23 November 2009
On November 23rd, RIAG’ Financial Sponsors team organised a half-day Private Equity event focused on Central Europe in Vienna. The event was targeted at leading European and regional Private Equity Funds as well as corporations active in the region of Central Europe. From the Raiffeisen Group, senior bankers from RZB, RCB and Raiffeisen Investment attended the event.
1 September 2009
Investment funds advised by BC Partners ("BC Partners") have entered into a shareholders' agreement to acquire a 40 percent stake in Synlab, a medical laboratory company based in Augsburg, Germany, and to take over FutureLAB which is based in Vienna, Austria. Both companies offer analysis, consulting and other services for human and veterinary medicine as well as for environmental applications in a large number of countries. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
The transaction was closed in December, 2009.
3 July 2009
Raiffeisen Investment confirms its position as leading advisory house in the Emerging Europe Energy market as well as in the Turkish M&A environment. Statkraft A.S., the largest Norwegian power company, 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 633 MW, to Statkraft.
11 February 2009
EMEA Finance awards Raiffeisen Investment AG "Best M&A House in CEE 2008" and "Best M&A Deal in CEE 2008" for the transaction Groupama - Asiban.
