CMS has advised Macquarie’s Green Investment Group on a ten-year physical corporate Power Purchase Agreement with the Danone companies in Poland and separately on a route to market physical PPA with Axpo, one of the largest independent off-takers of renewable energy, under which the wind farm will sell the remaining volume of electric energy and receive balancing services from Axpo.

Ellex Raidla has advised Coop Pank on a public offering of unsecured subordinated bonds.

CEE Attorneys has advised the RT Torax Group on the acquisition of the 6,203-square meter Premium Plaza office building in the Czech spa city of Karlovy Vary from the UBM Development group, which was advised by Deloitte Legal.

Allen & Overy has advised Epic Games on the acquisition of Capturing Reality from its founders.

Orrick has advised Scoro, a producer of work management software for professional service businesses, on the closing of a USD 16.4 million Series B round led by Kennet Partners. Additional investors include Columbia Lake Partners, Inventure, Livonia Partners, and Tera Ventures. Estonian legal advice to Kennet Partners was provided by Hedman Partners, working with lead counsel Sheridans, and to Scoro by Eversheds Sutherland.

Jalsovszky has advised Hungarian energy and real estate developer Callis Energetika Zrt. on its sale of an 8,300-square-meters plot to Atenor Hungary. CMS advised the buyer on the deal.

Kinstellar has helped the Business Lease Group B.V. and its CEE subsidiaries obtain a EUR 242 million refinancing loan in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia from a syndicate of ABN Amro Bank N.V., ING Bank N.V., and Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A. Clifford Chance reportedly advised the lenders.

Noerr has advised oil and gas company MOL on its acquisition of the Hungarian operating company of Marche. Baker McKenzie Zurich reportedly advised the seller, Marche International.

The Prague office of CMS has advised Icelandic asset manager Kaupthing on its sale of a land plot near the D5 highway near Pilsen to German retail chain Lidl. Schoenherr advised Lidl on the deal.

Linklaters has advised Chariot, a group managed by Griffin Real Estate, on the sale of retail parks in the Polish communities of Olsztyn, Opole, Kielce, and Tychy to EPP, which was advised by Dentons. The value of the transaction was EUR 106 million and the total leasable area of the properties amounts to 110,000 square meters. 

CEE Attorneys has advised the RT Torax Group on the acquisition of Nova Karolina Park in Ostrava from the Passerinvest Group. Clifford Chance advised the financing parties, which included Mezzanine Capital through MCI Eta s.r.o., J&T Banka, a.s., and J&T AIF Fund Sicav Plc through its J&T Loan Fund I subfund. 

Cakmak has advised Entek Elektrik, a subsidiary of Koc Holding engaged in the energy sector, on the acquisition of the 60 MW Suloglu wind power plant and its O&M services company from STEAG GmbH. Bezen Partners advised STEAG on the transaction which remains subject to regulatory approval.

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has successfully defended Bank Millennium in the Warsaw Court of Appeal.

Korelskiy Ischuk Astafiev & Partners has become the official legal consultant of the International Chess Federation.

Brandl Talos has advised the Sportradar Group on its acquisition of UK-based personalized messaging platform operator Fresh Eight. Sheridans reportedly also advised Sportradar and Shoosmiths reportedly advised the seller.

Zepos & Yannopoulos has advised PPC S.A., the largest generator and supplier of electricity in Greece, on its inaugural international offering of EUR 650 million 3.875% sustainability-linked senior notes due 2026.

Cakmak has advised Engie on the sale of its shares in energy-sector companies Izgaz, Baymina, and EPG to Palmet Enerji. Garanti BBVA and VakifBank provided acquisition financing to Palmet Enerji. Akol Law advised the buyer and GKC Partners in association with White & Case advised the banks.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised DTEK Renewables on its entrance into a contract with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas for the joint implementation of the first phase of DTEK’s Tiligulska wind power project in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region.