Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised Citigroup Global Markets Europe, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, and J.P. Morgan as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, as well as The Law Debenture Trust Corporation as trustee, on the EUR 700 million issuance of 8% senior guaranteed green notes by Energo-Pro. Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners, member of Eversheds Sutherland, advised the issuer. BLC Law Office and White & Case and its Turkish affiliate law firm GKC Partners reportedly advised the issuer and guarantors. Boyanov & Co, and reportedly BGI Advisory Services, advised the joint bookrunners, the joint lead managers, and the trustee as well.

Reals has advised Conseq Realitni on its acquisition of the Visionary office building in Prague’s Holesovice district from CA Immo. Dentons reportedly advised CA Immo.

Glatzova & Co has successfully represented Kara Trutnov in a tax dispute before the Supreme Administrative Court.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised Micro-Electronics, acting through its subsidiary Cooeperatief IMI Europe U.A., on the sale of IMI Czech Republic to Keboda Deutschland. Havel & Partners and Linklaters advised the buyers.

Havel & Partners has advised Panattoni and Accolade on the construction and subsequent lease of an industrial facility in Panattoni Park Ostrov North, located in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, to ZF. Saxinger reportedly advised ZF.

BBH, working with Seitz, has advised SICO Gesellschaft fur Kunststoffverarbeitung on the sale of a 50% stake in its Czech joint venture SICO Silicone to the Trelleborg Group.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners BNP Paribas and Erste Group joint bookrunners ING, KBC, and Raiffeisen Bank International on the benchmark issuance of EUR 500 million senior unsecured notes by Ceske Drahy. White & Case advised Ceske Drahy.

Skanska Executive Vice President Legal Counsel Tomas Fabian was appointed as the company's new Executive Vice President Operations Czech Republic.

Following the criticism of the current state of regulatory burden in The Future of European Competitiveness report by Mario Draghi (issued in September 2024) and in the Budapest Declaration by the European Council which called upon European Commission to reduce reporting requirements by at least 25 % in the first half of 2025 (issued in November 2024) the European Commission announced a series of so-called “Omnibus” simplification packages.

Kocian, Solc, Balastik has advised Gridarch on the sale of a 110,000-square-meter land plot located within the Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park to EQT Exeter.

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Dentons has advised Segro European Logistics Partnership on its acquisition of a fully-leased logistics park located in Sazava, near Prague, from UDI Group.

Kosian Solc Balastik Founder Alexandr Kocian has passed away.

Reals has advised Upvest on the first phase of mezzanine financing for the Goodwill shopping center portfolio, beginning with OC Kastanova, in the Czech Republic.

Rowan Legal has advised Czech Railways on the sale of land in the southern section of Prague’s Zizkov freight station complex to Sekyra Group. Havel & Partners advised the buyer.

Kocian, Solc, Balastik has advised Seyfor on its acquisition of the remaining stake in Dotykacka CR from Redwood Capital. Kaiser reportedly advised Redwood Capital.

Norton Rose Fulbright, its Turkish affiliate law firm Pekin Bayar Mizrahi, Kinstellar, and Havel & Partners have advised Benefit Systems on a PLN 1.775 billion (approximately EUR 414 million) financing package extended by Santander Bank Polska and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego to support the full acquisition of Mars Spor Kulubu ve Tesisleri Isletmeciligi. A&O Sherman reportedly advised the lenders.