Selih & Partners has advised the KJK Fund on its acquisition of Slovenian sporting goods manufacturer Elan from MLI (part of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch group) and Wiltan (part of VR Capital group) as sellers of Elan. Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners advised the sellers.
The sale is contingent on the approval of Slovenia's competition authority, and it is expected to close in mid-2019. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Selih & Partners team was led by Partner Mia Kalas and included Partner Natasa Pipan Nahtigal, among others.
The RPPP team was led by Partner Bojan Sporar and included Senior Associate Jakob Ivancic and Associate Peter Golob.
Editor's Note: After this article was published CEE Legal Matters was informed that BDK Advokati and the Polenak Law Firm assisted KJK Fund with obtaining competition approvals in Serbia and North Macedonia, respectively, with Noerr providing assistance in Germany.
BDK Advokati Managing Partner Tijana Kojovic and Associate Mladen Vujic worked on that project, while the Polenak Law Firm's team consisted of Partner Tatjana Popovski-Buloski and Junior Partner Metodija Velkov.
