nikolic advised AmSpec on the acquisition of Agri Services doo Ñ an inspection and testing company serving the Agricultural and Petroleum market in the Danube region from locations in Serbia and Hungary. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Karanovic & Nikolic | Karanovic & Nikolic was part of a consortium of advisors to the City of Belgrade and the IFC on local law aspects of a PPP project for the landfill remediation and development of a waste treatment facility in the Vinca section of Belgrade. | N/A | Serbia | |
| Oct-17 | Gecic Law | Gecic Law advised the Government of Serbia and the Smederevo steel mill before the European Commission in relation to an anti-dumping investigation involving imports of hot-rolled flat steel products originating in Brazil, Iran, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Oct-17 | BDK Advokati | BDK Advokati advised TTTech Computertechnik AG on the increase of its shareholding in Novi Sad-based RT-RK to 51.12% by means of an acquisition of additional 16.12% of the companyÕs share capital in a cash-out transaction. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Gecic Law | Gecic Law acted as legal counsel to the Government of Serbia and the Zelezara Smederevo steel mill with respect to an European Commission investigation on State Aid received by the old company, and the potential obligation of Hesteel Serbia to reimburse it, under the Stabilization and Association Agreement. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Nov-17 | JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic | JPM advised South East Asia Resources Limited on its raising of additional funds to explore and develop future mining projects in Serbia. | N/A | Serbia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Zivkovic Samardzic | Zivkovic Samardzic advised Radenska, the Slovenian member of the Kofola CeskoSlovensko Group, on the winding up of its subsidiary in Belgrade. | N/A | Serbia;Slovenia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Bojanovic & Partners | Bojanovic & Partners has succesfully represented Mr. Nikola Mikic, a former captain of the Red Star Belgrade football club, in an arbitration against the Turkish football club Manisaspor Kulubu Dernegi. | N/A | Serbia;Turkey | Here |
| Dec-16 | Allen & Overy; Havel Holasek & Partners | Allen and Overy advised HB Reavis on the sale of the Twin City A building in Bratislava to the Prvy Realitny fond managed by IAD Investments. Havel Holasek & Partners advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Glatzova & Co. | Glatzova & Co. successfully represented TFS RT, INC. in the restructuring proceedings of its business partner. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Feb-17 | bpv (Jadi Nemeth); Ruzicka Csekes | BPV Braun Partners advised the Austrian Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederoesterreich-Wien AG in extending a credit facility of EUR 32 million for the development of the new Einsteinova business center in Bratislava. Ruzicka Csekes advised the borrowers: Austrian real estate company S Immo AG and local partners KRON Real s.r.o. and SJP Invest, s. r. o.. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Mar-17 | Wilsons; Zarecky Zeman | Wilsons acted on behalf of Reico Investicni Spolecnost Ceske Sporitelny in connection with its approximately EUR 35.5 million acquisition of the Park One office building in the center of Bratislava Ñ the Amazon Headquarters Ñ from the Falcon II Fund private investment company. The Zarecky Zeman firm advised the sellers. | EUR 35.5 million | Slovakia | Here |
| Apr-17 | bnt | BNT's Bratislava office advised SEE RE One s.r.o. and Invest4SEE RE Investment Holding GmbH in connection with their acquisition of what the firm describes as "one of the largest warehouses in Slovakia." | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Noerr | Noerr's Slovakian office assisted on the firm's provision of advice to Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA on the sale of Germany's Secop Group to Nidec at a valuation of EUR 185 million. | EUR 185 million | Slovakia | Here |
| May-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised ProLogis on its sale of the Slovakian industrial and logistics complex ProLogis Park Nove Mesto nad Vahom to Arete Invest. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Jul-17 | AENEA Legal; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Dutch company White Lane Investments (managed by PingProperties) on the sale of an office building and parking lots located in a lucrative part of Bratislava. AENEA Legal advised the buyer. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Aug-17 | Squire Patton Boggs | Squire Patton Boggs secured a victory for the Slovak Republic at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Robert Esek; Taylor Wessing | Taylor Wessing's lawyers have advised investment and development company Arkon, a.s. on its acquisition of the real estate area of the former Slovenka factory in Banskaa Bystrica, Slovakia, from Dituria a.s. Attorney Robert Esek advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Sep-17 | Squire Patton Boggs | Squire Patton Boggs won a victory for Frucona Kosice in the European Court of Justice, which denied an appeal brought by the European Commission regarding its decision to block Slovak Republic aid to the alcoholic spirits company. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Dentons; Kinstellar | DentonsÕ Bratislava office advised CNIC Corporation Ltd., an investment company owned by the Chinese government, on its acquisition of Prologis Park Galanta-Gan in Slovakia from Prologis. Kinstellar advised Prologis on the deal. | N/A | Slovakia | |
| Oct-17 | Havel Holasek & Partners; Majernik & Mihalikova; Taylor Wessing | Taylor Wessing Bratislava advised GA Drilling on its recently-closed investment round that saw new significant investors enter the company, including a strong local private equity group (ARKON, a.s.), a venture capital fund (Slovak Venture Fund S.C.A.), and a global multi-asset class fund (InfraPartners Management). Majernik & Mihalikova advised ARKON, AKF Lawyers represented Slovak Venture Fund S.C.A., and Havel Holasek & Partners represented existing GA Drilling shareholder Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Nov-17 | Dvorak Hager & Partners | Dvorak Hager & Partners represented Granotrading in its purchase of polyethyline films manufacturer Slovpack Bratislava. | N/A | Slovakia | Here |
| Dec-16 | ODI Law | ODI advised domestic and foreign financial creditors on the EUR 35 million out-of-court financial restructuring of debtor Vipap Videm Krsko, the largest paper mill in Slovenia and a prominent newsprint manufacturer in CEE. | EUR 35 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Dec-16 | ODI Law; Rojs, Pelijan, Prelesniki & Partners | ODI represented a consortium of NLB, Banka Koper (Intesa Sanpaolo Group), Sberbank, Abanka, NKBM, and Gorenjska Banka on a EUR 113 million syndicated debt refinancing of UNIOR, which was represented by Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesniki & Partners. | EUR 113 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Carmen Dobnik Law Firm; ODI Law; Rautner; Rojs, Pelijan, Prelesniki & Partners | ODI successfully represented Adria Airways against Adria Airways Tehnika, a Boeing airplane service company, in a dispute regarding liability for breach of duty of care with regard to capital increase with an in-kind contribution in the form of an enterprise. Carmen Dobnik Law Firm represented Adria Airways Tehnika in the matter. Rojs, Pelijan, Prelesniki & Partners and Rautner represented the former management board members as third party interveners. | EUR 8.78 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Jan-17 | Selih & Partnerji | Selih & Partnerji advised Paloma d.d. on the equity capital increase into the company by ECO-Investment, a.s. | EUR 18.2 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Jan-17 | MPRR; Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised CEE Equity Partners, the Investment Advisor to the China Central and Eastern Europe Investment Co-operation Fund, on the Fund's investment in Javna Razsvetljava d.d. and JRS d.d., which it describes as "market leaders in design and implementation of public lighting and signaling solutions, including Energy Service company-based contracting, in Slovenia." MPRR represented the seller, an unidentified Cyprus entity. | N/A | Slovenia | Here |
| Feb-17 | Clifford Chance; Selih & Partnerji; Taylor Wessing | Selih & Partnerji, working alongside lead counsel Clifford Chance, advised a group of Asian investors represented by United Luck Group Holdings Limited (led by Chinese businessman Ou Yaping), on their USD 1 billion acquisition of Outfit7 Investments Ltd., the app producing company established by Slovenians Iza and Samo Login. Taylor Wessing advised the sellers on the deal. | USD 1 billion | Slovenia | Here |
| Mar-17 | ODI Law | ODI advised a bank club coordinated by NLB on the financing of Cimos, a Slovene automotive parts company. The financing was provided in the process of restructuring of Cimos Group. | EUR 20 million | Slovenia | |
| Mar-17 | Ceferin and Partners; Miro Senica and Attorneys | Miro Senica and Attorneys advised the company Garnol Ñ a shareholder of T-2 Ñ in bankruptcy proceedings against T-2. Ceferin and Partners advised the applicant and filled the constitutional complaint. | EUR 120 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Apr-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr Ljubljana advised Austrian List Group on its acquisition of the PH Meksiko car park and a two-story business complex in the Ljubljana city center. | N/A | Slovenia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Miro Senica and Attorneys | Miro Senica and Attorneys represented T-2 in litigation against Telekom Slovenije d.d. involving allegations that Telekom Slovenije had abused its dominant position. | EUR 130 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Telekom Slovenije d.d. on the settlement of its contractual ties with IZI mobil d.d. ("IZI mobil"). | N/A | Slovenia | |
| Jul-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Agrana - Studen Beteiligungs GMBH on the acquisition of real estate and assets in connection with a sugar packaging and logistics center in Ormoz, Slovenia. The acquisition was carried out between AgranaÕs Slovenian subsidiary Agragold d.o.o. as the buyer and Pfeifer & Langen, d.o.o., a Slovenia-based company owned by Pfeifer & Langen International B.V. as the seller. | N/A | Slovenia | |
| Jul-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Sberbank on the the enforcement of a pledge over approximately 18.5% of shares in Poslovni Sistem Mercator, d.d., in the course of which Sberbank acquired the stake in a public auction. | EUR 40.6 million | Slovenia | |
| Aug-17 | Debernardi & Partners; ODI Law; RMG | ODI advised Fersped, a Slovenian transport company and a subsidiary of Slovenske Zeleznice (the Slovenian national railway company), in acquiring 100% control over logistics company VV-LOG. Debernardi & Partners advised sellers Daniel Tomljanovic and Dean Persic on the sale agreement, which was signed with several conditions precedent, including approval by the Slovenian Competition Authority. RMG advised Slovenske Zeleznice. | N/A | Slovenia | |
| Sep-17 | ODI Law; Wolf Theiss | ODI advised SKB d.d., one of the creditors of Terme Catez, d.d., the largest Slovenian natural health resort, in the process of TermeÕs preventive restructuring process. The lender York Global Finance Offshore BDH (Luxemburg) S.a.r.l was advised by Wolf Theiss. | EUR 40 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Sep-17 | ODI Law; Wolf Theiss | ODI advised SKB d.d., one of the creditors of DZS, Zaloznistvo In Trgovina, d.d., in the process of DZSÕs preventive restructuring process. ODI analyzed DZSÕs master financial restructuring agreement and advised SKB on the legal consequences of signing it. The lender York Global Finance Offshore BDH (Luxemburg) S.a.r.l was advised by Wolf Theiss. | EUR 136 million | Slovenia | |
| Sep-17 | ODI Law; Wolf Theiss | ODI advised Delo Prodaja Druzba Za Razsirjanje In Prodajo Casopisov, d.d., on out-of-court restructuring and afterwards in the process of preventive restructuring proceedings pursuant to Slovenian insolvency law. The lender York Global Finance Offshore BDH (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l was advised by Wolf Theiss. | EUR 26 million | Slovenia | |
| Oct-17 | Miro Senica and Attorneys | Miro Senica and Attorneys advised Litostroj Jeklo on a settlement with bank creditors and drafted the Master Restructuring Agreement of the secured claims. | EUR 34 million | Slovenia | Here |
| Oct-17 | Wolf Theiss | Wolf Theiss advised a banking group consisting of UniCredit, RBI, NLB, and SKB Banka on the recapitalization of AGIC and its subsidiary, Fotona, in a re-financing. | N/A | Slovenia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Dentons; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners | Kavcic, Bracun & Partners advised RSBC, a private investment group, in connection with the acquisition of Slovenian manufacturer company Arex d.o.o.. Dentons Czech Republic acted as local legal counsel. | N/A | Slovenia | Here |
| Dec-17 | Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Law Office Knezovic & Associates; Selih & Partnerji | Kavcic, Bracun & Partners advised and represented NLB d.d. and its subsidiary NLB Skopje a.d. as the sellers of 100 % of the share capital of NLB Nov Penziski Fond AD Skopje -- a pension company managing two pension funds in the Republic of Macedonia -- to Slovenia's Sava RE d.d. The total value of assets under management in the two funds (a compulsory second pillar pension fund and a voluntary third pillar pension fund) is more than EUR 430 million. Knezovic & Associates advised the seller on Macedonian law issues. Selih & Partnerji advised the buyer. | N/A | Slovenia | Here |
| Jul-17 | Law Firm Sibincic Krizanec | Law Firm Sibincic Krizanec provided M&A advisory service to the France based multinational company Saint-Gobain on the acquisition of the production of mortars from two companies (Demit and partly from Fragmat Tim). | EUR 1.5 million | Slovenia | |
| Dec-16 | Dentons (BASEAK); Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised Hedef Arac Kiralama ve Servis Anonim Sirketi, a Turkish car leasing company operating, on the acquisition of Assan Lojistik Anonim SirketiÕs long-term car leasing business. Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Law Firm advised the target. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Dec-16 | Caliskan Kizilyel Toker; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli advised Mediterra Capital, a prominent Turkish private equity fund, on its acquisition of 70% of shares in Arkel Elektrik Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi through its portfolio company, Istinye Asansor Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi. The sellers were advised by the Caliskan Kizilyel Toker law firm. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Dec-16 | Bezen & Partners; Clifford Chance (Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership); Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Clifford Chance and the Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership advised HSBC Bank plc on the recent financing of the Elazig integrated health campus using the first ever greenfield project bond structure in the Turkish PPP market. The sponsors were advised by Willlkie Farr & Gallagher and Bezen & Partners. | EUR 360 million | Turkey | |
| Dec-16 | Erdem & Erdem | Erdem & Erdem advised Trakya Cam Sanayii A.S, a company of TurkeyÕs Sisecam Group, on its acquisition of all assets of Italy-based flat-glass manufacturer Sangalli Vetro Porto Nogaro for a gross of EUR 84.7 million. | EUR 84.7 million | Turkey | |
| Dec-16 | Linklaters; Paksoy; White & Case | Paksoy, working in cooperation with Linklaters, advised Anadolu Endustri Holding A.S. and Bedminster Capital (working through its company SEEF Foods S.A.R.L.) on their sale of 55.25% and 44.75% shares, respectively, in Ana Gida Ihtiyac Maddeleri ve Sanayi Ticaret A.S., the prominent Turkish olive oil and seed oil producer. White & Case reportedly advised the Ana Gida on the transaction. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Dec-16 | Paksoy | Paksoy advised The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C) on its acquisition of the final 25% stake in Alternatifbank A.S. from Anadolu Endustri Holding A.s. through an exercise of its put option for AEH's remaining shares. Alternatifbank is now a 100% subsidiary of The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C). | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Dec-16 | Paksoy; Tolga Ismen | Paksoy advised Coventya Beteiligungs GmbH on its acquisition of 80% of the shares in Politeknik Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. from its shareholders. Tolga Ismen advised the sellers on the transaction. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Moroglu Arseven; Orrick | KDK advised IyzicoÕs founding shareholders Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin, and Iyzico itself, in connection with the sale of IyzicoÕs minority shares (30.2%) to Vostok Finance Emerging Ltd., the International Finance Corporation, and 212 Capital Partners I Cooperatief U.A., through share subscription. The buyer was assisted by Orrick and Moroglu Arseven. | USD 13 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | Paksoy | Paksoy advised IMCD N.V., a distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients, on its acquisition of Feza Kimya Ic ve Dis Ticaret A.S., which specializes in technical sales, marketing, and distribution of speciality chemicals and instruments in Turkey. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | Bird & Bird; Erdem & Erdem | Erdem & Erdem advised Sisecam on the transfer of 10% of the shares of subsidiary Sisecam Cevre Sistemleri A.S. to the EBRD. The EBRD was represented by Bird & Bird. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | K&L Gates; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Paksoy; Travers Smith | Paksoy and K&L Gates Italy advised the EBRD on its role, along with Hermes GPE, as co-investors in and providers of financing for, Mediterra's acquisition of 70% of Arkel Elektrik Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, the technology company manufacturing electronic components for lifts. Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli advised Mediterra on the deal, Caliskan Kizilyel Toker advised the sellers, and Travers Smith advised Hermes. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership, the Turkish arm of Dentons, advised Orix Aviation Systems Limited and one of its affiliates on the transfer of ownership of one Airbus A320-200 and two Boeing 737-800 aircrafts and their leases to what the firm describes as "a highly reputable airline in Turkey." | N/A | Turkey | |
| Jan-17 | Akol Ozok Namli Attorney Partnership; Dentons (BASEAK); Yasaman Law Firm | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership has succesfully advised Pera Capital on its acquisition of 45% of the shares of Asset Medikal from the Teknoloji Yatirim A.S. venture capital firm and founding Asset Medikal shareholders Mehmet Tuysuz, Fusun Tuysuz, and Filiz Bayindir. The Akol Ozok Namli Attorney Partnership advised Teknoloji Yatirim and the Yasaman Law Firm advised the shareholders. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | Aksan; Turunc | The Turunc law firm advised Peoplise on investment it received from the 500 Startups venture capital fund. The Aksan law firm advised the investors on the matter. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jan-17 | De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Paksoy; Yurttutan Gurel Yoruker | Paksoy advised IMCD N.V., a distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients, on its acquisition of 100% of Istanbul-based Feza Kimya Ic ve Dis Ticaret Anonim Sirketi from the Bozkurt family. De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek acted as foreign counsel to IMCD on the deal, and the Yurttutan Gurel Yoruker law firm advised the Bozkurt family. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Feb-17 | Ismen Law Firm; Paksoy | Paksoy advised Coventya Ñ a Fund II portfolio company of European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital Ñ on its acquisition of an 80.6% interest in Borsa Istanbul-listed Politeknik Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S from private individuals Atila Yaman, Mesut Akkaya, Nilgun Yaman, Melisa Bahar Akkaya, and Filiz Akkaya. The Ismen Law Firm advised the sellers. Coventya has announced that it will also launch a mandatory tender offer for the remaining 19.4% of the companyÕs shares in compliance with the principles and procedure of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey. | EUR 18 million | Turkey | Here |
| Mar-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised Amadeus in connection with its acquisition of Iyzico's minority shares (4.06%)Ê through share subscription. KDK drafted and negotiated draft subscription agreements and the shareholders agreement and conducted the transaction closing as well. | USD 2 million | Turkey | Here |
| Mar-17 | Herguner Bilgen Ozeke; Paksoy | Paksoy advised Migros on its acquisition of Tesco Kipa from Tesco Overseas Investments Limited. The share purchase agreement was signed on June 10, 2016, and the deal closed in Izmir on March 1, 2017, following clearance from the Turkish Competition Authority. Herguner Bilgen Ozeke advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Mar-17 | Selvi & Ertekin; White & Case | White & Case advised GAMA Holding on an amendment of the partnership structure to transfer a 20 percent share of the company to Evren Unver. The Selvi & Ertekin Avukatlik Ortakligi firm advised Unver on the deal. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Mar-17 | Verdi; White & Case | White & Case advised Spanish bank BBVA on its acquisition of a 9.95% stake in Garanti Bank from Dogus Group for approximately EUR 859 million. The Verdi law firm advised Dogus Group on the deal, which gives BBVA a 49.85% stake in Garanti. | EUR 859 million | Turkey | Here |
| Mar-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzie advised Akbank T.A.S., one of Turkey's largest banks, on the offering of USD 500 million Basel III compliant Tier 2 Notes under Akbank's USD 3.5 billion Global Medium Term Note Program. This represents the first Tier 2 Notes issue in Turkey this year. | USD 500 million | Turkey | |
| Mar-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership); Dentons (BASEAK) | The Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie's Paris office advised Akbank T.A.S. in relation to its USD 404,512,884 and EUR 738,271,106 Dual Currency Term Loan Facilities. Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership and Dentons advised Joint Coordinators and Bookrunners Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited, Emirates NBD Capital Limited, and ICBC Turkey Yatirim Menkul Degerler A.S. on the transaction. | USD 1.2 billion | Turkey | Here |
| Mar-17 | Linklaters; Paksoy | Linklaters and Paksoy advised TurkeyÕs Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB) on its issue of the worldÕs first sustainable tier two bond. | USD 300 million | Turkey | Here |
| Apr-17 | Moral Law Firm; Ronald Fletcher Baker; White & Case | Moral advised and represented the shareholders of Tozmetal in the companyÕs acquisition by the GKN Group. The sellers were advised by Ronald Fletcher Baker in the UK and White & Case advised GKN. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Moral Law Firm | The Moral law firm advised the Aryom real estate developer on the construction and sale of the Aryom Koru Project, which consists of 425 residences surrounded by sculptured landscapes and multiple social and sports facilities and is located just outside Izmir. | EUR 36.4 million | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Cerrahoglu Law Firm; Erdem & Erdem | Erdem & Erdem advised Anadolu Cam Sanayii Anonim Sirketi, the glass-making affiliate of the Sisecam Group, on its agreement to transfer 50% of the shares of Omco Istanbul Kalip Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi to Omco International N.V., which already held the other 50%. The Cerrahoglu Law Firm represented the buyer on the deal. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership); LSA Legal Consultancy | The Esin Attorney Partnership advised Jonquil Group Limited in relation to the sale by its Turkish subsidiary of 3.7 hectares of land in Bodrum to Idyma Gayrimenkul A.S., a subsidiary of Peska Turizm Yatirim A.S., a company developing and operating tourist facilities in Turkey. The LSA Legal Consultancy advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Baker McKenzie; Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership) | The Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie's Paris and Frankfurt offices advised the lenders in relation to USD 306,000,000 and EUR 956,500,000 Dual Currency Term Loan Facilities provided to Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S. | USD 306 million; EUR 956.5 million | Turkey | |
| May-17 | Akol Ozok Namli Attorney Partnership; Baker McKenzie; Paksoy; Verdi | Paksoy advised the EBRD on its acquisition of a majority stake in Turkey's Korozo Ambalaj producer of flexible packaging, made along with the Esas Holding venture capital firm and the Actera private equity investor, from the Duvenyaz family, Riva Salhon, and Rakel Nahmiyas. Verdi (in Turkey) and Baker McKenzie (in Luxembourg) advised Actera on the deal. The Akol Ozok Namli Attorney Partnership acted for UNLU Menkul Degerler A.S. and the selling shareholders of Korozo on the sale to Actera. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Hogan Lovells | Hogan Lovells advised Aktif Bank on the first sukuk ever to be listed on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange. | USD 118 million | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership) | Esin Attorney Partnership represented the shareholders of Eko Faktoring A.S. in their acquisition of the remaining 18.4% of shares in Cooperatieve BVS Financial Services. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Paksoy; Pekin & Bayer | Paksoy advised Anadolu Endustri Holding on its acquisition of the final 19.50% shares in MH Perakendecilik from Moonlight Capital S.A., giving Anadolu Endustri ownership of 100% of the company. Pekin & Bayar acted as local counsel and Dickson Minto as foreign counsel to Moonlight Capital S.A. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Akol Ozok Namli Attorney Partnership; Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership); Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | The Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie advised Global Ports Holding, the world's largest independent cruise port operator, on its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. Cleary Gottlieb advised the banks on the deal. Akol Ozok Namli Attorney Partnership served as Turkish counsel to the banks, working alongside Cleary Gottlieb. | GPB 465 million | Turkey | Here |
| May-17 | Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership advised ThyssenKrupp Access Solutions GmbH on the termination of its joint venture in ThyssenKrupp Encasa Asansor Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and the sale of its shares to joint venture member EMT Asansor. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised Mediterra Capital, a prominent Turkish private equity fund, in connection with its acquisition of 53% shares in Tavuk Dunyasi Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim sirketi, a fast-food chain.Ê | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised Mediterra Capital, a prominent Turkish private equity fund, in connection with its acquisition of 23.35% shares in Tavuk Dunyasi Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim sirketi, a fast-food chain.Ê | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Dentons (BASEAK); Paksoy | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership advised Yildiz Holding on the TRL 220 million sale of its Orgen Gida affiliate and its Bizim Mutfak brands to the Japanese food and chemical corporation Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Paksoy advised the buyers on the deal. | TRL 220 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership) | The Esin Attorney Partnership advised the lenders in relation to USD 160 million and EUR 69 million Dual Currency Murabaha Facilities provided to Ziraat Katilim Bankasi A.S. ABC Islamic Bank acted as agent, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited acted as facility coordinator, and 13 international banks acted as documentation agents. The lenders included 13 international banks. | USD 160 million; EUR 69 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Clifford Chance (Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership); Guliz Ucar | Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership advised Alcazar Energy Partners on the acquisition of Yander Elektrik, a company holding a wind power plant license in the western region of Turkey. The sellers were individual shareholders, represented by sole practitioner Guliz Ucar. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Jun-17 | Caliskan Kizilyel Toker; Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership Ñ the Turkish arm of Dentons Ñ advised Turkven Private Equity on its acquisition of Mikro Yazilimevi Yazilim Hizmetleri Bilgisayar San. Tic. A.S., a Turkish company active in the software sector. Caliskan Kizilyel Toker advised the sellers. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Jun-17 | Inanici-Tekcan Law Firm; YYU Legal | YYU Legal advised the shareholders of the Asay Group of companies on the sale of a 50% stake in the four Turkish members of the Group to the EOH technology solutions group. The EOH group was sold by the Inanici-Tekcan Law Firm. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Allen & Overy (Gedik & Eraksoy); Baker McKenzie; CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati; Dentons (BASEAK); Hengeler Mueller; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | The Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker McKenzie International, advised a syndicate of 14 international and Turkish banks as lenders on a USD 500 million and TRY 720 million Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities provided to VIP Turkey Enerji A.S., a subsidiary of Vitol Investment Partnership Ltd., to finance its acquisition of OMV POAS Holding A.S., POAS's holding company. Allen & Overy and Gedik & Eraksoy acted for VIP Turkey Enerji on the financing. CHSH and Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Avukatlik Ortakligi advised OMV on the actual sale, with Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli and Hengeler Mueller advising the Vitol Group. | USD 500 million; TRY 720 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Clifford Chance; Clifford Chance (Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership) | Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership and Clifford Chance advised Citi, the sole bookrunner of the accelerated bookbuild process, in connection with the USD 485 million sale of shares in Koc Holding by members of the Koc family. | USD 485 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jun-17 | Cakmak Law Firm; Cakmak-Gokce Law Firm; Moral Law Firm; White & Case | The Moral Law Firm advised Borusan EnBW Enerji Yatirimlari ve Uretim A.S. Ñ a joint venture of Borusan Holding A.S. and EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG Ñ on its USD 38.5 million acquisition of the Kiyikoy Wind Power Plant from Aksa Energy. The Cakmak Law Firm, Cakmak-Gokce Law firm, and White & Case advised Aksa Energy on the deal, which is contingent on approval from Turkey's EMRA and Competition Authority. | USD 38.5 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jul-17 | Allen & Overy (Gedik & Eraksoy); Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (BASEAK) Ñ the Turkish arm of Dentons Ñ advised DP Eurasia N.V., the exclusive master franchisee of the Domino's Pizza brand for Turkey, Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, on the Turkish law aspects of its successful initial public offering and admission to listing on the premium segment of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. Dentons acted as English, US, and Russian counsel to DP Eurasia, while Allen & Overy and Gedik & Eraksoy reportedly advised the underwriters. The offering raised gross proceeds of approximately GBP 148 million. | GBP 148 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jul-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership); Dentons (BASEAK) | The Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker McKenzie International, advised ING Group's Turkish subsidiary ING Bank A.S. on a EUR 462.5 million and USD 12 million dual currency term loan agreement with syndicate of 22 major international and Turkish banks. Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki reportedly advised the mandated lead arrangers, which included Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited, Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Turkey A.S., Citibank N.A.(London Branch), J.P. Morgan Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Goldman Sachs International, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. The deal closed on July 4, 2017. | EUR 462.5 million; USD 12 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jul-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership); Yazici Legal | The Esin Attorney Partnership in Turkey and Baker McKenzie's Paris office advised a syndicate of 18 international banks on a EUR 212 million and USD 56.5 million 367-Day Dual Tranche Term Loan Facility extended to TSKB-Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi A.S. (Industrial Development Bank of Turkey) to fund TSKB's project finance-related transactions and its customers' trade finance transactions. Yazici Legal advised TSKB on the loan. | EUR 212 million and USD 56.5 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dentons; Dentons (BASEAK); Dentons; Freshfields; King & Spalding; Noerr; Latham & Watkins; Sullivan & Cromwell | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership and Dentons advised selling shareholders Ru-Net and Target Global and an unnamed group of non-selling shareholders on Delivery Hero AGÕs USD 1.1 billion initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Lead Arrangers Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley were represented by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Sullivan & Cromwell, King & Spalding, and Germany's GLNS law firm represented Delivery Hero. Selling shareholders Rocket Internet and Luxor Capital were represented by Noerr and Latham & Watkins, respectively. | USD 1.1 billion | Turkey | Here |
| Jul-17 | Clifford Chance; Clifford Chance (Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership); Mayer Brown | The Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership and Clifford Chance advised the IFC on its USD 150 million investment in covered bonds issued by TurkeyÕs Garanti Bank. The five-year maturity bond is backed by a portfolio of residential mortgages and is issued as part of Garanti BankÕs EUR 5 billion covered bonds program. Mayer Brown advised Garanti on the matter. | USD 150 million | Turkey | Here |
| Jul-17 | Dentons; Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership and Denton advised TACA Construction on its agreement construct a 5-star hotel in Djibouti for the Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Jul-17 | Akol Law Firm Baker McKenzie; Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership) | The Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie advised the Marubeni Corporation on its acquisition of a 45.494% interest in Saide Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, an apparel company in Turkey. The Akol Law Firm advised the sellers, Hatem and Askin Duru, on the deal. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Aug-17 | Allen & Overy (Gedik & Eraksoy); Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised NEF EBRD Gayrimenkul Gelistirme A.S. and its founding shareholder Timur Gayrimenkul on the acquisition of 35% shares of the company by the EBRD through share subscription, in order to form a joint venture between the company and the EBRD to realise real property projects across the Republic of Turkey. Allen & Overy and Gedik & Eraksoy advised the buyer. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Aug-17 | Dentons; Dentons (BASEAK); White & Case | Balcõoglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership and Dentons advised Akbank, through its subsidiary ARTS Ltd, in relation to the amendments made in its diversified payment rights securitization program. White & Case reportedly acted as program counsel in the transaction. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Aug-17 | Erdem & Erdem | Erdem & Erdem advised Akfen Holding A.S. on Turkish and English law matters related to its agreement to transfer its shares in Mersin Uluslararasi Liman Isletmeciligi A.S. Ñ the operator and manager of a port in Mersin, Turkey Ñ to Australian infrastructure fund IFM Investors. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Aug-17 | Erdem & Erdem | Erdem & Erdem represented Soda Sanayii A.S. in its purchase of 100% of the shares of Cheminvest Deri Kimyasallari Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi from Italian seller Cheminvest S.P.A. and other minority shareholders. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Aug-17 | Allen & Overy (Gedik & Eraksoy); Paksoy | Paksoy provided Turkish advice to Odea Bank A.S. on its issuance of USD 300 million Basel III compliant Tier 2 bonds due 2027. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Ñ advised by Allen & Overy and Gedik & Eraksoy Ñ were Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers, with Audi Investment Bank acting as the Co-Manager. | USD 300 million | Turkey | |
| Aug-17 | Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership advised Statkraft Enerji Anonim Sirketi on its preparation to sell the Cetin Hydroelectric Power Plant Project to potential buyers. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Aug-17 | Clifford Chance; Taboglu & Demirhan | The Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership advised the Japanese food giant Ajinomoto on its acquisition of the remaining 50% of Kukre Gida ve Ihtiyac Maddeleri Nakliyat ve Ozel Egitim Hizmetleri Ticaret ve Sanayi Anonim Sirketi. Taboglu & Demirhan advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership advised LCI Education on the company's acquisition of the remaining 20% minority shares held by local shareholders in its Turkish subsidiary. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Sep-17 | ASC Avukatlik Ortakligi; Durukan+Partners; Hogan Lowells; Latham & Watkins | Durukan+Partners acted as counsel to borrowers Emaar Properties PJSC and Emaar Libadiye Gayrimenkul Gelistirme A.S. in the restructuring and refinancing of USD 500 million loans. In the previous financing, Standard Chartered Bank, Emirates NBD Capital Limited and HSBC Bank PLC acted as Arrangers. Durukan+Partners acted as Turkish counsel to borrower in the restructuring and refinancing including the change of the arranger to Standard Chartered Bank, the addition of Standard Chartered Bank as a new lender, and the deferral of principal repayment instalments. Hogan Lovells Middle East also advised the borrower. The lenders were advised by Latham & Watkins and ASC Avukatlik Ortakligi. | USD 500 million | Turkey | Here |
| Sep-17 | Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership represented the founding shareholder of Grup Florence Nightingale Hastaneleri A.S. with respect to the buy-back of 50 percent of the shares of the company from Fiba Health Investments Inc., which had invested in the group back in 2014. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Sep-17 | Bezen & Partners; Ergun Law Firm; White & Case; Willkie Farr & Gallagher | White & Case and the Ergun Law firm advised the lenders and hedging banks, including JBIC, NEXI, SMBC, MUFG, Standard Chartered Bank, Nippon Life Insurance company, Dai-ichi Life Insurance company, and the Iyo Bank, on the USD 1.83 billion financing of the 2,682-bed Ikitelli Hospital public private partnership in Istanbul. Willkie, Farr & Gallagher and Bezen & Partners advised the consortium leading the financing, construction, and operation of the Ikitelli Hospital campus, which includes Ronesans Health Investment and Sojitz. | USD 1.83 billion | Turkey | Here |
| Sep-17 | Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle; Egemenoglu | Egemenoglu is working alongside co-counsel Butzel Long in representing Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi in an Energy Charter Treaty claim against Turkmenistan at ICSID involving the Turkish groupÕs investment in two power plants and a refinery. Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle is representing Turkmenistan in the action, which is based on both the ECT and the 1997 Turkey-Turkmenistan bilateral investment treaty. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Sep-17 | Baker McKenzie (Esin Attorney Partnership) | The Esin Attorney Partnership advised specialty chemicals company Sika Yapi Kimyasallari A.S. on the acquisition of ABC Sealants, a leading Turkish-based manufacturer of sealants and adhesives. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Sep-17 | Baker McKenzie; Hogan Lovells; Paksoy | The Esin Attorney Partnership advised Burgan Bank on a USD 117,000,000 and EUR 75,000,000 syndicated multi-tranche term loan agreement with 14 international banks. The lenders were advised by Paksoy and Hogan Lovells. | USD 117 million; EUR 75 million | Turkey | |
| Sep-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Austria's Greiner Packaging International GmbH on its acquisition of TGM1, thereby assuming ownership of all shares in Teknik Plastik Greiner Ambalaj Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, a prominent Turkish packaging and labelling company. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Sep-17 | Moral Law Firm | The Moral Law Firm advised Barcin Spor, a Turkish sports equipment retailer, on its acquisition of nine stores from an unnamed national retailer. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Sep-17 | Paksoy | Paksoy advised LINPAC Packaging, a global player in the food packaging industry, on the September 21 sale of 76% of the shares in its Turkish subsidiary, ST Plastik, to Sedat Tahir Consumer Goods Industry. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised International Furniture BV in connection with the sale of 42% of its shares inÊ Dogtas Kelebek Mobilya Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim through an accelerated book building method in BORSA IstanbulÕs wholesale market.Ê | USD 91 million | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Allen & Overy (Gedik & Eraksoy); Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Avukatlik Ortakligi acted as Turkish counsel and Dentons acted as English and United States counsel to Coca-Cola Icecek Anonim Sirketi, the Coca-Cola bottler for Turkey, Central Asia, Pakistan, and the Middle East, on its Rule 144A/Regulation S issuance of USD 500 million 4.215% Notes due 2024. Gedik & Eraksoy and Allen & Overy advised joint lead managers Citibank International, HSBC Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, MUFG Securities EMEA, and BNP Paribas. | USD 500 million | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Herguner Bilgen Ozeke; Paksoy | Paksoy advised Doktas Metal on its acquisition of 93.57% of Componenta Dokumculuk, the Turkish subsidiary of Finnish Componenta Group, from the Compinenta Corporation, and advised Componenta Dokumculuk on the restructuring of its facility arrangement. Herguner Bilgen Ozeke represented the sellers. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | CRSB Law; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Paksoy; Slaughter and May | Slaughter and May and Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli advised Equinix Inc on its acquisition of ZeniumÕs data center business in Istanbul. CRSB Law LLP and Paksoy Law Office advised seller. | USD 93 million | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Dentons (BASEAK) | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership advised Henkel in connection with the acquisition of the remaining 50% equity in Eczacibasi Schwarzkopf Kuafor Urunleri Pazarlama A.S. from former joint venture partner Eczacibasi, giving it complete ownership of the exclusive distributor of Schwarzkopf Professional hair products in Turkey. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Paksoy | Paksoy advised Gentex Corporation on its entrance into a joint venture with Norbo Savunma Sanayi ve Dõs Tic. Ltd. Sti. involving the manufacture and distribution of Gentex products. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Baker McKenzie | The Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie's Paris office advised ICBC Turkey Bank A.S., ICBC Yatirim Menkul Degerler A.S., and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. on a USD 155 million term loan facility provided to Yapi Kredi. | USD 155 million | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Baker McKenzie | The Esin Attorney Partnership advised global audiobook firm Storytel Sweden AB on its acquisition of 100% of Turkish publisher Seslenenkitap Yayincilik Hizmetleri A.S. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Oct-17 | Paksoy | Paksoy advised Nordkalk on the acquisition of mining licenses from Biga Maden and the formation of a joint venture with a Turkish partner. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised Propak, a Turkish packaging company, and the sellers, including TPACK, a subsidiary of Bedminster Capital Management LLC, in connection with the sale of 90% shares in Propak to Southeast Europe Equity Fund. | USD 56 million | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised Troya Portfoy Yonetimi Anonim Sirketi Yenilenebilir Enerji Birinci Girisim Sermayesi Fonu on its acquisition of 51% of the shares in Bestepeler Enerji Anonim Sirketi. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Taboglu & Demirhan | KDK advised Global Chemplast L.P. on its acquisition of 90% of the shares in Veser Kimyevi Maddeler Anonim sirketi, aÊ specialty chemical distributor in Turkey. Taboglu & Demirhan advised the sellers. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | Erdem & Erdem; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli | KDK advised the Mediterra Capital private equity fund on the acquisition of 100% of Glasshouse Bilgi Sistemleri Ticaret Anonim Sirketi by International Data Assurance SARL (Mediterra's portfolio company). Erdem & Erdem assisted the seller. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | Paksoy | Paksoy advised Condair Group AG, a Swiss manufacturer of commercial and industrial humidification devices and systems, on its entrance into a share purchase agreement and shareholders agreement with Gokhan Yalinay to establish a joint venture in Turkey. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | Schoenherr | Schoenherr successfully advised the association of Turkish freight forwarders and Istanbul Lojistik on an EU law infringement case against Hungary, which required Turkish freight forwarding companies to obtain a transit permit Ñ some issued at no charge, most requiring the payment of a vehicle tax Ñ to transport goods across its territory. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | White & Case | White & Case, Cakmak-Gokce, and Cakmak advised IFM Investors on its acquisition of 40% of the Mersin Port in Turkey from Akfen Holding A.S. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | YYU Legal | YYU Legal advised the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation, which is backed by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Turkey, on its entrance into an Event Promotion Agreement with the World Rally Championship Promoter GmbH, a Red Bull subsidiary, regarding Turkey's participation in the World Rally Championship organization. | N/A | Turkey | |
| Nov-17 | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Moral Law Firm | Moral represented the shareholders of Vansan Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.on the acquisition of a majority stake in the company by Turkven Private Equity. Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli advised the buyers on the deal. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Dec-17 | Fox Horan & Camerini, Kirkland & Ellis; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; Verdi | Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli, working in cooperation with Fox Horan & Camerini, advised Demir Sabanci on the indirect sale of the majority shares of Gratis Ic ve Dis Ticaret Anonim Sirketi to Actera Partners II L.P. Kirkland & Ellis represented Actera Partners II, with Verdi Attorney Partnership advising on Turkish law matters. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Dec-17 | Turunc | Turunc advised Taxim Capital on its acquisition of 51% of Turkey's Suwen lingerie and underwear manufacturer and retailer for an undisclosed price. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Dec-17 | Pekin & Pekin; Schoenherr | Schoenherr advised Nerma Gokce and Kalite Sistem Merieux Nutrisciences Holding A.S. on the sale of majority shareholder Nerma Gokce's share in the group companies to Silliker Consulting B.V. and on the restructuring of the corporate body. Pekin & Pekin advised the buyer. | N/A | Turkey | Here |
| Dec-16 | Alexandrov & Partners | Alexandrov & Partners advised Pionerskyi Kvartal Housing Complex, a developer in the Kyiv Region, on the construction of a 100,000 square meter housing complex on land plots with a total area of 8 hectares. | N/A | Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-16 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian law counsel on project financing aimed at the implementation of energy-saving technologies organized by NEFCO.Ê | N/A | Ukraine | Here |
| Dec-16 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko advised BNP Paribas on restatement/roll-over/extension of the pre-export financing to Duferco S.A. | USD 500 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-16 | Bird & Bird; Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised the EBRD on its USD 16 million secured financing earlier provided to Nadezhda, a Ukrainian nationwide operator of liquefied petroleum gas and petrol stations. Bird & Bird assisted the borrower.Ê | USD 16 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-16 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised Credit Suisse in extending a USD 40 million credit facility to West Trading & Marketing Oil Corporation. | USD 40 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-16 | Avellum | Avellum acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the EBRD in connection with a EUR 1.4 million loan facility to the Industrial Group KHASK. | EUR 1.4 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-16 | Asters; White & Case | Asters and White & Case acted as legal counsels to PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, the Ukrainian public railway company, on the restructuring of USD 500 million 9.5 per cent loan participation notes due 2018. The reprofiling includes exchanging the 2018 notes for the new USD 500 million 9.875 per cent notes due 2021 and an amending of the loan agreement. | USD 500 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-16 | Ilyashev & Partners | A senior lawyer from Ilyashev & Partners was selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development to perform an expert examination of three draft Ukrainian laws governing the procedure of safeguard, anti-dumping, and anti-subsidy investigations. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Alexandrov & Partners | Alexandrov & Partners defended the interests of Ukrgasbank PJSC JSB in a dispute involving alleged unfair actions of one of its debtors, who tried to evade the fulfillment of obligation to repay funds received under a loan agreement.The court delivered a judgment in favor of Ukrgasbank in the amount of more than UAH 100 million. | UAH 100 million | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Ilyashev & Partners | Ilyashev and Partners represented PJSC KuibyshevAzot in an anti-dumping investigation related to import of nitrogen fertilizers of Russian origin into Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Eterna | Eterna Law was successful for TPV Compound s.r.l., an Italian producer of polyvinylchloride compounds, in a multiparty debt collection matter before the Ukrainian courts. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to Aegon Group, the Dutch life insurance business, on the sale of the Aegon Life Ukraine insurance company to the TAS Group. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners and Clifford Chance advised the China Development Bank on the master facility agreement in the total amount of USD 3.65 billion extended to Naftogaz of Ukraine in 2012 and the confirmation of the sovereign Guarantee granted by Ukraine in 2012. | USD 3.65 billion | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Avellum | Avellum acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the EBRD in connection with its EUR 1.4 million loan facility to the Khask industrial group. | EUR 1.4 million | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil & Partners successfully represented Ukraine's Intertrans LLC in a dispute with the National Bank of Ukraine and Department of the State Enforcement Service of Ukraine that reached the Supreme Court of Ukraine for a second time in a year. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko represented PJSC SIC ÒBorshchagivskiy Chemical-Pharmaceutical PlantÓ before the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine on its successful application to have the special sanctions applied by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine terminated. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko obtained merger clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for Denali Holding Inc.'s USD 60 billion acquisition of EMC Corporation. | USD 60 billion | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Avellum; Latham & Watkins | Avellum acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in connection with its acquisition of an approximately 48% stake in GlobalLogic Inc. from Apax Funds. Latham & Watkins acted as the global legal advisor to CPPIB. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Avellum; Freshfields; Latham & Watkins; Sayenko Kharenko | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Kernel Holding S.A. on the issuance of its USD 500 million guaranteed notes due 2022, which carry an interest rate of 8.75 percent. Avellum acted as Ukrainian legal counsel. Latham & Watkins advised joint lead managers and bookrunners JPMorgan and ING Wholesale Banking London on the issuance. Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to J.P. Morgan Securities plc and ING Bank N.V., London Branch. | USD 500 million | Ukraine | |
| Jan-17 | Aequo; Allen & Overy | Aequo advised Portigon AG (Dusseldorf, Germany), UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s. (Prague, Czech Republic), and other lenders on the restructuring of the multi-million loan facilities granted to an unidentified company in the Ukrainian automotive industry. Allen & Overy advised on English, German, and Czech Republic elements of the restructuring. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Asters; Avellum; CMS; Latham & Watkins; Sayenko Kharenko; Shearman & Sterling | Avellum, Asters, Sayenko Kharenko, and CMS advised various creditors and bondholders in connection with the long-term restructuring of the notes as part of the long-term restructuring of the debts of the DTEK Energy group. Shearman Sterling advised the bondholders on UK law. The issuer, DTEK Finance, was assisted by Latham & Watkins. | USD 1.2 billion | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Aequo | Aequo advised the Ukrainian subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia on its restructuring of a multi-million loan facility granted to the Smila Electromechanical Plant. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil and Partners successfully represented Lviv Polytechnic National University as a third party in a complex dispute involving an insolvent bank before the Supreme Court of Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Avellum; Gleiss Lutz | Avellum acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Deutsche Beteiligungs AG in connection with the EUR 5.9 million investment in Dieter Braun GmbH. working Gleiss Lutz was global counsel to Deutsche Beteiligungs. | EUR 5.9 million | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko KharenkoÕs criminal defense team successfully represented Reckitt Benckiser Household & Healthcare Ukraine in criminal proceedings and on the forcible return of the companyÕs foreign executives and potential application of special sanctions against the company. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Aequo | Aequo advised the Epicentr Group on its acquisition of shopping malls in Lviv, Bucha, and Boryspil, in Ukraine, with a total area of more than 40,000 square meters. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners provided pro bono legal advice to the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice regarding the implementation of a pilot public-private partnership project involve the construction of a new pre-trial detention facility in Kyiv and and a hospital in Lviv. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Asters | Asters provided legal advice to the **HiPP Group** in obtaining merger clearance from the Ukrainian competition authority for its acquisition of the MIG milk formula plant (in Herford, Germany), which was previously jointly controlled by HiPP Group and DMK Group. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Avellum; Norton Rose Fulbright; Zaid Ibrahim & Co | Avellum acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to ING Bank N.V. in connection with loan facilities provided by ING Bank N.V. to Alfa Trading Limited, the affiliated company of a multinational agribusiness group. Norton Rose Fulbright advised ING Bank N.V. as to English law and Singapore law, and Zaid Ibrahim & Co advised ING Bank N.V. as to Malaysian law. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Asters | Asters advised Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited on its successful application for merger clearance from the Ukrainian competition authority for the purchase of GlaxoSmithKline plc's anesthesia portfolio for approximately GBP 180 million plus milestones of up to GBP 100 million. | GBP 180 million | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Aequo | AequoÕs Tax Disputes team successfully defended the interests of Oysho, a member of Inditex, the worldÕs biggest fashion group, in a tax dispute before the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal. Oysho was challenging a tax notice concerning on the grounds that it was exempt from taxes on royalty income derived from IP rights (licenses). | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Feb-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko advised a private investor from Kazakhstan, Arif Babayev, on his acquisition of a controlling shareholding in PJSC ÒRegion-BankÓ. The deal closed in January 2017. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Ilyashev & Partners | Ilyashev & Partners represented the interests of the Ukrainian DIY hypermarket network Epicentr K in its revision of safeguard measures concerning the import into Ukraine of china tableware and flatware. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Citibank, N.A., London Branch and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as mandated lead arrangers and original lenders on a EUR 478,285,000 facility to PJSC ÒNational Joint-Stock company Naftogaz of UkraineÓ (Naftogaz). The financing is guaranteed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and has the benefit of a sovereign guarantee in the form of indemnity provided by Ukraine to the IBRD. | EUR 478 million | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzieÕs Kyiv office has been selected as a legal partner of the Health Care Committee of the European Business Association for 2017 after elections held by the Committee Board after a competitive tender process. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Asters | Asters advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on its USD 3 million financing to Ecosoft, Ukraine's leading producer of water purification equipment. | USD 3 million | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Doubinsky & Osharova | Doubinsky & Osharova has obtained well-known status of the "Jack DanielÕs" trademarks for client Jack Daniel's Properties Inc. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Asters | Asters advised ED&F Man on the issuance for the company of a UAH 195 million customs guarantee by Ukrgasbank in favor of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. | UAH 195 million | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Aequo | AequoÕs Tax Disputes team successfully defended the interests of Zara in a tax dispute before the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal. The case concerned the refusal by the Ukrainian tax authority to credit the amounts of advance corporate profit tax paid by the company upon the distribution of dividends towards its current corporate profit tax liabilities. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko KharenkoÕs antitrust team secured clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the introduction of a new direct claims settlement agreement between the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) and its insurer members. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil & Partners successfully represented Roche Ukraine in a labor dispute with a former employee. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Eterna | Eterna Law, working in cooperation with Maples and Calder in the British Virgin Islands and Matthew Hardwick QC (instructed by Maples and Calder Partner Arabella di Iorio), successfully appealed a lower court's ruling involving the discharge of a worldwide freezing injunction on behalf of clients Rustam Yusufovich Gilfanov and Sergey Aleksandrovich Tokarev in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (BVI Court of Appeal). | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised VEON on its survey of the Centralized Roaming Platforms in Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Asters | Asters represented ACNielsen Ukraine in a successful defense of the company's interests in an alleged retail cartel case. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners provided legal advice to the EBRD in connection with a EUR 3.3 million financing of an Aquanova Development LLC loan facility for the construction of a small hydro power plant on the Rika River in the Khust District of the Zakarpattya Region of Ukraine. Clifford Chance advised EBRD on English law aspects of the financing. | EUR 3.3 million | Ukraine | |
| Mar-17 | PLP Law Group | The PLP Law Group protected the interests of the Turkish exporter Dogu Iklimlendirme Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. in a debt recovery case against an unnamed Ukrainian enterprise. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Apr-17 | Alexandrov & Partners | Alexandrov & Partners advised PJSC Lutsk Foods on its development of a unique mechanism for attracting investments, and drafted a shareholders' agreement, which ensured a maximum balance of interests of the business partners. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Apr-17 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised the American Trade & Finance Company and affiliated companies on amending existing loan agreements in the amount of USD 8.5 million earlier extended to PJSC Sharivske. | USD 8.3 million | Ukraine | |
| Apr-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko KharenkoÕs litigation team successfully represented PJSC Insurance company Ukrainian Insurance Group Life in the Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine regarding a UAH 5.3 million (approximately EUR 185,000) insurance indemnity collection dispute. | EUR 185,000 | Ukraine | |
| Apr-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko provided legal counsel to Electronic Arts, an American video game company, in relation to prize promotion issues. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Apr-17 | Doubinsky & Osharova | Doubinsky & Osharova successfully defended the rights of the owner of the ÒJack Daniel'sÓ brand in a trademark and patent case in Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Apr-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil & Partners represented Rele Construction company in the successful resolution of its dispute with the Kyiv City Council involving the termination of a land lease agreement made for 50 years. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| May-17 | Lavrynovych & Partners | Lavrynovych & Partners provided free legal assistance on the establishment of Starenki charitable foundation, which supports single elderly people in Kyiv by providing them with food and household goods. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| May-17 | Allen & Overy; Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised Citibank on amending its existing loan agreements in the amount of USD 55 million extended to Interpipe in connection with loan transfers. Allen & Overy advised the borrower. | USD 55 million | Ukraine | |
| May-17 | Ilyashev & Partners | Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented the interests of the Ukrainian DIY hypermarket chain Epicentr K in a review of safeguard measures concerning the import of porcelain tableware and kitchenware into Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Aequo | Aequo advised Piraeus Bank Ukraine on Ukrainian law matters related to an uncommitted trade facility of up to EUR 5 million from the European Bank for EBRD. | EUR 5 million | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Asters | Asters joined the working group for the establishment of a medical cluster as part of the the V. I. Vernadsky Tavriyskiy National University organized under the auspices of the Government of Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Avellum; Freshfields; Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to joint lead managers J.P. Morgan Securities plc and ING Bank N.V., London Branch in connection with the cash tender offer with respect to USD 750 million 8.25 percent notes due 2020 and the issue of new USD 500 million 7.75 percent notes due 2024 by MHP S.A. MHP was advised by Avellum on Ukrainian law and Freshfields on English law. | USD 1.25 billion | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Dentons | DentonsÕ Kyiv office acted as legal counsel to the Ingenico Group on its acquisition of the payment activities business of Bancomzvjazok JSC through the purchase of 100% of the shares in a newly created legal entity, SST (Systems of Secure Transactions). | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Avellum | Avellum advised its longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. on the acquisition of 100% of shares in a large-scale farming business that manages over 190,000 hectares of leasehold farmland and approximately 200,000 tons of grain storage capacity. The value of the deal was USD 155 million. The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine approved the acquisition in May 2017. | USD 155 million | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko represents Volzhsky Abrasive Works and the Alexandr Trading in an anti-dumping investigation. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Asters | Asters has acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the International Finance Corporation in connection with an up-to-USD 100 million loan to Nibulon, one of the largest Ukrainian grain and oilseeds originators and exporters. | USD 100 million | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Gestors | Gestors assisted Belarus's Dobrush Porcelain Factory in Ukraine's official review of "special safeguard measures" related to the import of cutlery and porcelain dishes to Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | ILC Eucon | ILC Eucon successfully defended the Vostok LLC international oil trading company in a tax dispute before the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal. | UAH 5.8 million | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzieÕs Kyiv office advised the International Finance Corporation, on its provision of an eight-year loan worth around UAH 400 million (about USD 15 million) to Auchan Retail to finance the food retail chain's long-term investments in Ukraine. | USD 15 million | Ukraine | |
| Jun-17 | Antika Law Firm | The Antika Law Firm advised Ghelamco Group on the June 16, 2017 sale of the 30,000+ square meter Kopylov Logistics Park to Ukrainian retailer ATB. The logistics park is located in the village of Kopylov, in the Makarov District of the Kyiv region of Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Avellum; DLA Piper | Avellum advised Saggarco Ltd on the acquisition of a 99.91% stake in PJSC Marfin Bank from Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd (ÒCPBÓ). DLA Piper reportedly advised the sellers on the deal. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Avellum; Sayenko Kharenko | Avellum advised the shareholders of the Karavan Hypermarket chain on their sale of the company to the Auchan Group. Sayenko Kharenko reportedly advised the buyers on the transaction, which remains subject to approval by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | AGA Partners | AGA Partners successfully defended Ukrlandfarming's interests in The Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations Ltd (FOSFA) arbitration. | USD 8.5 million | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised ABN AMRO Bank N.V. on amending an existing loan agreement to provide additional up-to USD 20 million to Nibulon S.A. and Nibulon Trading B.V. | USD 20 million | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Avellum | Avellum advised longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. on its USD 43.3 million cash acquisition of 100% of shares in an unnamed farming business that, according to the firm, manages over 170,000 tons of grain storage capacity and over 27,500 hectares of leasehold farmland. | USD 43.3 million | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Aequo | Aequo advised Agroprosperis Bank, the Ukrainian asset of the private equity fund managed by NCH Capital (USA) focused on providing professional financing solutions to Ukrainian agricultural producers, on an additional shares issue in the course of an increase of the registered capital up to UAH 210 million. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Aequo | Aequo advises JSCB Industrialbank on the restructuring of Bestment-Service LLC's UAH 410 million debt that was secured by the mortgage of Plazma Shopping and Entertainment Centre. | UAH 410 million | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | ILC Eucon | The ILC Eucon law firm has defended the interests of Ukrrichflot PJSC in Ukraine's district administrative court | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Jul-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil & Partners assisted Camozzi LLC with its purchase of an industrial site in Kalynivka, Ukraine, near Kyiv, from Solum LLC. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | Eterna | Eterna Law successfully defended the interests of DSM Nutritional Products SP. z o. o. Ñ a European manufacturer of vitamins, pet food, and pharmaceutical products Ñ in a dispute before the Commercial Court of the City of Kyiv involving the alleged failure of a Ukrainian company to pay for goods it received from the company. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | Kinstellar | Kinstellar advised Marazzi Group S.r.l. on its successful application for merger control clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for its acquisition of Emilceramica S.r.l. and Emil Russia LLC. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko advised a group of companies conducting business under the "Whirl" brand on international business structuring and fund raising. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | Aequo; Sayenko Kharenko | Aequo has acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the EBRD in connection with its extension of a UAH-denominated loan Ñ its first ever Ñ of an amount equal to USD 20 million to OTP Leasing LLC. **Editor's Note: **After this story was published, Sayenko Kharenko announced that it provided legal advice to Raiffeisen Bank Aval in connection with UAH 514 million financing launching the UAH lending program of the EBRD in Ukraine. According to Sayenko Kharenko, "EBRD will use the UAH funds for financing its Ukrainian clients. We note that earlier the EBRD has been providing only foreign currency loans to Ukrainian companies, however, recently, the National Bank of Ukraine has permitted international financial institutions to give UAH loans." "We believe this is a landmark deal for Ukraine and we are happy to assist the EBRD with the launch of their hryvnia-denominated lending, which will allow to continue to support Ukrainian companies and to contribute to the development of the Ukrainian economy," noted Victoria Masna, Head of Financial Institutions at Raiffeisen Bank Aval. Sayenko KharenkoÕs team was led by Partner Nazar Chernyavsky and included Senior Associate Maria Tsabal and Junior Associate Glib Bukharin. | USD 20 million | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners and Clifford Chance advised a Chinese consortium consisting of Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd and China Renaissance Capital Investment Inc. in their successful application for merger clearance from the Ukrainian competition authority for the EUR 545 million acquisition of Robert Bosch GmbH`s Starter Motors and Generators business. | EUR 545 million | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | AGA Partners | Ukraine's AGA Partners announced that it has agreed to provide legal services to the Ukrainian Skiing Federation. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | Axon Partners | Axon Partners advised Dao.Casino on fundraising for its project to build a new gaming industry infrastructure based on blockchain. | USD 18 million | Ukraine | |
| Aug-17 | PLP Law Group | PLP Law Group assisted Poland's Hanplast on its entrance to the Ukrainian market. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil & Partners has successfully represented Sumitec Ukraine in judicial proceedings to recover amounts owed for services rendered for repair and maintenance of equipment. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | PLP Law Group | The PLP Law Group assisted Germany's Cordenka GmbH and Co. KG with its acquisition of manufacturing facilities in Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | Antika Law Firm | The Antika Law Firm advised AWT Bavaria on issues of business restructuring and construction matters in Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | KPD Consulting | KPD Consulting helped Master-Avia LLC (the operator of the Kyiv International Airport) extend a USD 34 million loan facility from an unnamed commercial bank with foreign capital. | USD 34 million | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | KPD Consulting | KPD Consulting advised PJSC Sberbank on the enforcement of a guarantee. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners; CMS | Redcliffe Partners and Clifford Chance acted as legal counsel to the EBRD and the IFC in connection with their extension of two parallel senior secured loans to M.V. Cargo to finance the construction of a new private grain terminal in UkraineÕs Black Sea commercial port, Yuzhny. CMS advised M.V. Cargo. | USD 74 million | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | KPD Consulting | KPD Consulting successfully represented ZED-Ukraine in the Economic Court of Kyiv in a debt collection matter. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzie's Kyiv office supported Ukrenergo in implementing a corporate governance reform to institutionalize the supervisory board and ensure that the company's upgraded management structure is in line with OECD guidelines. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Sep-17 | Asters | Asters advised the ViDi Group on the restructuring of debt belonging to group companies ViDi Autocity Kiltseva and LLC ViDi Autocity from JSC Oschadbank. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Avellum; Latham & Watkins; Sayenko Kharenko; White & Case | Avellum acted as Ukrainian legal advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on its USD 3 billion, 15-year, 7.375% Eurobond issue, which was combined with a cash tender offer to the holders of the outstanding Eurobonds due 2019 and 2020. White & Case advised the Ministry of Finance on matters of English and American law, while Sayenko Kharenko (on Ukrainian law) and Latham & Watkins (on American and English law) advised joint lead managers BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan Securities plc. | USD 3 billion | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Gestors | Gestors successfully represented the interests of PJSC Donetskoblgaz in a dispute with the mayor of the city of Kramatorsk,. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Aequo; Sayenko Kharenko | Aequo advised Dragon Capital Group on its acquisition of the Prime and Eurasia business centers in Kyiv from BTA Bank, Ukraine. Sayenko Kharenko advised the sellers. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Everlegal | Everlegal advised UDP Renewables, a Ukrainian developer of renewable energy projects, on the development of its 6 MW Dymerska Solar Power Plant. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Ilyashev & Partners | Ilyashev & Partners advised the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH concerning the structuring of relations with the beneficiaries of technical aid provided by the German government within the framework of the ÒStrengthening Social Infrastructure for Absorption of IDPsÓ project. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil & Partners successfully represented the interests of Imperial Tobacco Production Ukraine in a dispute with Ukrainian tax authorities. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Ilyashev & Partners | Ilyashev & Partners represented the Ukrainian State Strategic Enterprise ÒAntonov,Ó in its motion in the Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv for enforcement of a judgment delivered by the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry awarding more than UAH 32 million to Antonov from the Libyan Executive Authority for Special Flights. | UAH 32 million | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Clifford Chance and Redcliffe Partners advised the EBRD on extending its USD 20 million working capital loan to Black Sea Commodities Ltd. | USD 20 million | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners evaluated certain internal Sumitomo Electric rules according to Ukrainian law. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Dentons | Dentons Kyiv advised Zeo Alliance, an international software developer, on various Ukrainian law issues related to the companyÕs business structure in Ukraine. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Dentons; Sayenko Kharenko | Dentons acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to VTB Bank Germany with regard to the acquisition and subsequent restructuring of a USD 75 million loan to a large Ukrainian development company and security package from VTB Bank Ukraine. Sayenko Kharenko reportedly advised the borrower on the deal. | USD 75 million | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Bird & Bird; Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised the EBRD on its USD 15 million loan to Ukraine's Agrofusion group to finance the construction of its third tomato processing plant. Bird & Bird advised the EBRD on matters of English law. | USD 15 million | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Vasil Kisil and Partners | Vasil Kisil & Partners advised Mellanox Technologies, a software developer and supplier of hardware for data centers, on the opening of an R&D center in Kyiv. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Dentons | Dentons is part of a consortium awarded a public contract to provide "comprehensive legal, economic, financial, and technical advisory on a project to install extensive thermal insulation in a complex of public buildings in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine." | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko advised VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd, an outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide, on obtaining the approval of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for a partnership arrangement with FMC Group FZE. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Baker McKenzie | Baker McKenzieÕs Kyiv office advised Billa-Ukraine on the sale of its three supermarkets in Dnipro and Zaporizhia to the Varus retail network. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Asters | Asters advised the EBRD on its up to USD 25 million financing to Ukraine's Novus,retail chain, which is owned by Lithuanian shareholders. | USD 25 million | Ukraine | |
| Oct-17 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised Stahl Lux 2 S.A. on its successful application for merger clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for its acquisition of the leather chemicals business of BASF SE. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Nov-17 | Dentons | Dentons acted as Ukrainian and Dutch legal counsel to the Join UP! group of companies, one of the largest Ukrainian tour operators, in connection with its corporate restructuring. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Nov-17 | Avellum | Avellum successfully represented Ceska Exportni Banka, a.s in a number of cases against a Ukrainian corporate borrower in connection with the borrower's attempts to transfer mortgaged real estate assets securing a USD 37 million loan and a separate sale of the relevant loan and security claims. | USD 37 million | Ukraine | |
| Nov-17 | Integrites | Integrites represented Russian Aluminum in its successful application for the approval of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for its concentration with Glencore. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Nov-17 | DLA Piper | DLA Piper Ukraine advised McDonaldÕs on the opening of a new restaurant in Kyiv. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Nov-17 | Asters | Asters provided legal counsel to the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank in connection with its USD 5 million financing to Novotech-Terminal Ltd., a Ukrainian private stevedoring company. | USD 5 million | Ukraine | |
| Nov-17 | Sayenko Kharenko | Sayenko Kharenko advised the EBRD on a four-year UAH-denominated loan in an amount equivalent to USD 25 million to the PJSC ProCredit Bank Ukraine. | USD 25 million | Ukraine | |
| Nov-17 | Dentons | Dentons acted as Ukrainian and English legal counsel to First Ukrainian International Bank in connection with the restructuring of a UAH 672 million loan to an unnamed Ukrainian company. | UAH 672 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-17 | Dentons | Dentons acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to BlaBlaCar, the world's largest long-distance ride-sharing community, in connection with activity on the Ukrainian market. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Dec-17 | Asters | Asters advised JSCB Industrialbank in connection with its merger with Express Bank, the first completed in accordance with Ukraine's new Simplifying Banks' Capitalization and Reorganization law. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Dec-17 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised Credit Suisse on its extenstion of a USD 40 million credit facility to West Trading & Marketing Oil Corporation. | USD 40 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-17 | Redcliffe Partners | Redcliffe Partners advised Credit Suisse on its execution of security documents in relation to commodity trade finance in the total amount of USD 15 million provided to Horus Intergrade and Consulting KFT. | USD 15 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-17 | CMS | CMS advised EBRD with respect to its exit from Cantik. | N/A | Ukraine | |
| Dec-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Clifford Chance and Redcliffe Partners advised the EBRD on an unfunded risk participation agreement with Ukrsibbank. | USD 50 million | Ukraine | |
| Dec-17 | Clifford Chance; Redcliffe Partners | Clifford Chance and Redcliffe Partners advised the EBRD on an unfunded risk participation agreement with Raiffeisen Bank Aval. | USD 20 million | Ukraine |
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