CEE Legal Matters
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Avellum has advised Ukrnafta on obtaining approval from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of Shell’s Ukrainian business – a network of petrol stations.
Sayenko Kharenko has advised the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark and additional banks on a EUR 370 million project finance facility for the expansion of DTEK’s Tyligulska wind farm.
Schoenherr has advised ImWind and Bloch3 on obtaining an environmental impact assessment permit in Austria for the Rustenfeld wind farm.
Linklaters has advised Qualitas Energy on its acquisition of a 117-megawatt-peak solar farm portfolio from Ib Vogt in Poland. DLA Piper advised Ib Vogt.
A new law that will significantly improve the grid connection of renewables was approved by the Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on January 14, 2025.
Vlasceanu and Partners has advised Premier Energy subsidiary Alive Renewable Holding Limited on its acquisition of Development Power Solar Energy.
As part of the fall tax package, the Hungarian Government proposed an automatic, inflation-tracking increase of tax on, inter alia, energy products as of 2025. The actual increase from 1 January 2025, however, significantly exceeds the current (and expected) inflation levels. This might concurrently lead to increased inflation again.
