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  • Important Update: Dealer’s Choice Summit and 2020 CEE Deal of the Year Banquet

    In light of the growing coronavirus crisis, the 2020 Dealer’s Choice International Law Firm Summit and CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet, originally scheduled for April 23, 2020, in London, have been postponed. 

    We are working with stakeholders to find a workable date in mid-September or early October, and of course, we will be passing that date and other details along as soon as we have them.

    The 2019 CEE Deal of the Year Award winners will be announced on the CEE Legal Matters website, as scheduled, on April 24, 2020, although for the time being no tombstones will be made available to the winners. 

    Already purchased tickets will naturally be valid for the later date but you can contact CEE Legal Matters at press@ceelm.com to arrange for refunds as well. 

    More information will be available here and on the CEE Dealer’s Choice website as soon as it is available. Questions should be directed to CEE Legal Matters at press@ceelm.com.

    We hope all of our readers will stay healthy and safe in the weeks and months to come, and we look forward to hosting the largest annual celebration of CEE lawyering in the fall.

     

  • Unveiling the March 2020 Issue of CEE Legal Matters Magazine

    Unveiling the March 2020 Issue of CEE Legal Matters Magazine

    As the audience grows quiet with anticipation, the orchestra readies itself, and with a subtle nod from the stage director, the heavy red curtains are slowly pulled back to reveal … is it? Is it? It is!!! The March 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is here!

    The audience jumps to its feet, roaring in approval of the good news. They know, as you know, that subscribers to the CEE Legal Matters magazine can now access the electronic version of the issue here, and that hard copies will be finding their way to them soon as well.

    Whether they choose to read it online or await the hard copy, when they do explore the issue, they will find:

    • Guest Editorial: Notes from a Regional Legal Hub: Turkey
    • Across the Wire: Deals and Cases in CEE
    • On the Move: New Firms and Practices
    • The Buzz in CEE
    • Practice Under Pressure II: Bosnia Bounces Back
    • In Any Event: What Makes a Good Legal Conference Great?
    • The Corner Office: 2020 Initiatives
    • Market Spotlight: The Baltics
    • Guest Editorial: Lauris Liepa of Cobalt Latvia
    • Inside Out: Avia Solutions Bond Issuance
    • Expat on the Market: Theis Klauberg of Klauberg Baltics
    • Better for Business: The New Specialized Economic Affairs Court in Latvia
    • Surviving the Split: Walless After a Year
    • Inside Out: CTP’s EUR 1.9 Billion Underwriting Package
    • Experts Review: Dispute Resolution
    • The Confident Counsel: Contract Drafting

    The publication of the March 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine means that the January 2020 issue has been moved from behind the paywall and made available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (here in e-reader format and here in pdf). As a reminder, that issue includes:

    • Editorial: A Reflective Fever Dream
    • Guest Editorial: Miriam Simsa of Schoenherr
    • Across the Wire: Deals and Cases in CEE
    • On the Move: New Firms and Practices
    • The Buzz in CEE
    • Talking Tax: Interview with Balazs Kantor of LKT
    • Practice Under Pressure: How the Legal Profession in Bosnia & Herzegovina Experienced the Bosnian War
    • Market Spotlight: Poland
    • Guest Editorial: Karolina Stawowska of Wolf Theiss
    • Article: “Law & Justice” in Poland: How Are Investors Responding to the Continued Success of the Right-Wing Law & Justice Party?
    • Inside Insight: Interview with Anna Wawrzynczak of the Polish Development Fund
    • Inside Out: Grupa Lotos Refinancing
    • Market Spotlight: Russia
    • Guest Editorial: Alexander Zharskiy of Alrud
    • Russia Reacts to International Sanctions
    • Inside Insight: Interview with Anastasiya Shkarina of Unilever
    • Experts Review: Shipping/Transportation
    • The Confident Counsel: The Secret to Killer Presentations

    To share in the energy and excitement, purchase a subscription to the CEE Legal Matters magazine today!

  • 2019 CEE Deal of the Year Award Shortlists are Here!

    2019 CEE Deal of the Year Award Shortlists are Here!

    Here they are: The 2019 CEE Deal of the Year Awards Shortlists!

    A total of 151 law firms from around the world are on the shortlists, with CMS leading the way with twelve nominations, and with both Schoenherr and White & Case tied for second with ten. The final shortlists can be found here:

    Austria

    • XXXLutz’s Purchase of Kika’s Furniture Stores in CEE, involving: Cerha Hempel; Noerr; Schoenherr; Wolf Theiss
    • Addiko Bank IPO, involving: Dorda; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Goodwin Law; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Weber & Co.; Wolf Theiss
    • Steinhoff Restructuring, involving: Allen & Overy; Binder Groesswang; Dorda; Eisenberger & Herzog; Gleiss Lutz; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; Kirkland & Ellis; Wolf Theiss

    Belarus

    • Investments of Zubr Capital Fund and EBRD in Mila Group, involving: Bird & Bird; Revera; SBH Law Offices
    • Zubr Capital Fund’s Investment in MediaCube, involving: SBH Law Offices
    • Creation of the TechMinsk Startup Accelerator, involving: SBH Law Offices

    Bosnia & Herzegovina

    • Aco Kabanica Sale of Elta-kabel to Telekom Srpske, involving: Dimitrijevic & Partners; Moravcevic, Vojinovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr
    • EBRD Financing of Construction of New Combined Heat and Power Plant, involving: Miljkovic & Partners; Karanovic & Partners
    • EBRD/UniCredit Bank d.d. Portfolio Risk Sharing Guarantee Agreement, involving: Miljkovic & Partners

    Bulgaria

    • Eurobank Bulgaria AD/Postbank’s Acquisition of Piraeus Bank Bulgaria, involving: Boyanov & Co; Karatzas & Partners; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; White & Case
    • United Group’s Acquisition of Vivacom Bulgaria, involving: CMS; Kambourov & Partners; Schoenherr
    • PPF Group’s Acquisition of the Bulgarian Assets of Central European Media Enterprises, involving: Allen & Overy; Covington & Burling; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case

    Croatia

    • Mid Europa Partners’ Acquisition of MLINAR Pekarska Industrija, involving: Arthur Cox; Dechert; Hanzekovic & Partners; JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Nauta Dutilh; Rojs Peljhan Prelesnik & Partners; Savoric & Partners
    • United Group’s Acquisition of Tele2, involving: Divjak, Topic, & Bahtijarevic; Kirkland & Ellis; Schoenherr
    • Refinancing of Zagreb International Airport, involving: Kovacevic Prpic Simeunovic; Norton Rose Fulbright; Pinsent Masons; Porobija & Porobija
    • Rural Network Project, involving: Ostermann & Partners; Simmons & Simmons

    Czech Republic

    • Advent International and Zentiva’s Acquisition of Alvogen’s CEE Business, involving: CMS; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; White & Case
    • General Atlantic’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Kiwi.com, involving: CMS; DLA Piper; Weil, Gotshal & Manges
    • Pepsico and Karlovarske Mineralni Vody’s Acquisition of Knjaz Milos from Mid-Europa Partners, involving: AP Legal; Cechova & Partners; Clifford Chance; CMS; Jalsovszky; JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Karanovic & Partners; Kocian Solc Balastik; Lakatos, Koves & Partners; Loyens & Loeff; White & Case

    Estonia

    • Luminor’s EMTN Program and Covered Bond and Subordinated Note Program, involving: Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Cobalt
    • Veho’s Acquisition of Silberauto, involving: Castren & Snellman; Cobalt; Dittmar & Indrenius; Ellex Raidla; Sorainen
    • Apax Partners’ Acquisition of Baltic Classifieds Group, involving: Cobalt; Ellex; Eversheds Sutherland Ots & Co; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; TGS Baltic

    Greece

    • Hellenic Republic’s Bond Issuance, involving: Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Karatzas & Partners; Koutalidis Law Firm

    Hungary

    • E.ON Hungaria’s Public Takeover Offers for ELMU Nyrt. and EMASZ Nyrt. Shares, involving: CMS; Hengeler Mueller; Lakatos, Koves & Partners
    • Extreme Digital/eMAG Merger, involving: Allen & Overy; Dentons; DLA Piper
    • Indotek Group’s Acquisition of NPL Portfolio from the Hungarian National Deposit Insurance Fund, involving: Deloitte Legal; Gardos Mosonyi Tomori; Lakatos, Koves & Partners

    Latvia

    • MM Capital Infrastructure Fund 1’s Acquisition of 29.06% Stake in Conexus Baltic Grid from Marguerite Fund, involving: CMS; Cobalt; Herbert Smith Freehills; Sorainen
    • Air Baltic’s Debut Eurobond Issuance, involving: Cobalt; Dentons; Linklaters; Sorainen
    • Tele2/Bite Partnership, involving: Mannheimer Swartling; Sorainen; TGS Baltic; Vinge

    Lithuania

    • Idex’s Acquisition of Danpower Baltic UAB from Danpower and Geco Investicijos, involving: Cobalt; DLA Piper; Triniti
    • Deka Immobilien’s Acquisition of Quadrum Business Centre from Schage Eiendom, involving: Sorainen; TGS Baltic
    • Public Procurement of Vilnius – Klaipeda Electrification, involving: Sorainen; Walless

    Moldova

    • Duet Private Equity’s Acquisition of Red Union Fenosa and Gas Natural Fenosa Furnizare Energie SRL from Naturgy Inversiones Internacionales, involving: ACI Partners; Bird & Bird; PeliFilip; Simmons & Simmons; Turcan Cazac; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii
    • TransOil Group’s Eurobond Issuance, involving: Arthur Cox; Baker McKenzie; Gladei & Partners; Harneys Aristodemou Loizides Yiolitis; Homburger; Linklaters; Sayenko Kharenko; Turcan Cazac
    • OTP Bank’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Banka Comerciala Mobiasbanca from Groupe Societe Generale, involving: CMS; Jones Day; Kalo & Associates; Schoenherr; Sytnyk & Partners; Turcan Cazac

    Montenegro

    • Crnogorska Komercijalna Banka’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Societe Generale Banka Montenegro, involving: CMS; Jones Day; Kalo & Associates; Schoenherr; Sytnyk & Partners
    • Pepsico and Karlovarske Mineralne Vody’s Acquisition of Knjaz Milos from Mid Europa Partners, involving: Clifford Chance; Dechert; JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Karanovic & Partners; Kocian Solc Balastik; White & Case; Zavisin, Semiz & Partneri
    • Masdar’s Acquisition of Stake in Krnovo Green Energy from Akuo Energy, involving: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Karanovic & Partners; Kinstellar; Radonjic Associates; Shearman & Sterling

    North Macedonia

    • Financing for Joyson Safety Systems’ Acquisition of Takata Assets, involving: Herbert Smith Freehills; Polenak Law Firm; Karanovic & Partners; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
    • Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen’s Acquisition of Ohridska Banka AD Skopje, involving: CMS; Jones Day; Schoenherr

    Poland

    • Accor and AccorInvest’s Acquisition of Orbis’ Service Business and Hotel Business, involving: Clifford Chance; Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier; De Pardieu Brocas Maffei; Dentons; Ellex Valiunas; Gide Loyrette Nouel; Kochanski & Partners; Weil, Gotshal & Manges
    • Acquisition of DCT Gdansk S.A. from Global Infrastructure Fund II, involving: Clifford Chance; Dentons; Linklaters; Rymarz Zdort; Stibbe
    • Granges’ Acquisition of Impexmetal from Boryszew, involving: SSW Pragmatic Solutions; Vinge; Wardynski & Partners

    Romania

    • AFI Europe’s Acquisition of NEPI Rockcastle’s Romanian Office Portfolio, involving: CMS; Herbert Smith Freehills; Reff & Associates (Deloitte Legal)
    • Transfer of Participating Interest in Midia/Pelican Concession, involving: Colombo Rigano; Herbert Smith Freehills; Ijdelea Mihailescu; Suciu Popa
    • Ericsson’s Acquisition of Kathrein’s Antenna and Filters Business, involving: Addleshaw Goddard; Afridi & Angell; Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Anorco; Basham, Ringe & Correa; Bredin Prat; Eisenberger & Herzog; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Galicia Abogados; Gleiss Lutz; Hengeler Mueller; Jeantet Associes; JunHe; Khaitan & Co.; Kim & Chang; Legance Avvocati; Motta Fernandes Rocha; Noerr; Pestalozzi; Pryor Cashman; Wuersch & Gering; Schoenherr; Zhong Lun; Ziems & Partner
    • Blackstone’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Superbet, involving: Herzog, Fox & Neeman; Jones Day; Kirkland & Ellis; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Wolf Theiss

    Russia

    • Severgroup’s Acquisition of TPG’s 34% Shareholding in Lenta and Subsequent Mandatory Tender Offer, involving: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Ogier
    • Creation of AliExpress Russia Joint Venture, involving: Akin Gump; Debevoise & Plimpton; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Linklaters
    • Financing of the Amur Gas Processing Plant, involving: Herbert Smith Freehills; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Serbia

    • Development of Belgrade Industrial park, involving: BDK Advokati; Hunton Andrews Kurth; Prica & Partners
    • Public-Private Partnership for Vinca Waste Treatment Facility, involving: Baker McKenzie; BDK Advokati; Clifford Chance; Hogan Lovells; Karanovic & Partners; Wolf Theiss
    • Coca Cola HBC’s Acquisition of Bambi from Mid Europa Partners, involving: BDK Advokati; Dechert; Karanovic & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Norton Rose Fulbright; White & Case; Zavisin, Semiz & Partneri
    • Pepsico and Karlovarske Mineralne Vody’s Acquisition of Knjaz Milos from Mid Europa Partners, involving: Clifford Chance; Dechert; JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic; Karanovic & Partners; Kocian Solc Balastik; White & Case; Zavisin, Semiz & Partneri

    Slovakia

    • Prima Banka Covered Bond Issuances, involving: Allen & Overy; White & Case
    • AIP Asset Management and The Valesco Group’s Acquisition of Twin City Tower from HB Reavis, involving: Ashurst; Dentons; Kinstellar; White & Case
    • PPF Group’s Acquisition of CME, involving: Allen & Overy; Covington & Burling; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case

    Slovenia

    • OTP Bank’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in SKB Banka Ljubljana from Societe Generale, involving: CMS; Jones Day; Kalo & Associates; Schoenherr; Sytnyk & Partners
    • Posta Slovenije’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Intereuropa, involving: Baros, Bicakcic & Partners; BOPA Bojanovic Partners; Dentons; Jadek & Pensa; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Madirazza & Partners; ODI Law; Prelevic Law Firm; Schoenherr; Tashko Pustina Law Firm; Tees Law
    • Abanka Privatization, involving: Jadek & Pensa; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Wolf Theiss

    Turkey

    • Mersin International Port Eurobond Issuance, involving: Akol Law Firm; Latham & Watkins; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Paksoy
    • Turkey Wealth Fund’s Term Loan Syndication, involving: Esin Attorney Partnership; Clifford Chance
    • Sisal’s Successful Bid to Operate Turkish State Lottery, involving: GKC Partners; Lexist Law Firm

    Ukraine

    • DTEK Renewables’ Green Bond Issuance, involving: Avellum; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; Sayenko Kharenko; Van Doorne
    • EuroCape Financing for Zaporizhzhia Wind Farm, involving: Andreas Th. Sofokleous LLC; Asters; Baker McKenzie; CMS; DLA Piper; Dentons; Elias Neocleous & Co.; Ganado Advocates; M. Partners; Integrites; Jeantet; Sayenko Kharenko; Shearman & Sterling
    • NEQSOL’s Acquisition of VF Ukraine, involving: Aequo; Avellum; DLA Piper; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters

    The shortlists are already being evaluated by the judges on the Final Selection Committee, and the winners they select will be announced at the third annual CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet on April 23, 2020, in London, held in conjunction with that day’s 2020 Dealer’s Choice International Law Firm Summit. The Dealer’s Choice event is co-hosted by Slaughter and May and sponsored by the Adriala and Pontes law firm networks and Avellum, Nagy es Trocsanyi, JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic, Cipcic-Bragadin & Associates, Kolcuoglu Demirkan & Kocakli, Saracevic & Gazibegovic Lawyers, Ijdelea Miihalescu, and the Komnenic Law Office.

    More information about the joint events can be found on the event website, here.

    Congratulations to all 151 of the firms working on deals shortlisted for Deal of the Year in one or more countries, and we look forward to seeing everyone in London on the 23rd of April.

  • Here and Soon There — February 2020 Issue of CEE Legal Matters Magazine is Out Now

    Here and Soon There — February 2020 Issue of CEE Legal Matters Magazine is Out Now

    The special 2020 Kick-Off issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is here — and soon it will be there!

    The annual special issue has been sent to the printers, who will soon be printing it, packaging it, and mailing it to our subscribers across the world. In the meantime, eager beaver subscribers can already access the electronic version (here). Whether now or later, those fortunate subscribers will discover that the issue contains:

    • Across the Wire: Deals and Cases in CEE
    • On the Move: New Firms and Practices
    • The Buzz in CEE
    • Special Article: Emerging Europe Sets the Pace for M&A Deals as Foreign Investment into the Region Surges
    • The Viennese Waltz: Attendees to 2019 CEELM Winter Party Reflect on Notable Achievements
    • The Full List: All 288 Nominations for CEE Deal of the Year Awards
    • Presenting the Panels: A Presentation of the Prestigious Shortlist Panels

    The publication of the February 2020 issue of the magazine means that the December 2019 issue has been moved from behind the paywall and made available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (here in e-reader format and here in pdf). As a reminder, that issue includes:

    As always, there’s no need to wait for old news. Register for a subscription to the CEE Legal Matters magazine here!

  • The Full DOTY Submission List is Perfect Reason to Subscribe to CEE Legal Matters Magazine

    The Full DOTY Submission List is Perfect Reason to Subscribe to CEE Legal Matters Magazine

    All the 2019 Deal of the Year Submissions have been received, organized, placed on ballots, and sent out to various panels across CEE, and the full list of all submissions will appear in — and only in — the February 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, available only by subscription.

    So if your firm submitted one or more deals for consideration, and you want to see who you’re up against — or even if you didn’t submit, but are simply curious — or even if you simply have been procrastinating on signing up for the leading monthly publication covering CEE’s vibrant legal community … it’s time to subscribe!

    Indeed, for a limited time only, CEE Legal Matters is offering a special discounted price on new subscriptions. Until next Friday, February 7, new individual subscriptions, normally EUR 175, will only be EUR 150, and new Corporate Subscriptions, normally EUR 750, can be signed up for only EUR 600.

    As current Subscribers know, all Corporate Subscribers receive our regular open call for free publishing opportunities in the CEE Legal Matters magazine and have their news published in the Featured News section of the CEELM website. And now they — and only they — will receive the special February 2020 issue of the magazine, containing a complete listing of all 341 submissions for this year’s Deal of the Year Award.

    Interested? Contact us at press@ceelm.com today to learn more about this opportunity, and other special deals we’re offering to kick off the new year.

  • The “Let’s Say It’s an Orthodox Christmas Gift” Issue of CEELM is Out Now!

    The “Let’s Say It’s an Orthodox Christmas Gift” Issue of CEELM is Out Now!

    Here it is! The January 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, specially-delayed in honor of all of our friends celebrating Orthodox Christmas!

    Because make no mistake, the appearance of this issue a week later than normal is absolutely purposeful, and has nothing to do with Santa being extra generous to us this year, bringing not only presents, guests, cookies, but also a nasty flu. Perish the thought!

    The fact that subscribers to the CEE Legal Matters magazine can access the electronic issue here, now, and not a week ago, is 100% strategic, and certainly has nothing to do with us being laid up for the past week, sick, sniffling, and begging for the sweet, sweet release of death. That much is clear.

    Either way, though — whether subscribers accept our impeachable representations of higher planning or find themselves unable to resist their more cynical impulses to question our sincerity in this manner — they will find, in this issue:

    • Guest Editorial: Miriam Simsa of Schoenherr
    • Across the Wire: Deals and Cases in CEE 
    • On the Move: New Firms and Practices 
    • The Buzz in CEE 
    • Talking Tax: Interview with Balazs Kantor of LKT
    • Practice Under Pressure: How the Legal Profession in Bosnia & Herzegovina Experienced the Bosnian War
    • Market Spotlight: Poland
    • Guest Editorial: Karolina Stawowska of Wolf Theiss
    • Article: “Law & Justice” in Poland: How Are Investors Responding to the Continued Success of the Right-Wing Law & Justice Party?
    • Inside Insight: Interview with Anna Wawrzynczak of the Polish Development Fund
    • Inside Out: Grupa Lotos Refinancing
    • Market Spotlight: Russia 
    • Guest Editorial: Alexander Zharskiy of Alrud
    • Russia Reacts to International Sanctions
    • Inside Insight: Interview with Anastasiya Shkarina of Unilever
    • Experts Review: Shipping/Transportation
    • The Confident Counsel: The Secret to Killer Presentations

    The publication of the January 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine means that the special November 2019 issue focusing on South Africa has been moved from behind the paywall and made available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (here in e-reader format and here in pdf). As a reminder, that issue includes:

    To reward yourself for your own continued good health, register for a subscription to the CEE Legal Matters magazine today!

  • A Look Back at 2019 — Our Most Popular Stories

    A Look Back at 2019 — Our Most Popular Stories

    As 2019 draws to a close, we provide a look back at the most popular stories — based on the number of clicks and views — that appeared on the CEE Legal Matters website over the past 365 days.

    Our thanks to all our readers and all our contributors. We look forward to an exciting 2020. Happy New Year, everyone!

    Most Viewed Deals:

    1. PNSA and Reff & Associates Advise on Sale of “The Office” Complex in Cluj-Napoca
    2. SEE Legal Firms Provide Due Diligence of Intereuropa for Netlog Logistics
    3. CMS, Reff & Associates, and Herbert Smith Freehills Advise on AFI Europe Acquisition of Romanian Office Portfolio from NEPI Rockcastle  
    4. Wolf Theiss and RTPR Allen & Overy Advise on Sale of Intelligent IT to Visma
    5. Solivan, SSW, and CMS Advise on WKN Sale of Polish Wind Farms to Wirtgen Invest and Stadtwerke Munchen

    Most Viewed Moves:

    1. Former ENKSZ Head of Legal Emese Szitasi Moves to DLA Piper
    2. Nazali Legal Opens New Russian and Moroccan Country Desks
    3. PeliFilip Splits Into PELI and Filip and Company
    4. Ron Given Returns to CEE with Deloitte Legal
    5. Kinstellar Announces Affiliation with Gen & Temizer │Ozer in Turkey

    Most Viewed Interviews:

    1. Buzz in Romania: Interview with Silviu Stratulat of Stratulat Albulescu
    2. Zieba & Partners: A New Plan in Poland
    3. Expat on the Market: Interview with Joe Clinton of Allen & Overy
    4. The Buzz in Turkey: Interview with Duygu Gultekin of Esin Attorney Partnership
    5. The Buzz in Lithuania – Interview with Irmantas Norkus of Cobalt

    Most Viewed Legal Briefings:

    1. Legal Alert: The AMCU`s Recommendations Regarding the Application of Discounts in the Distribution of Medical Products by Integrites
    2. The TCA’s Unstable Approach Towards RPM Practices by Actecon
    3. Hungary – A Fairer VAT System Is On The Way by Jalsovszky
    4. European Union’s Regulation on Online Intermediation Services and Search Engines by ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
    5. Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency Announces Draft Regulation on Sales, Advertising and Promotion of Medical Devices by ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law

  • Deadlines You Know ‘Em — Our First Christmas Poem

    Deadlines You Know ‘Em — Our First Christmas Poem

    As we escape the wind, ice, and snow

    the news on this website will unavoidably slow

    You’ll forgive us our need to take a quick rest

    Charging the batteries that keep us the best

    But before we run to the airport and wait in those lines

    we wanted to ensure you knew the deadlines —

    dates of import to you, and all of our fans — 

    our upcoming events and awards, tables and plans

     

    The Table of Deals deadline  this year must come first

    to forget to submit, as a mistake is the worst

    The 13th of Jan is the day that chance will expire 

    after that might as well put the notes in the fire

     

    Then hanging o’erhead like Damocles’ sword

    Is the deadline for this year’s DOTY award

    Want to submit? — for three weeks you can

    The deadline for that is the 17th of Jan

     

    And forget thou shoulds’t not, our events in the UK

    April 23, in London, will be the big day

    Tickets on sale, and going apace

    Contact us soon, to reserve your own place

     

    We’ll be back soon, on December 30 or so

    tanned and rested, our bodies aglow

    fired with energy, and ready to rock

    Smart and alert, something like Spock

     

    In the meantime, we say, while we swim and we dream

    Merry Christmas from us, the CEELM team

  • Christmas Comes Early: December Issue is Here

    Christmas Comes Early: December Issue is Here

    Okay, you can open one Christmas present early. And … surprise! It’s the December 2019 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine!

    The issue has been sent to the printers, who are already in the process of preparing to print it, package it, and mail it to our subscribers across the world. Can’t wait? Don’t worry — subscribers can already access the electronic version (here). Whether now or later, those fortunate subscribers will discover that the issue contains:

    • Guest Editorial by Konstantin Kroll
    • Across the Wire: Deals and Cases in CEE
    • On the Move: New Firms and Practices
    • The Buzz in CEE The Corner Office: Legal Tech
    • The Confident Counsel: Escape from Reverse Delegation Land
    • Kinstellar: Strong in Sofia 
    • Never Say Die: Restructuring in CEE
    • Market Spotlight: The Balkans
    • Guest Editorial by Dragan Karanovic
    • The Balkan Breakdown: Takeaways from the Second Annual Balkan GC Summit
    • Inside Out: Don Don Refinancing
    • Inside Insight: Interviews with Misa Vorotovic of PMI and Jasmina Ginoska of Eurostandard Bank
    • Experts Review: Real Estate
    • The Confident Counsel: Tips from Consultant Aaron Muhly

    The publication of the December 2019 issue of the magazine means that the October 2019 issue has been moved from behind the paywall and made available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (here in e-reader format and here in pdf). As a reminder, that issue includes:

    As always, there’s no need to wait for old news. Register for a subscription to the CEE Legal Matters magazine here!

  • November Issue of CEE Legal Matters Like Fine Wine: Even Better for the Waiting

    November Issue of CEE Legal Matters Like Fine Wine: Even Better for the Waiting

    The November issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is, frankly, a little bit late. But good things take time, and trust us, this issue – our annual special Foreign Focus issue, focusing this time on the Rainbow Nation, South Africa – is a good one. And finally, finally, it’s out now!

    Subscribers, who can now access the electronic version of the issue, will discover, between sips, that it contains:

    • Across the Wire: The Summary of Deals in CEE
    • The Buzz Across CEE
    • On the Move: New Firms and Practices Summary of Lateral Moves and Appointments Across the Region
    • Marketing Law Firm Marketing: The Reason for the Role
    • On the Road: How CEE Law Firms Structure their BD Trips to the United Kingdom
    • The Foreign Investor: Interview with Hyprop CIO Wilhelm Nauta
    • Both Bobotie and Borsch: A South African in Kyiv
    • Expat on the Market: Liesel Beukes of Schoenherr
    • Expat on the Market: Ed Baring of Herbert Smith Freehills
    • Expat on the Market: Anthony Paizes of Hill Dickinson
    • The Southern African Deal Landscape
    • South African Capital Continues to Court Central and Eastern Europe
    • Climate Change Increasingly Emerging as a Legal Liability Risk for Lenders in South Africa
    • The Main Pull Factors for South African Investors in Central and Eastern
    • South Africa/CEE Deal Review

    The publication of the November 2019 issue of the magazine means that the September 2019 issue has been moved from behind the paywall and made available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (here in e-reader format and here in pdf). As a reminder, that issue includes:

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