Deutsche Bahn invests in regional bus transportation
03.12.2016
Wardyński & Partners assisted Deutsche Bahn on its acquisition of CEE operations from Veolia Transdev.
Wardyński & Partners advised DB Arriva (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn) on the Polish law aspects of the transaction concerning acquisition of the central eastern European business of Veolia Transdev Central Europe.
Veolia Transdev Central Europe operates regional bus transportation in six central eastern European countries (Croatia, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic).
DB Arriva, the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary responsible for regional transport outside of Germany which is to assume responsibility within the DB Group for the operations acquired from Veolia Transport Central Europe, operates bus and rail transportation in twelve European countries. They include the central eastern European markets in Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
Completion of the transaction was announced on 16 May 2013.
The key legal advisor to the purchaser on this transaction was Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt office), while the Polish team of lawyers was conducted by Izabela Zielińska-Barłożek and Anna Dąbrowska, partners with Wardyński & Partners.