Eversheds Sutherland has advised Gutsverwaltung Illmau company SVK Invest on its acquisition of Dan Agro Holding from Slovakian Field Invest, also advising Raiffeisenbank Waldviertel Mitte on financing the transaction. KPMG Legal advised the seller.
"With this transaction, the group acquired an agricultural farm in Middle Slovakia with more than 1,000 hectares of agricultural land and expands its activities from Austria and the Czech Republic to Slovakia," Eversheds Sutherland informed.
GV Illmau is an Austrian agricultural company operating in the field of primary agricultural production in northern Austria and the southern Czech Republic. The company manages approximately 1,500 hectares of land.
The Eversheds Sutherland team included Managing Partner Bernhard Hager, Senior Associates Petra Markova, Stefan Palkovic, Katarina Brath Liebscherova, and Maria Sadlonova, and Associate Filip Kozon.
The KPMG team included Associate Partner Marian Dzuroska and Associate Alzbeta Spitova.