MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS/PRIVATIZATIONS

We perform the legal due diligence review of the target company, attend the negotiations, advise on structuring the transaction, and draft the transaction documents. We advise on  related competition, taxation, employment, and regulatory matters.

We advised:

• Colgate-Palmolive re acquisition of state-owned Stela SA, and Norvea SA;

• Ozgorkey Group re negotiation with state-owned Hortconsuc SA for the incorporation of Coca-Cola Bottling Enterprise Constanta, a joint venture;

• British Know-How Fund re the first Public Offering Program of shares of five state-owned companies;

• British Sugar re privatization of state-owned Zaharul Ludus SA;

• CA IB Romania (Creditanstalt) re acquisition of Freschpower SA;

• Heineken re privatization of state-owned Vulturul SA;

• Pratt & Whitney Canada re privatization of state-owned Turbomecanica SA;

• Bell Helicopter Textron re privatization of state-owned IAR Brasov SA;

• Schlumberger Netherlands re privatization of state-owned Atlas Gip SA;

• The Timken Company re privatization of state-owned Rulmenti Grei SA;

• Precision Castparts Corporation re privatization of state-owned Sterom SA;

• Drapantex, Belgium re privatization of state-owned Textila Oltul SA;

• KPNQwest re acquisition privately held of EUnet Romania SRL;

• Piraeus Bank, Greece re privatization of state-owned Petrom SA;

• Menzies Transport Services re acquisition of Ogden Romanian Aviation Services SA;

• Touax Fluvial re privatization of Navigatia Fluviala Romania Drobeta SA;

• The Coca-Cola Company re acquisition of Dorna Apemin SA;

• Estee Lauder Romania re merger with IM Cosmetics SA;

• Procter & Gamble Marketing Romania re acquisition of controlling interest in Detergenti SA;

• Tomen Corporation re sale of its participation in Orange Romania SA to Wirefree Services Belgium;

• The Nut Company re acquisition of controlling interest in Flipper Comimpex SRL, and Tower Impex SRL;

• Virtual Supply Engineering Company re acquisition of CBT-Companies Romania SRL;

• Amer Group PLC re acquisition of Salomon Romania SRL;

• Menzies Aviation Group re acquisition of Top Services SRL;

• Kastamonu Entegre, Turkey re performance of privatization contract;

• Corvinus, Hungary re acquisition of controlling interest in Euro Styrol SRL;

• Naviglobe, Belgium re acquisition of controlling interest in Horizon Shipping SRL;

• Actavis Group re acquisition of Sindan Group, a leading European generic pharmaceutical group specializing in the manufacturing and distribution of oncology products;

• City Capital Property Advisers re the purchase of companies owning 17 shopping centers, office building;

• Gaither Holdings Corporation re the acquisition of an industrial manufacturing group;

• Donaldson Filtration Deutschland re sale of stock in a Romanian subsidiary;

• Wizz Air Group re acquisition of a majority interest in a Romanian airline;

• Actavis Group re acquisition of Sindan Group, a pharmaceutical group;

• Actavis Group re acquisition of a Romanian distribution company;

• MFS Holding Co., a Mitsubishi subsidiary re acquisition of Romanian subsidiaries of Freudenberg & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft;

• Agrico Potatoes, the Netherlands re acquisition of the controlling interest in Romagrico SRL.