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Ilej & Partners, in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners and working with Dentons, has advised Singapore's Hotel Properties Limited on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Kupari resort developer Avenue Ulaganja.
TGS Baltic and Dentons have advised the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania on its EUR 750 million Eurobond issuance. Sorainen advised the lead managers Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan on the deal. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer reportedly also advised the banks.
Dentons has advised UniCredit Bank AO Russia on a sustainability-linked CHF 585 million (approximately EUR 545 million) seven-year facility for Russian Railways. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton reportedly advised Russian Railways on the deal.
Dentons has advised Ciklum on its acquisition of Czech-based software development company CN Group from Genesis Capital. Havel & Partners advised Genesis Capital on the deal.
Dentons has advised Stratus Data Systems company Gobii Europe on the establishment of a joint venture with the CSOB Group to bring the Igluu technology solution to the Czech real estate market. Glatzova & Co reportedly advised the CSOB Group.
The pandemic has been devastating for Ukraine, with underfunded health services struggling to contain COVID-19 contagion. Scenes of hospitals overwhelmed with patients and lacking staff, equipment, and medication will haunt us even as cases drop and vaccinations rise. It has been a traumatic time for our team at the Kyiv Dentons office. We have been working hard to support and guide each other towards the glimmer of light at the end of this long and, at times scary, tunnel.
Allen & Overy and Baker McKenzie have advised Echo Investment on its EUR 152.3 million sale of the Malthouse Offices to Deka Immobilien. Dentons reportedly advised the buyer.
Dentons has advised Payten on its acquisition of a majority stake in Romanian e-commerce software developer ContentSpeed. Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii advised the seller.
Clifford Chance has advised private equity fund Cornerstone Investment Management on the establishment of a food-producing joint venture with Kartesia and Okechamp, through its acquisition of Greenyard Prepared Netherlands from Greenyard. Dentons and Linklaters also advised CIM on financing and antitrust aspects of the deal, respectively. Filipiak Babicz advised Okechamp and Stibbe advised Kartesia. Allen & Overy reportedly advised Greenyard.
MCL has advised Pavol Jakubec on the acquisition of the remaining 50% of shares in I.D.C. Holding from Kassay Invest. Dentons advised Slovenska Sporitelna on financing the deal.
MCL has advised MiddleCap on a joint venture partnership with Czech development company CPI Property Group to acquire three development sites in Berlin for EUR 30.6 million. Clement Konrad advised Middlecap and Dentons advised CPI on Luxembourg law, while Deloitte Legal advised both on German law.
Linklaters has advised Bain Capital Credit on a strategic joint venture with White Star Group. The joint venture will invest in logistics projects in Poland and the CEE. Dentons advised White Star Group on the deal.
On April 8, 2021, CEE Legal Matters sat with senior partners from four of Romania’s leading law firms for a Round Table conversation.
The Warsaw office of Dentons has advised the EBRD, DNB Bank Polska, mBank, Bank Pekao, and PZU on their provision of financing to Potegowo Mashav for the expansion of the Potegowo wind farm.
Konstantin Kroll, Partner and Head of Russian Corporate and M&A Practice at Dentons in Moscow, reports that the Russian economy has experienced a rise in M&A transactions and that the government has taken steps to curb offshoring, regulate convertible loans, and increase the number of international arbitration tribunals in the country.
Dentons has advised the EuroChem Group on a project financing for the construction of an ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia, from a bank syndicate consisting of VEB.RF, Sberbank, VTB Bank, Gazprombank, and Otkritie FC Bank. Linklaters Moscow advised the banks.
Dentons has advised Draslovka on the acquisition of the sodium cyanide business from South African petrochemicals company Sasol. Bowmans advised Sasol on the deal.
Dentons has advised the NEPI Rockcastle Group on two loans from the IFC and a bank syndicate led by BRD-Groupe Societe Generale and the Garanti Bank. Allen & Overy London reportedly advised the IFC and CMS Bucharest advised the banks.
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