The CEE Deals of the Year Awards continue to grow in popularity, and by this, their fourth year, they have become a fundamental part of the commercial legal industry in Central and Eastern Europe, interwoven into the fabric of the year.
The importance of the awards was reflected both in the impressive profiles of the legal experts who agreed to review and judge all the submissions (see page 74), but also in the urgency with which firms labored to meet the deadline or begged permission to exceed it, and – sometimes – the emotion they put into their pleas that the eligibility criteria should be expanded.
Impressively, we received a total of 269 eligible submissions this year, from 95 different law firms, reflecting the work of a total of 278 law firms. Yes, this represents a slight drop – about 7% – from last year’s 288 submissions. But considering these deals were executed and these submissions made against the background of a year-long pandemic that put entire economies under pressure, under the circumstances … that’s remarkable.
The finalists for each country will be announced in the March 2021 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, and winners will be announced at the annual CEE Deals of the Year Awards Banquet scheduled – COVID-permitting – for June 3, 2021.
In the meantime, thank you to all who submitted deals. We appreciate the time and effort that you put into the process, and we – like you – are eager to see the results.
Good luck, one and all!
Country | Name of Deal | Submitting Firm(s) | Other Firms |
Albania | Albania Eurobond Issuance | Dechert | Allen & Overy, Wolf Theiss |
Austria | UNIQA's Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia | Schoenherr | Clifford Chance;
GO2Law |
Austria | Verbund AG's Acquisition of Majority Stake in Gas Connect Austria GmbH from OMV AG | Schoenherr | Cerha Hempel; Wolf Theiss |
Austria | Austrian Airlines Financing | Schoenherr | DLA Piper; Eisenberger Herzog; Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch PartmbB Rechtsanwalte; Hengeler Mueller; REN Legal Management Limited; Stibbe Avocats; Viehbock Breiter Schenk & Nau; Weber Rechtsanwalte |
Austria | CA Immobilien Anlagen AG's Green Bond | Cerha Hempel | Linklaters, Wolf Theiss |
Austria | OMV AG's Acquisition of Stake in Borealis AG from Mubadala Group | Cerha Hempel | Allen & Overy; Binder Groesswang; Eisenberger & Herzog; Kromann Reumert; Gorrissen Federspiel; Schoenherr |
Austria | Koninklijke DSM NV and DSM International Participations B.V.'s Acquisition of San Pacific and San Venture's Shareholdings in Erber AG | Cerha Hempel | Allen & Overy; Alrud; Arnold; Baker McKenzie; Bonelli Erede; DLA Piper; DeBrauw; Dorda; Eisenberger & Herzog; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hengeler Mueller; Herguner Bilgen Ozeke; Jeantet; Linklaters; Kromann Reumert; Pelzmann Gall Gross; Schoenherr;Sorainen; Stibbe; Travers Smith; Webber Wentzel; Wolf Theiss |
Austria | AMS AG's Capital Increase | Dorda | Bar & Karrer; Herbst Kinsky; Linklaters; Schellenberg Wittmer; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
Belarus | HBOR Financing for Be Cloud | Borovtsov & Salei | BDV Legal |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | EBRD's Acquisition of Stake in Eastern Mining d.o.o | CMS | Emir Sudzuka Law Office |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Restarting of Aluminij Aluminum Production Factory | Maric & Co. | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | ASA Finance's Takover of Central Osiguranje d.d. | Milijkovic & Partners | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Endava's Acquisition of Comtrade Digital Services | Schoenherr | Hauer & Feld; Watson Farley & Williams |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Hidroelektrana Dabar Public Procurement Proceedings for Construction of Hydro Plants on the Trebisnjica River | Schoenherr | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | NLB Bank's acquisition of Komercijalna Banka AD | Law Firm Sajic | AP Legal; Prica & Partners; Kinstellar |
Bulgaria | United Group's Acquisition of Nova Broadcasting Group from Advance Media | Kambourov & Partners | O'Melveny & Myers; Paul Weiss |
Bulgaria | Transfer and Sale of Comsed Shares | Georgiev, Todorov & Co. | |
Bulgaria | Fleet Services' Acquisition of Mobiliz Bilgi ve Iletisim Teknolojileri Sirketi | Georgiev, Todorov & Co. | Akol Law; Yordanov & Rachev |
Bulgaria | Office Sgradi EOOD's Acquisition of 50% Stake in On Clinic Bulgaria AD from On Clinic Advanced Medical Institute B.V. | Georgiev, Todorov & Co. | Epstein Rosenblum Maoz |
Bulgaria | United Group BV's Note Issuance | Schoenherr | Kirkland & Ellis; Linklaters; Wolf Theiss |
Bulgaria | Enery's IFC and DFC Project Refinancing | Schoenherr | Allen & Overy; CMS; Spasov & Bratanov; Wolf Theiss |
Bulgaria | I Squared Capital's Acquisition of Infrastructure Unit from GTT Communications | Kinstellar | Goodwin; Linklaters |
Bulgaria | Appfire’s Acquisition of Botron Software Solutions | Kinstellar | Honigman; Kirkland & Ellis |
Bulgaria | PP Project for Supply of Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessels to the Bulgarian Navy | Gugushev & Partners | |
Bulgaria | Balkan Stream Project | CMS | Arsov, Nachev, Ganeva; Dentons; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski |
Bulgaria | Enery Development GmbH's Acquisition of Karadzhalovo Photovoltaic Power Plant and Nomac Ltd O&M Operator from ACWA Power, BlackRock, and Crescent Capital | CMS | Allen & Overy; Memery Crystal; Schoenherr; Spassov and Bratanov; Wolf Theiss |
Bulgaria | International BEZ Group Spol. S.r.o.'s Acquisition of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Bulgaria AD from Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co. Ltd. | CMS | Ernst & Young |
Croatia | Nafta Farm-In | Cipcic Bragadin Mesic & Associates | Marohnic Tomek Gjoic; Wolf Theiss |
Croatia | TUI's Acquisition of Karisma Hotels Adriatic Group from Fortenova Group and Karisma Resorts International S.A. | Schoenherr | Galindo, Arias & Lopez; Gugic, Kovacic, & Krivic; Jade Advisors; Kovacevic Prpic Simeunovic; Oblin & Partners |
Croatia | Croatian Employment Matters Related to 2019 Global Combination of Pfizer and Mylan | Cipcic Bragadin Mesic & Associates | Bird & Bird |
Croatia | Osijek-Koteks' Acquisition of Projektgradnja from Fortenova Group | Ostermann & Partners | Smolek & Skrinjar |
Croatia | Devolver Digital's Acquisition of Croteam | Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka | Baker McKenzie; Deloitte Legal |
Croatia | World Star Aviation's Aircraft Delivery and Lease | Kovacevic Prpic Simeunovic | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
Croatia | Infinum-Porsche Digital Joint Venture | Miskovic & Miskovic; CMS | Dentons |
Croatia | CVC Capital Partners' Acquisition of D-Marin's Businesses in Croatia, Turkey, Greece, and the UAE | Savoric & Partners | Clifford Chance |
Croatia | Silversmith Capital Partners' Investment in Microblink via Acquisition of Minority Shares | Savoric & Partners | Bogdanovic, Dolicki & Partners; Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; Dechert; Kirkland & Ellis |
Croatia | Stillfront Group's Acquisition of Nanobit | Savoric & Partners | DLA Piper; Glinkska & Miskovic; Latham & Watkins |
Croatia | Rohatyn Group's Acquisition of Controlling Stake in Optimapharm Group | Go2Law | BDV Legal; Babic & Partners; Nauta Dutilh; PWC Legal; Taylor Wessing; Wolf Theiss |
Croatia | CA Immo's Sale ofZagrebtower to S Immo AG | CMS | Schoenherr |
Czech Republic | Worldline's Acquisition of Majority Stake in GoPay s.r.o. from Pavel Schwarz | Baker McKenzie | Hajduk & Partners; JSK |
Czech Republic | Cromwell's Acquisition of Arete Invest Logistic Parks Portfolio | Kocian Solc Balastik | Clifford Chance; Wilsons |
Czech Republic | Skoda Transportation’s Acquisition of Ekova Electric | Kocian Solc Balastik | GT Legal |
Czech Republic | Solitea Intragroup Merger | Kocian Solc Balastik | |
Czech Republic | Celonis SE's Aquisition of Czech Integromat, s.r.o. | Schoenherr | Davis & Polk; Novalia |
Czech Republic | KB SmartSolutions' Acquisition of Stake in Platebni Instituce Roger | Schoenherr | BPV Braun Partners; Setina, Komendova & Partners |
Czech Republic | UNIQA's Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia | Schoenherr | Clifford Chance; Go2Law |
Czech Republic | Apollo Global Management's Investment in Sazka Entertainment | Baker McKenzie | Clifford Chance; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
Czech Republic | Astute, Inc.'s Acquisition of Socialbakers a.s. | Baker McKenzie | Cooley; Pierstone; Ropes & Gray |
Czech Republic | PPP Project for the D4 Expressway | CMS | Kinstellar; White & Case |
Czech Republic | Novavax, Inc.'s Acquisition of Praha Vaccines a.s. from Cyrus Poonawalla Group | Kinstellar | Bird & Bird; Novalia; Ropes & Gray |
Czech Republic | Veolia's Acquisition of Prazska Teplarenska from EP Energy | Kinstellar | |
Czech Republic | Infosys' Acquisition of GuideVision | Kinstellar | DLK; Castren & Snellman; Osborne Clarke; Sorainen |
Czech Republic | Benson Oak Capital's Sale of Klikpojisteni.cz | Weinhold Legal | Travers Smith; Wolf Theiss |
Czech Republic | EIB Financing to CD Cargo | PRK Partners | Nauta Dutilh |
Czech Republic | MVM's Acquisition of Innogy Czech Republic from E.ON | Havel & Partners | Hengeler Mueller; White & Case |
Czech Republic | Raiffeisenbank's Financing of Galerie Santovka Shopping Center | PRK Partners | Squire Patton Boggs |
Czech Republic | Eligo's Acquisition of Euroserum's Czech Business | PRK Partners | Kocian, Solc, Balastík |
Estonia | GAN's Acquisition of Coolbet | TGS Baltic | B:Col Legal Advokat; Fenech & Fenech; Hedman Partners; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Sheppard Mullin |
Estonia | Bolt Technology’s Series D Financing | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Sorainen |
Estonia | Brink's Company Acquisition of G4S | Ellex Raidla | Allen & Overy |
Estonia | Boku's Acquisition of Fortumo | Cobalt | Sorainen |
Estonia | Luminor Bank`s Covered Bond Program | Cobalt | Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance |
Estonia | Vista Equity Partners Investment in Pipedrive | Cobalt | DLA Piper; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins |
Estonia | BaltCap Growth Fund's Acquisition of Majority Stake in TradeHouse | Ellex Raidla | PwC Legal |
Estonia | Bite Group’s Bond Issuance and Financing | Ellex Raidla | Latham & Watkins |
Estonia | UP Invest's Acquisition of Forum Cinemas from AMC | Eversheds Sutherland | Sorainen |
Estonia | East Capital Real Estate's Acquisition of SEB’s Head Office in Estonia | Fort | Cobalt |
Estonia | LHV Bank's Acquisition of Danske Bank’s Portfolio of Estonian Corporate & Public Sector Loans | Fort | Ellex |
Estonia | Selver's Acquisition of ABC Supermarkets | Fort | Ellex |
Greece | EBRD Financing to Public Power Corporation S.A. | Watson, Farley & Williams | Mibank |
Greece | Cubico Sustainable Investment Limited's Acquisition of Greek Wind Farms | Watson, Farley & Williams | Lambadarios; Potamitis Vekris |
Greece | METKA-EGN, Acquisition and Subsequent Sale of Two Photovoltaic Projects to Motor Oil Hellas S.A | Watson, Farley & Williams | Lambadarios; Potamitis Vekris |
Hungary | Budapest Bank Group, MKB Bank Group and Takarekbank Group's Creation of Hungarian "Superbank" | DLA Piper | |
Hungary | Airbus Helicopters and Hungarian State JV to Create New Aerospace Enterprise in Hungary | DLA Piper; Kinstellar | Latham & Watkins; Sheppard Mullin |
Hungary | PortfoLion Green Fund's Acquisition of NAGISZ Group | DLA Piper | Imre Law Firm; Oppenheim |
Hungary | Indotek's Acquisition of Majority Stake in Waberer’s International from Mid Europa | Lakatos, Koves & Partners | Deloitte Legal; Illes es Tarsai; PWC Legal; White & Case |
Hungary | GalCap Europe's Acquisition of Rumbach Center from Al Habtoor | Lakatos, Koves & Partners | Cerha Hempel |
Hungary | LGI Denmark Aps's Acquisition of Organo-Pet Kft. From Szilagyi Family Holding | Lakatos, Koves & Partners | Deloitte Legal |
Hungary | Audax's Acquisition of E.ON Energiakereskedelmi Kft. From E.ON | Szecskay Attorneys at Law | CMS; Garrigues |
Hungary | Covivio's Lease of Luxury Hotels to NH Group | Schoenherr | BonelliErede; CMS |
Hungary | Covivio's acquisition of Boscolo Hotel Portfolio from Varde Partners | Kinstellar | CMS; Clifford Chance; Gianni & Origoni |
Hungary | Bank of China's Financing for Construction of a Photovoltaic Power Plant | Kinstellar | Ashurst |
Hungary | Allianz Real Estate's Acquisition of Eiffel Square Office Building | CMS | Dentons |
Hungary | UniCredit Bank Hungary's 5G Concession Licence Financing to Telenor Magyarorszag Zrt | CMS | |
Hungary | Optima’s Acquisition of GTC from Lone Star Funds | Dentons | Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Karanovic Partners; Rymarz Zdort; Schoenherr; White & Case |
Hungary | Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Agreement with Hungarian State to Design New Hungarian Museum of Transport | Szecskay Attorneys at Law | DRSK, Noble, Wickersham & Heart |
Latvia | Bite Group Bond Issuance and Financing | Ellex Klavins | Allen & Overy; Latham & Watkins; Sorainen |
Latvia | Brink's Company's Acquisition of G4S Cash Operations | Ellex Klavins | Allen & Overy |
Latvia | Quaero Capital's Acquisition of Digitalas Ekonomikas Attistibas Centrs in Latvia and Dumenz Logistikos Centras | Ellex Klavins | Triniti |
Latvia | Valmieras Stikla Skiedra Debt Restructuring and Sale of Majority Stake to Duke I S.a.r.l | Eversheds Sutherland | Cobalt; Ellex Klavins |
Latvia | Ignitis Grupe IPO | TGS Baltic | |
Latvia | Moller Real Estate Baltic AS's Acquisition of Real Estate in Riga | TGS Baltic | Cobalt |
Latvia | SIA Saules Aptieka's Delivery of Face Masks from China to Latvia During COVID-19 Pandemic | TGS Baltic | |
Latvia | Recapitalization of AirBaltic | Cobalt | Covington & Burling |
Latvia | Summus Capital OU and Ivar Vendelin's Acquisition of Riga Plaza Shopping Mall from LSREF3 Latvia Investments S.a r.l. | Vilgerts | Cobalt; Sorainen |
Lithuania | INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund's Acquisition of MBL New Holdco ApS | Cobalt | Accura Advokatpartnerselskab; Horten; Linklaters |
Lithuania | EIB's Agreement with Siauliu Bankas | TGS Baltic | Sorainen |
Lithuania | Designing and Establishment of Lithuanian Aid Fund for Businesses Affected by COVID-19 | TGS Baltic | |
Lithuania | Avia Solutions Group's Acquisition of Bluebird Nordic | Motieka & Audzevicius | BBA//Fjeldco |
Lithuania | DG21's Acquisition of Siemens Arena, Cido Arena, Tiketa and Seven Live | Motieka & Audzevicius | Sorainen |
Lithuania | Bite's Acquisition of Mezon Data Transmission and Digital Television Business from AB Lietuvos Radijo ir Televizijos Centras | Cobalt | Sorainen |
Lithuania | AB Linas Agro Group's Acquisition of AB Kauno Grudai Group | Motieka & Audzevicius | Alrud; Cobalt; Ellex Valiunas; Tark; Wardynski & Partners |
Lithuania | Repharm Group's Acquisition of Kardiolita and MediCA Klinika from CGP Sale | Glimstedt | Cobalt; TGS Baltic |
Lithuania | Relocation of Curve to Lithuania | Ellex Valiunas | |
Lithuania | Quaeri's Acquisition of UAB Duomenu Logistikos Centras from Ignitis Group | Ellex Valiunas | TGS Baltic |
Lithuania | Polhem Infra's Acquisition of Telia Carrier from Telia Company AB | Ellex Valiunas | Mannheimer Swartling |
LIthuania | Ignitis Grupe IPO | Walless | Ashurst; Debevoise & Plimpton; Dentons; Sorainen; TGS Baltic |
LIthuania | Miss Group's Acquisition of UAB Interneto Vizija and UAB Rakrejus | Walless | Eversheds Sutherland; Squire Patton Boggs |
Lithuania | Zenith/Dao Group's Acquisition of Park Town Business Center from Darnu Group | Walless | Sorainen |
Moldova | Vetropack's Acquisition of Glass Container Group from Western NIS Fund and Other Shareholders | Gladei & Partners | Turcan Cazac |
Moldova | CG Cell Technologies' Acquisition of Moldcell from Telia Group | Gladei & Partners; Schoenherr | Sullivan & Cromwell |
Moldova | EBRD's Acquisition of 25% Stake in Vestmoldtransgaz | Gladei & Partners | Turcan Cazac |
Moldova | Mintos Finance Estonia and Sebo Credit's Pledge Agreement Amendment | Cobzac & Partners | |
Montenegro | Montenegro Eurobond Issue | Schoenherr | Linklaters; White & Case |
North Macedonia | Management Buyout of Diners Club International Mak | ODI Law | Buterin & Posavec, Law Office Trajkovski |
North Macedonia | Aspire Global's Acquisition of BtoBet Ltd | ODI Law | Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co |
North Macedonia | Giesecke+Devrient Group’s Investment in Netcetera | Karanovic & Partners | Baker McKenzie |
North Macedonia | Syndicated Financing for Limak’s Diamond the Pride of Skopje Project | Karanovic & Partners | Wiersma Mensonides; GKC Partners; Polenak; NautaDutih Cakmak Avukatlii Ortakligi |
North Macedonia | Aricoma Group’s Acquisition of Seavus Group | Karanovic & Partners | Bird & Bird; Clifford Chance; Mannheimer Swartling |
Poland | Apollo-Rida's Acquisition of EBP Office Park | Penteris | Dentons; Allen & Overy |
Poland | Electronic Control Systems's Sale of Asset Portfolio | Penteris | Allen & Overy |
Poland | Heimstaden Bostad's Acquisition of Built-to Rent-Projects in Warsaw from Eiffage Immobilier Polska | DWF | Dentons |
Poland | KGAL'S Acquisition of Polish Wind Farm Portfolio from CEZ | DWF | Skils; WKB Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr |
Poland | Fonnes sp. Z o.o.'s Acquisition of Wind Farms from Solaque Holding | DWF | Clifford Chance |
Poland | Bank Pekao S.A.'s Financing to Miejskie Przedsiebiorstwo Oczyszczania w m. st. Warszawie sp. z o.o. for Municipal Waste-to-Energy Plant | Hogan Lovells | BSWW |
Poland | EIB's Financing for Metro Warszawskie Sp. z o. o. for New Infrastructure and Purchase of New Rolling Stock | Hogan Lovells | Allen & Overy |
Poland | Securitization of Santander Leasing S.A. Lease Receivables Portfolio | Hogan Lovells | |
Poland | Allegro IPO | Clifford Chance | Allen & Overy; Greenberg Traurig |
Poland | CMC Poland Power Purchase Agreement with Statkraft | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | SSW Pragmatic Solutions |
Poland | Butternut Box's Strategic Investment in PsiBufet | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Kancelarii Kulicki; Kondracki Celej |
Poland | Societe Generale Financing of Iliad's Acquisition of Play Communications S.A. | Schoenherr | Bredin Prat; Herbert Smith Freehills; Soltysinski, Kawecki & Szlezak |
Poland | UNIQA's Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia | Schoenherr; Clifford Chance | Go2Law |
Poland | Polimery Police Project Financing | CMS | Baker & McKenzie; DLA Piper; White & Case |
Poland | Panattoni, Marvipol, Bluehouse, and Kajima's Sale of Logistics Parks | CMS | Dentons |
Poland | Aareal Bank AG's Refinancing of Accolade Group Industrial Parks | CMS | Allen & Overy |
Poland | A&R Carton's Tender Offer for BSC Drukarnia Opakowań | Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski | |
Poland | LITGRID's Harmony Link Construction | Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski | CMS |
Poland | Ricoh's Acquisition of SimplicITy | Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski | |
Poland | PreZero's Acquisition of SUEZ's Recycling and Recovery Operations | Wardynski & Partners | Jones Day; Noerr |
Poland | European Commission's Consent for PKN Orlen's Acquisition of Grupa Lotos | SMM Legal Maciak Mataczynski Adwokaci | Compass Lexecon; Geradin Partners; Gide Law |
Poland | Miedzynarodowe Targi Poznanskie sp. z o.o.'s Tender for Land Plot | SMM Legal Maciak Mataczynski Adwokaci | GWW Grynhoff i Partnerzy Radcowie Prawni i Doradcy Podatkowi |
Poland | Salling Group's Acquisition of Tesco Poland | Wardynski & Partners | Compass Lexecon; Gorrissen Federspiel |
Poland | Rementi Investments S.A.'s Acquisition of Centrum Rozliczen Elektronicznych Polskie ePlatnosci S.A. from Innova and OPTeam | Rymarz Zdort | WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr; White & Case |
Poland | Global Compute Infrastructure LP's Acquisition of ATM S.A. from MCI.EuroVentures and Mezzanine Management | NGL Legal | Rymarz Zdort; White & Case |
Romania | Banca Transilvania's Acquisition of Microinvest | Filip & Co. | Vernon | David; Turcan Cazac; Osborne Clark |
Romania | AFI Europe Group's Acquisition of NEPI Rockcastle Office Portfolio (Including Financing) | CMS; Dentons; Wolf Theiss | Deloitte Legal (Reff & Associates); Herbert Smith |
Romania | Vienna Insurance Group's Acquisition of Aegon's Insurance Business in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Turkey | RTPR Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu; Wolf Theiss | Allen & Overy; Paksoy |
Romania | Holmbergs Safety Systems Holding AB’s Acquisition of Te-Rox Prod S.R.L | Wolf Theiss | David si Baias; RTPR Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu |
Romania | Innova's Acquisition of Paypoint and Payzone from PayPoint Group | RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu | Go2Law; Mills & Reeve; Vernon David |
Romania | Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets' Acquisition of CEZ Group in Romania | RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Allen & Overy; Skils |
Romania | Hidroelectrica's Acquisition of Crucea Wind Farm and STEAG Energie Romania from STEAG GmbH | Bondoc si Asociatii; CMS | |
Romania | Bain Capital Credit's Acquisition of NPL Portfolio from National Bank of Greece | CMS | Milbank |
Romania | KC Agro's Acquisition of Working Farm | Dentons | MPPL |
Romania | KPS's Acquisition of Lufkin from Baker Hughes | Dentons | King & Spalding; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
Romania | SIBS's Acquisiion of Wirecard Romania in Insolvency | Noerr; Stratulat Albulescu | Jaffe Rechtsanwalte Insolvenzverwalter; Taylor Wessing; Turcan Cazac |
Romania | Kingspan Group's Acquisiton of TeraPlast SA's Steel Division | Clifford Chance; Schoenherr | |
Romania | Optima Investment's Acquisition of Lone Star's Majority Share in Global Trade Centre SA | Schoenherr | Dentons |
Romania | RCS & RDS S.A.'s Senior Secured High-Yield Notes Offering | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Clifford Chance; Filip & Co; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Houthoff; Kinstellar; Linklaters; Orban & Perlaki; White & Case |
Romania | Glory Ltd.'s investment in Acrelec Group SAS | Stratulat Albulescu | Fieldfisher; Goodwin |
Romania | GapMinder Venture Partners's investment in Druid | Stratulat Albulescu | DLA Piper; Grigorescu, Crestincov & Associates |
Romania | Simultaneous Sales of Stakes in NOD Network | Bondoc si Asociatii | |
Romania | Sage Automotive Interiors Acquisition of Automotive Fabrics Business from Adient Automotive | Bondoc si Asociatii | Morrison & Foerster; Schoenherr |
Romania | WIPRO Limited's Acquisition of Metro Systems Romania SRL from Metro AG | Kinstellar | Baker McKenzie; DLA Piper |
Romania | S Immo AG's Acquisition of Bucharest Ofice Buildings from Skanska | Kinstellar | Peli Partners |
Romania | Joint Resolution/Zeus Capital Management's Acquisition of Floreasca Park from GLL Real Estate Partners | Kinstellar | Peli Partners |
Romania | Digi Communications NV Bond Issue | Clifford Chance | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Filip & Co. |
Romania | Electrica SA's Internal Merger of Dstribution Companies | Radu si Asociatii | |
Romania | DKV's Acquisition of Smart Diesel Fuel Card Business | Radu si Asociatii | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen |
Romania | Orange Romania's Acquisition of Telekom Romania from OTE | Dechert; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | D’Ornano Partners; Eversheds Sutherland; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Latham & Watkins; Norton Rose Fulbright; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii |
Russia | A-Propert's Acquisition of 51% of Elga Coalfield Project from Mechel | Alrud | Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners |
Russia | Sberbank and Mail.Ru Group's Acquisition of Majority Stake in Samokat | Claims LLC; Fiducia LLC | Sainlex LLC |
Russia | RZD’s Social LPNs Offering | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Arthur Cox; Linklaters |
Russia | Russian Direct Investment Fund/Barilla Rus Joint Venture | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | CMS |
Russia | Sovcomflot IPO | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Trewatch Group; Watson, Farley & Williams |
Russia | Sber Group of Companies's Creation of Ecosystem for Development of AI in Health Care with Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology | Allen & Overy | Pepeliaev Group |
Russia | Acquisition Financing by VTB Bank to Fortiana Holdings Limited for Acquisition of Highland Gold Mining Ltd. | Allen & Overy | Herbert Smith Freehills; Michael Kyprianou & Co; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
Russia | VTB Leasing and Aeroflot Group's Restructuring of Aircraft Leases in Light of COVID-19 | Allen & Overy | Baker Botts |
Russia | HeadHunter's Acquisition of Zarplata.ru from Hearst Shkulev Media Group | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Morgan Lewis |
Russia | Sovcombank's Acquisition of SOVEST Consumer Lending Business from QIWI plc | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | |
Russia | Aeroflot's Equity Fundraising | White & Case | Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners |
Russia | Mechel Restructuring | White & Case | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner; Schellenberg Wittmer-Gregoire West |
Russia | JV of SIBUR with Sinopec at Amur GCC | White & Case | Dechert |
Russia | PJSC Lukoil Eurobond Issue | Akin Gump | Clifford Chance |
Russia | Nakhodka Fertilizer Plant Project Financing | Herbert Smith Freehills | Hogan Lovells; Lundgrens Law Firm P/S |
Russia | VTB Bank and VEB.RF's Project Financing for Sea Port Sukhodol | Herbert Smith Freehills | |
Russia | Elbrus Capital Funds' Acquisition of Majority Stake in Banki.ru | Dentons | KIAP |
Russia | Hyundai Motor's Acquisition of General Motors' Factory in St. Petersburg | Dentons | |
Russia | Uralkali Group's Syndicated Pre-Export Finance Facility | Dentons | CMS; Cobalt |
Serbia | Pollard Banknote Limited's Acquisition of the Equity of Next Generation Lotteries AS | Karanovic & Partners | Tory's |
Serbia | J.S. Hamilton's Acquisition of SP Laboratorija from Victoria Group | Karanovic & Partners | |
Serbia | Sun Valley and Oaktree's Acquisition of Victoria Oil from Victorial Group | Schoenherr | Bojanovic & Partners; Markovic Vukotic Jovkovic |
Serbia | Endava's Acquisition of Comtrade Digital Services | Schoenherr | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Watson Farley & Williams |
Serbia | Republic of Serbia Eurobond issuance | Schoenherr | Ashurst; Linklaters; White & Case |
Serbia | Nova Ljubljanska Banka Acquisition of Komercijalna Banka | AP Legal; Kinstellar; Prica & Partners | Kalo & Associates; ODI Law; Radonjic & Associates; Sajic; Selih & Partnerji |
Serbia | B92's Transformation from JSC into LLC | Zivkovic Samardzic | |
Serbia | Amazon's Acquisition of Sizmek’s Ad Serving and Dynamic Content Optimization Businesses | Zivkovic Samardzic | Schuman & Co |
Serbia | APIS Assay Technologies Ltd's Acquisition of BeoGenomics | Zivkovic Samardzic | CT Legal |
Slovakia | Cisco Systems' Acquisition of Sli.do | Allen & Overy; Dentons | Fenwick & West; White & Case |
Slovakia | Prima Banka Slovensko's International Covered Bond Programme | Allen & Overy | White & Case |
Slovakia | U.S Steel Financing | Allen & Overy | White & Case |
Slovakia | Slovakia Sovereign Bond Issuance | White & Case | |
Slovakia | KBC Group's Acquisition of OTP Banka Slovensko from OTP Bank | Kinstellar; Schoenherr | |
Slovakia | UNIQA's Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia | GO2Law; Schoenherr | Clifford Chance |
Slovakia | E.ON Acquisition of Stake in Vychodoslovenska Energetika Holding from RWE | Kinstellar | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
Slovakia | Telekom Italia's Acquisition of Noovle Slovakia | Cechova & Partners | Chiomenti |
Slovakia | REEF Technologies' Acquisition of Livedispatcher from AppVenture, Wayra, Neulogy Ventures, and Derona | Majernik & Mihalikova | Dentons; JSK |
Slovakia | Stada Pharma Slovakia's Acquisition of Slovak Operations of Walmark Group | Hamala Kluch Viglasky | Kinstellar |
Slovakia | T-Systems Slovakia Carve-Out | Hamala Kluch Viglasky | |
Slovenia | Sartorius Stedim Biotech's Acquisition of BIA Separations | Schoenherr | Eisenberger & Herzog; Milbank; Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners |
Slovenia | EPH Joint Venture with Slovenian Railways | Schoenherr | Jadek & Pensa |
Slovenia | Endava's Acquisition of Comtrade Digital Services | Schoenherr | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Watson Farley & Williams |
Slovenia | Go Asset Development's Acquisition of Multiple Land Plots for Project Hoce | Miro Senica and Attorneys | |
Slovenia | Petrol d.d.'s Acquisition of E-3 d.o.o. from Elektro Primorska d.d. | Miro Senica and Attorneys | Law Firm Prodan Juric |
Slovenia | Pollen Street Capital's Acquisition of Polish, Slovenian and Croatian Operations of April Group | Miro Senica and Attorneys | Crido Legal; Ivekovic Attorneys at Law; Jeantet; Kallay & Partners; Kirm Perpar |
Slovenia | Diagnosticni Center Vila Bogatin's Acquisition of Kirurski Sanatoru Rozna Dolina d.o.o. from Ampelus Holding Limited | Kavcic, Bracun & Partners | Bojanovic & Partners; Brulc Gaberscik & Partners; Law Firm Knezovic & Associates; Prelevic Law Firm; Tashko Pustina |
Slovenia | Barings Finance LLC's Financing of Loftware, Inc.'s Acquisition of Euro Plus d.o.o. | CMS | Choate Hall & Stewart; Karanovic Partners; McGuire Woods |
Slovenia | Kubota and Impact Funds’ Acquisition of Stake in Trapview | CMS | Jadek & Pensa |
Turkey | Zynga Inc.'s Acquisition of Peak | ABCOO; GKC Partners (White & Case); Esin Attorney Partnership (Baker McKenzie); Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership (Dentons) | BTS & Partners; Verdi Law Firm |
Turkey | Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi T.A.O.'s Eurobond Issuance | Akol Law | Allen & Overy; Mayer Brown |
Turkey | Kervan Gıda IPO | Akol Law | |
Turkey | Q Terminals' Acquisition of Antalya Port from Global Ports | Akol Law | Clyde & Co; Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli |
Turkey | Turkey Wealth Fund’s Acquisition of Controlling Shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. | Aksu Caliskan Beygo Attorney Partnership; Durukan + Partners | Clifford Chance; Kabine Law Office; Herguner Bilgen Ozeke; Kinstellar; Nazim & Co; Milbank; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sorainen; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case |
Turkey | QIA’s Acquisition of Stake in Borsa Istanbul from Turkey Wealth Fund | GKC Partners (White & Case) | Clifford Chance |
Turkey | Ulker Biskuvi’s Debut Eurobond Issuance | GKC Partners (White & Case) | Esin Attorney Partnership (Baker McKenzie) |
Turkey | Actera Investment in Vivense | Kinstellar | |
Turkey | Qatar Holding LLC's Acquisition of Stake in Istinye Park Shopping Pall from Dogus Holding | Kinstellar | |
Turkey | Calderys Deutschland GmbH's Acquisition of Maority Stake in Haznedar Durer Refrakter ve Sanayii Malzemeleri Anonim Sirketi from Haznedar Group | Ak Law Firm | Paksoy |
Turkey | Arzum IPO | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (dentons) | |
Turkey | Teknoser's Acquisition of Fujitsu Technology Solutions Bilisim Fujitsu Technology Solutions Gmbh and Fujitsu Technology Solutions Holding B.V. | Heuvels Uras Law Firm | Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (Dentons) |
Turkey | Taxim Capital's Acquisition of Doganay | Moral & Partners | Gun + Partners |
Turkey | Riverwood Capital-led USD 32 Million Club Investment in Insider | Turunc | Cooley; Moroglu Arseven; Rajah & Tann |
Ukraine | VFU Funding PLC Eurobond Offering | DLA Piper | Avellum; Linklaters |
Ukraine | DebtX Restructuring of Bank Claims | Aequo | |
Ukraine | Restructuring of Deposit Guarantee Fund’s Debt to Ministry of Finance of Ukraine | Aequo | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
Ukraine | Novus Ukraine's Acquisition of Billa Ukraine from REWE Group | Aequo | Dentons |
Ukraine | UkrGasVydobuvannya’s Production Enhancement Contract with Expert Petroleum | Redcliffe Partners | CMS |
Ukraine | Onit’s Acquisition of Axdraft | Avellum | Aequo; Morris, Manning & Martin; Silicon Legal |
Ukraine | EBRD's Legal and Regulatory Reform on Trading Infrastructure in Ukraine | Dentons | |
Ukraine | Novus Ukraine's Acquisition of Billa Supermarket Chain from REWE Group | Dentons | Aequo |
Ukraine | QTerminals WLL Port Concession Project of Black Sea Port of Olvia | Kinstellar | Clyde & Co; EY Law |
Ukraine | DP World's Acquisition of Majority Stake in TIS Container Terminal | Marchenko Partners | CMS; Squire Patton Boggs |
Ukraine | Ukraine's July 2020 Eurobond Issuance | Avellum; Sayenko Kharenko | Latham & Watkins; White & Case |
Ukraine | Glencore Agriculture Limited's Acquisition of a Port Terminal from Orexim | Sayenko Kharenko | Baker McKenzie |
Ukraine | PJSC Eurocar and LLC RIC'c Restructuring | GoLaw | |
Ukraine | Ukraine's January 2020 Eurobond issue | Avellum, Sayenko Kharenko | Latham & Watkins; White & Case |
Ukraine | Kexim's Financing of Grain Terminal Holdings | CMS | Aequo |
Ukraine | Quadient's Acquisition of Majority Stake in YayPay | CMS | Goodwin Procter; Quarles & Brady, Redcliffe Partners |