The global M&A market sees its best year since the financial crisis, deal values in 2014 being in line to top levels not seen since 2007, according to a preview of international law firm Clifford Chance’s latest Global M&A Trends report....more »

Banca Transilvania has reached an agreement to acquire the entire shareholding of Volksbank Romania (VBRO) from Austria’s Volksbank AG, Groupe BPCE (Banque Populaire Caisse d’Epargne), DZ Bank AG and WGZ Bank AG, states a press release of the Romanian bank....more »

The acquisition campaign run by the investment fund established and controlled by Greek businessman Ioannis Papalekas continues with a new property added to the domestic portfolio: Nusco Tower, office building developed by Italian group Nusco for which Globalworth will pay 46 million euro, reads a company release....more »

The investment fund established and controlled by Greek businessman Ioannis Papelkas has announced the acquisition of the first office building in Green Court office park, project developed by Skanska Romania, the transaction being valued at 44 million euro. Closing of the acquisition is scheduled for the second quarter of 2015, states a Globalworth release....more »

Wolf Theiss has assisted Volksbank Real Estate Services in the 17 million euro sale of its Romanian subsidiary, Immorom Sigma to PVN Romania and Inprox, both subsidiaries of bauMax, announces a press release of the law firm....more »

Announced in July, 2014, the sale of Austria’s bauMax domestic chain to Adeo Group has been carried out on November 18.  Hence, the French group which operates on the Romanian market the Leroy Merlin Do-It-Yourself brand has taken over the 15 bauMax units subject of this transaction, located in Bucharest (2), Bacau, Brasov, Constanta, Craiova, Cluj Napoca (2), Iasi, Pitesti, Ploiesti, Sibiu, Suceava, Targu-Mures and Timisoara....more »

Biris Goran acted on behalf of Raiffeisen Evolution in the sale of Promenada Mall to to South-African fund New Europe Property Investments (NEPI), transaction amounting to 148 million euro. This is the largest transaction on the domestic real estate market in 2014 and the largest ever recorded in Bucharest involving a single property....more »

Azomures has secured 75 million euro from a 10-year syndicated loan provided by BCR in cooperation with UniCredit Tiriac Bank. Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA in association with Allen & Overy LLP acted as legal advisors to the lenders, reads a joint press release. The law firms were also involved in the 66 million loan facility arranged by Ceska sporitlena  in cooperation with BCR(66 million euro) Azomures  signed in May this year....more »

Dentons acted as legal counsel to P3, a Czech-based developer and manager of European logistics properties, on the acquisition of three logistics parks, one located in the capital city of Romania and two in Poland, from CA Immobilien Anlagen. The logistics park based in Bucharest, Europolis, is the largest of the three standing assets acquired by P3, consisting of 215,000 sqm of almost fully occupied space and 40 hectares of land. As regards the assets in Poland, the portfolio totals 252,000 sqm of lettable area and about 125 hectares of land....more »

The European Commission is taking Romania to Court for a failure to comply with EU legislation on mining waste. The case concerns the Bosneag pond, a 102-hectare tailing pond that holds waste extracted from copper and zinc mines in Moldova Noua, the Caras-Severin County, and which is currently in a state of almost complete abandonment. The Commission opened infringement proceedings against Romania on this matter with a letter of formal notice in October 2012, followed by a reasoned opinion in February this year. Subsequently, Romania agreed that the Bosneag pond remained a source of pollution during windy periods and admitted the need for remedial measures. While some measures have been proposed, including for example a watering system, no tangible action has yet been taken....more »