Rymarz Zdort has advised Polish energy company Enea on its PLN 750 million issuance of Series D shares.

Tomasz Ciecwierz has joined Deloitte Legal’s Poland office as a Partner and will co-lead the firm’s M&A and Capital Markets practice alongside Partner Ryszard Manteuffel.

Osborne Clarke has announced it established an interdisciplinary Decarbonization practice in Poland, to be headed by Partner Katarzyna Baranska.

Clifford Chance has advised Hillwood Polska on the financing for the construction of a logistics park in Sycow provided by BNP Paribas Bank Polska.

The incessant growth of WIBOR has become a huge problem for PLN borrowers, who are increasingly questioning the methodology for determining the value of this index. However, there is help in sight as the government is planning to assist, although the initial proposals were contrary to EU law.

B2RLaw, working with Eversheds Sutherland's London office, has advised Johnson Matthey on the GBP 50 million sale of its battery materials business to the EV Metals Group. Reportedly, Druces and White & Case advised EV Metals.

Sadkowski i Wspolnicy has successfully represented the interests of the Metropolitan Transport Authority in Katowice before the District Court in Warsaw in a public procurement dispute. The result of the case allowed the Metropolitan Transport Authority to complete a PLN 1 billion public transport services tender procedure.

Malecki Legal has advised Brand New Galaxy on its sale to Stagwell. Baker McKenzie advised Stagwell on the acquisition. Reportedly, Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak, Loyens & Loeff, Benvalor, Al Tamimi & Company, and Baker Hostetler advised Brand New Galaxy as well.

Dentons has recently announced its practice and sector group leadership appointments for the European Region, for the term ending December 2024. Partners Gulistan Baltaci, Piotr Dulewicz, Rob Irving, Arkadiusz Krasnodebski, Karol Laskowski, Evan Lazar, Tamsyn Mileham, Ewa Rutkowska-Subocz, and David Syed were among the appointees.

Former Counsel Katarzyna Koszel-Zawadka has become a Partner at Baker Tilly Legal Poland.

WKB Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr has advised Ingka Investments on the EUR 190 million acquisition of a 63-megawatt onshore wind farm and a 29-megawatt photovoltaic farm from OX2. Allen & Overy advised OX2 on the sale.

CMS' Slawomir Czerwinski Talks About The Deal of the Year in Poland - InPost IPO.

Recently, rising inflation and increasing loan installments have been one of the most frequently discussed topics. The latter concern more than 2.5 million people and the total value of loans as of the last quarter of 2021 was estimated at approximately PLN 500 billion.

Former Dentons Managing Counsel Arkadiusz Wierzbicki has joined Polenergia in Warsaw as the company's Group Head of Legal & General Counsel.

DWF has advised the V-ridium Power Group on an agreement with T-Mobile Polska for the supply of renewable energy for 15 years. Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka reportedly advised T-Mobile.

Energy prices have been a salient issue in CEE for the past year. Part 1 of this article covered just how high the energy prices had climbed in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, and Turkey, the impact of those prices on people, businesses, and governments, as well as the reasons why some countries fared better than others. Then Russia’s war against Ukraine changed everything, making a new energy pricing normal seem more distant than ever. In Part 2 we look at what energy experts believe could alleviate the situation and whether the war has impacted those plans.

Had we been writing this piece mid-February, our description of the Polish real estate market would have been consistent with the trends encompassing the past two years: despite the pandemic, two sectors continue to boom – logistics and residential, including the still relatively new professional rented sector, with many big players moving into Poland over the past few months.

Cerha Hempel has advised the XXXLutz Group on a share acquisition establishing an equal partnership in the Black Red White Group. Wardynski & Partners reportedly advised XXXLutz as well.