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Peter Plachy has joined CMS as Counsel and Head of Dispute Resolution in its office in Bratislava.
CMS has advised Aratiden on the development of a co-located battery storage project as well as on an EPC agreement with Optimal Energy Solutions JSC. Kirov and Bratuleva reportedly advised Optimal Energy Solutions JSC.
CMS has advised PACCOR Hungary on the carve-out and sale of its blow-molding business line in Debrecen to the local management team. Dobrossy and Tarsai reportedly advised the buyers.
CMS has advised the founders and shareholders of Coorum Informationstechnologie on the sale of 100% of shares to Kendox. Oberhammer advised Kendox.
CMS, working with Bech Bruun, has advised Alder Investment III on its acquisition of TriVision from VPK Fond I K/S and founders Neckelmann Holding, Claus Gramkow Holding, Hauge Holding, J. Bach Holding, and Jesper Bach. Gorrissen Federspiel reportedly advised the sellers.
CMS has advised the Investment Fund for Developing Countries on its EUR 7 million subordinated debt investment in Bank Lviv.
CMS has promoted Marija Zrno Prosic to CEE Partner in its office in Croatia.
Schoenherr has advised ID Energy Group on the project financing for the Biopark Dolice biogas plant in Poland from mBank. CMS reportedly advised mBank.
CMS has advised Shell Exploration and Production 96 on winning the tender and concluding the prospecting and exploration agreement for Block 1-26 Han Tervel offshore Bulgaria.
Clifford Chance has advised Hillwood Polska on the EUR 25 million provided by mBank for the refinancing of its acquisition of Hillwood Gdansk I logistics park. CMS reportedly advised mBank.
CMS has advised Nikan Agro on the licensing process before the Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission for its 50-megawatt Blatska photovoltaic project.
CMS has launched a new dedicated Corporate Crime team within its Dispute Resolution and Compliance practice in Belgrade with the joining of Denis Beciric as Of Counsel.
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised CityFit Group on the sale of CityFit fitness clubs chain to Medicover. CMS advised Medicover.
CMS has advised a consortium of Czech banks including Komercni Banka, Ceska Sporitelna, UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Vseobecna Uverova Banka on a new term loan facility for NET4GAS. Dentons reportedly advised the borrower.
CMS has advised Geosolar Kamenyak on licensing for the 75-megawatt Kamenyak photovoltaic project by the Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission.
CMS has advised the Debt and Liquidity Management Agency of the Slovak Republic on the issuance of its first retail government bonds.
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CMS Sofia is the Bulgarian branch of CMS, a top ten global legal and tax services provider with over 5000 lawyers in 43 countries and 78 offices across the world.
CMS entered the Bulgarian market as one of the first internationally active law firms in 2005 and is now among the most respected legal advisors in the country. We have 7 partners, 4 counsel and over 30 lawyers in our office in Sofia.
Our legal experts, who are rooted in Bulgaria’s local culture, can also draw on years of experience in foreign countries and are at home in several legal systems at once. We know the particularities of the local market just as well as the needs of our clients and combine both to achieve optimum solutions. Our lawyers are Bulgarian qualified and we also have English qualified experts – all of them regularly working on cross-border mandates.
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