Filip & Company has advised BT Capital Partners, Citigroup Global Markets Europe, Erste Group Bank, J.P. Morgan, Raiffeisen Bank International, and Unicredit Bank as the arrangers of Romgaz's EUR 500 million bonds issuance. Musat si Asociatii reportedly advised Romgaz.

Filip & Company has advised Banca Transilvania on a EUR 700 million sustainable bond issuance with J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, and ING Bank as the arrangers, ING Bank as the ESG advisor, and BT Capital Partners as co-manager. Clifford Chance advised the banks.

RTPR has advised Sarmis Capital on its acquisition of AEK Security, AEK Firefighters, and Deziclean. Filip & Company reportedly advised the AEK-Deziclean Group.

Filip & Company has advised the Digi Group's Portuguese subsidiary on its acquisition of 100% of the shares issued by Cabonitel, S.A. at a value of EUR 150 million.

Filip & Company has advised Simtel Team S.A. on the transfer of its shares to the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange. 

On August 1, 2024, Filip & Company and CMS announced that Banca Transilvania's purchase of OTP Bank Romania (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on February 21, 2024) has now closed.

Dentons has advised the EBRD on an equity investment in Arobs Transylvania Software. Filip & Company advised Arobs.

Filip & Company has advised Arobs Transilvania Software on the share capital increase operation through which it has raised EUR 28.7 million.

Filip & Company has advised Digi Group’s Spanish subsidiaries on a national roaming contract and a network and spectrum sharing contract with Telefonica Moviles Espana.

On 12 April 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the revised text of Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings (the “Revised Directive”). The Revised Directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 8 May 2024 and Member States will have to transpose it into national legislation within 2 years of its entry into force (i.e. 28 May 2024).

Filip & Company has advised Banca Transilvania on its synthetic securitization deal with the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. White & Case advised EIB and EIF.

Filip & Company has advised BayWa on its acquisition of the White Gate Photovoltaic Park.

Kinstellar, working with Linklaters, has advised ING Bank on a EUR 150 million senior facility agreement granted to Digi Romania. Filip & Company advised the borrower.

Filip & Company has advised Romania's Banca Transilvania Group on its acquisition of BRD Pensions from BRD Groupe Societe Generale and Societe Generale Assurances. PNSA reportedly advised Societe Generale.

Filip & Company has advised Romania's RCS & RDS on signing two export credit facility agreements totaling EUR 117.16 million for the acquisition of goods and services to develop its telecom networks in Romania and Portugal and advised its Digi Spain Telecom subsidiary on a EUR 50 million uncommitted and unsecured credit facility agreement.

The recent modifications to Law 17/2014 regarding on the regulation of sale of extramuros agricultural land („Law 17”) came into force through the modifications brought by Law 116/2024, adopted on 29 April 2024 and published a day later.

Filip & Company has advised the Centrokinetic orthopedics and medical rehabilitation network together with its shareholder, the Agista investment fund, on their acquisition of a 70% stake in the Socrates clinic in Timisoara, Romania. Timisoara-based sole practitioner Diana Pavel Cios reportedly advised the sellers.

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