NKO Partners has advised the Dr. Max Group on its acquisition of the Vranje-based Nova Pharm pharmacy chain in Serbia.
NKO had already advised the Dr. Max Group on three other pharmacy chain acquisitions in 2023: AU Medis Lek (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on January 6, 2023), Cvejic (as reported on January 31, 2023), and Beolek (as reported on March 9, 2023).
The firm had also advised the Dr. Max Group on its acquisition of a number of other pharmacy chains in Serbia, in 2022, including Pancevo-based AU Kod Suncanog Sata and Veliko Gradiste-based AU Selic (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on October 11, 2022), Belgrade-based K-Pharma (as reported on June 8, 2022), the Janja pharmacy chain (as reported on March 28, 2022), and the Zlatni Lav pharmacies (as reported on January 5, 2022).
NKO’s team included Partner Djordje Nikolic and Senior Associate Branko Jankovic.
Editor's Note: After this article was published, CEE Legal Matters learned that sole practitioner Zvonko Subasa advised the seller.