Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners has helped UIV Urban Innovation Vienna GmbH, a Wien Holding company, finding a location for a new multifunctional mega arena.

Dentons Warsaw has advised Mitsui High-tec on it construction of a plant to manufacture generator and motor parts for electric and hybrid vehicles in Invest-Park, the Walbrzych Special Economic Zone in Poland.

Triniti has advised the owners of OU Utilitas on the acquisition of an 85% shareholding of the company by investment fund EDIF II.

DMS DeBenedetti Majewski Szczesniak has advised InterRisk TU SA VIG on its acquisition of shares in TUW TUW from the MACIF Group that closed on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Bird & Bird reportedly advised the sellers on the deal.

The Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, has advised Secom Co., Ltd. in connection with the establishment of a joint venture, Emlak Girisim Danismanligi Anonim Sirketi, with the Calik Group. The Calik Group was reportedly advised by Paksoy.

Weinhold Legal has provided Czech and Slovak assistance to Henry Schein, which the firm describes as "the world's largest provider of health care solutions for office-based dental and medical professionals," in relation to the spin-off of the company's animal health business.

A team of lawyers from K&L Gates’ Warsaw office, acting pro bono, has successfully represented Tomasz Stepien in a case involving the recognition and enforcement in Poland of an arbitral award rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in Switzerland.

SPC Legal, acting on behalf of the Mazeikiai District Municipal Administration, has persuaded the Lithuanian Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal of companies Eikos Statyba and Genra of a procurement process involving a construction project as unfounded.

Gestors has assisted Ukraine's Oscar company, which the firm describes as "one of the leading manufacturers of high-tech seamless pipe products," throughout a special protective investigation regarding the import of certain types of steel products into the EU.

BDK Advokati and Norton Rose Fullbright have advised Coca Cola HBC AG on its EUR 260 million acquisition of Bambi a.d., the leading cookie producer in the countries of former Yugoslavia, from Mid Europa Partners. White & Case advised the sellers on the deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019 upon issuance of relevant merger clearances."

Weinhold Legal has advised the JOJ Group on its acquisition of a 100% stake in Ceskoslovenska Filmova Spolecnost, s.r.o, the Czechoslovak Film Society.

Cobalt has advised ValorPay UAB on obtaining a payment institution license from the Bank of Lithuania to provide payment services.

Russian Patent Attorneys Andrey Bazhenov and Albert Ibragimov have been promoted to partner at Gorodissky & Partners in Moscow.

Zygimantas Stankevicius, the former Head of Legal at Luminor bank, has joined TGS Baltic in Vilnius as a Partner. He will lead the firm's Finance Industry Group.

Radoslav Alexandrov has been promoted to Partner and Stela Sabeva was appointed the new Head of Intellectual Property at Boyanov & Co. in Bulgaria.

CMS has announced that Andrzej Posniak will replace Malgorzata Surdek as Managing Partner of the firm’s Polish operations on May 1, 2019.

Freshfields Global Transactions Partner Natascha Doll has been appointed as new Co-Head of the firm’s CEE/CIS practice. Doll joins current Co-Head, Partner Sebastian Lawson, and succeeds Willibald Plesser, who co-led the group for many years.

Vadim Konyushkevich has left Liniya Prava to co-found the VK Partners Law Firm in Moscow along with former Silvercliff Capital Partner Ilya Kudryashov.

Schoenherr Warsaw has taken a team of three arbitration and litigation lawyers led by Partner Marcin Aslanowicz from Wolf Theiss.

KPMG Legal Romania has hired Vlad Peligrad and Catalin Oroviceanu as Coordinating Partners.

Dawid Demianiuk and Marzanna Sobaniec have been promoted to Partner at Magnusson Warsaw.

Squire Patton Boggs has closed its Budapest office.

DLA Piper has launched a new "Proptech" practice for the real estate and construction sector and new technologies.

Former TGS Baltic Counsel Kristina Laarmaa has joined KPMG Law in Estonia as Head of Public Procurement, Construction, Real Estate & Environment and Lauri Liivat has joined as Head of the firm's Corporate Transactions and Technology Sector Group.