Clifford Chance has advised Komercni Banka on a green loan for the Accolade Group.

Clifford Chance Badea has advised Romanian oil and gas company OMV Petrom on the delisting of its global depository receipts from the London Stock Exchange.

Clifford Chance has advised, pro bono, a joint venture entity including Dennik N, the Independent Press Foundation, the Aegis Foundation, and the Respekt editorial team on the acquisition of the Respekt Magazine in the Czech Republic.

Clifford Chance Badea has advised private investment fund JC Flowers & Co on its sale of Romania's First Bank to Intesa Sanpaolo. RTPR advised the Intesa Sanpaolo Bank.

On October 30, 2023, Milbank announced that the Greek Public Power Corporation’s acquisition of the Romanian assets of the Enel Group (reported by CEE Legal Matters on March 30, 2023) had closed.

Clifford Chance has advised Eiffel Transition Infrastructure on the joint venture with Optima Wind to establish WindLight. Dentons advised Optima Wind.

Reals has advised the Mint Residential Fund on its acquisition of a 168-apartment built-to-rent residential project in Prague 9 from Czech developer Finep. Clifford Chance advised the seller.

Clifford Chance has advised a club of banks led by Ceska Sporitelna, Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka, and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia and including Komercni Banka, Raiffeisenbank, and Raiffeisen Bank International AG on financing Carlyle's acquisition of Czech optical specialist Meopta.

Clifford Chance has advised Hillwood on the acquisition of the Hillwood & LCube Wroclaw East industrial and warehouse complex property from LCube. Grzesiak & Partners advised LCube.

Clifford Chance has advised UniCredit and the other dealers on an update to Bank Millennium’s EUR 3 billion EMTN program and two related transactions: a EUR 400 million issuance of fixed to floating rate senior non-preferred notes; and a EUR 100 million private placement of senior non-preferred notes. Allen & Overy reportedly advised the issuer.

Clifford Chance and its Turkish affiliate Ciftci Attorney Partnership have advised joint bookrunners BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Securities, Deutsche Bank, Emirates NBD, MUFG Securities EMEA, PNC Capital Markets, and Bank of China (Europe) on the successful USD 800 million offering of 9.50% senior secured notes by WE Soda Holdings Investment.

Clifford Chance has advised a club of banks led by mandated lead arranger and sole global coordinator UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia on their green and sustainability-linked long-term secured club financing for a Heimstaden Czech-owned residential portfolio in Ostrava and Pilsen.

Did You Know that the ten firms that have worked on the most client matters reported by CEE Legal Matters through Q3 of 2023 are equally divided between international and regional powerhouses? According to the Activity Rankings function of the CEELMDirect website, Magic Circle-member Clifford Chance, which has worked on a remarkable 66 deals reported by CEE Legal Matters in the first nine months of 2023, leads the pack, but Vienna-based Schoenherr is close behind with 64.

Lakatos Koves & Partners, working with Clifford Chance’s London office, has advised John Swire & Sons Ltd. on the acquisition of the Swire Coca-Cola USA unit of Hong Kong-based conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd. for USD 3.9 billion. Slaughter and May advised the sellers.

Dorda, working with Clifford Chance's Frankfurt office, has advised financial advisor Citigroup Global Markets Europe and co-financial advisor Erste Group Bank on the demerger of the telecommunications tower business of listed Telekom Austria Aktiengesellschaft and the subsequent admission of 166 million shares of the newly formed EuroTeleSites to trading on the Official Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange. CMS reportedly advised Telekom Austria.

With ESG having been a buzzword in the Czech real estate market for a few years now, Clifford Chance Partner Emil Holub, Kocian Solc Balastik Partner Jiri Hornik, VIDD Partner Ondrej Hampl, Taylor Wessing Counsel Radka Nenickova, and Act Legal Czech Republic Partner Tomas Slaby look at how ESG principles are being applied in practice and in what areas there is still room for improvement.

Clifford Chance has advised Helios Energy Investments on the sale of the 26-megawatt Wilko Wind Farm in Poland to Equinor. Reportedly, DLA Piper advised Equinor.

Clifford Chance has advised PAD RES on its sale of the Genowefa photovoltaic farm to Grupa Enea. DZP Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka advised Enea.