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The Act No. 497/2022 Coll. on the screening of foreign investments and on amendments and supplements to certain acts, as amended, and Slovak Government Regulation No. 61/2023 Coll. establish critical foreign investments rules (the "FDI legislation"). In cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic (the "Ministry") we have prepared an overview of some practical issues in connection with the FDI legislation.
On July 26, 2023, Linklaters announced that Polish developer Develia's EUR 100 million acquisition of 19 Polish subsidiaries from French developer Nexity (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on June 5, 2023) had closed.
Zepos & Yannopoulos, working with Cyprus' Tassos Papadopoulos and Associates, has advised the Nabtesco Corporation on its acquisition of maritime technology start-up DeepSea Technologies.
Pontes Budapest has advised BayWa AG on the sale of its Aufwind Schmack Elso Biogaz Szolgaltato subsidiary operating the Szarvas biogas power plant to Hungary's MOL Group.
Zivkovic Samardzic has advised Slovenia's Samsic Holding on its acquisition of the remaining 45% stake in Belgrade-based facility management, construction, and installation services provider Samsic STM from the two founding shareholders. Sole practitioner Jelena Rasovic advised the minority shareholders.
Kocian Solc Balastik has advised the Prazska Plynarenska group on its intra-group restructuring and the creation of a new holding structure.
Attorney at Law Eirini Stappa has been appointed as the sixth Partner at Greek firm Apostolos Georgiades & Associates in a move announced on July 20, 2023.
