October 04, 2019 15:38 
RTPR Allen & Overy has advised WOOD & Company Financial Services, a.s., Raiffeisen Bank S.A. and Raiffeisen Centrobank AG in relation to the private placement of a ca. 22.7% shareholding stake held by Lorimer Ventures Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerging Europe Growth Fund II, L.P., managed by Horizon Capital) in Purcari Wineries Public Company Limited.
In this transaction WOOD & Co. acted as Sole Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner, and the two Raiffeisen entities as Joint Bookrunners. Purcari Wineries is listed on the BSE. The placement is made through the BSE section dedicated to public offers (Offers and special operations market).
The RTPR Allen & Overy team included Mihai Ristici (Partner) and Marina Giurgica (Associate). Horizon Capital was advised by Schoenherr.
“We are happy to announce the successful closing of a new capital markets transaction by RTPR Allen & Overy team. We would like to thank our clients WOOD & Co. and Raiffeisen for a new excellent collaboration, after having advised them on Sphera’s and MedLife’s IPOs. We hope that Romania’s promotion to the Emerging Market status to generate more capital markets transactions.”, Marina Giurgica commented.
At the beginning of last year RTPR Allen & Overy has advised Purcari Wineries on its IPO and admission to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
