Gessel has advised Senetic Holding's majority shareholder FMB Family Foundation on its acquisition of a minority stake in Euvic IT from Euvic SA.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised the XXXLutz furniture retail chain on its acquisition of the Polish furniture group Black Red White. 

White & Case has advised a banking syndicate on CCC's offer of new series N ordinary bearer shares through an accelerated book-building process valued at over PLN 1.55 billion. Greenberg Traurig advised CCC.

GFKK Grzybczyk Kaminski Gawlik Radcy has advised Weglokoks Kraj on developing a "white transformation" model for the Bobrek Mine in Bytom, Poland, marking a shift away from hard coal mining.

CMS has advised mBank and PKO Bank Polski on the EUR 50 million financing granted to Polfam. Balicki Czekanski Gryglewski Lewczuk advised Polfam.

WKB Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr has advised FixMap on its acquisition of a majority interest in Internet Union.

Linklaters has advised Clarion Partners Europe on the acquisition of two warehouses in Pruszcz Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland, from an undisclosed Poland-focused logistics platform. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised the sellers.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised PCC Rokita on the base prospectus for its ninth bond issuance program.

Linklaters has advised Mirova on its investment of over EUR 50 million in GreenWay. Wozniak Legal and, reportedly, AKF Legal, WKB Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr, and Athena Legal, advised GreenWay.

Maciej Georg has joined Crido Legal as a Partner and the firm's new Head of the Banking and Finance team.

Wolf Theiss, working with Jones Day, has advised Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation on its acquisition of Sweden-based Dellner Couplers for USD 960 million from EQT. Milbank and Vinge reportedly advised EQT.

Bexley Beaumont has advised Vodeno on changes to its contract with a UK bank.

On the evening of April 1, 2025, the Deal of the Year Awards Banquet brought together, under the same roof, over 200 top-tier lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe's leading law firms and General Counsel from across the region in Prague.

CMS Partners Horea Popescu, Alexander Rakosi, and Ryszard Manteuffel discuss the ebb and flow of M&A deals in CEE, highlighting that the M&A landscape experienced a significant drop in overall deal values prompting strategic shifts amid ongoing geopolitical and financing challenges.

Linklaters has advised Nhood and Ceetrus on their partnership with Apsys. Dentons advised Apsys.

Clifford Chance has advised on the sale of Punkta Group's retail business to CUK Ubezpieczenia. SSW Pragmatic Solutions reportedly advised CUK Ubezpieczenia.

Wolf Theiss, working with Kirkland & Ellis, has advised Thoma Bravo on its acquisition of PCMI. Goodwin Procter reportedly advised PCMI.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. With 2024 behind us, we asked: Looking at transactional volumes for this year, would you say that 2024 was better or worse than what you originally expected it to be, and why?