DLA Piper and Rizoiu & Poenaru have advised Affidea Romania on its acquisition of the local network of three Explora clinics in Suceava.

CMS has advised the OTP Group on the binding agreement to sell its stake in OTP Bank Romania and all subsidiaries to Banca Transilvania for a combined purchase price is EUR 347.5 million. Filip & Company advised Banca Transilvania on the acquisition.

TGS Baltic, working with Baker McKenzie and Accura, has advised Mitsubishi on its acquisition of a 20% stake in Denmark-based European Energy through a EUR 700 million investment.

Kyriakides Georgopoulos has advised Novartis on the separation of its Sandoz generic and biosimilars division in Greece.

The Law no. 55/2015 “For strategic investments in the Republic of Albania”, determines the procedures and rules applied by state bodies for the examination, approval, and support by the Albanian government of strategic investments in Albania, both domestic and foreign. The deadline for obtaining ‘Strategic Investment’ status, after being postponed several times, expired on 31 December 2023, however now a new amendment pending approval by the parliament, aims – among other things – to extend the benefits of the law until 31 December 2027.

DLA Piper advised diagnostic imaging and oncological treatment network Affidea on its acquisition of the Medisport Medical Center in Lublin. Gessel advised MediSport majority shareholder Adam Lewczyk on the sale.