Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & partners has announced its role in the recent Agrokor acquisition of the Mercator Group, which closed on June 27, 2014. Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & partners acted for Agrokor, while Kavcic, Rogl, Bracun represented the sellers, which included several Slovenian banks.

The last couple of months have taught legal practitioners in CEE (including Russia and Turkey) that this region requires quite a bit of foresight when advising on transactions of any kind: the de-facto occupation and integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation is unlikely to have been reflected in the SPAs or long-term contracts that were negotiated in late 2013/early 2014. The occupation of a significant portion of a country sharing a common land border with four EU-member states is something few people would have thought of as a realistic scenario at that time. Well, that has changed now.

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Schoenherr, Clifford Chance, and Jadek & Pensa have advised on the successful EUR 1 billion restructuring and refinancing of Slovenia's Mercator Group.

CEE Legal Matters is excited to attend the first in its series of Asset Yield panel discussions, hosted by Richards Kibbe & Orbe in London this Thursday. In preparation for the event, we sat down with one of the guest panelists at the event, Pawel Halwa, the Managing Partner of the Schoenherr Warsaw office.

Schoenherr has announced the hire of Corporate/M&A lawyer Rosario Sapuppo in its Istanbul office, where he will head the firm's newly-established Italy Desk.

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Schoenherr has advised VB-Leasing International (VBLI), the joint venture between Osterreichische Volksbanken (OVAG) and German VR-Leasing AG, on the sale of VB Leasing Poland and VB Leasing Romania to the Polish company Getin Holding.

Schoenherr has released a statement updating the a story initially reported by CEE Legal Matters on April 24 on the negotiation and completion of a shareholders' agreement between OIAG and America Movil regarding shares the two hold in Telekom Austria.

Wolf Theiss has announced that it has advised the Slovenian Pivovarna Lasko brewery on a EUR 300 million debt restructuring.

Schoenherr has advised Palfinger and individual selling Palfinger shareholders on the establishment of a mutual capital interlinking between the company and SANY Heavy Industries Co., a member of China's SANY group.

Schoenherr has advised Slovenian creditor financial institutions in the debt restructuring of the Lasko Group, a major regional beverage manufacturer and distributor.

Schoenherr has advised a group of shareholders of Slovenia's Helios Domzale and pledgees in Helios shares in the sale of a majority stake in Helios to Ring International Holding (RIH), a Vienna-based industrial group.

Schoenherr has announced its role in the America Movil - OIAG Shareholders' Agreement for Telekom Austria that was announced by CEE Legal Matters on April 24.

Schoenherr has advised Osterreichische Volksbanken (OeVAG) on the sale of its fully-owned subsidiary Volksbank Malta, to Malta-based Mediterranean Bank.

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Schoenherr has promoted Competition lawyer Stefanie Stegbauer to Counsel.

Schoenherr has announced that it has promoted Real Estate and IT specialist Wolfgang Tichy to Partner in the firm's Vienna office.

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Schoenherr is expanding its office in Brussels and transforming it from a representative to a full-fledged operational office.

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Schoenherr has invited Ursula Rath, a Vienna-based partner in the firm's Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets practice, into the firm’s equity.

Schoenherr has advised Osterreichische Volksbanken-AG on the sale of a financing portfolio with an approximate value of EUR 428 million to CA Immobilien Anlagen. They were assisted on the project by the new Austrian Vavrovsky Heine Marth law firm.