MJH Moskwa, Jarmul, Haladyj has advised a consortium of investors including Smyk Management Board President Michal Grom, Maciej Zuzalek, and an Accession Capital Partners-managed private equity fund on the management buyout of Smyk from the Bridgepoint private equity fund.

Wolf Theiss, working with Ropes & Gray, has advised IT services company Virtusa on its acquisition of Bulgarian digital innovation, automation, and seamless integration specialist Bright Consulting.

Schoenherr has advised Polish renewable energy solution provider Sunex on the accelerated bookbuilding process and sale of 2 million shares – 9.86% of the company's share capital – by its shareholder.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised mBank on providing a multi-product working capital financing to an Apple Premium Reseller in Poland.

Allen & Overy has advised BNP Paribas Bank Polska and mBank on their provision of an acquisition loan facility to Bielenda Kosmetyki Naturalne for its acquisition of the Torf Corporation. Greenberg Traurig reportedly advised Bielenda.

TGS Baltic and Juzala Salwa have advised CVI on its full acquisition of APF Holdings' EUR 7 million private bond placement.

Noerr has advised the StoneX Group on the lease of 3,700 square meters of office space in Krakow's Mogilska 35 Office building owned by Warimpex.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised Kruk on its PLN 70 million issuance of series AO7 bonds.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Bank Polska Kasa Opieki on the financing for the construction of 28 photovoltaic farms located in Poland provided to subsidiaries of Projekt Solartechnik. Clifford Chance advised Project Solartechnik.

SSK&W has advised Atmos Ventures and Inventures on their investment in Edrone. Lawsome reportedly advised Inventures as well.

The Polish Data Protection Authority (PUODO) has recently published its new sectoral inspection plan for 2024. Every year, the authority indicates which business sectors or specific processing operations will be subject to increased regulatory scrutiny and potential enforcement for failure to comply. This year, the plan includes three points, one of which relates to public authorities processing personal data in the Schengen Information System (SIS) and Visa Information System (VIS). However, the other two points of the plan are relevant to businesses across all sectors in the private sector.

SSK&W has advised Tangent Line Ventures and Peleton on their investment into MIM Fertility. Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka advised MIM Fertility.

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) entered into force on 11 January 2024, and it will become applicable in September 2025. Entrepreneurs therefore still have 19 months to prepare for the changes. What changes does the new EU regulation provide for?

On February 21, 2024, Sobczynscy i Partnerzy announced that Chefs Culinar's acquisition of a majority stake in Ladros (reported by CEE Legal Matters on May 23, 2023) had been finalized the previous day.

CMS has advised a SINO-CEEF group company on the acquisition of 25 operational photovoltaic power plants in Poland from the Alternus Energy Group. Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak reportedly advised the seller.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised the shareholders of CloudFerro on the sale of a minority stake in the company to Innova Capital. Allen & Overy advised Innova Capital.

SSK&W has advised Open Innovation by YouNick Mint and its co-investors on their investment in nCage Therapeutics. Krzysztof Rozko i Wspolnicy reportedly advised nCage Therapeutics.

LSW Bienkowski Laskowski Lesnodorski Melzacki, working with Simmons & Simmons, has advised Infranity on its investment into Vantage EMEA.