Freshfields has advised SMS group on its acquisition of the agglomeration and calcination technologies business from Metso. 

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised PKO Bank Polski on the financing of a 54-megawatt-peak portfolio of photovoltaic projects being developed by PVE Group.

TGS Baltic has advised Invego Latvia on its EUR 8 million secured bond issue, with the bonds now admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Baltic First North alternative market in Tallinn. Triniti reportedly acted as the collateral agent.

Wardynski & Partners has advised Animex Holding on its acquisition of Pupil Foods from Fundacja Rodzinna Rodziny Suleckich. GKR Legal advised the seller.

Kocian, Solc, Balastik has advised Gridarch on the sale of a 110,000-square-meter land plot located within the Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park to EQT Exeter.

Pekin & Pekin has advised Arda Turan on his recent appointment as Head Coach of Ukrainian club FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

Popescu & Asociatii has successfully represented Viorelo International in obtaining more than RON 60 million in compensation in expropriation proceedings before a court in Romania.

Greenberg Traurig has advised GoldenPeaks Capital Holding on the senior and junior financing for the construction of its solar photovoltaic portfolio in Poland. CMS reportedly advised the lenders. Clyde & Co reportedly advised GoldenPeaks as well. Fieldfisher and Wardynski & Partners reportedly advised junior lender Berenberg.

Schoenherr has advised Bell Food Group on the sale of its Eisberg business units in Poland, Romania, and Hungary to Green Factory.

Walless has advised Saare Wind Energy on securing the seabed use rights for an offshore wind farm project in Estonia. 

Herbst Kinsky has advised Wahl & Partner Management and Beteiligungs on the acquisition of Scheybal Matten Nach Mass. Jank Weiler Operenyi | Deloitte Legal advised the sellers, Scheybal.

Cobalt has advised Luminor Bank as the sole lead manager on Altum's issuance of five-year bonds in the amount of EUR 70 million. 

Former Ellex Partner Migle Petkeviciene has joined Sorainen as a Partner.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has appointed Katarzyna Lukaszewicz as the new Co-Managing Partner of its Financial Regulatory Practice, alongside Partner Lukasz Gasinski.

Liviu Togan has rejoined Musat & Asociatii as a Partner.

Former Vodeno General Counsel Przemyslaw Karolak has joined Aion Bank as its new Deputy Head of Legal.

Elena Stoilova-Dobreva has become a Co-Managing Partner at Tzvetkova & Partners and, as a result, the firm has changed its name to Tzvetkova, Tzvetkov & Dobreva.

Former Akol Partner Tugce Tatari has joined Abdi Ibrahim Pharmaceuticals as its new Legal Director.

Former BD2P Partner Marija Bojovic has established the full-service commercial law firm Bojovic Attorneys at Law in Belgrade.

Co-founded by Partners Adrian Georgescu and Ionut Gont, white collar boutique law firm Georgescu Gont has opened for business in Bucharest.

Former DNB Bank Polska Head of Legal and Corporate Relations Adam Grzeskiewicz has joined PKO Bank Polski as its new Head of Legal Services for Litigation and Proceedings.

Former Merzigo Senior Vice President Ceyda Sila Cetinkaya has become the company's new Chief Operating Officer.

Former Wienerberger Head of Corporate Secretary and Co-Head of Legal Georg Schuh has launched Schuh Law in Vienna.

Jelena Obradovic has joined Bojanovic & Partners as a Partner and will lead the firm's Competition and Corporate & Commercial departments. Joining alongside Obradovic are Senior Associate Andrea Fluture and Associate Milica Mijatovic.