Former CMS Counsel Monika Szczotkowska has joined SSW Pragmatic Solutions as Partner alongside team members Associates Damian Gierasimczuk, Maksymilian Smyklinski, and Aleksandra Krol, Paralegal Milosz Zolich, and Legal Assistant Weronika Noweta.

SRC has advised Golden Star Estate, as the landlord, on several leases, covering over 1,600 square meters in the DOT Park complex in Krakow and almost 1,100 square meters in the Oxygen Park complex in Warsaw, to entities including Webcon, Toshiba, and LSI Software.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta, working with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has advised Arabelle Solutions on its acquisition of Power Solutions Poland from GE Power.

Former PayU Chief Privacy Office Marcin Czarnecki has joined Worldcoin as its new Chief Privacy Counsel.

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A&O Shearman has advised International Schools Partnership Limited on its acquisition of Nasza Szkola. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised the sellers.

Greenberg Traurig has advised AT Capital on the sale of a real estate property in Warsaw to the Dantex and Cavatina development group companies acting in a consortium. Dentons advised Cavatina. KG Legal Kieltyka Gladkwski and Gras and Partners reportedly advised Dantex.

Cytowski & Partners has advised Polish startup Proofs on its USD 2.6 million pre-seed round.

A&O Shearman has advised Millennium Bank Hipoteczny on its inaugural issuance of three-year covered bonds with a total principal amount of PLN 300 million.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Agora on purchasing the remaining shares of Eurozet from SFS Ventures. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised the seller.

Schoenherr, working with Ashurst, has advised Ergo Vorsorge Lebensversicherung and DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung on the EUR 90 million refinancing for Vantage Group’s rental housing portfolio in Poland.

Crido has advised Electra M&E Polska on the acquisition of GEO-KAT.

Penteris has advised Immofinanz on its sale of three office buildings in Warsaw’s Mokotow Business District to ECHO Investment Group.

Soltysinski, Kawecki & Szlezak, working with McDermott Will & Emery, has advised Vallen Distribution on the acquisition of Wesco Integrated Supply, including the sale of shares in a Polish subsidiary – Wesco Integrated Supply Polska.

Gessel has advised Lux Med on its acquisition of the Ortopedicum hospital in Krakow. Kochanski & Partners reportedly advised the sellers.

Wardynski & Partners has advised the Alten Group on its acquisition of Primaris Services.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Santander Bank Polska on financing to 7R for the construction of a warehouse in Gdansk.

MGS has advised EDP Energia Polska on the financing and construction of photovoltaic farms with Columbus Energy, with a total installed capacity of approximately 61 megawatts.