On 19 September 2020, an important amendment to the Polish Building Act came into force introducing some interesting changes to the construction process, as briefly described below.

Clifford Chance’s Warsaw office has advised Sun Investment Group Polska on the sale of a 170 megawatt solar parks portfolio currently under development to Ignitis Renewables. Gorzelnik Nentwig Ziebinski advised the buyer on the deal. Sorainen reportedly also advised Ignitis Renewables on the deal.

White & Case has advised Play Communications and its shareholders, Novator and Olympia, on the EUR 2.2 billion sale of all of its shares to French telecommunication provider Iliad SA. Bredin Prat reportedly advised the buyer on the deal.

DLA Piper has helped Aerotunel obtain financing from Pekao bank for the construction of the Deepspot diving pool in the Polish town of Mszczonow, together with conference and hotel facilities. The BB law firm reportedly advised Pekao bank on the deal.

DLA Piper in Poland has advised Elite Partners Capital on the acquisition of a warehouse in the Polish town of Mszczonow from P3 Logistic Parks. Dentons reportedly advised P3 Logistic Parks on the deal.

DLK Legal in Poland and Kinstellar in Hungary and the Czech Republic have advised Infosys on its EUR 30 million acquisition of GuideVision. Osborne Clarke’s offices in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Germany, Sorainen in Belarus, and Castren & Snellman in Finland, reportedly also advised Infosys on the deal. Havel & Partners reportedly served as GuideVision’s advisor in the Czech Republic.

Noerr is advising the Schwarz Group on its intended takeover and potential entrance into a strategic partnership with the French Suez Group in the waste disposal and recycling business.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Madison International Realty on its acquisition of an unspecified stake in Cavatina Office sp. z o.o., the owner of the Chmielna 89 office building in Warsaw, from Cavatina Holding S.A., as well as on its entry into a joint venture agreement with Cavatina Holding S.A. and the refinancing of the existing bank debt of Cavatina Office sp. z o.o. Dentons reportedly advised Cavatina Holding S.A. on the deal.

DLA Piper has advised the founder of Top System, a flexible packaging company in the dairy industry in Poland, on the sale of a majority stake to Switzerland's Aluflexpack, a manufacturer of flexible packaging solutions.

White & Case has advised Valmet on its EUR 64 million acquisition of the PMP Group. Clifford Chance Warsaw advised the seller on the deal.

Bank BPS SA has hired Radoslaw Radowski in the role of Head of Compliance Unit.

Former Bird & Bird Counsel Andrzej Nentwig has left that firm to co-found the new Gorzelnik Nentwig Ziebinski law firm in Warsaw with former Enern Partner Bartlomiej Ziebinski and former Wento Head of Legal Jakub Gorzelnik.

Katarzyna Szczudlik has left Deloitte Legal in Warsaw to join SSW Pragmatic Solutions as head of the firm's Personal Data Protection Law practice.

The NGL Symbio law firm alliance has announced its creation in five countries of CEE, and its plans to be fully operational by January 1, 2021.

Decisive Szmigiel Papros Gregorczyk has advised Nexity Polska on a general construction agreement with Wegner.

The Warsaw office of Wolf Theiss has advised the European Investment Bank on a EUR 10 million financing to Scope Fluidics S.A., a Polish medical technology company that designs diagnostic systems. CMS advised Scope Fluidics on the deal.

BWHS Wojciechowski Springer i Wspolnicy has advised Uranpres, spol. s.r.o. on a EUR 70 million construction agreement with a consortium consisting of Mirbud S.A, Kobylarnia S.A, and Zrzeszenie Budowlane Interbudmontaz.

CMS has advised Aareal Bank on the EUR 153 million refinancing of Accolade Group’s industry parks portfolio, which includes locations in the Polish communities of Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Legnica, Bialystok, and Zielona Gora.