Dentons has ranked #1 for M&A by deal count for the Eastern Europe region for Q1 2020, according to Bloomberg League Tables. Dentons advised on 18 announced deals.

In addition, Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, ranked the Firm the top legal advisor in M&A by deal count in the CEE region, having advised on 7 announced deals in Q1 2020. 

Some of the major deals that our CEE M&A team has been involved in Q1 included advising:

• GeoPost / DPDgroup on the acquisition of Czech and Slovak parcel delivery operations of the German logistics group Geis

• GetSwift, a leading provider of SaaS logistics technology, on its acquisition of a majority stake in major European Information and Communications technology firm Logo d.o.o

• GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on the acquisition of the Maximus logistics real estate portfolio from Apollo Global Management, a US-based private equity firm. The 1 million sq.m. pan-European portfolio includes 28 assets in core logistics hubs across Europe, including Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Netherlands, Belgium and Austria.