PwC Legal Polska has established a Pharma and Life Sciences practice with Counsels Anna Wilkowska and Maciej Huzior joining the firm to co-lead the new department.

PwC Legal has advised aquaculture specialist Agromey on its sale to Kilic Holding.

Cobalt has advised the owners of Lithuanian wood pellet manufacturer Granulita on the sale of the company to Zalvaris. PwC Legal advised the buyers.

Former BPV Braun Partners Partner Marc Mueller has joined PwC Legal in the Czech Republic as a Senior Attorney.

Did you know that, according to the Activity Rankings function of the CEELMDirect website, a total of twenty law firms and seventeen individual lawyers worked on five or more reported Romanian client matters in 2023? 

Schoenherr has advised the OTP Real Estate Investment Fund on its purchase of a land plot in Ullo, Hungary, from Rossmann, the development agreement for a BTS logistic center on the site with development manager Panattoni, and a long-term lease agreement for the facility with Rossmann as tenant. CMS and Noerr advised Panattoni. PwC Legal reportedly advised Rossmann.

Wolf Theiss and Balicki Czekanski Gryglewski Lewczuk have advised MidEuropa Partners and Accel-KKR portfolio company Symfonia on its acquisition of Softeh Plus. PwC Legal Romanian affiliate D&B David and Baias advised the shareholders of the Romanian software company.

In a move scheduled to start in February, TGS Baltic is welcoming aboard a significant team of lawyers from PwC Legal Estonia.

Voicu & Asociatii has advised the founders and shareholders of Romanian Software on the sale of their company to the Belgian SD Worx group. PwC Legal Romanian affiliate D&B David si Baias advised the SD Worx group.

Former Deloitte Legal Partner Olga Kaizar has joined PwC Legal as an Associate Partner in the Czech Republic.

On October 30, 2023, Milbank announced that the Greek Public Power Corporation’s acquisition of the Romanian assets of the Enel Group (reported by CEE Legal Matters on March 30, 2023) had closed.

BPV Braun Partners and Komarevski Dimitrov & Partners have advised Witte Automotive on its acquisition of a majority stake in Ruse-based Forez BG from FH Holding. PwC Legal advised FH Holding on the deal.

Cerha Hempel, working with Snell & Wilmer and Burges Salmon, has advised customized electronics manufacturer DiscoverIE Group on its acquisition of Slovakia-based antennas manufacturer 2J Antennas Group.

PwC Legal has advised Green Estonia on its acquisition of a majority stake in local furniture industry company Standard AS.

Petr Syrovatko has joined PwC Legal Czech Republic as Associate Partner, together with Attorney at Law Jiri Brabec.

PwC Legal Romanian affiliate D&B David si Baias has advised Complexul Energetic Oltenia on selecting the investor-partners for its 1.2-gigawatt decarbonization strategy. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen reportedly advised OMV Petrom on the partnership for four PV projects. Deloitte Legal affiliate Reff & Associates reportedly advised Tinmar Energy on the partnership for a new gas-fired power plant and four PV parks.

PwC Legal Estonia has advised the Wolf Group on the acquisition of the assets of its Libace business partner.

Congratulations to CEE Legal Matters on its ten-year Anniversary.  It’s an impressive feat, and it exemplifies what I love about the CEE region – if you can dream it, you can do it!