2009 - Buy-side Advisor to BC Partners
In 2009 Raiffeisen Investment advised BC Partners on the acquisition of the Central European medical laboratory group FutureLab.
2009 - Buy-side Advisor to Statkraft AS.
In 2009 Raiffeisen Investment successfully advised Statkraft, the largest Norwegian power company, against several other bidders on entering the Turkish hydro power market. Statkraft and Global Yatirim Holding, a publicly quoted Turkish holding company, have closed a transaction pursuant to which Global sells 95% of its shares in its wholly owned subsidiary Yesil Enerji A.S., which holds controlling interests in seven hydroelectric plants throughout Turkey with a combined generation capacity of ca. 547 MW, to Statkraft.
2008 - Financial Advisor to the Government of Turkey
In 2008, Raiffeisen Investment was part of an advisory consortium to the Government of Turkey on the privatisation of the electricity distribution companies Baskent Elektrik Dagıtım (BEDAŞ) and Sakarya Elektrik Dagıtım AS (SEDAŞ) by means of share sale. BEDAŞ was sold for EUR 776m to Enerjisa, a consortium formed by Verbund and Sabancı while SEDAŞ was sold for EUR 380m to Akcez, a consortium between CEZ and Akenerji. Both deals were closed in September 2008.
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 Vienna Stock Exchange
In 2008 Raiffeisen Investment advised Vienna Stock Exchange on the acquisition of 81% of the shares in the Ljubljana Stock Exchange. This transaction could mark the starting point for a consolidation of the South-eastern-European stock exchange landscape.