The shortlists for the 2020 CEE Deals of the Year:

Albania:

• Albania Eurobond Issuance || Submitting Firm(s): Dechert || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Wolf Theiss

Austria:

• Austrian Airlines Financing || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: DLA Piper; Eisenberger Herzog; Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch PartmbB; Hengeler Mueller; REN Legal Management Limited; Stibbe Avocats; Viehbock Breiter Schenk & Nau; Weber Rechtsanwalte
• Koninklijke DSM NV and DSM International Participations B.V.'s Acquisition of San Pacific and San Venture's Shareholdings in Erber AG || Submitting Firm(s): Cerha Hempel || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Alrud; Arnold; Baker McKenzie; Bonelli Erede; DLA Piper; DeBrauw; Dorda; Eisenberger & Herzog; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hengeler Mueller; Herguner Bilgen Ozeke; Jeantet; Kromann Reumert; Linklaters; Pelzmann Gall Gross; Schoenherr; Sorainen; Stibbe; Travers Smith; Webber Wentzel; Wolf Theiss
• OMV AG's Acquisition of Stake in Borealis AG from Mubadala Group || Submitting Firm(s): Cerha Hempel || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Binder Groesswang; Eisenberger & Herzog; Gorrissen Federspiel; Kromann Reumert; Schoenherr
• UNIQA's Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: Clifford Chance; Go2Law

Belarus:

• HBOR Financing for Be Cloud || Submitting Firm(s): Borovtsov & Salei || Other Firms: BDV Legal

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

• ASA Finance's Takover of Central Osiguranje d.d. || Submitting Firm(s): Miljkovic & Partners || Other Firms: N/A
• EBRD's Acquisition of Stake in Eastern Mining d.o.o || Submitting Firm(s): CMS || Other Firms: Emir Sudzuka Law Office
• Nova Ljubljanska Banka's Acquisition of Komercijalna Banka || Submitting Firm(s): Sajic || Other Firms: AP Legal; Kalo & Associates; Kinstellar; ODI Law; Prica & Partners; Radonjic & Associates; Selih & Partnerji
• Restarting of Aluminij Aluminum Production Factory || Submitting Firm(s): Maric & Co || Other Firms: N/A

Bulgaria

• United Group's Acquisition of Nova Broadcasting Group from Advance Media || Submitting Firm(s): Kambourov & Partners || Other Firms: O'Melveny & Myers; Paul Weiss
• Enery Acquisition and Refinancing || Submitting Firm(s): CMS; Schoenherr || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Memery Crystal; Spasov & Bratanov; Wolf Theiss
• PP Project for Supply of Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessels to the Bulgarian Navy || Submitting Firm(s): Gugushev & Partners || Other Firms: N/A

Croatia:

• Devolver Digital's Acquisition of Croteam || Submitting Firm(s): Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka || Other Firms: Baker McKenzie; Deloitte Legal
• Infinum-Porsche Digital Joint Venture || Submitting Firm(s): CMS; Miskovic & Miskovic || Other Firms: Dentons
• Stillfront Group's Acquisition of Nanobit || Submitting Firm(s): Savoric & Partners || Other Firms: DLA Piper; Glinska & Miskovic; Latham & Watkins

Czech Republic:

• MVM's Acquisition of Innogy Czech Republic from E.ON || Submitting Firm(s): Havel & Partners || Other Firms: Hengeler Mueller; White & Case
• PPP Project for the D4 Expressway || Submitting Firm(s): CMS || Other Firms: Kinstellar; White & Case
• UNIQA's Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: Clifford Chance; Go2Law

Estonia:

• Boku's Acquisition of Fortumo || Submitting Firm(s): Cobalt || Other Firms: Ellex Raidla; Sorainen
• Luminor Bank’s Covered Bond Program || Submitting Firm(s): Cobalt || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance
• Vista Equity Partners Investment in Pipedrive || Submitting Firm(s): Cobalt || Other Firms: DLA Piper; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Sorainen

Greece:

• Cubico Sustainable Investment Limited's Acquisition of Greek Wind Farms || Submitting Firm(s): Watson, Farley & Williams || Other Firms: Lambadarios; Potamitis Vekris
• EBRD Financing to Public Power Corporation S.A.Farms || Submitting Firm(s): Watson, Farley & Williams || Other Firms: Milbank
• METKA-EGN, Acquisition and Subsequent Sale of Two Photovoltaic Projects to Motor Oil Hellas S.A || Submitting Firm(s): Watson, Farley & Williams || Other Firms: Lambadarios; Potamitis Vekris

Hungary:

• Airbus Helicopters and Hungarian State JV to Create New Aerospace Enterprise in Hungary || Submitting Firm(s): DLA Piper; Kinstellar || Other Firms: Latham & Watkins; Sheppard Mullin
• Budapest Bank Group, MKB Bank Group and Takarekbank Group's Creation of Hungarian "Superbank" || Submitting Firm(s): DLA Piper || Other Firms: N/A
• Optima’s Acquisition of GTC from Lone Star Funds || Submitting Firm(s): Dentons || Other Firms: Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov; Karanovic & Partners; Rymarz Zdort; Schoenherr; White & Case

Latvia:

• Recapitalization of AirBaltic || Submitting Firm(s): Cobalt || Other Firms: Covington & Burling
• Summus Capital OU and Ivar Vendelin's Acquisition of Riga Plaza Shopping Mall from LSREF3 Latvia Investments S.a r.l. || Submitting Firm(s): Vilgerts || Other Firms: Cobalt; Sorainen
• Valmieras Stikla Skiedra Debt Restructuring and Sale of Majority Stake to Duke I S.a.r.l || Submitting Firm(s): Eversheds Sutherland || Other Firms: Cobalt; Ellex Klavins

Lithuania:

• AB Linas Agro Group's Acquisition of AB Kauno Grudai Group || Submitting Firm(s): Motieka & Audzevicius || Other Firms: Alrud; Cobalt; Ellex Valiunas; Tark; Wardynski & Partners
• Ignitis Grupe IPO || Submitting Firm(s): Walless || Other Firms: Ashurst; Debevoise & Plimpton; Dentons; Sorainen; TGS Baltic
• Repharm Group's Acquisition of Kardiolita and MediCA Klinika from CGP Sale || Submitting Firm(s): Glimstedt || Other Firms: Cobalt; TGS Baltic

Moldova:

• CG Cell Technologies' Acquisition of Moldcell from Telia Group || Submitting Firm(s): Gladei & Partners; Schoenherr || Other Firms: Sullivan & Cromwell
• EBRD's Acquisition of 25% Stake in Vestmoldtransgaz || Submitting Firm(s): Gladei & Partners || Other Firms: K&L Gates; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii; Turcan Cazac
• Vetropack's Acquisition of Glass Container Group from Western NIS Fund and Other Shareholders || Submitting Firm(s): Gladei & Partners || Other Firms: Turcan Cazac

North Macedonia:

• Aricoma Group’s Acquisition of Seavus Group || Submitting Firm(s): Karanovic & Partners || Other Firms: Bird & Bird; Clifford Chance; Mannheimer Swartling
• Management Buyout of Diners Club International Mak || Submitting Firm(s): ODI Law || Other Firms: Buterin & Posavec; Law Office Trajkovski
• Syndicated Financing for Limak’s Diamond the Pride of Skopje Project || Submitting Firm(s): Karanovic & Partners || Other Firms: Cakmak Avukatlik Ortakligi; GKC Partners; NautaDutilh; Polenak; Wiersma Mensonides

Poland:

• Allegro IPO || Submitting Firm(s): Clifford Chance || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Greenberg Traurig
• Rementi Investments S.A.'s Acquisition of Centrum Rozliczen Elektronicznych Polskie ePlatnosci S.A. from Innova and OPTeam || Submitting Firm(s): Rymarz Zdort || Other Firms: White & Case; WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr
• UNIQA's Acquisition of AXA Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia || Submitting Firm(s): Clifford Chance; Schoenherr || Other Firms: Go2Law

Romania:

• AFI Europe Group's Acquisition of NEPI Rockcastle Office Portfolio (Including Financing) || Submitting Firm(s): CMS; Dentons; Wolf Theiss || Other Firms: Deloitte Legal (Reff & Associates); Herbert Smith Freehills
• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets' Acquisition of CEZ Group in Romania || Submitting Firm(s): RTPR; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Skils
• Orange Romania's Acquisition of Telekom Romania from OTE || Submitting Firm(s): Dechert; Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii || Other Firms: D’Ornano Partners; Eversheds Sutherland; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Latham & Watkins; Norton Rose Fulbright; Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii
• Vienna Insurance Group's Acquisition of Aegon's Insurance Business in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Turkey || Submitting Firm(s): RTPR; Wolf Theiss || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Paksoy

Russia:

• A-Property's Acquisition of 51% of Elga Coalfield Project from Mechel || Submitting Firm(s): Alrud || Other Firms: Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners
• JV of SIBUR with Sinopec at Amur GCC || Submitting Firm(s): White & Case || Other Firms: Dechert
• Sber Group of Companies' Creation of Ecosystem for Development of AI in Health Care with Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology || Submitting Firm(s): Allen & Overy || Other Firms: Pepeliaev Group
• Sovcomflot IPO || Submitting Firm(s): Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton || Other Firms: Trewatch Group; Watson, Farley & Williams

Serbia:

• Endava's Acquisition of Comtrade Digital Services || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Watson Farley & Williams
• Nova Ljubljanska Banka's Acquisition of Komercijalna Banka || Submitting Firm(s): AP Legal; Kinstellar; Prica & Partners || Other Firms: Kalo & Associates; ODI Law; Radonjic & Associates; Sajic; Selih & Partnerji
• Republic of Serbia Eurobond issuance || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: Ashurst; Linklaters; White & Case

Slovakia:

• Cisco Systems' Acquisition of Sli.do || Submitting Firm(s): Allen & Overy; Dentons || Other Firms: Fenwick & West; White & Case
• KBC Group's Acquisition of OTP Banka Slovensko from OTP Bank || Submitting Firm(s): Kinstellar; Schoenherr || Other Firms: N/A
• Prima Banka Slovensko's International Covered Bond Programme || Submitting Firm(s): Allen & Overy || Other Firms: White & Case

Slovenia:

• Endava's Acquisition of Comtrade Digital Services || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Watson Farley & Williams
• EPH Joint Venture with Slovenian Railways || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: Jadek & Pensa
• Sartorius Stedim Biotech's Acquisition of BIA Separations || Submitting Firm(s): Schoenherr || Other Firms: E+H; Milbank; RPPP

Turkey:

• Turkey Wealth Fund’s Acquisition of Controlling Shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. || Submitting Firm(s): Aksu Caliskan Beygo Attorney Partnership; Durukan + Partners || Other Firms: Clifford Chance; Herguner Bilgen Ozeke; Kabine Law Office; Kinstellar; Milbank; Nazim & Co; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sorainen; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case
• Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi T.A.O.'s Eurobond Issuance || Submitting Firm(s): Akol Law || Other Firms: Allen & Overy; Mayer Brown
• Zynga Inc.'s Acquisition of Peak || Submitting Firm(s): ABCOO; Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership; Baker McKenzie; White & Case || Other Firms: BTS & Partners; Verdi Law Firm

Ukraine:

• DP World's Acquisition of Majority Stake in TIS Container Terminal || Submitting Firm(s): CMS; Marchenko Partners || Other Firms: Squire Patton Boggs
• QTerminals WLL Port Concession Project of Black Sea Port of Olvia || Submitting Firm(s): Kinstellar || Other Firms: Clyde & Co; EY Law
• UkrGasVydobuvannya’s Production Enhancement Contract with Expert Petroleum || Submitting Firm(s): Redcliffe Partners || Other Firms: CMS