On April 5, 2024, Wardynski & Partners announced that the Canpack Group's CP Glass's sale of its glass production business in Orzesze, Poland, to BA Glass (reported by CEE Legal Matters on December 12, 2023) had closed after having received merger control approval from the Polish competition authority.

On April 4, 2024, Clifford Chance announced that the formation of Arcelik's new standalone home appliance business JV with Whirlpool (reported by CEE Legal Matters on January 24, 2023) had been completed, resulting in the formation of Beko Europe.

Gessel has advised Kredyt Inkaso on its public placement of S1 series bonds with an aggregate value approaching EUR 5 million with issue agent Michael/Strom Dom Maklerski.

Gessel has advised Cavatina Holding on its prospectus-free bond issuance program with a maximum value of PLN 50 million and related public issuance of M2024A series bonds with an aggregate value over PLN 21.5 million.

White & Case has advised PKO Bank Hipoteczny on its PLN 1 billion issuance of mortgage-covered bonds – due March 22, 2028, with a WIBOR three-month+0.55% floating coupon – with joint bookrunners Erste Group and PKO Bank Polski.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised the Bank Guarantee Fund on the sale of VeloBank to US fund Cerberus Capital Management for an investment amount of more than PLN 1 billion. Linklaters advised Cerberus.

Poland's property market is experiencing both pressing challenges and emerging opportunities, according to Solivan Partner Bartosz Miszkurka, from the refinancing woes of established projects to the burgeoning demand for residential and student housing and the impacts of legislative reforms.

WKB Lawyers has advised Selvita on its acquisition of PozLab. DSK Kancelaria reportedly advised the sellers.

Dentons has advised Ignitis Renewables subsidiary Pomerania Wind Farm on EUR 82 million in refinancing facilities from the EIB and the Nordic Investment Bank, with Skandinavska Enskilda Banken serving as the agent, security agent, and account bank. TGS Baltic reportedly advised the borrower as well.

SKJB Szybkowski Kuzma Jelen Brzoza-Ostrowska has advised the seller on the sale of two logistics parks with a gross leasable area of over 82,000 square meters located in Pruszkow and Ozarow Mazowiecki.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised PragmaGo on its PLN 25 million issuance of series C3 bonds.

DWF has advised German energy company SachsenEnergie on the acquisition of three photovoltaic farms with a total installed capacity of 23.1 megawatts from Onde. DLA Piper advised Onde.

Wardynski & Partners has represented the Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative on a pro bono basis in a dispute with Meta.

White & Case has advised the State Treasury of the Republic of Poland – represented by its Minister of Finance – on an USD 8 billion issuance of notes registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under its shelf registration statement. Rymarz Zdort Maruta and Latham & Watkins advised the underwriters.

KWKR, working with Lippes Mathias, has advised Software Mind on obtaining a PLN 150 million financing from BNP Paribas Bank Polska and the subsequent acquisition of US-based company Prosoft in a transaction valued at almost USD 50 million. Dentons advised the lender. Schoenherr, working with Roetzel & Andress, reportedly advised on the loan agreement as well.

Sobczynscy i Partnerzy FSG Prawo has advisd Minde on the development of the SEA Resort project in Miedzyzdroje, with Szczecin-based Assethome to commercialize the investment, WPIP Construction as the general contractor, and Europlan Artur Koziei to operate the facility.

The adoption of the Artificial Intelligence Act means a wide range of responsibilities for tech businesses in the European Union. This article guides through the new regulatory framework and its practical implications.

BSJP BNT has advised the Eurowag Group on extending its liquid fuel trading license to cover a new gas station it was aiming to inaugurate in Lower Silesia, as well as on the related lease agreement.