Schoenherr has advised Kommunalkredit Austria on a EUR 25 million loan to the INVL Renewable Energy Fund I to finance the construction of solar power plants with a total capacity of 51 megawatts in Romania. Glodeanu & Partners advised the INVL fund. Sorainen reportedly advised Kommunalkredit as well.

Suciu Popa has advised the Meta Estate Trust on its partnership agreement with developer APX Immo Property to erect a "21-apartment premium real estate project within the Cotroceni area" of Bucharest.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Inter Cars on the extension, increase, and reorganization of its senior facilities in the aggregate amount of approximately PLN 2.54 billion (USD 642 million). Kinstellar, Magnusson, Kelemenis, and Glimstedt reportedly advised on the matter as well.

PeliPartners has advised Romanian hydropower company Hidroelectrica on its acquisition of the ABC and Calnicel platform business lines from UCM Resita.

Suciu Popa has advised Eximprod on its sustainability-driven lease agreement for a 1,300 square-meter space in the Equilibrium 2 building developed by Skanska in Bucharest.

Noerr Attorney-at-Law Luiza Bedros and Counsel Sebastian Popescu have been appointed as Associated Partners in the firm's Bucharest office. Cristina Stamboli, Oana Piticas, and Alexandru Dan were all elevated to Counsel during the same promotion round.

Schoenherr has advised Nofar Energy on its acquisition of a 255-megawatt photovoltaic project under development from Portland Trust.

Filip & Company has advised BT Capital Partners, Alpha Bank, and Raiffeisen Bank on Cluj County’s EUR 75.68 million bond issuance.

Clifford Chance Badea has advised Fondul Proprietatea on the public tender offer to buy back issued shares and global depositary receipts listed on the Bucharest and London Stock Exchanges.

DLA Piper has advised the TMF Group on its acquisition of Contexpert, an accounting, inventory, taxation, and payroll services specialist in Romania.

Clifford Chance Badea has advised the UniCredit Bank on its RON 480 million corporate bond issuance.

Bondoc & Asociatii has advised Solarealize on the sale of a project portfolio of approximately 250 megawatts planned capacity.

Nyerges & Partners has advised Shikun & Binui Energy on awarding CJR Renewables two engineering, procurement, and construction contracts for the Simleul Silvaniei 1 and 2 solar photovoltaic power projects, with a total capacity of 101.1 megawatts.

Voicu & Asociatii has advised the founders and shareholders of Romanian Software on the sale of their company to the Belgian SD Worx group. PwC Legal Romanian affiliate D&B David si Baias advised the SD Worx group.

Filip & Company has advised Digi Spain Telecom and RCS & RDS on the acquisition of a package of spectrum licenses for the private use of the radioelectric public domain related to certain sets of blocks of frequencies in the 1,800 MHz, 2,100 MHz, and 3,500 MHz bands from Xfera Moviles, part of MasMovil Group in Spain.

PGC Partners has advised Simusca on entering the Romanian market.

GNP Guia Naghi & Partners has advised both the buyer and the sellers in the CIS Gaz acquisition of a majority stake in Next Energy Distribution from the Toma family.

On November 21, 2023, corporate/M&A and private equity experts from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkiye, and Ukraine sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss the key developments in the field over the past decade.