Greenberg Traurig and Filip & Company have advised Polish chemical group Qemetica on its acquisition of PPG's precipitated silica business for approximately PLN 1.2 billion (USD 310 million). Hogan Lovells advised PPG.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised Kruk on its latest issuance of series AP2 bonds.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Polski Fundusz Rozwoju on a PLN 82.5 million in long-term financing to fund and refinance the construction of photovoltaic plants sponsored by Projekt Solartechnik. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Projekt Solartechnik.

Dentons has advised Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen, Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, and Berlin Hyp on the EUR 180 million loan extended to Immofinanz to replace the previous financing of the Myhive Warsaw Spire project.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Eastnine on its acquisition of the Warsaw Unit office building from Ghelamco for EUR 280 million. Dentons and Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Ghelamco.

PwC Legal has advised Benefit Systems on its acquisition of MyOrganiq which runs eight Organic Fitness clubs in western Poland. Sommerrey & Partners advised the sellers.

Cytowski & Partners advises Wordware on its USD 30 million series seed with Spark Capital, Felicis, and Y Combinator. Goodwin Procter reportedly advised Spark Capital and Felicis.

SSK&W has advised bValue on its partnership with Benefit Systems for the acquisition of a majority stake in Wellbee. Lawmore advised Wellbee. PwC Legal advised Benefit Systems.

Baker McKenzie and its Turkish affiliate Esin Attorney Partnership advised DFDS on its acquisition of Ekol Transport and the international transport network connecting Turkiye and Europe from Ekol Logistics and individual sellers led by founder Ahmet Musul. Caliskan Okkan Toker reportedly advised the sellers.

Wardynski & Partners, working with Baker Botts, has advised Modern Times Group on its acquisition of Plarium Global.

Schoenherr has advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on a EUR 40 million financing agreement for the development and long-term investment of a Puro Hotel in Budapest. Szabo, Kelemen & Partners Andersen advised Puro.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Vantage on securing EUR 100 million in financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the construction and operation of a portfolio of rental flats. Clifford Chance advised the EBRD.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has successfully represented DESA Unicum before the Internet Domain Arbitration Court at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications in a case brought by Desa Dziela Sztuki i Antyki concerning the infringement of rights as a result of an agreement for the maintenance of the desa.pl domain name.

CMS has appointed Warsaw-based CMS Partner Malgorzata Urbanska as the firm's new Co-Head of the Global Antitrust, Competition & Trade Group alongside Partner Marquard Christen.

Schoenherr, working with Proskauer Rose and Paul Hastings, has advised Luminator Technology Group and Wingspire Capital on USD 40 million term and revolving loans granted to LTG.

SSK&W has advised MEP Solutions on its investment in Poland.

Startups are keen to use motivational tools like the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP). These programs do not burden the company with the economic cost of paying additional cash compensation. This way, startups can preserve their cash flow, which is especially sensitive during the initial stages of business development. Simultaneously, such programs effectively motivate employees, who have an interest in increasing the value of the company, as they become its co-owners. For this reason, the cap table of almost every startup today includes an entry for an option pool. However, not every founder wants or can commit to permanently transferring part of the company to employees. In such cases, the Phantom Stock Option Plan (PSOP) presents an interesting alternative.

Dentons has advised PKO Bank Polski on the financing granted to VSB Group's subsidiary VSB Polska for its investment in the 41.6-megawatt Raciborz onshore wind park. Solivan advised VSB.