Karanovic & Nikolic has successfully obtained conditional Serbian Competition Commission clearance for SBB's takeover of IKOM.

JSK has advised the Lama Energy Group on its acquisition of Live Telecom from sellers Pavel Stepanek, David Lukac, and Zdenek Nesveda. The sellers were represented by Delta Legal.

JSK has advised APS Holding a.s on its January 10 agreement with the Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd for the management of real estate assets and for the servicing of the non-performing loans of the Bank. Antoniou McCollum & Co advised APS on Cyprus law matters. Clifford Chance advised the Hellenic Bank, with George Z. Georgiou & Associates advising it on employment law matters and Antis Triantafyllides and Sons on Cyprus Law matters.

BDK Advokati has advised Iron Mountain, the NYSE-listed storage and information management company, on its acquisition of Data Outsourcing Centre d.o.o., a prominent Serbian archive management, imaging services, and data storage company, from sellers Sinisa Tutus and Milan Mojic. JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic advised the sellers on the deal.

ODI has represented a consortium of NLB, Banka Koper (Intesa Sanpaolo Group), Sberbank, Abanka, NKBM and Gorenjska Banka on a EUR 113 million syndicated debt refinancing of UNIOR, an advanced international company in metal-processing filed and active in tourism. UNIOR was represented by Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesniki & Partners.

RTPR Allen & Overy has advise the Enterprise Investors private equity fund on the sale of the Profi Rom Food – the largest supermarket chain in Romania – to Mid Europa Partners. Dechert and Bondoc & Asociatii advised the buyers on the deal, which is reportedly the largest deal ever completed by a private equity fund in Romania and the largest deal in the retail sector in the country’s history. The transaction remains subject to approval by Romania's Competition Counsel.

Bondoc si Asociatii has advised investment fund Global Finance on the sale by its real estate division of the land of the former Automatica factory in Bucharest to the French group Auchan and One United. Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised the buyers on the deal.

White & Case has advised Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. on its acquisition of 61.16% of the shares in Kredyt Inkaso S.A. from its current shareholders.

Rizoiu & Poenaru, Clifford Chance, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have advised Affidea on its acquisition of the Hiperdia diagnostics centers in Romania. Bondoc & Asociatii and Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised Hiperdia on the transaction, which remains contingent on obtaining regulatory approvals.

White & Case (working with Bondoc si Asociatii in Bucharest) and CMS have advised US-listed The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. and Romania-based Astra Rail Management GmbH, respectively, on a joint venture entered into by the two.

Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners (RPPP) has advised Enterprise Investors on the acquisition by the Polish Enterprise Fund VII, which it manages, of 100% of shares in sporting good retailer Intersport ISI in a carve-out transaction from Mercator Group. According to RPPP, "the value of the transaction is up to EUR 34.5 million and the transaction transaction is conditional upon obtaining customary regulatory approvals." RPPP — a member of the TLA alliance — reports that "all other TLA law firms from the region, including JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic from Serbia, Tkalcic-Djulic, Prebanic, Rizvic and Jusufbasic-Goloman from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska from Macedonia" were involved as well. Slovenia’s Jadek & Pensa and Serbia’s Prica & Partners advised Mercator on the transaction.

CMS (on M&A) and DLA Piper (on financing) have advised Erste Group Immorent on the sale of the five-star hotel and apartment complex Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Dubrovnik Sun Gardens to Chinese investor ADC GmbH. Savoric & Partner advised the buyer on the deal.

Bondoc si Asociatii has advised Mid Europa Partners on Romanian law aspects of its acquisition of full control over Waberer, one of the largest road freight transport operators in Europe.

JSK has successfully represented Ashok Leyland UAE on the ownership transfer of truck manufacturer Avia Ashok Leyland Motors to the Czechoslovak Group.  

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch, acting in its capacity as the Investment Manager of Romanian Fondul Proprietatea, has announced that Fondul Proprietatea has sold its full shareholding in E.ON Distributie Romania S.A. and E.ON Energie Romania S.A. Bondoc & Asociatii advised the seller.

Georgiev, Todorov & Co. (GTC), working with Sidley Austin, has successfully represented the Russian company Atomstroyexport in a dispute with the Bulgarian National Electric Company (NEC) before a three-member panel of the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Geneva involving the Belene nuclear power plant. NEC was represented by White & Case.

Bondoc & Asociatii has assisted eMag on its acquisition of PC Garage in Romania for an undisclosed amount.

JPM has advised Delta Real Estate on the sale of its ownership quota in companies that own and operate the Delta City Shopping Malls in Belgrade and Podgorica — and has advised Hemslade Trading Limited on the sale of its ownership in the company that owns and operates the shopping mall in Podgorica as well — to Hyprop Investments Ltd (South Africa) and Homestead Group Holdings Ltd. Harrisons advised the buyers on the deals, which amounted to EUR 202.75 million.