2020 DOTY Winners
The complete list of DOTY winners for the 2019 Deal of the Year, including the firms that worked on them, is as follows:
- Austria: Steinhoff Restructuring (Allen & Overy; Binder Groesswang; Dorda; Eisenberger & Herzog; Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner; Gleiss Lutz; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; Wolf Theiss)
- Belarus: Investments of Zubr Capital Fund and EBRD in Mila Group (Bird & Bird; Revera; SBH Law Offices)
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: Aco Kabanica Sale of Elta-kabel to Telekom Srpske (Dimitrijevic & Partners)
- Bulgaria: United Group’s Acquisition of Vivacom Bulgaria (CMS; Kambourov & Partners; Schoenherr)
- Croatia: United Group’s Acquisition of Tele2 (Divjak, Topic, & Bahtijarevic; Kirkland & Ellis; Schoenherr)
- Czech Republic: Advent International and Zentiva’s Acquisition of Alvogen’s CEE Business (CMS; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; White & Case)
- Estonia: Apax Partners’ Acquisition of Baltic Classifieds Group (Cobalt; Ellex Raidla; Eversheds Sutherland Ots & Co; TGS Baltic; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
- Greece: Hellenic Republic’s Bond Issuance (Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Karatzas & Partners; Koutalidis Law Firm)
- Hungary: Extreme Digital/eMAG Merger (Allen & Overy; Dentons; DLA Piper)
- Latvia: Air Baltic’s Debut Eurobond Issuance (Cobalt; Dentons; Linklaters; Sorainen)
- Lithuania: Idex’s Acquisition of Danpower Baltic UAB from Danpower and Geco Investicijos (Cobalt; DLA Piper; Triniti)
- Moldova: Duet Private Equity’s Acquisition of Red Union Fenosa and Gas Natural Fenosa Furnizare Energie SRL from Naturgy Inversiones Internacionales (ACI Partners; Bird & Bird; PeliFilip; Simmons & Simmons; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii; Turcan Cazac)
- Montenegro: Crnogorska Komercijalna Banka’s Acquisition of Majority Stake in Societe Generale Banka Montenegro (CMS; Jones Day; Kalo & Associates; Schoenherr; Sytnyk & Partners)
- North Macedonia: Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen’s Acquisition of Ohridska Banka AD Skopje (Schoenherr; CMS; Jones Day)
- Poland: Acquisition of DCT Gdansk S.A. from Global Infrastructure Fund II (Clifford Chance; Dentons; Linklaters; Rymarz Zdort; Stibbe; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case)
- Romania: Blackstone’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Superbet (Bulboaca & Asociatii; Fox & Neeman; Herzog; 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 (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Ogier)
- Serbia: Coca Cola HBC’s Acquisition of Bambi from Mid Europa Partners (BDK Advokati; Dechert; Karanovic & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Norton Rose Fulbright; White & Case; Zavisin, Semiz & Partneri)
- Slovakia: PPF Group’s Acquisition of CME (Bondoc & Asociatii; Covington & Burling; Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Allen & Overy; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case)
- Slovenia: Abanka Privatization (Jadek & Pensa; Kavcic, Bracun & Partners; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Wolf Theiss)
- Turkey: Sisal’s Successful Bid to Operate Turkish State Lottery (Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership; Dentons; GKC Partners; Lexist Law Firm; White & Case)
- Ukraine: NEQSOL’s Acquisition of VF Ukraine (Aequo; Avellum; DLA Piper; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; PwC Legal)