CEE Legal Matters has announced the finalists for the 2024 CEE Deal of the Year in 21 CEE jurisdictions. We are pleased that nine transactions in which SEE Legal member firms participated have been shortlisted.
The winners will be announced at the annual CEE Deals of the Year event, scheduled for 1 April 2025 in Prague.
The shortlisted deals our member firms worked on include:
- Kalo & Associates
- AYEN AS Energji’s EUR 110 Million Syndicated Loan (Raiffeisen Bank (facility agent): Kalo & Associates; AYEN AS Energji (borrower): Wolf Theiss) – Albania
- Karavasta 140-Megawatt Solar Plant EUR 99 Million Financing (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Albania, and Privredna Banka Zagreb (lenders): AK Partners, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling; Voltalia S.A (borrower): Kalo & Associates, Norton Rose Fulbright) – Albania
- Maric & Co
- Schneider’s Acquisition of Imaco Systemtechnik (Schneider (buyer): Aulinger Rechsanwalte, Maric & Co; Imaco Systemtechnik (seller): In-House Legal Team) – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- United Group Refinancing (UniCredit Bank (lender): Linklaters, Maric & Co; United Group (borrower): Paul Weiss, Schoenherr) – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Boyanov & Co.
- Nippon Express Holdings’ Acquisition of Cargo-Partner Subsidiaries (Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. (buyer): Boyanov & Co., Freshfields, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Polenak Law Firm, Selih & Partnerji; Cargo-Partner Group Holding (seller): Hogan Lovells, Luther, Schoenherr) – Austria
- 525 Million Refinancing for Eurohold Bulgaria (J.P. MORGAN SE, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, DSK Bank AD (lenders): Boyanov & Co., Linklaters; Eastern European Electric Company B.V. (borrower): Stoeva Tchompalov & Znepolski) – Bulgaria
- Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka
- Aggreko’s Acquisition of Resalta (Aggreko (buyer): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, BDK Advokati, Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka, RTPR, Selih & Partnerji; Resalta (seller): Rutgers & Posch, Schoenherr) – Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia
- Polenak Law Firm
- Nippon Express Holdings’ Acquisition of Cargo-Partner Subsidiaries (Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. (buyer): Boyanov & Co., Freshfields, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Polenak Law Firm, Selih & Partnerji; Cargo-Partner Group Holding (seller): Hogan Lovells; Luther, Schoenherr) – Austria
- Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
- Nippon Express Holdings’ Acquisition of Cargo-Partner Subsidiaries (Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. (buyer): Boyanov & Co., Freshfields, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Polenak Law Firm, Selih & Partnerji, Cargo-Partner Group Holding (seller): Hogan Lovells, Luther, Schoenherr) – Austria
- CTP and WDP’s Acquisition of Globalworth’s Logistics Assets(CTP (buyer): Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen; WDP (buyer): Peli Partners, Globalworth (seller): Kinstellar) – Romania
- Selih & Partnerji
- Nippon Express Holdings’ Acquisition of Cargo-Partner Subsidiaries (Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. (buyer): Boyanov & Co., Freshfields, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Polenak Law Firm, Selih & Partnerji, Cargo-Partner Group Holding (seller): Hogan Lovells, Luther, Schoenherr) – Austria
- Aggreko’s Acquisition of Resalta (Aggreko (buyer): Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, BDK Advokati, Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka, RTPR, Selih & Partnerji, Resalta (seller): Rutgers & Posch, Schoenherr) – Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia
- Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli
- Petrol Ofisi’s Acquisition of British Petroleum’s Downstream Business (Petrol Ofisi (buyer): Akin Gump, Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli; British Petroleum (seller): Ashurst, Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership) – Turkey
For the complete list of shortlisted deals for the 2024 CEELM DOTY awards, please visit here.