White & Case has advised TPG Real Estate on the EUR 470 million sale of CT Real Estate to funds managed by Blackstone. Schoenherr, working with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, advised Blackstone. Talers reportedly advised TPG Real Estate as well.

Filip & Company has advised Mozaik Investments on its sale of a minority stake in 5 To Go to Invenio Partners and Accession Capital Partners. Schoenherr advised ACP. Dentons reportedly advised Invenio Partners.

Schoenherr has advised VetPlanet on its acquisition of Vetos-Farma from the Okoniewski family. Ecovis reportedly advised the sellers.

Schoenherr has advised Erste Group Bank on its EUR 500 million share buyback, followed by a cancellation of treasury shares and a reduction of the company’s share capital.

Schoenherr has advised Assa Abloy on its acquisition of Roger. Krassowski advised Roger and its founders.

Penteris has advised Summus Capital on the acquisition of the Lakeside office building in Warsaw from real estate developer Atenor. Schoenherr advised Erste Group Bank as the financing institution. Baker McKenzie reportedly advised Atenor.

Austria is facing a challenging economic landscape marked by rising insolvencies, sectoral struggles, and shifting legislative priorities, according to Schoenherr Partner Markus Piuk, who highlights the resilience of the legal profession and the transformative potential of AI in reshaping it.

Schoenherr has advised Noctiluca on its transition from NewConnect to the Warsaw Stock Exchange's regulated market.

Schoenherr has advised Enery on a EUR 214.45 million loan facility from a syndicate including UniCredit Bank, Banca Comerciala Romana, and Erste Group Bank with BCR and UniCredit acting as the joint coordinators and bookrunners, UniCredit as the documentation agent, and BCR as the ESG coordinator, security, and facility agent. Clifford Chance advised the banks.

Moravcevic, Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr has advised Agri Europe Cyprus on its acquisition of a 74.94% stake in Hipotekarna Banka Podgorica. Komnenic & Partners advised a group of corporate, family, and individual sellers.

In October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered a judgment in preliminary ruling proceedings concerning the international FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) in relation to the freedom of movement of workers principle of the EU.[1] For the first time after the Bosman judgment in 1993[2], the legal framework of international football might face major changes.

Schoenherr has advised Siemens Energy Holding on the acquisition of a 76% stake in Slovenia-based Gridpulse from Mosdorfer and C&G Skupina Investiranje in Svetovanje. Advant Beiten reportedly advised the sellers.

Schoenherr has won Best Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 CIJ Awards Hungary gala in Budapest. In the last three years, Schoenherr's real estate practice has played a prominent role in landmark deals in Hungary. 

Schoenherr has advised Otokar on a USD 1 billion public contract with Romanian state company Romtehnica, an entity of the Ministry of National Defence.

Schoenherr has advised Enery on signing an 11-year virtual power purchase agreement with Nokian Tyres for the supply of zero CO2 emission energy to Nokian Tyres' new passenger car tire factory in Oradea, Romania.

Deloitte Legal has advised PortfoLion Capital Partners on their investment in 4FIZJO. Schoenherr advised 4FIZJO.

On November 14, 2024, banking and finance experts from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Poland sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss digitalization and the impact of tech on the banking sector in CEE.

Few topics have sparked as much controversy in 2024 as the seizure and examination of mobile data carriers and the data found therein. Despite an urgent need to have the legal framework amended by the end of 2024, a new draft bill was published only on 20 November 2024. We take a look.