2011 - Buy - Side Advisor to Delhaize Group
Raiffeisen Investment advised together with its cooperation partner Lazard Delhaize Group, a Belgian international food retailer, on the acquisition of Delta Maxi, which is the leading retail group in Serbia. With a purchase price of EUR 932.5 million, it is the largest transaction in Serbia to date – making Delhaize Group one of the biggest retail chains in South-Eastern Europe. The transaction was closed on July 27, 2011
2011 - Sell - Side Advisor to Digitel Komunikacije
Raiffeisen Investment advised Digitel Komunikacije on the sale of City Ex, Croatia’s leading and fast growing postal and courier services company to Bancroft Private Equity LLP. The transaction was closed on May 19, 2011.
2011 - Sell - Side Advisor to Dr. Oetker Group
Raiffeisen Investment advised Dr. Oetker, one of the largest European food manufacturers, in the disposal of 100% of its share capital in its Russian subsidiary OOO Onken.
2010 - Financial Advisor to Danone
Raiffeisen Investment advised on the merger of Danone's Fresh Dairy Product businesses in Russia and other CIS member countries with those of Unimilk, Russia’s second-largest producer of dairy products. The transaction was closed on the 30th of November, 2010
2010 Sell-side Advisor to Global Finance PE
In 2010 Global Finance PE sold its investment in the Bulgarian coffee shop chain Onda to Lavazza Group. Raiffeisen Investment acted as financial advisor to the seller.
2010 Sell-side Advisor to Lekkerland
In 2010 Lekkerland Europe sold a 100 % stake in its Hungarian operation to Verba, a Hungarian consortium of investors. Raiffeisen Investment acted as financial advisor to the seller.
2009 - Sell-side Advisor to Pharma Investment
In 2009 Pharma Investment B.V. sold a 49 % stake in the Croatian pharmacy chain Livia d.o.o. to Atlantic Gruppa d.d. Raiffeisen Investment acted as financial advisor to the seller.
2009 - Sell-side Advisor to Stiefelkönig
In 2009 Stiefelkönig Schuhhandels Gmbh sold outlets of its distribution line Turboschuh. Raiffeisen investment acted as sole financial advisor to the vendor.
2008 - Buy-side Advisor to Heineken
In 2008 Raiffeisen Investment advised Heineken CEE, with its headquarters in Austria, on the acquisition of the majority of the share capital of Belarus based brewing company Rechitsapivo.
2008 - Buy-side Advisor to SSL International
In 2008, Raiffeisen Investment jointly with Lazard advised SSL International Plc on the acquisition of a 15.5% stake in Beleggingsmaatschappij Lemore BV(BLBV), distributor of medical disposables in Eastern Europe and CIS. SSL has been granted call options to acquire the remainder of BLBV, exercisable over the next two years at 9x EBITDA. SSL International exercised the first call option in March 2009 with the remaining options to be exercised by 31 May 2010.
2008 - Financial Advisor to Mosmart
In 2008 Raiffeisen Investment provided financial advisory to the Russian multi-format retail chain Mosmart with respect to the indicative value of 100% share capital of Mosmart and strategic options.
2007 - Buy-side Advisor to Heineken
Raiffeisen Investment advised Heineken CEE, with its headquarters in Austria, on the acquisition of 96% of the Belarusian brewery Syabar Brewing Company.
2007 – Buy-side Advisor to Karlovarske Mineralni Vody
In 2007, Raiffeisen Investment advised the Czech mineral water producer Karlovarske Mineralni Vody A.S. in the acquisition of a strategic stake in Waldquelle Kobersdorf GmbH, the Nr. 2 player in the Austrian mineral water market.
2006 – Buy-side Advisor to Delta M.
In 2007, the leading Serbian retail group Delta M acquired 100% of the Bulgarian food retailing group Piccadilly EOD located in Varna. Raiffeisen Investment acted as buy side advisor for the acquiring entity.
2006 – Sell-side Advisor to K&K Electronics
In 2006, Raiffeisen Investment acted as sell-side and restructing advisor to the owners of K&K Electronics, the market leader in electronics retailing in Romania. Equest Balkan Properties acquired 75% of the operating entity and 40% of the newly founded property entity.
2006 – Advisor to Leipnik-Lundenburger InvestCapital
In 2006, Raiffeisen Investment provided a strategy paper and market evaluation for their future expansion strategy in Eastern Europe of Leipnik-Lundenburger Invest-Beteiligungs AG.
2004 – Buy-side Advisor to Bridgepoint Capital
In 2004 Raiffeisen Investment advised Bridgepoint Capital, a Bridgepoint-funded consortium, to guide it through its acquisition of 100% of shares of Forstinger Handel und Service GmbH.
2004 – Capital Raising
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provided EUR 60m in debt and equity to the Croatian Dairy company Lura. Raiffeisen Investment acted as the sole financial advisor to Lura.
2004 – Advisor to RWA
In 2004, Raiffeisen Investment provided a strategy paper and market evaluation for their future expansion strategy in Eastern Europe of Raiffeisen Ware Austria.
2004 –Buy-side Advisor to Soufflet Group
On the 28 September 2004 in Paris BBH (Baltic Beverages Holding AB) and the Soufflet Group signed the share transfer documentation for the acquisition of the 90,94 % shares in the OJSC "Slavutsky Solodovnyj Zavod" ( Slavuta Malt House) the Ukraine's largest malt house to complete the transaction. The transaction included investment commitments to modernize production and expand the plant's capacity from 70,000 to 150,000 tonnes of malt per year. Raiffeisen Investment acted as the financial adviser and local broker to the Soufflet Group.
2004 – Sell-side Advisor to Soufflet Group
In October 2004 EBRD acquired from Soufflet Group a 24 % stake in Ukraine's largest malt house, OJSC Slavutskiy Solodoviy Zavod, and extended a loan to finance a near doubling of the plant's capacity to 150,000 tones of malt per year. The combined financing is worth $11.8 million. Raiffeisen Investment Ukraine acted as the financial adviser and local broker to the Soufflet Group in this transaction.