While the Dealer’s Choice Conference in London could not be organized this year in a safe manner due to current events, on July 20, 2021, CEE Legal Matters sat down with several of the event’s sponsors to take a closer look at the Deals of the Year award winners this year.

CMS has advised the Export-Import Bank of Korea on a USD 36 million financing extension deal with Grain Terminal Holdings.

DLA Piper Romania has advised Abris Capital Partners on the acquisition, through its subsidiary Dentotal, of Dentatechnica. Kambourov & Partners acted as Bulgarian counsel to the buyer and Schoenherr advised the seller.

CMS’s Kostadin Sirleshtov and Atanas Bangachev Talk About The Deal of the Year in Bulgaria.

Schoenherr’s Alexandra Doytchinova and Stefana Tsekova Talk About The Deal of the Year in Bulgaria.

Kambourov & Partners has successfully represented Sofia Municipality in a copyright dispute.

Georgiev, Todorov & Co has successfully represented Uni Hospital in a claim against the National Health Insurance Fund for payment of over-the-limit medical activities.

Kinstellar has advised Netherlands-based industrial developer CTP on two real estate acquisitions in Bulgaria. 

CMS has successfully represented Global Biomet in proceedings against the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria in a dispute related to the country's feed-in tariff.

Schoenherr has advised MET Group on the acquisition of a 60-megawatt operational wind park in Suvorovo, Western Bulgaria, from Grupo Enhol. 

CMS has advised the ING Bank N.V. on its provision of a USD 100 million three-year syndicated loan to Nibulon SA.

Kinstellar Sofia has advised American online resale platform ThredUp on its USD 28.5 million acquisition of European fashion resale company Remix Global.

Boyanov & Co, working with the London office of White & Case, has advised the initially mandated lead arranger, the general security agent, the Bulgarian security agent on EUR 360 million facilities to Eastern European Electric Company B.V. Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised the agent and lender Metric Capital Partners on a mezzanine facility provided to the company.

In “The Corner Office” we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. The question this time: “What did you most want to be when you were little?”

CMS has advised UniCredit Bulbank on the refinancing of Solarian Holdings' 21-megawatt operational photovoltaic portfolio in Bulgaria.

With the country being steered by a caretaker government appointed by President Rumen Radev, the overall outlook for Bulgaria seems to be positive, according to Gugushev & Partners Partner Victor Gugushev.

CMS' Malgorzata Surdek-Janicka has been appointed as Vice-President of the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Aside from Surdek-Janicka, 33 lawyers from CEE were appointed as members and alternate members of the court.

Boyanov & Co, working alongside Mayer Brown, has advised Hungarian OTP Bank Plc and its Bulgarian subsidiary DSK Bank AD on a EUR 27.6 million club deal financing to MET Renewables AG for the acquisition of a 42-megawatt wind park in Northeast Bulgaria from Enel.