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Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has advised Romanian entrepreneurs Gianina and Iulian Nica – owners of the retail chain operating under the “La Cocos” brand – on a strategic investment from EBRD, Morphosis Capital Fund II, and CEECAT Capital. Act Legal Romania, working with Mihaela Mindru Law Office, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, and Van Campen Liem, advised the investors.
MFW Fialek has advised Tutore International on Innova Capital’s investment in Tutore Poland. Deloitte Legal advised Innova Capital.
Cobalt has advised the Warsaw Equity Group on its investment in UP Catalyst in a EUR 2.36 million round that also saw the participation of SmartCap.
Wolf Theiss, working alongside Ropes & Gray, has advised Audax Private Equity on its acquisition of Avantor’s Clinical Services business.
Gide Warsaw has advised Polish Enterprise Fund VII on the sale of Nu-Med to Affidea. Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr advised Affidea.
TGS Baltic has advised Unmanned Defense Systems on a EUR 3.2 million investment from Coinvest Capital, business angel syndicate 2NGLS, and other accredited investors.
Slovenia’s economy has demonstrated resilience and adaptability, with a projected GDP growth rate of 2.3% in 2024, up from 1.6% the previous year. Inflation has stabilized at around 2.8%, and unemployment is at a historically low rate of 3.7%.
