A handful of investors in Slovenian food supplier, Mercator, are looking to sell their shares in the company to Mid Europa Partners. Slovenian bank, Nova Ljubljanska Banka, is reportedly talking with Mid Europa about a deal to sell their 10.75% stake. Arkas, the Ljubljana-based financial adviser managing the sale, has indicated that four other banks [...]

Siveco Romania, the IT software developer currently majority-owned by Siveco Netherlanden BV (42.2%), may be in sale talks with Hungarian telecom company Magyar Telekom. Romania is one of the more desirable CEE markets for IT outsourcing due to its low cost and highly skilled workforce. A company like Siveco would enable Magyar Telekom to expand [...]

U.K based Future Capital Partners recently announced it has secured £40 million in funds to be dedicated to a luxury real estate development project in Montenegro. The £150 million project on the bay of Buvda will include luxury apartments, a five-star hotel, an exhibition center, and other development of 100 meters of beach-front property. Among [...]

Danone, the French food products company known worldwide for its Danone Yogurt and Evian bottled water, is apparently interested in the Serbian dairy industry. Danone is currently talking with Salford Capital Partners, owners of Danube Foods Group, about acquiring two of its dairy companies in Serbia. Salford officials confirm the talks with Danone but say [...]

The potential sale of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Central and Eastern European brewing assets is heating up after five private equity firms expressed interest in looking at a possible deal. Although none of the private equity firms has made comments publicly, the group of five includes Cinven, CVC Capital Partners, KKR Private Equity, TPG Capital, and Warburg [...]