Filip & Company has advised the Digi Group's Portuguese subsidiary on its acquisition of 100% of the shares issued by Cabonitel, S.A. at a value of EUR 150 million.
Filip & Company Advises Simtel Team on Transferring Shares to Bucharest Stock Exchange Main Market
Filip & Company has advised Simtel Team S.A. on the transfer of its shares to the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
Closing: Banca Transilvania's Purchase of OTP Bank Romania Now Closed
On August 1, 2024, Filip & Company and CMS announced that Banca Transilvania's purchase of OTP Bank Romania (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on February 21, 2024) has now closed.
Dentons and Filip & Company Advise on EBRD's Investment in Arobs Transylvania Software
Dentons has advised the EBRD on an equity investment in Arobs Transylvania Software. Filip & Company advised Arobs.
Filip & Company Advises Arobs on Capital Increase
Filip & Company has advised Arobs Transilvania Software on the share capital increase operation through which it has raised EUR 28.7 million.
Filip & Company Advises Digi Group Spain on Contracts with Telefonica Moviles Espana
Filip & Company has advised Digi Group’s Spanish subsidiaries on a national roaming contract and a network and spectrum sharing contract with Telefonica Moviles Espana.
Energy Efficiency and Climate Neutrality in Europe’s Real Estate Sector
On 12 April 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the revised text of Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings (the “Revised Directive”). The Revised Directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 8 May 2024 and Member States will have to transpose it into national legislation within 2 years of its entry into force (i.e. 28 May 2024).
Filip & Company and White & Case Advise on Banca Transilvania's Synthetic Securitization Deal with EIB and the EIF
Filip & Company has advised Banca Transilvania on its synthetic securitization deal with the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. White & Case advised EIB and EIF.
Filip & Company Advises BayWa on Acquisition of White Gate Photovoltaic Park
Filip & Company has advised BayWa on its acquisition of the White Gate Photovoltaic Park.
Kinstellar and Filip & Company Advise Digi on EUR 150 Million Senior Facility Granted to Digi Romania
Kinstellar, working with Linklaters, has advised ING Bank on a EUR 150 million senior facility agreement granted to Digi Romania. Filip & Company advised the borrower.
Filip & Company Advises Banca Transilvania Group on Acquisition of BRD Pensions
Filip & Company has advised Romania's Banca Transilvania Group on its acquisition of BRD Pensions from BRD Groupe Societe Generale and Societe Generale Assurances. PNSA reportedly advised Societe Generale.
Filip & Company Advises Digi Group on EUR 117 Million Export Credit Facilities and EUR 50 Million Loan
Filip & Company has advised Romania's RCS & RDS on signing two export credit facility agreements totaling EUR 117.16 million for the acquisition of goods and services to develop its telecom networks in Romania and Portugal and advised its Digi Spain Telecom subsidiary on a EUR 50 million uncommitted and unsecured credit facility agreement.
Legal Update – Modifications to Law 17/2014 on Extramuros Agricultural Land Sale
The recent modifications to Law 17/2014 regarding on the regulation of sale of extramuros agricultural land („Law 17”) came into force through the modifications brought by Law 116/2024, adopted on 29 April 2024 and published a day later.
Filip & Company Advises Centrokinetic and Agista on Acquisition of Majority Stake in Socrates Clinic
Filip & Company has advised the Centrokinetic orthopedics and medical rehabilitation network together with its shareholder, the Agista investment fund, on their acquisition of a 70% stake in the Socrates clinic in Timisoara, Romania. Timisoara-based sole practitioner Diana Pavel Cios reportedly advised the sellers.
The Corner Office: Skills of Tomorrow
In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. Given the dynamic and ever-evolving nature of the legal profession, we asked: What is the one critical skill that you’re investing time and energy in to develop within your team, and why?
Filip & Company Advises One United Properties Shareholders on Sale of 234 Million Shares
Filip & Company has advised the significant shareholders of One United Properties on their sale of 234.2 million company shares to local and international institutional investors.
The Corner Office: 2024 Wishes and Perils
In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. As we bid farewell to 2023, this time around we turn our attention forward: What is your one main wish for 2024 and what do you see as the biggest potential risk?
MJH Advises on Smyk Management Buyout
MJH Moskwa, Jarmul, Haladyj has advised a consortium of investors including Smyk Management Board President Michal Grom, Maciej Zuzalek, and an Accession Capital Partners-managed private equity fund on the management buyout of Smyk from the Bridgepoint private equity fund.