Dentons has advised CPI Property Group on the EUR 2.5 billion bridge loan facility to finance its takeover offer for all outstanding shares and convertible bonds of Immofinanz AG. Linklaters reportedly advised the banks involved in the deal.

Dentons has advised EPAM Systems, Inc. on the acquisition of Optiva Media and its subsidiaries. Toda & Nel-lo reportedly advised Optiva Media on the deal.

Dentons has advised Futureal Investment Partners on its acquisition of the Manhattan Shopping Centre in Gdansk.

Former Clifford Chance Partner Arthur Iliev has joined Dentons in Moscow.

Dentons has advised ING Bank Slaski on a PLN 127 million financing granted to the German developer ABO Wind for the construction of a 19,5-megawatt wind power project in Wielkopolska Province in Poland.

Even though situated at the outskirts of the EU, Poland undoubtedly serves as one of the main pathways into the Union’s affluent west. The importance of its infrastructure is reflected in its prioritized investment position. Looking at investments made by the European Investment Bank alone, one could see that out of the EUR 79.8 billion invested in the country since 1990, about 47% went to infrastructure.

Dentons has provided pro bono representation to blogger Jan Bencik in a defamation dispute regarding an article in the Zem a Vek magazine.

Clifford Chance has advised J&T Banka on providing real estate financing to Crestyl Commercial Investment. Dentons reportedly advised Crestyl on the deal.

Former Clifford Chance Senior Associate Pavel Bogusky has joined the Restructuring, Insolvency, and Bankruptcy practice of Dentons’ Prague office as a Partner.

Dentons, working alongside Kirkland & Ellis, has advised KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners on their acquisition of CyrusOne. Reportedly, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison also advised GIP, while Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Venable, and Eversheds Sutherland advised CyrusOne.

Dentons’ has advised Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder, MCI Capital, and DRCP - the shareholders of RemoteMyApp - on the sale of the company to Intel. Hogan Lovells advised Intel on the deal.

Akol has advised the founding shareholders of Ekol Ofset on the sale of a 75.01% controlling stake in the company to Romvan.

Dentons has advised Erste Group Bank, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, and Banca Comerciala Romana on the RON 750 million facility agreement with Societatea Energetica Electrica. Filip & Company advised Electrica on the deal.

Dentons has advised the PPF Group on its sale of mobile phone operator Telenor Montenegro to Hungarian technology company 4iG. Andric Law advised PPF on local Montenegrin law aspects. Kinstellar reportedly advised 4iG on the deal. 

Act BSWW has advised the Adventum Group on the acquisition of the Mercedes-Benz building in Warsaw from IFP Erste Immobilienfonds fur Polen as well as on its facility agreement with Bayerische Landesbank. Legalio advised the seller. Dentons reportedly advised the bank.

Karanovic & Partners, alongside Dentons and Weksler Bregman, has advised Big Shopping Centers on raising approximately EUR 55 million through issuing secured bonds on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by refinancing the Big Fashion Kragujevac, Big Krusevac, and Big Fashion Outlet Indjija shopping centers in Serbia.

The rights and obligations of virtual asset market participants, as well as the principles of state policy for virtual assets circulation recently came close to being set out in Ukrainian law. On September 8, 2021, the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada (the “Rada”) adopted the Law “On Virtual Assets” (the “Law”). The Law is designed to regulate legal relations arising in connection with the circulation of virtual assets in Ukraine.

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