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CMS has advised UniCredit Bank on its EUR 39.3 million financing for Enery group subsidiary Comcris Energy for the construction of a 51.4-megawatt solar ground-mounted photovoltaic project located in Sarmasag, Romania. Clifford Chance Badea reportedly advised the borrower.
TGS Baltic has advised the SmartCap Estonian state fund on its investment in the EUR 4 million seed round of local deep-tech start-up Up Catalyst. German climate technology fund Extantia led the round which included existing investors Sunly, Little Green Fund, Scottish Baltic Invest, and UniTartu Ventures.
Kinstellar has announced several appointments to firm-wide practice and sector leadership positions, including Partner Csilla Andreko in Budapest, Partner Iustinian Captariu and Special Counsel Magda Raducanu in Bucharest, Managing Partner Milos Velimirovic in Belgrade, Managing Partner Lukas Sevcik and Counsel Jan Lehky in Prague, and Managing Associate Lukas Mrazik in Bratislava.
WKB Lawyers has advised Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica 2 – investors in the Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm – on the contract for the development of the farm's onshore connection with cable lines.
Suciu Popa has advised Eximprod on the construction agreement for the development and construction of the grid connection of the Studina photovoltaic plant.
Dentons has advised sponsor Yevulei Shemesh Renewable Energy Group the PLN 335 million financing extended by mBank and the EBRD for the construction and operation of a 48-megawatt onshore wind farm in south-eastern Poland.
On January 19, 2024, Zepos & Yannopoulos announced that Enel’s sale of a 50% stake in Enel Green Power Hellas to Macquarie Asset Management (reported by CEE Legal Matters on August 18, 2023) had closed.
