Clifford Chance has advised Exigent Property Investment on its EUR 57.8 million financing agreement with OTP Bank Romania and OTP Plc. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen advised OTP Bank.

Gessel has advised PGB Holdco on its sale of biogas electricity producer Polska Grupa Biogazowa to TotalEnergies. Clifford Chance advised the buyer.

Clifford Chance has advised European lottery operator Allwyn on a EUR 335 million accordion facility with a syndicate of international banks. Allen & Overy reportedly advised the banks.

On February 27, 2023, Greenberg Traurig announced that CMI’s sale of the Eurozet Group to SFS Ventures and Agora (reported by CEE Legal Matters on February 25, 2019) had closed following a favorable merger clearance decision by the Warsaw Court of Appeal.

Clifford Chance has advised Abris Capital Partners on the sale of all its shares in Graal to Lisner Holding. WKB Lawyers advised the buyer.

Clifford Chance has advised Banca Comerciala Romana and Erste Group Bank on the financing for Enery Power Holding’s acquisition of the Romanian renewable energy portfolio from Jade Power Trust.

Clifford Chance has advised a club of Czech banks led by Ceska Sporitelna on their financing for the Rohlik Group. White & Case advised Rohlik.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised RGreen Invest SAS on the EUR 38 million financing provided to PAD RES for the construction of a 76-megawatt photovoltaic portfolio in Poland. Clifford Chance advised PAD RES.

Clifford Chance has advised a consortium of banks on their agreement for a revolving credit facility of up to PLN 1 billion and a term loan of up to PLN 1.5 billion with Enea, granted as a sustainability-linked loan. Allen & Overy advised Enea.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund on its EUR 150 million investment in R.Power. Clifford Chance advised R.Power.

Dentons has advised Romanian state-owned CEC Bank on the establishment of its EUR 600 million medium-term note program and its first two issuances amounting to over EUR 249 million. Clifford Chance advised arrangers Citigroup and Raiffeisen Bank International.

Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov, working with Linklaters, has advised the joint lead managers on the Republic of Bulgaria's EUR 1.5 billion issuance of sovereign bonds under its global medium-term note program. Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners, working with Clifford Chance, advised the Bulgarian state.

Clifford Chance has advised Arete on the bank financing of its portfolio in excess of EUR 100 million from a consortium of banks including Ceska Sporitelna and Slovenska Sporitelna.

Did You Know that, according to the Activity Rankings function of the CEELMDirect website, nine law firms in Central and Eastern Europe got off to an exceptionally strong start in 2023, with five client matters or more reported on by CEE Legal Matters in the first month of the year alone?

Did You Know that, according to the Activity Rankings function of the CEELMDirect website, Clifford Chance’s Andrzej Stosio, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Warsaw Managing Partner Grzegorz Dyczkowski, and Mark Harrison, the Founder and Principal of Harrisons, all worked on six reported Banking & Finance deals in the past 12 months, placing them in a three-way tie for first place in CEE over that time?

Clifford Chance and its Turkish affiliate Ciftci Attorney Partnership have advised Arcelik on the establishment of a joint venture between its Ardutch subsidiary and Whirlpool Corporation subsidiary Whirlpool EMEA Holdings to create a new standalone business in the European home appliances sector. Latham & Watkins advised Whirlpool.

Cobalt, working with Clifford Chance, has advised joint lead managers Deutsche Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Europe, Erste Group, and Nomura Financial Products Europe on the EUR 750 million issuance of five-year eurobonds by the Republic of Latvia. Allen & Overy reportedly advised the Treasury of the Republic of Latvia.

Clifford Chance has advised ING Bank Slaski, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, and Alior Bank on a sustainability-linked corporate refinancing for the Paged Group. Baker McKenzie advised the borrowers.