Kochanski & Partners has advised Mitmar on obtaining patent protection for its food processing technology.

The latest DLA Piper GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey provides a comprehensive overview of data protection enforcement trends across Europe, including the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. CEE countries are in the mid-range in terms of total GDPR fines imposed since the regulation became applicable in 2018 and for last year, but enforcement activity is steadily increasing. Here are the latest trends and legal developments in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

Gessel has advised Creotech Instruments on the public offering of its newly issued shares.

Greenberg Traurig has advised CCC on an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Modivo. Krassowski advised Modivo's minority shareholder Orion 47 Damian Zaplata on the sale.

Former Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners Foreign Partner Soo Youn Kim has joined DZP as its new Co-Head of the Korean Desk.

JDP has advised Lewandpol on the sale of a 270-megawatt solar and wind power plant to Energa Wytwarzanie (Grupa Orlen). Taylor Wessing advised a FIZAN fund managed by Polski Fundusz Rozwoju as the lender for the transaction. Crido reportedly also advised Lewandpol. Bird & Bird reportedly advised the buyers. Norton Rose Fulbright reportedly advised three additional lending banks.

MFW Fialek has advised Solidstudio and its shareholders on the sale of a portion of its shares to the bValue Fund, along with an equity investment through a share capital increase as part of a multi-stage process. Kondracki Celej advised bValue Fund.

White & Case has advised the State Treasury of the Republic of Poland on the issuance of a USD 5.5 billion dual-tranche of SEC-registered bonds. Rymarz Zdort Maruta, working with Latham & Watkins, advised the banks involved.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Volta Polska on a project involving three photovoltaic installations in Poland with a combined capacity of approximately 17 megawatts, including the financing and the securing of a long-term power purchase agreement.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Blackstone on the sale of the Piastow Office Center in Szczecin to a joint venture formed by BUD Holdings and Investika Real Estate Fund. LegalKraft advised the buyers.

Dentons, working with Kirkland & Ellis, Grette, and Akund Forbes, has advised Helmerich & Payne on the USD 1.97 billion acquisition of UK-headquartered KCA Deutag International Limited. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling reportedly advised KCA Deutag International Limited.

The development of the defense industry is an urgent priority for the Polish government. Undoubtedly, it is in Poland’s interest to have a solid industrial base for the defense sector, not only to enhance national security but also as a lever for the further transformation of the entire economy.

On February 18, 2025, Taylor Wessing announced that Sennder's acquisition of C.H. Robinson's European surface transportation operations (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on August 5, 2024) is now closed.

Klaudia Krolak and Konrad Kosicki have become Shareholders at Greenberg Traurig's Warsaw office.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Qualitas Energy on financing the construction of a 28-megawatt-peak photovoltaic project in Poland, granted to a company from the Suncatcher group.

Schoenherr, working with Ashurst, has advised Aviva Investors on the acquisition of a 51% majority shareholding in Connected Infrastructure Capital.

Addleshaw Goddard has entered the Polish market via an agreement with Linklaters to transfer the former's Warsaw office.

DLA Piper has advised the H&M Group on a long-term corporate power purchase agreement with R.Power to supply 50 gigawatt-hours of solar-generated electricity annually for H&M’s operations in Poland.