Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu has advised Evolution Prest Systems – owner of the evomag.ro e-commerce website – on its acquisition of a majority stake in Elefant Online. The same firm advised Elefant minority shareholder Catalyst Romania on the sale of its stake to Evomag.

Eversheds Sutherland has advised the De Dietrich Group on its acquisition of VPS Chlumec.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Polska Grupa Energetyczna on the formation of PGE PAK Energia Jadrowa – a joint venture of PGE and ZE PAK, each with a 50% shareholding – for the development of Poland’s second nuclear power plant to be constructed in Patnow. 

Eversheds Sutherland has advised Sealed Air Luxembourg on the sale of its stake in Czech Republic-based manufacturer and supplier of packaging materials and solutions Tart.

Dentons has advised arranger, original lender, agent, and security agent Raiffeisen Bank International on a EUR 21.9 million term loan facility for the development of a 31.5-megawatt portfolio of eight photovoltaic power plants in Romania to companies owned and operated by Photon Energy NV.

Wolf Theiss has advised hospitality sector software provider Hospitality Software Solutions on its acquisition of SiTec. 

Dentons Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership has advised APY Ventures' Bilisim Vadisi Venture Capital Fund and Ostim Venture Capital Fund on their investment in Buyutech.

WKB Lawyers has advised Centrum Rozliczen Elektronicznych Polskie ePlatnosci on its acquisition of a stake in mobile application developer QRTAG.

Ellex has advised Specialist VC and Superangel on their investment in technology company Value.Space, with Linnar Viik and Latvia's BADideas.fund also participating in the EUR 2.1 million round.

Sorainen has advised BaltCap on its acquisition of a 70% stake in the Hansab Group. Cobalt advised Hansab's majority shareholders on the sale.

Vasil Kisil & Partners and Stratulat Albulescu have advised the Avrora Group on entering the Romanian market. 

JSK has advised Sudop CIT on its acquisition of hardware and software infrastructure and services supplier Impromat-Computer. Impromat was reportedly advised by sole practitioner Jiri Nemec.

The Cizmovic law firm and Moravcevic, Vojnovic, and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr have successfully represented UniCredit Bank Banja Luka in a dispute with Bitminer Factory, leading to the overturning of a EUR 131 million first instance judgment. Reportedly, the Vila law firm is representing UniCredit Bank Banja Luka in relation to the criminal charges that the bank filed against Bitminer Factory.

Cobalt has successfully represented the interests of Tukuma Auto in a dispute against the Road Transport Administration in Latvia regarding amendments to procurement agreements executed with Nordeka for the provision of public transport services by buses on regional route networks.

Clifford Chance, working with Hannes Snellman, has advised ING on a Finnvera-covered export credit facility agreement and an EKN-covered export credit facility agreement with Digi Communications.

DLA Piper has advised Halma on its acquisition of Sewertronics for an initial sale price of EUR 41 million. Gomez-Acebo & Pombo and Wardynski & Partners reportedly advised the sellers.

Cerha Hempel has advised CA Immo on the sale of the Vizivaros Business Center in Budapest to the FLE SICAV FIS real estate fund managed by FLE. CMS advised the buyer.

Avellum has advised the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on a CAD 2.4 billion concessional loan from Canada. Sayenko Kharenko advised the Government of Canada on Ukrainian law-related matters.