CEE Legal Matters
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Schoenherr has announced it is expanding its Warsaw office with the addition of a team of 23 lawyers, including seven partners, as of February 2024. The move includes Partners Szymon Okon, Pawel Chyb, Ilona Fedurek, Tomasz Kwasniewski, Katarzyna Solarz, Katarzyna Szczudlik, and Marcin Czaprowski from SSW Pragmatic Solutions.
AegisLegal and Kalman & Partners have advised Biggeorge REIT Nyrt on the successful listing of its shares on the Budapest Stock Exchange. Duda & Csako reportedly also advised on the listing.
Deloitte Legal has advised Shopper Park Plus on its euro-denominated share issuance on the Budapest Stock Exchange. Huempfner & Associates and Allen & Overy reportedly advised on the matter as well.
Dentons has advised the CEC Bank on raising EUR 162.6 million through a tap of its senior non-preferred MREL-eligible notes due February 2028. Clifford Chance advised the underwriting banks.
Deloitte Legal Hungary Head of Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets Linda Al Sallami has recently been appointed a Partner at the firm, effective September 1, 2023.
Paksoy has advised Ziraat Katilim Bankasi on a USD 500 million issuance of Islamic bond certificates on Euronext Dublin. Clifford Chance and its Turkish affiliate Ciftici Attorney Partnership advised joint lead managers Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD Capital, HSBC, and Standard Chartered Bank. Akin Gump reportedly advised Ziraat Katilim Bankasi as well.
Eversheds Sutherland member Tsvetkova Bebov and Partners, working alongside White & Case, has advised Energo-Pro on an issue of USD 300 million bonds due 2028. Reportedly, BLC Law Office and GKC Partners advised on the issuance as well while Allen & Overy, Boyanov & Co, and Gedik Eraksoy advised the banks involved.
