Czabanski & Galuszynski has advised Yawal S.A. and Final S.A. on a syndicated loan of over PLN 90 million by Santander Bank Polska S.A. and mBank S.A.

Brandl & Talos has advises aws Grunderfonds on its entry into Viennese start-up ToolSense GmbH.

Weber & Co. has advised OMV Aktiengesellschaft in connection with the issue of a corporate bond in an aggregate volume of EUR 1 billion. White & Case advised the Joint Lead Managers on the bond issue.

Gessel has advised Polish Enterprise Fund VIII, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors, on the acquisition of a minority stake in Anwim SA, an independent operator of fuel stations in Poland, trading under the Moya brand.

Dentons has advised a syndicate of four banks, consisting of Bank Pekao S.A., Ceska Sporitelna, a.s., PKO BP, and ING Bank Slaski on the financing of AmRest Group.

Avellum acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Slobozhanska Budivelna Keramika in connection with the restructuring and refinancing of SBK’s debt, valued at approximately EUR 20 million. Wolf Theiss advised the EBRD, one of the lenders, on the matter.

Maple & Fish has successfully represented the Slovak Republic in a state aid case involving EUR 125 million in investment aid to Jaguar Land Rover before the European Commission.

Sorainen has advised Inchcape International Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inchcape plc, on the acquisition of BMW's distribution business in Lithuania from UAB Modus Group, which was advised by Ellex Valiunas.

CMS Budapest has advised the Futureal Group on the sale of its six existing office buildings and two office buildings currently under construction, together referred to as the Corvin Office Portfolio, to OTP Real Estate Investment Fund Management. DLA Piper reportedly represented the OTP Group on the acquisition.

PRK Partners has advised EuroManganese Inc. in connection with the initial public offering and listing of its shares in Canada and Australia.

PRK Partners has advised the Czech Republic's UDI CEE a.s. in the process of listing of its shares on the non-regulated Start market organized by the Prague Stock Exchange.

Lidings has become an official authorized provider of legal services for participants and residents of Russia's Skolkovo Technopark.

Milena Jaksic Papac has become a Partner at Karanovic & Partners in Belgrade.

Dvorak Hager & Partners is joining Eversheds Sutherland, one of the 40 largest law firms in the world.

Czech law firm UEPA has opened an office in Bratislava, led by Partner Marcel Macai, a recent addition to the firm's team.

Former Magnusson Partner and Head of Energy and Infrastructure Magdalena Mitas has joined DLA Piper Warsaw as Counsel and Head of Energy.

Ewa Lachowska-Brol and Ewa Szlachetka have assumed the role of Co-Managing Partners of Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland in Warsaw, replacing Tomasz Zalewski, who has decided to end his association with the firm.

Arkadiusz Krasnodębski has been reelected to his third term as Dentons Managing Partner in Poland, beginning on January 1, 2019.

Dana Dunel-Stancu has returned to Biris Goran to head the firm's Energy and Natural Resources practice after two years heading the legal department at Romanian power generator Hidroelectrica S.A.

Former Hogans Lovells attorney Artur Bilski has left that firm to join Ramp as General Counsel.

Former Kocian Solc Balastik Partner Christian Blatchford has accepted an offer to become the first General Counsel of KSB client Energo-Pro a.s.

Former DLA Piper Head of Tax Svitlana Musienko has joined Sayenko Kharenko in Kyiv.

Erika Csekes, the managing partner and co-founder of Slovakia's Ruzicka Csekes law firm, has announced her plans to retire, leading the firm to change its name, as of November 28, 2018, to Ruzicka and Partners.

Slovak lawyers Zoran Draskovic, Turkish lawyers Ceren Sen and Ates Turnaoglu, and the Czech Republic's Vaclav Zaloudek were included in White & Case's global local partnership promotions round, announced on November 27, and effective on January 1, 2019.