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Wolf Theiss acts for international venture capital and private equity investors in transactional work that ranges from small minority share acquisitions up to large cross-border equity and commercial transactions. The firm represents Acrisure in an ongoing insurance-broker acquisition of the Unilink Group across 6 jurisdictions. Richard Clegg leads the practice and is especially versed in transactions and corporate matters in the regulated industries. Anna Rizova advises global corporates on their entry into the Bulgarian market and in M&A transactions, Katerina Kraeva and Jasmina Uzova are also noted for their contributions on M&A transactions.

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  • ‘The service that we and our clients receive from Wolf Theiss is always of the highest quality.'

  • ‘We work exclusively through Richard Clegg and Kristian Yabalkarov (Associate). They are skilled, experienced and engaging; and effortlessly create the correct team from across Wolf Theiss for each individual request.’

  • ‘Excellent team with diverse background and lots of experience.’

  • ‘Top professionals and dealmakers’

Key clients

  • Acrisure
  • Apollo Global Management
  • BNP Paribas
  • Intuitive Surgical Operations
  • Edgecap Partners
  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • Pet Network International
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Overgas
  • EU Shipments
  • Eleven
  • Renalfa
  • 3S Investment
  • Emil Frey
  • Astorg
  • 4iG
  • Unipos
  • Jagex
  • POP Global Holdings
  • Zantingh Energy Services (ZES)

Work highlights

  • Advised Acrisure on the acquisition of Unilink's business. This covers 5 jurisdictions, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia.
  • Advised Apollo Global Management on the full acquisition of the UK company PHOS.
  • Advising the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the acquisition of a minority stake in Doverie.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Richard Clegg
Partner, working throughout Central & Eastern Europe and South Eastern Europe. Richard has particular specialization and expertise across the regulated sectors, advising companies at board level on corporate and compliance matters, often in sensitive & strategic circumstances. His career experience includes advising on transaction, regulatory and compliance aspects of internationally significant infrastructure, telecom and energy matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Clegg

Other key lawyers

Anna Rizova, Katerina Kraeva, Jasmina Uzova, Kristian Yabalkarov