Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has advised the Tasuleasa Social Association on the legislative process leading to the adoption of the Long-Distance Hiking Trail Law in Romania. Reff & Asociatii | Deloitte Legal reportedly advised the Tasuleasa Social Association as well.

White & Case and Bondoc si Asociatii have advised a syndicate of eight commercial banks and international financial institutions on the EUR 331 million financing of the second phase of the VIFOR wind farm project in Romania, currently being developed by Rezolv Energy, an Actis platform.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised Oschadbank as the coordinating bank of a consortium of Ukrainian state-owned banks in securing ownership of BFC Gulliver. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reportedly advised Oschadbank as well.

ODI Law has advised GrECo on its acquisition of SIPOS Posredovanje Zavarovanj. CMS advised the sellers, Jurij and Majda Mravlja.

Avellum and Hillmont Partners have successfully defended Argentem Creek Partners and Innovatus Capital Partners in a bankruptcy dispute against GNT Group member Olimpex Coupe International before Ukraine’s Supreme Court.

Wolf Theiss has advised the founder of Genesis College on an investment from Mozaik Investments. Filip & Company advised Mozaik Investments.

CMS, working with Clifford Chance, has advised UniCredit Group and Zagrebacka Banka on the EUR 550 million debt refinancing granted to Fortenova Grupa. King & Spalding reportedly advised Fortenova Grupa.

SKJB Szybkowski Kuzma Jelen Brzoza-Ostrowska has advised Polish industrial real estate developer 7R on the sale of 7R BTS Bielsko-Biala West I, a 20,000-square-meter warehouse fully leased to Aluprof, to Accolade through a joint venture with Conseq. Norton Rose Fulbright advised Accolade.

CCAO has advised Ates Wind Power and its shareholders on the sale of a stake in the company to the Turkiye Green Fund. Ozbek advised the Turkiye Green Fund.

Filip & Company has advised Engie Romania on a EUR 90 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to support the development of new green energy projects with a combined estimated capacity of at least 250 megawatts by 2028. Clifford Chance advised the EBRD.

Deloitte Legal has advised Value One on the sale of its Milestone student housing brand to Macquarie Asset Management. Greenberg Traurig and Schoenherr, working with PLMJ, advised Macquarie Asset Management.

Dentons has advised Piraeus Bank on two financing transactions totaling EUR 106 million to support the development of photovoltaic projects by Metlen Energy & Metals in Romania.

Damla Aygun Yararca has become the Senior Director, Legal, Ethics, Compliance & Quality at Novo Nordisk Turkiye.

DLA Piper has appointed Counsel Irina Macovei as its Head of the Intellectual Property and Technology practice in Romania.

Former Lambadarios Partner Sotiris Dempegiotis has joined Calavros Law Firm as Partner and Deputy Head of the International Arbitration Department.

Alexios Andriopoulos has joined Welcome Pickups as the company's new Head of Legal & Compliance.

Octavian Ionascu has joined DLA Piper's Romania office as a Tax Director.

Luiza Alexandra Ionescu has joined Stratulat Albulescu as Special Counsel and the firm's new Head of the Energy Department. Ionescu joins alongside Industry Expert Andreea Paraschiv.

Jalsovszky has launched a dedicated “second opinion” service, offering clients, including individuals, companies, and even fellow lawyers, an independent external perspective in legal disputes.

Budapest-based Dentons Partner Rob Irving has been reappointed as the Co-Head of Corporate and M&A, while Warsaw-based Partner Agnieszka Stefanowicz-Baranska has been appointed the Co-Head of the Competition and Antitrust practice.

Alexandra Ivancia has become CTP Romania's new Head of Legal.

Radovan Hrisny has joined Havel & Partners as Security Director.

Diana Tavera and Marcin Beben have become Equity Partners at Kochanski & Partners.

Turkish lawyer Meltem Azbazdar has been appointed as Diageo's General Counsel Europe based in London.