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Wolf Theiss, working with Morrison Foerster, has advised SoftBank Group Corp on its planned all‑cash acquisition of Ampere Computing from lead investors Carlyle and Oracle Corp.
Sorainen has advised Eiffel Investment Group on a EUR 20 million debt financing provided by the Eiffel Energy Transition III fund to Envolve Capital.
Ellex has advised Nordic Solar on securing EUR 24.15 million in financing from Swedbank for the completion of its 80-megawatt photovoltaic park in the Svencionys district in Lithuania.
Schoenherr has advised Austrian health‑tech startup Hi.health and its shareholders on the sale of the business to Pliant. Studio Legal and Dorda advised Pilant.
CMS has advised Nikan Agro on the licensing process before the Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission for its 50-megawatt Blatska photovoltaic project.
Baker McKenzie has advised Kingspan Group on the pre‑construction phases of its EUR 280 million building technology manufacturing campus near Lviv, Ukraine.
BBH has advised PPF Group on the disposal of its residual 30% interest in LEAG Holding to EP Group.
White & Case Turkish affiliate law firm GKC Partners has advised Zorlu Enerji on the USD 100 million tap issuance of senior guaranteed sustainability-linked notes due 2030. Baker McKenzie and its Turkish affiliate law firm Esin Attorney Partnership reportedly advised on the transaction as well.
Schoenherr has advised Verbund Wind Power Romania on the acquisition of a 272-megawatt wind project from Monsson. Berechet Rusu Hirit reportedly advised Monsson.
Wardynski & Partners, working with Vinge, has advised Scania on its acquisition of assets from Northvolt Systems’ Industrial Division. Wolf Theiss and Mannheimer Swartling advised the sellers.
AP Legal has advised AikBank Beograd and Eurobank Direktna on their merger.
Gessel has advised the shareholders of ELA Wyrob Folii i Opakowan on its sale to TEP Capital. Crido reportedly advised TEP Capital.
Former Clifford Chance Senior Partner David Kolacek has joined KKCG as Group Chief Legal Officer.
Former Aequo Partners Sergiy Denisenko and Pavlo Byelousov have established the Bono Legal law firm.
Dentons has appointed Partner Anna Szymanska as the new Head of Public Procurement in its Warsaw office.
Jalsovszky has launched a Legal Technology Team led by Head of Technology Geza Jalsovszky.
Markiyan Malskyy was appointed as Arzinger's new Managing Partner, taking over from Founding and Senior Partner Timur Bondaryev.
JDP has promoted former Counsels Joanna Ostojska-Kolodziej and Mariusz Nowakowski to Partners.
CMS has launched a new dedicated Corporate Crime team within its Dispute Resolution and Compliance practice in Belgrade with the joining of Denis Beciric as Of Counsel.
Kinstellar has announced Maja Mayrhuber as the fourth Partner to join its new Vienna office.
Gecic Law has appointed Jelena Bjelanovic as its new Head of Finance and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee.
AKT Todorovic & Partners has joined forces with PR Legal with Ivan Todorovic becoming a Partner. At the same time, Ivana Ruzicic has taken over as sole Managing Partner.
Former Home Credit International Chief Legal & Compliance Officer Martin Seda has joined CME as Group Legal and Compliance Director.
Taylor Wessing has promoted Carmen Redmann-Wippel to Partner as part of its latest promotion round.
Contributed by Popescu & Asociatii.
Contributed by Clifford Chance.
Contributed by Law Office Emil Miftari.
Contributed by Doklestic Repic & Gajin.
Contributed by DLA Piper.
Contributed by Cobalt.
Contributed by Schoenherr.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently delivered a significant judgment in Case C-365/23 - Arce[1], addressing the application of EU consumer protection law to contracts involving minors in the sports sector.
On 7 April 2025, Mr. János Lázár, Hungary’s Minister of Construction and Transport announced via social media his intention to introduce a major legislative initiative designed to overhaul the oversight of public investments.
From the 1st May, 2025 Markian Malskyy becomes the new managing partner of ARZINGER, replacing Timur Bondaryev, founding partner. Timur Bondaryev has held this position almost ever since the firm was founded 23 years ago and, together with other partners, has built a strong legal brand.
This makes bpv Huegel’s tax practice top-ranked in Chambers Europe. This confirms the leading position of bpv Huegel in tax law advice.
bpv Huegel advises EAVISTA on the acquisition of the majority stake in card complete Service Bank AG
EAVISTA is acquiring 75.1% of the shares in card complete Service Bank AG from UniCredit Bank Austria and Raiffeisen Bank International.
We are delighted to announce that PRK Partners has been shortlisted with other three international law firms operating on the Czech legal market as finalists for the Czech Republic Law Firm of the Year 2025 in the 26th annual IFLR Europe Awards.
The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (PMU) imposed a fine of EUR 675,200 on United Classifieds s.r.o. for a serious breach of competition rules, namely for abuse of a dominant position on the online real estate advertising market.
RTPR announces the promotion of Bogdan Cordos to Partner. He joins the team of 8 partners consisting of Costin Taracila, Victor Padurari, Alexandru Retevoescu, Mihai Ristici, Valentin Berea, Roxana Ionescu, Alina Stavaru and Cosmin Tilea.
The bpv Huegel team led by Elke Napokoj advised the founder and the shareholders of EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH (“EVK”).
A transaction team of bpv Huegel advised RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Handel und Vermögensverwaltung eGen (RWA eGen) on the acquisition of shares in RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft (RWA AG) from BayWa Aktiengesellschaft (BayWa AG).
RADULESCU & MUSOI provided comprehensive legal support for the successful completion of the transaction through which DigiRay, whose majority shareholder is the investment fund Black Sea Fund, acquired the three Maraffka clinics in Ploiești.
Schoenherr has won Best Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 CIJ Awards Hungary gala in Budapest. In the last three years, Schoenherr's real estate practice has played a prominent role in landmark deals in Hungary.
IMMOFINANZ takes further step to optimise group structure. IMMOFINANZ Group holds 100% of the shares in S IMMO following completion of the squeeze-out.
RTPR announces the successful closing of a new M&A transaction in the energy industry, the sale of the renewable energy portfolio of Evryo Group, owned by funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, to PPC Group.
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