Eversheds Sutherland has advised the Foreign Expansion Fund 2 FIZAN of Polski Fundusz Rozwoju on debt financing to Euvic for the acquisition of stakes in five companies operating in the IT sector in Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Manova Partners on the negotiation of six lease agreements for the Cedet building with companies of the Polski Fundusz Rozwoju group. SKJB Szybkowski Kuzma Jelen Brzoza-Ostrowska advised Polski Fundusz Rozwoju.

Schoenherr has advised Connectis on the acquisition of SpeedApp. Crido reportedly advised the sellers.

Gessel has advised Maabarot Products on the sale of Laboratoria Natury to Farmaceutici Procemsa. Gide Loyrette Nouel advised Farmaceutici Procemsa.

White & Case has advised joint bookrunners Citigroup Global Markets Europe, Danske Bank, PKO Bank Polski, Societe Generale, UBS Europe, and UniCredit Bank on PKO Bank Polski’s EUR 750 million 3.375% senior preferred notes issuance due 2028. Allen & Overy Shearman Sterling reportedly advised PKO Bank Polski on the issuance.

KWKR and Cobalt have advised Luxembourg-based investment fund Radix Ventures on its investment in Naco Technologies.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised Untitled Kingdom on the sale of its assets to Monterail. Lesniewski, Borkiewicz, Kostka & Partners advised Monterail.

Wolf Theiss, working with Arqis, has advised Constellation Capital on its acquisition of Exportverpackung Sehnde Group, including the Polish entity Export Pack Polska.

TGS Baltic has advised Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings on the sale of its Europe-North out-of-home advertising segment to Bauer Radio Limited. Squire Patton Boggs, AG Law Limited, Cirio Law Firm, Kromann Reumert, Wikborg Rein, Castren & Snellman, Perez-Llorca, Reichlin Hess, Reed Smith, Deloitte and Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS, Norton Rose Fulbright, and Paczewski Tropaczynski reportedly advised the sellers as well.

Kondracki Celej, working with Sparring, has advised bValue Fund on a USD 10 million investment in Fudo Security. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman reportedly advised Fudo Security.

SSK&W has advised Xplorer Fund on its exit from Photon Entertainment to Fidiasz ASI.

Linklaters has advised Qualitas Energy on its acquisition of a 117-megawatt-peak solar farm portfolio from Ib Vogt in Poland. DLA Piper advised Ib Vogt.

Kondracki Celej, working with SZA Schilling, Zutt, Anschutz, Ingen-Housz, and Sparring Legal, has advised Impact Ventures and Verge HealthTech Fund on participating in the EUR 4.4 million pre-series A round for Prosoma. JSP Skrzypek and Partners, and reportedly Van Campen Liem, advised Prosoma.

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The Polish competition authority – Urzad Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentow (UOKiK) – is actively investigating potential collusion in the labor market.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Cornerstone Investment Management on the redevelopment of the V-Tower in Warsaw, with Atlas Ward as the contractor.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium of Polish banks including BNP Paribas Bank Polska and mBank on a PLN 321 million (approximately EUR 69 million) financing facility provided to R.Power. Baker McKenzie reportedly advised R.Power.