CEE Legal Matters
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Havel & Partners has advised PortfoLion Capital Partners on its EUR 30 million investment in GymBeam in a round carried out together with the EBRD. CMS advised the EBRD. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling advised Crowdberry as the existing investor. AKF Legal, and reportedly Dentons, advised GymBeam.
Dentons has advised Evcil Group on the acquisition of three solar projects totaling 15 megawatts in Romania.
Dentons has advised Genesis Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in the Slevomat group from Secret Escapes Group. Taylor Wessing reportedly advised the seller.
Dentons' Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership has advised Revo Capital on its participation in the USD 8.2 million series A funding round of Onlayer. CDCA reportedly advised Onlayer.
Dentons has advised Karpowership on a USD 400 million syndicated facility arranged for its affiliate Sea World Energy Holdings Limited, with The Mauritius Commercial Bank acting as sole mandated lead arranger and account bank. Clifford Chance reportedly advised The Mauritius Commercial Bank.
Dentons has advised Ukrainian agribusiness company I&U Group on the restructuring of up to USD 40 million in loans owed to a consortium of lenders. Redcliffe Partners, working with Asserson, reportedly advised EBRD and BSTDB on the lend-side.
Addleshaw Goddard has advised Investika Real Estate Fund, acting in cooperation with its joint venture partner BUD Holdings, on the acquisition of the second phase of the Centrum Poludnie office building in Wroclaw from Skanska Commercial Development Europe. Dentons advised Skanska. White & Case reportedly advised on the buy side as well.
Gas-fired power plants are subject to various environmental requirements throughout their entire life cycle, including the stages of construction, operation and decommissioning. The investment process begins with obtaining a decision on environmental conditions for investment development (“Environmental Decision”), which is required to obtain a zoning decision and a building permit.
Dentons’ Turkish affiliate law firm Balcioglu Selcuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki, together with Dentons UK and Middle East, has advised the lender syndicate on the renewal of Turk Ekonomi Bankasi's dual-currency sustainability term loan facilities.
Kyriakides Georgopoulos, working with Dentons, has advised Spotawheel on its funding round comprising a EUR 10 million equity injection and a EUR 300 million asset-based facility from UK private equity firm Pollen Street Capital.
Dentons has advised Aument Capital Partners on financing provided to Gigatons Group for general corporate purposes and working capital. Reportedly, White & Case advised Gigatons and Clifford Chance advised Gigatons’ institutional shareholders.
A new recently adopted legal procedure takes the next step in ensuring cybersecurity of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and national interests by providing for the creation of an official ban list of software and equipment.
Dentons has advised CPI Property Group on the sale of the Moniuszki 1A office building in central Warsaw to BPI Real Estate Poland. Crido Legal reportedly advised BPI Real Estate Poland.
Dentons’ Turkish affiliate law firm Balcioglu Selcuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki has advised Bizim Hesap on its sale to TeamSystem via Mikrogrup. Baker McKenzie's Turkish affiliate Esin Attorney Partnership advised Mikrogrup.
Clifford Chance has advised Hillwood Poland on the acquisition of two fully leased industrial and logistics parks from Deka Immobilien in Upper Silesia, Poland, in a transaction valued at approximately EUR 100 million. Dentons advised Deka Immobilien.
Dentons has advised Arete Group on its acquisition of Bio Term.
Tomas Kafka has joined Dentons' Prague office as a Capital Markets Partner.
BLC, working with Baker McKenzie, has advised J.P. Morgan and UBS on Silk Road Group’s USD 400 million Eurobond issuance, which has been listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.
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