Hogan Lovells has advised Bank Millennium on its sale of an 80% stake in Millennium Financial Services to Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen na Zycie Europa and Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen Europa and their strategic bancassurance partnership. WKB Lawyers advised both buyers.

Wolf Theiss has advised the IFC on its acquisition of a minority stake in Vienna Insurance Group-owned pension assurance company Doverie.

Asters has successfully represented the interests of PrivatBank before the Supreme Court of Ukraine, securing a final ruling on the bank's ownership following its 2016 nationalization. 

Herbst Kinsky has advised Star Capital Partners on obtaining a majority shareholding in the Myflexbox Austria corporate start-up – a spin-off from Salzburg AG fur Energie, Verkehr, und Telekommunikation – in the course of a capital increase. 

Sorainen, working with Dentons, has advised Deutsche Bank on a EUR 600 million syndicated loan agreement with Eesti Energia to refinance its 2016 bond issuance and support investments.

KLC has successfully represented three KTEL regional bus companies – those based in Larisa, Ioannina, and Heraklion – in a pilot trial procedure before the Supreme Administrative Court for the compensation of state-granted discounts on fare tickets. 

Clifford Chance has advised Banca Comerciala Romana and Erste Group Bank on the financing for Enery Power Holding’s acquisition of the Romanian renewable energy portfolio from Jade Power Trust.

Gessel has advised Kredyt Inkaso on establishing its PLN 100 million bond issuance program and the required regulatory approvals.

Clifford Chance has advised a club of Czech banks led by Ceska Sporitelna on their financing for the Rohlik Group. White & Case advised Rohlik.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised RGreen Invest SAS on the EUR 38 million financing provided to PAD RES for the construction of a 76-megawatt photovoltaic portfolio in Poland. Clifford Chance advised PAD RES.

Tokushev & Partners and Musseva & Ivanov have helped MFG Ins obtain an insurance license from the Financial Supervision Commission of Bulgaria.

Cobalt has advised Latvenergo on its EUR 50 million issuance of six-year green bonds with a fixed annual interest rate and a yield to maturity of 4.952%.

Clifford Chance has advised a consortium of banks on their agreement for a revolving credit facility of up to PLN 1 billion and a term loan of up to PLN 1.5 billion with Enea, granted as a sustainability-linked loan. Allen & Overy advised Enea.

Paksoy, working with Fieldfisher, has advised Samsun Yurt Savunma on its acquisition of an 80% stake in UK-based military defense equipment manufacturer AEI Systems. UK-based Field Law reportedly advised the sellers.

Kocian Solc Balastik has advised the Arete Group on the acquisition of land for the expansion of its logistics park in Rokycany.

PwC Legal Romanian affiliate D&B David si Baias has advised US-based investment fund Broadhurst on the sale of Romanian bakery group Vel Pitar to Mexico's Grupo Bimbo.

Schoenherr has advised Eurobank Greece on the sale of a commercial real estate asset in Iasi, Romania, to the real estate division of the Radacini Group.

Ellex, working with Norway's Thommessen, has advised InfraVia on its acquisition of a stake in wind farm developer Vindr Group.