ODI Law Firm

The firm: ODI is one of the leading independent business law firms in the CEE/SEE region,  experienced in the largest and most complex transactions in the area. Due to its presence in the Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian markets, the firm can ensure the best legal service in the region for all cross-border projects.

M&A:

• advised Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) on its acquisition of Perutnina Ptuj;
• advised Tokić on its acquisition of Bartog;
• advised nChain on its acquisition of Crea;
• advised NLB Vita in Sava Re’s acquisition of NLB Vita;
• advised Agromarket on its acquisition of Semenarna;
• advised Knapp on its acquisition of Epilog;
• advised MSIN Group on its acquisition of Neograf;
• advised MSIN Group on its sale of Keko Varicon;
• advised Czech Ministry of Finance, IMOB and PRISKO on their sale of Vipap Videm Krško.

Banking and finance:

• acted for EBRD and four other members of a consortium of banks on a cross-border syndicated financing of group DON DON to the sum of €52m, which, among others, provided funds for the acquisition of bakery business unit Pekarna Grosuplje;
• advised B2 Kapital as a potential investor in the process of NPL corporate portfolio disposal of NLB in Slovenia and Croatia and of NPL corporate portfolio disposal of UNICREDIT BANKA SLOVENIJA;
• advised Innova Capital in collaboration with Dentons on €27m financing of Slovenia’s Trimo Group provided by NLB;
• advised seven syndicated banks in the process of refinancing of Unior.

Dispute resolution:

• acted for Slovenian national airline company Adria Airways in aviation airplane crash accident dispute in Serbia and in a €8.7m dispute over the capital increase value (in kind contributions) in subsidiary company;
• acted for Telekom Slovenije in a €54m dispute against former management board for the breach of duty of care; acting for Petrol in a €2.5m dispute against insolvent construction company over the effects of the insolvency procedure on its collateral and in a €1.4m dispute against Slovenian bank over the payment on the basis of documented letter of credit;
• acted for Engrotuš in a €6.7m dispute over the real estate purchase deal;
• representing Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Imola in front of the Slovenian Constitutional court and CJEU in a €8.5m dispute against the Slovenian Central Bank regarding the write-off of shares and subordinated debt as a financial restructuring measure in favour of a major Slovenian bank NLB;
• representing a minority shareholder in a dispute regarding assembly resolution of a €1.1M distribution of profit.

Real estate:

• acted for Slovenian travel company Collegium Mondial Travel on the €50m transfer of ownership of a Croatian island Obonjan within a joint venture;
• continuously representing SKB Bank (OTP Group) in various real estate transactions in Slovenia with the aggregate yearly value of €40m;
• acting for Sberbank in various real estate transactions in Slovenia with the aggregate yearly value of €20m;
• advised Triglav Upravljanje Nepremicnin d.d., a Slovenian real estate management company, in the process of negotiation and agreeing on a long term lease contract with the European Union, represented by the European Parliament.

Restructuring and insolvency:

• advised Tušmobil on its €450m out-of-court financial restructuring;
• acted for six banks and Slovenian bad bank (BAMC) in the out-of-court financial restructuring of CIMOS’ €450m overall debt and in the compulsory settlement proceedings;
• acted for domestic and foreign financial creditors in out-of-court financial restructuring of the €35m debt of VIVAP Videm