The agreement pertained to lease of 16 000 square metres of office space in the Tischnera Office building, owned by the Cavatina group, a Polish real estate developer. The transaction was identified in the sector as the largest transaction of this type in 2019 excluding Warsaw. On the part of the law firm, Sabre Polska […]
Bernitsas Law acted as lead counsel to a major Greek shipping group on the $133m refinancing by Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as senior lender and bondholder of seven Cyprus Flag bulk carriers. We advised on the structuring of the transaction, assisted in drafting and negotiating the transaction documentation and coordinated legal counsel from […]
Special investment fund Trevian Finland Properties on 18 June 2019 bought majority of the Kauppakortteli Pekuri city block in Oulu city centre, by the Rotuaari pedestrian zone. The acquired entity was completed in 1947 and 1963 and it comprises over 17,000 m2 of leasable area. Premises are currently leased to 30 tenants, including K-Supermarket, Alko and Kappahl. “There is […]
Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), a global digital commerce company, PJSC “MegaFon” (MoEx: MFON), a pan-Russian operator of digital opportunities, Mail.ru Group (MAIL.LI), the leading internet and IT company in Russia, and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, have received approval from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in Russia for a joint venture to integrate Russia’s key consumer internet and e-commerce platforms […]
ArchiMed announces the purchase of Diesse Diagnostica Senese SpA (‘Diesse’) by Duomodiag Sarl, a holding company backed by ArchiMed through its MED II fund, with bank finance provided by leading Italian banks MPS Capital Services and BPER. The transaction was completed on May 2019. Diesse is an Italian developer of innovative in vitro diagnostic […]
Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”), the specialist private equity fund manager, have backed a £3.6m investment into Wooshii Limited (“Wooshii”), a disruptive video agency. YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc. Wooshii, founded and led by Fergus Dyer-Smith, was built to […]
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (“Calliditas”) and Everest Medicines II Limited (“Everest”) announced that they have entered into a license agreement, in which Everest will develop and commercialize Calliditas’ leading drug candidate Nefecon in Greater China and Singapore for the chronic autoimmune kidney disease IgA Nephropathy (IgAN). Under the terms of the agreement, Calliditas will receive an […]
OSF Commerce, an OSF Global brand, announced the acquisition of award-winning UK eCommerce agency Blueleaf - whose clients include Laura Ashley, Life Style Sports, Tate Modern and V&A Museum – as part of its strategy to build a significant presence in the UK. Founded in 1999, with offices in the UK and Bulgaria, Blueleaf provides top retailers […]
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners, advised Attica Bank SA (“Attica bank”), the major Greek non-systemic lender, in the sale of a junior note in the principal amount of €339,375,000, issued (together with a senior-tranche note) by a Luxembourg SPV in consideration for Attica bank’s securitised portfolio of non-performing loans […]
Aymen Mahmoud does just this, as he explains below the trends he has noticed recently and the impact it has on companies. Of the recent significant matters that you have advised on, have there been any notable trends that you can tell us about? Willkie acts across a range of borrowing and lending transactions both […]
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