1 February 2011, Kyiv: Salans assists US giant CHS Inc. (Nasdaq: CHSCP) in acquiring the majority stake in Agri Point Limited, a company that operates the Silotrans grain storage business at the Port of Constanta in Romania.

Salans' offices in Bucharest, Budapest and New York all supported CHS in this transaction. Partner Markian Silecky of Salans’ New York and Kyiv offices supervised Salans’ work on the deal.

Salans (www.salans.com) is a full service leading international law firm with 22 offices worldwide. Salans LLP has offices, or is associated with Salans offices in: Almaty, Baku, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kyiv, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Warsaw.

CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a diversified energy, grains and foods company owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives, along with thousands of preferred stockholders, with fiscal year 2010 earnings of $502.2 million on revenues of $25.3 billion.