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Filip & Company has advised Mozaik Investments on its sale of a minority stake in 5 To Go to Invenio Partners and Accession Capital Partners. Schoenherr advised ACP. Dentons reportedly advised Invenio Partners.
Dentons and its Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki have advised Agave Games on its USD 18 million Series A funding round. Kinstellar Turkish affiliate KST Law and Mariott Harrison advised Felix Capital and Balderton Capital who co-led the round.
Vlasceanu & Partners has advised Econergy on securing EUR 28 million in financing from Kommunalkredit Austria for the completion of a 56-megawatt solar park located in Olt County, Romania. Dentons advised Kommunalkredit Austria.
The Law of Ukraine on Tax Increases №4015-ІХ, adopted by the parliament and awaiting presidential signature, came into effect on November 30, 2024. Below are the key changes to the taxation system.
Turkiye has witnessed significant tax developments in recent months, including amendments in real estate-related taxation. These changes primarily arise from the need to address budgetary concerns in the current economic climate, which has led to the repeal of certain frequently utilized tax exemption provisions. This article provides an overview of these developments and their implications for taxpayers or investors whose business structures include real estate in Turkiye.
Jakub Celinski and Pawel Grabowski have been elected as the new Managing Partners of Dentons’ Warsaw office with their term to begin on January 1, 2025.
Dentons has advised Orbis on the sale of the five-star Sofitel Grand Sopot hotel to Sinfam Investments. A&O Shearman advised Sinfam Investments.
Linklaters has advised Investika Real Estate Fund on its joint venture with BUD Holdings for the acquisition of the P180 office building in Warsaw from Skanska Commercial Development Europe. Dentons advised Skanska.
Dentons has advised CEC Bank on a EUR 300 million issuance of eligible senior non-preferential securities, intended to be classified as MREL-eligible instruments. Clifford Chance advised joint bookrunners and co-arrangers Erste Group Bank and ING Bank and co-manager BT Capital Partners.
Dentons has advised Zabka Property Fund on the sale and leaseback transaction involving a portfolio of 123 Zabka convenience stores in Poland to W.P. Carey. Linklaters advised W.P. Carey.
Dentons has advised Globe Trade Centre on the acquisition of a real estate portfolio from the real estate investor Peach Property Group. GTC acquired the portfolio in a consortium along with Luxembourg Finance House. Greenberg Traurig's Germany office reportedly advised Peach Property Group.
Dentons has advised Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen, Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, and Berlin Hyp on the EUR 180 million loan extended to Immofinanz to replace the previous financing of the Myhive Warsaw Spire project.
Greenberg Traurig has advised Eastnine on its acquisition of the Warsaw Unit office building from Ghelamco for EUR 280 million. Dentons and Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Ghelamco.
Dentons has advised EnergoNuclear on an engineering, procurement, and construction management contract for the advancement of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant Units in Romania. CMS reportedly advised the counterparty.
On 18 November 2024, the new Product Liability Directive (the Directive) was published in the Official Journal of the EU (link). It replaces almost 40 years of legislation that was no longer relevant in the digital age, given the dynamic development of new technologies. What does it bring and what has changed? We have prepared a short summary for you.
Dentons has advised PKO Bank Polski on the financing granted to VSB Group's subsidiary VSB Polska for its investment in the 41.6-megawatt Raciborz onshore wind park. Solivan advised VSB.
TGS Baltic, working with Linklaters, has advised sole bookrunner Citigroup Global Markets Europe on the tap issue of EUR 40 million 14.50% senior secured bonds by the Latvian national airline AirBaltic. Cobalt, working with Dentons, advised AirBaltic.
Former CMS Partner Piotr Ciolkowski has joined Dentons as Partner and Co-Head of the Energy Sector Group in Poland.
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