BPV Braun Partners has advised Germany's Antaris group on the sale of two photovoltaic power plants with a total installed capacity of 4.2 MW to a German investment group. The purchase price was not disclosed.

BPV Braun Partners has advised Immofinanz on its acquisition of the Palmovka Open Park office complex in Prague from Metrostav Development for approximately EUR 76.4 million. Havel Partners advised Metrostav Development on the sale.

Clifford Chance has advised CBRE Global Investors on its EUR 55 million acquisition of the Praga Studios complex in Prague's Karlin district from Skanska.

The Prague office of Dentons has advised Wood & Company on its acquisition of Centrum Krakov, a shopping center located in Prague, from Syner Group and private investors Petr Syrovatko and Karel Zetka. Clifford Chance reportedly advised the sellers.

White & Case has advised EP Infrastructure, a.s. on the issuance of its EUR 600 million 1.698% notes due 2026 and their admission to trading on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange, trading as Euronext Dublin. Joint book-runners Citigroup, HSBC, ICBC Standard Bank, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking, and UniCredit Bank were reportedly advised by Clifford Chance.

BPV Braun Partners has advised CEMOS, a.s. on the sale of shares in the Czech Republic's Unesovsky Statek agricultural company and the transfer of extensive agricultural land to an unnamed buyer. Financial details were not disclosed.

TGS Baltic and Clifford Chance have advised London-listed online gaming operator JPJ Group plc on the Estonian law aspects of its GBP 490 million conditional acquisition of UK-based software developer Gamesys Holdings Ltd. CMS and Ellex Raidla advised Gamesys on the deal.

Baker McKenzie has advised Luxembourg-based Moulins de Kleinbettingen on the sale of its entire share in United Bakeries to Penam, a subsidiary of Agrofert Holding. Financial details were not disclosed.

Glatzova & Co has helped Electo obtain the authorization of the Czech National Bank to operate as an investment intermediary.

BBH has successfully helped Moventum, a member of a Luxembourg-based fund distribution group, obtain authorization to operate as an investment firm.

Schoenherr, working with lead counsel Herbert Smith Freehills, has advised BNP Paribas on a EUR 345 million term and revolving facilities agreement for Financiere SNOP Dunois S.A. in relation to its acquisition of manufacturing facilities from Tower International. Sullivan & Cromwell was lead counsel to the borrower; and Barthelemy & Partners provided Czech counsel.

Glatzova & Co. has advised the Renomia brokerage group upon the acquisition of an "almost 30% stake" in the company by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

The tobacco products market is heavily regulated in the Czech Republic, as it is across the European Union. A key document is the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU), which sets out a uniform, detailed framework for all EU member states. The TPD thus provides substantial direction regarding tobacco regulation, tobacco products, and electronic cigarettes, as well as novel tobacco products. It includes comprehensive definitions of various types of tobacco products and regulates their labeling and packaging, mandatory health warnings and security features, and how to place them on the EU market.

White & Case Prague has advised CD Cargo on the issue of CZK 1 billion 2.17 percent notes due July 2026. Allen & Overy advised lead manager ING Bank N.V., Prague Branch on the issuance.

In The Corner Office we ask Managing Partners across CEE about their unique roles and responsibilities. The question this time around: How do you do performance reviews, and how important are they to the planning and management of the firm?”

Having been a foreign lawyer abroad for a significant part of my career so far – this last decade in CEE – I can say that the past couple of years have been the most interesting, and I mean that in the Confucian sense.  Not because of local market developments or interesting deals – though there have been plenty of both – but because of the events of 2016 and a certain painful embarrassment and anguish I feel when a well-meaning acquaintance, colleague, or client, in genuine bewilderment, looks me in the eye and asks me, in my capacity as a British citizen and English lawyer, “what on earth is going on?”

JSK has advised KKCG on a transfer of shares in SAZKA Group entities between it and EMMA Capital.

Clifford Chance has advised Teijin Holdings Netherlands B.V. on the acquisition of Benet Automotive s.r.o., a Czech-based supplier of composite components to the automotive industry, from Jet Alfa. DRV legal advised Jet Alfa.