Clifford Chance has advised on the sale of Punkta Group's retail business to CUK Ubezpieczenia. SSW Pragmatic Solutions reportedly advised CUK Ubezpieczenia.

Boyanov & Co has advised NewMed Energy Balkan on the acquisition of a 50% interest in the oil and gas exploration permit for the 1-21 Khan Asparuh Block from OMV Offshore Bulgaria.

Wolf Theiss, working with Kirkland & Ellis, has advised Thoma Bravo on its acquisition of PCMI. Goodwin Procter reportedly advised PCMI.

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co has promoted Radina Tomanova and Yana Georgieva to Partner.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. With 2024 behind us, we asked: Looking at transactional volumes for this year, would you say that 2024 was better or worse than what you originally expected it to be, and why?

Ellex has advised Estonian-based Blackwall on its EUR 45 million series B funding round led by Dawn Capital with participation from existing investors.