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Law firm Filip & Company legally assisted Credit Europe Bank Romania in the cross-border merger through absorption with the parent company, Credit Europe Bank N.V. of Netherlands.

Law firm Filip & Company has provided legal assistance to Qemetica, a major player in the European chemical industry, in a complex project regarding the sale of calcined soda ash and sodium silicate production assets and activities in Romania, through Ciech Soda Romania, previously known as Uzinele Sodice Govora.

Law firm Filip & Company assisted Mozaik Investments in the sale of a minority stake in 5 to go to investment funds Invenio Partners and ACP.

Law firm Filip & Company assisted Poland’s Qemetica in securing the approval of Romania’s Competition Council in the acquisition of the precipitated silica product business of US PPG Group, a deal put at about $310 million.

Law firm Filip & Company has assisted investment fund AGISTA, part of Impetum Group, in the signing of the contracts for the sale of its entire ownership stake in Dendrio Solutions to Bittnet Systems S.A., and the acquisition of a new stake in cybersecurity company Fort S.A., listed in the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Law firm Filip & Company assisted Banca Transilvania with the launch of a sustainable bond issue, raising EUR700 million from international markets.

Law firm Filip & Company assisted the Portugal subsidiary of telecom group Digi in the sealing of a contract to acquire the shares issued by Carbonitel S.A.

Law firm Filip & Company assisted, as lead counsel, Digi Romania and Digi Communications in contracting a term loan of EUR150 million that will be used to refinance EUR450 million bonds issued in 2020 falling due in 2025.

Law firm Filip & Company is expanding its team of lawyers and promoting one counsel and three senior associates this spring.

Law firm Filip & Company provided legal advice to ROCA Industry, Romania’s leading construction materials holding company, in relation to the process of increasing its share capital by a total RON71.7 million and to the transfer of its shares from the AeRO Premium Market to the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Law firm Filip & Company law firm assisted Banca Comerciala Victoriabank S.A., one of the largest banks in the Republic of Moldova, in finalizing the acquisition of BCR Chişinau S.A. from Banca Comerciala Romana S.A.

Law firm Filip & Company has assisted Alpha Bank in completing the acquisition of retail activities of Orange Money Romania, the digital financial services provider of Orange Romania.

Filip & Company team assisted DIGI Spain Telecom S.L.U and RCS & RDS S.A. in relation to the conclusion of a spectrum transfer agreement from Xfera Móviles (part of MasMovil Group in Spain) for the acquisition of an important package of spectrum licenses for the private use of the radioelectric public domain related to certain sets of blocks of frequencies in the 1,800 MHz, 2,100 MHz and 3,500 MHz bands.

Filip & Company assisted Banca Transilvania with the launch of a bond program totaling EUR1.5 billion and with the first sustainable bond issue under this program, through which Banca Transilvania raised EUR500 million from international markets.

Law firm Filip & Company assisted growth investment fund Agista in its acquisition of an over 30% stake in medical clinic network Centrokinetic, specializing in orthopedics, neurology and medical recovery.

Law firm Filip & Company is expanding its Real Estate Practice by recruiting Ioana Grigoriu, a lawyer with over 15 years of experience in real estate sector, to the position of counsel.

Law firm Filip & Company has provided legal assistance to AROBS Transilvania Software (AROBS.RO), a global provider of tailor-made software solutions based on the latest technologies, in the transfer of its shares to the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Law firm Filip & Company has assisted RCS & RDS and the subsidiary DIGI Spain Telecom S.L.U in contracting a term loan in the amount of EUR100 million, over a four-year period; ING Bank N.V. and Banco Santander acted as mandated lead arrangers.

Law firm Filip & Company has assisted Holde Agri Invest group in taking out a syndicated loan in the amount of RON30.5 million and EUR26.7 million, with lender Banca Transilvania acting as arranger and financier, and lender OTP Bank Romania acting as financier for the working capital and acquisitions of farms and farmland.

Law firm Filip & Company assisted Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) in the sale of its minority stake in E-Distributie Muntenia SA, Enel Energie Muntenia S.A., E-Distributie Dobrogea S.A., E-Distributie Banat S.A., and Enel Energie S.A.