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Wolf Theiss, working alongside Clifford Chance, has advised Cellnex Telecom on the EUR 803 million sale of its Austrian telecommunications tower assets to a consortium comprising Vauban Infrastructure Partners, EDF Invest, and MEAG. Schoenherr, working with the Paris and London offices of Hogan Lovells, advised the buyers.
CMS has advised Greenvolt Next Holding on its acquisition of Greenvolt Next Bulgaria JSCo from Greystone Bulgaria. Kambourov and Partners advised the seller.
TGS Baltic has advised Unmanned Defense Systems on a EUR 3.2 million investment from Coinvest Capital, business angel syndicate 2NGLS, and other accredited investors.
Walless has advised Scandi Standard on entering the Lithuanian market via the acquisition of a poultry processing facility and poultry production farms.
Deloitte Legal has advised Medicinos Linija founder Gintaras Dapkus on the sale of i-Dental to Ultradent Products.
Slovenia’s economy has demonstrated resilience and adaptability, with a projected GDP growth rate of 2.3% in 2024, up from 1.6% the previous year. Inflation has stabilized at around 2.8%, and unemployment is at a historically low rate of 3.7%.
Despite a slowdown experienced in the Greek M&A sector in 2023, primarily attributed to factors such as inflation, increased interest rates, pervasive geopolitical instabilities, and diverging valuation perspectives between sellers and buyers, the ongoing year of 2024 has seen a notable upsurge in transaction activity. This upward trend underscores the robustness and resilience of the market, which is not only recovering but is also attracting heightened attention from international investors.
