CEE Legal Matters
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Clifford Chance has advised Solaris Bus & Coach on EUR 700 million syndicated financing in the form of credit and guarantee lines granted in order to fuel the company's further development. Allen & Overy Shearman Sterling advised the banking consortium.
Clifford Chance has advised a club of banks including ING Bank, Erste Group Bank and its Czech subsidiary Ceska Sporitelna, and Komercni Banka on a EUR 268 million facility agreement supporting a new joint venture partner’s entry and the expansion of Unibail-Rodamco Westfield's Centrum Cerny Most in Prague. Dentons reportedly advised Unibail-Rodamco Westfield.
Dentons has advised AutoWallis Group on its acquisition of the Milan Kral Group. Havel & Partners advised the seller.
Kinstellar has advised European Imaging Group Limited on its acquisition of Megapixel from Tomas Matejcek. Tarpan Legal reportedly advised the seller.
White & Case has advised Rohlik.cz Finance II on a CZK 4 billion retail offering of senior secured fixed rate bonds due in 2029 which feature an equity-linked bonus.
Kocian, Solc, Balastik has advised Webglobe on the acquisition of Cesky Webhosting.
Reals has advised Conseq Realitni on the acquisition of the EA Hotel Atlantic Palace in Karlovy Vary.
BPV Braun Partners and Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, working with Watson Farley & Williams, have advised Creditas Group on its acquisition of Duon from Infracapital with financing from Komercni Banka. Dentons advised Duon. White & Case reportedly advised Komercni Banka.
CMS has advised the Via Salis consortium, comprising Vinci and Meridiam, on the D4 highway public-private partnership project in the Czech Republic. Kinstellar, working with Linklaters, advised the financing banks. White & Case advised the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic.
White & Case has advised the Rohlik Group on securing a guaranteed loan of up to EUR 90 million from the European Investment Bank as part of the EIB’s Scale-Up initiative.
Havel & Partners has promoted Robert Porubsky, Petr Tusakovsky, and Martin Vlk to its partnership in the firm’s most recent promotion round.
White & Case has advised the Wirtualna Polska group on the acquisition of the Invia Group from European Bridge Travel for more than PLN 1 billion (EUR 239.7 million) with existing shareholders Rockaway Group and CITIC Europe Holdings acting as guarantors of European Bridge Travel’s obligations resulting from the sale. Clifford Chance advised European Bridge Travel and its shareholders.
Reals has advised Redside on the sale of its Nova Real Estate Fund portfolio, comprising 16 retail and office properties in the Czech Republic, to Ceskomoravska Nemovitostni and Nemo Fund. Clifford Chance advised the buyers.
White & Case has advised TPG Real Estate on the EUR 470 million sale of CT Real Estate to funds managed by Blackstone. Schoenherr, working with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, advised Blackstone. Talers reportedly advised TPG Real Estate as well.
Havel & Partners, working with Milbank, has advised Capiton on the sale of Gritec to the Viessmann Generations Group. Rowan Legal advised the Viessmann Generations Group. Frankfurt-based Schalast and the Nuernberg office of Roedl & Partner reportedly advised the Viessmann Generations Group as well.
Rowan Legal has advised AMiT on its acquisition of the Bustec Group. Act Legal reportedly advised the sellers.
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Havel & Partners has advised selling shareholders of Brno-based HIWIN Petr Jasek and Matis on a change in the company’s ownership structure, resulting in the German group HIWIN GmbH becoming the sole shareholder. OHBS reportedly advised HIWIN GmbH.
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