Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised IAM Petcare Growth Fund on its investment in LuxVet 24. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised LuxVet 24.

DWF Poland has advised Enter Air on its acquisition of all shares in the Warsaw-based pilot training center it originally launched in partnership with US-based AFG in 2020, along with the refinancing of a Boeing 737 simulator. Crido reportedly advised AFG.

Fieldfisher Poland has advised Wedbush Financial Services on its partnership and minority investment in Trigon. KMD Legal reportedly advised Trigon.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on a PLN 10.8 billion loan agreement with Polskie Sieci Energetyczne, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Deloitte Legal reportedly advised PSE.

Dentons has advised Develia on the final stage of the EUR 42.967 million (approximately PLN 182 million) sale of the Arkady Wroclawskie mixed-use complex in Wroclaw to Vastint Poland, a subsidiary of the international Vastint Group. Legal Kraft reportedly advised Vastint.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium of financial institutions on the PLN 3.7 billion (approximately EUR 880 million) refinancing of Swiatlowod Inwestycje. Clifford Chance advised Swiatlowod Inwestycje.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska, working with NOMA Law, has advised Summa Linguae Technologies on its merger with Belgian subsidiary Datamundi. 

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on its investment as a limited partner in the Eiffel Group. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling reportedly advised the Eiffel Group.

SRC has advised MLP Group on the lease of 24,000 square meters of warehouse space to Sarantis Poland within the MLP Pruszkow II logistics park near Warsaw.

Wolf Theiss has advised Aurelius on its acquisition of Winkelmann Automotive Poland.

DLA Piper has advised The Vita Group on the launch of a three-year, EUR 81.5 million trade receivables securitization program. External funding was provided by Santander Corporate and Investment Banking and Finacity Corporation, with retained funding from Vita entities.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Panattoni on a long-term lease agreement with Intermarche for a new distribution center located in Panattoni Park Sosnowiec IV, in the Silesia region of Poland.

DZP has advised Arlen and its majority shareholder A.T. Fundacja Rodzinna on the company’s initial public offering and admission to trading on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

CMS, working with BakerHostetler, has advised the Alpla Group on its acquisition of KM Packaging.

Wardynski & Partners has advised a syndicate of financial institutions including BNP Paribas Faktoring, Credit Agricole Bank Polska, ING Bank Slaski, mBank, Bank Millennium, Pekao Faktoring, PKO Bank Polski, and Santander Bank Polska on the successful restructuring of Neonet. Zimmerman Sierakowski Frosztega and Dentons advised Neonet.

KWKR Law Firm has announced the implementation of a "comprehensive rebranding strategy, which includes a new visual identity, refreshed market positioning, and a modern approach to communication with business clients."

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The Polish Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Policy has prepared an amendment to the Labor Code, which in particular amends the existing provisions on mobbing. The new provisions are expected to enter into force in 2025. The aim of the amendment is to remove ambiguities in the current provisions, simplify procedures for pursuing claims, and increase the responsibility of employers for negative phenomena in the work environment, including mobbing.