In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. This time around, we asked: For 2025, what is the one sector or industry in the country that shows the most promise for growth, and why?

Schoenherr has advised the shareholder of MyBestPharm on the sale to Laboratoires Urgo Healthcare. DLA Piper reportedly advised the buyers.

Czabaaski & Galuszynski has advised Focus Estate Fund on the acquisition of three shopping centers in Poland’s Silesia region, including Sosnowiec Plaza, Ruda Slaska Plaza, and Rybnik Plaza, as well as on financing from BNP Paribas.

Gessel has advised DataWalk on the issuance of 750,000 series S ordinary bearer shares, raising a total of PLN 58.3 million.

Wolf Theiss, working with Gorrissen Federspiel, has advised Vestas on its acquisition of LM Wind Power Blades. DLA Piper and Plesner reportedly advised LM Wind Power.

Former DNB Bank Polska Head of Legal and Corporate Relations Adam Grzeskiewicz has joined PKO Bank Polski as its new Head of Legal Services for Litigation and Proceedings.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Symfonia on its acquisition of InEwi.

KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki i Partnerzy, working with Lippes Mathias, has advised Software Mind on the acquisition of the remaining 30% of shares in Delaware-based Virtual M Inc. and The Big Three 912 Inc.

Przemyslaw Furmaga has joined Greenberg Traurig as a Local Partner, along with his team.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Panattoni on the development of a major BTO distribution center for Media Expert in Lodz, Poland. Causa Finita Szczepanek i Wspolnicy reportedly advised Media Expert.

In December 2024, Poland adopted new regulations on civil protection and civil defence. It is important to note that these regulations continue the European-wide trend of reviewing national security situations and preparing for defence (the regulation entered into force on 1 January 2025).

Dentons has advised Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen and PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank on the five-year extension of a EUR 100 million financing facility originally granted in 2018 to Globalworth. Greenberg Traurig advised Globalworth.

Kinstellar has advised Polon-Alfa on its recent financing from P Capital Partners. Clifford Chance advised P Capital Partners. Baker McKenzie reportedly advised Polon-Alfa as well.

Norton Rose Fulbright, its Turkish affiliate law firm Pekin Bayar Mizrahi, Kinstellar, and Havel & Partners have advised Benefit Systems on a PLN 1.775 billion (approximately EUR 414 million) financing package extended by Santander Bank Polska and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego to support the full acquisition of Mars Spor Kulubu ve Tesisleri Isletmeciligi. A&O Sherman reportedly advised the lenders.

SRC Law Firm has advised Stoneweg on finalizing a lease extension with Motorola Solutions Systems, covering over 17,000 square meters across three buildings within the Green Office complex in Krakow. 

Gide and Dabrowski & Partners have advised Redkom Development on a forward funding transaction with Newgate Investment concerning the development of a retail park in Bydgoszcz, Poland. KNP reportedly advised Newgate Investment.

For years, the European Union has been taking measures related to the decarbonization of industry, i.e. the reduction and, in the long term, elimination of CO2 emissions. Examples include the EU Emissions Trading System, which has been in place since 2005, or the regulations on industrial emissions of 2010.