Dechert Advises Mid Europa Partners on its Acquisition of Mlinar d.d.
April 11, 2019
Dechert LLP advised Mid Europa Partners in its agreement to acquire a majority stake in Mlinar d.d. from its founder, Mato Škojo, who will retain a stake in the business. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019.
Mid Europa Partners is the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe with over €5.2 billion of funds raised and managed since its inception in 1999. Mlinar is the leading bakery retail and wholesale business in Croatia and operates the largest bakery retail network in Southeast Europe, serving food and beverage to more than 36 million customers per year through approximately 220 directly-owned stores in Croatia and Slovenia, and franchise stores across 10 countries.
The Dechert team advising Mid Europa Partners included M&A partner Christopher Field and associates Ivo Čavrak and Anthony Frost; finance partner John Markland; tax partner Daniel Hawthorne; national partner Carina Klaes-Staudt; and antitrust partner Clemens York and associate Dr. Laura Stammwitz.
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