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Schoenherr Advises eSky Group on Financing of Thomas Cook Acquisition

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Schoenherr has advised eSky Group on the financing of its acquisition of Thomas Cook from Fosun Tourism and Culture Group. Deloitte Legal reportedly advised Bank Polska Kasa Opieki and mBank. Reportedly, Dentons' UK office advised eSky Group on the acquisition and Reed Smith advised the sellers.

eSky Group is the operator of a travel booking platform in Central and Eastern Europe.

Thomas Cook is an online travel agency.

According to Schoenherr, "with this transaction, which excludes Thomas Cook's operations in China, eSky Group strengthens its presence in the European travel market and continues its strategy of global expansion and diversification."

The Schoenherr team included Partner Ilona Fedurek, Senior Attorney at Law Piotr Bartos, and Associates Gabriela Chrzanowska and Filip Grabowski.

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