Former Naspers and Prosus Group Senior Privacy Counsel Marcin Czarnecki has joined PayU in Poland as the company's Chief Privacy Officer.

Greenberg Traurig has advised the Stock Spirits Group on the acquisition of Polmos Bielsko-Biala. Deloitte Legal advised Polmos Bielsko-Biala on the deal.

Although the term ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) has been around for years, its full application is still quite daunting. Companies face the challenge of integrating ESG values into their strategy, operations, and decision-making processes in order to respond to the increasingly influential voice of stakeholders: citizens, consumers, NGOs, governments, and investors.

Gessel has helped Synthos Green Energy obtain regulatory clearance from the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection for the establishment of the Nuclear Energy International LLC joint venture with GE-Hitachi.

On July 12, four leading lawyers from Croatia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss the latest in ESG developments with a focus on green financing, its regional and local drivers and roadblocks, its impact on non-financial reporting, and what it all means for the legal profession.

MFW Fialek has advised Develia on forming a joint venture with corporate venture-builder company The Heart to develop a flat rental management platform. Solo practitioner Jakub Koziol advised The Heart.

SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised Kom-Eko subsidiary Eko-Azbest on the acquisition of an asbestos landfill site from Srodowisko i Innowacje – Skladowisko, previously spun off from Srodowisko i Innowacje. Reportedly, Viroux and Partners advised the sellers.

Havel & Partners has helped Orlen Unipetrol petrochemical company obtain regulatory clearance from the Slovak Antimonopoly Office for the acquisition of Oliva petrol stations.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium of banks including Santander Bank Polska S.A. and Bank Ochrony Srodowiska S.A. on financing for Bakalland. Deloitte Legal reportedly advised Bakalland on the deal.

Wardynski & Partners has represented an OKO.Press journalist before the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland in a case concerning press access to a session of parliament.

Moskwa Jarmul Haladyj has advised the owners of Klonex-VCS on the sale of the company to the ETC Group.

Greenberg Traurig has advised the Polsat Plus Group on the joint venture agreement between its affiliates and HB Reavis and the EUR 24.3 million sale of 50% stakes in Port Praski City II and Port Praski Medical Center to HB Reavis. Clifford Chance advised HB Reavis.

Dentons has advised private investment firm B-Flexion and the Affidea Group on the sale of Affidea to Groupe Bruxelles Lambert. Kirkland & Ellis reportedly advised the buyer.

Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr has advised Polskie ePlatnosci on the acquisition of a majority stake in Team4U. Answer Wojciechowski i Partnerzy advised the seller.

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has advised AniCura on its partnership with Legwet Calodobowa Klinika Weterynaryjna. Krzysztof Rozko i Wspolnicy advised Legwet. Roedl & Partner reportedly also advised AniCura. 

JSK and Solivan have advised Topforsport on its acquisition of shares in Eleven Teamsports Polska from Robert Julga.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium of banks on the PLN 4 billion sustainability-linked financing for Tauron Polska Energia. Linklaters advised Tauron Polska Energia.

Although the number of landscape resolutions nationwide remains small, an increasing number of cities are deciding to draft and enact such resolutions.