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BDK Advokati, Dentons, and Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen have advised Invenio Partners on the segmentation – together with Accession Capital Partners – of the vocational education division of the Link Group. The Antonic law firm in cooperation with Deloitte advised the Link Group and its two shareholders on the sale. Gladei & Partners reportedly advised Invenio as well. Schoenherr and Norton Rose Fulbright reportedly advised ACP.

Dentons Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki has advised Hedef Filo on its acquisition of Letgo Mobil. The Amsterdam office of Allen & Overy reportedly advised OLX Autos on the sale.

Dentons Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki has advised Adsby on its seed funding round led by Inveo Ventures and including KT Portfoy Yonetimi Lonca GSYF and angel investors.

On October 6, 2023, the Bozoglu Izgi Attorney Partnership announced it is joining forces with Dentons Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki, with Elvan Sevi Bozoglu and Mehmet Feridun Izgi joining BASEAK as Partners alongside an additional 19 lawyers and two trainees from their team.

Did You Know that the ten firms that have worked on the most client matters reported by CEE Legal Matters through Q3 of 2023 are equally divided between international and regional powerhouses? According to the Activity Rankings function of the CEELMDirect website, Magic Circle-member Clifford Chance, which has worked on a remarkable 66 deals reported by CEE Legal Matters in the first nine months of 2023, leads the pack, but Vienna-based Schoenherr is close behind with 64.

The primary focus for most in Slovakia right now – and the talk of the town this season – is the upcoming elections. According to Dentons Bratislava Managing Partner Peter Kubina, the elections have led to the markets going into somewhat of a maintenance mode, yet things stand to pick up the pace again as autumn progresses, with litigious activities taking center stage.

On September 20, 2023, PHH announced that Kommunalkredit's EUR 37.5 million financing for the 63-megawatt Senyo photovoltaic plant in Hungary – commissioned by Green Source and Core Value Capital – (reported by CEE Legal Matters on August 7, 2023) had closed.

Dentons has advised the CPI Property Group on its EUR 635 million three-year bridge loan from Santander, Societe Generale, Komercni Banka, Raiffeisen, SMBC, Barclays, and Erste Bank to replace the group's existing loans related to its recent acquisitions of Immofinanz and S Immo. Linklaters reportedly advised the banks.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. As key steps, requirements, and timeline for becoming a Partner may vary from firm to firm, this time we asked: Does your firm have a formal Partnership Track and if yes, what does it involve?

Turunc has advised the Future Impact Fund on its investment in app and game developer and publisher Mega Fortuna, in a USD 2.3 million seed funding round that included APY Ventures. Dentons Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki reportedly advised APY Ventures.

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Dentons is one of the leading law firms in CEE/CIS, with offices in Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Moscow, Bucharest, Bratislava, Kyiv, Baku, Almaty, Astana, Tbilisi and Tashkent. With a legacy of supporting local and international clients in Central and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s, we have the experience and market insight to help clients close deals, resolve disputes and do business in the key markets across the region.

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