WARSAW – Dec. 2, 2016 – Greenberg Traurig advised a consortium of banks – Pekao Investment Banking S.A., UniCredit Bank AG, London Branch, IPOPEMA Securities S.A. and mBank S.A. – in a sale, through an accelerated bookbuilding process, of Wirtualna Polska Holding S.A. shares. The sold shares represent 27.18% of the share capital and 19.51% of total votes in the company.
The shares were sold by European Media Holding S.à r.l. (an entity controlled by Innova Capital, a private equity fund) and Jarosław Mikos (chairman of the supervisory board of the company).
The value of the transaction amounted to PLN 390 million.
The Greenberg Traurig Warsaw team consisted of Partner Federico Salinas and Local Partner Paweł Piotrowski.
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