Czabanski & Galuszynski has advised HiProMine on a EUR 32 million financing for the construction of a new production plant and insect genetics center from Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. Dentons advised BGK and the KUKE state export credit agency.

Sobczynscy i Partnerzy has advised Polish specialized printing company Emerson on its sale of investment land in Piotrkow Trybunalski to a company belonging to Reino Capital and IO Asset Management. Linklaters reportedly advised the buyers.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Polski Fundusz Rozwoju on its PLN 128 million construction financing for 26 photovoltaic farms in Poland with a total capacity of 43 megawatts, sponsored by Projekt Solartechnik. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Projekt Solartechnik and its subsidiaries.

MKZ Partners has advised the sellers on the sale of the naEkranie.pl website and the 4Fun, 4Fun Kids, and 4Fun Dance TV channels to the Polsat Plus Group.

BCGL has advised Bank Pekao on the financing for RiO Family Office’s acquisition PartyDeco. CMS advised PartyDeco and its founders Mikolaj Gabryel and Agnieszka Gabryel, while Deloitte Legal advised RiO Family Office on both the acquisition and the financing.

Binder Groesswang, working with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, has advised French investment company Wendel and other shareholders on their sale of Constantia Flexibles to One Rock Capital Partners. Wolf Theiss, working with Latham & Watkins, advised One Rock. Hamburg's Klawitter Neben Plath Zintler reportedly advised Wendel as well.

Former Clifford Chance Senior Associate Rafal Burda has joined Orlen Synthos Green Energy as Head of Legal in Poland.

Linklaters has advised Czech retail investment fund Investika Realitni Fond on its acquisition of the Royal Trakt Offices in Warsaw from real estate investor Patrizia SE. Dentons advised Patrizia.

Former Dentons Head of PPP/Infrastructure Tomasz Korczynski has joined Greenberg Traurig in Warsaw as a Partner and Head of the firm's Infrastructure and Government Contracts practice.

WKB Lawyers has advised GreenVolt Power on a preliminary agreement for the sale of shares in companies developing the Sompolno and Opalenica renewable energy projects to Energa Wytwarzanie. Bird & Bird and Grant Thorton reportedly advised Energa Wytwarzanie.

B2RLaw has advised the minority shareholders of Audioteka on the sale of their stakes representing approximately 40% of the company's share capital to Wirtualna Polska.

JDP Drapala & Partners, working with Milbank, has advised the EQT Mid Market Europe and EQT Mid Market Asia III funds on the sale of BBS Automation to the MDAX-listed Duerr Group.

White & Case has advised a consortium of financial institutions on their up to PLN 1.57 billion financing – including a term loan, an investment loan, and a revolving credit facility – granted to Emitel. Clifford Chance advised Emitel.

DWF has advised Augusta Energy on the finalization of its sale of two wind farms with a total capacity of 50 megawatts to Iberdrola.

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Strategyzer has appointed Joanna Czaplicka to Head of Legal in Warsaw.

On July 26, 2023, Linklaters announced that Polish developer Develia's EUR 100 million acquisition of 19 Polish subsidiaries from French developer Nexity (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on June 5, 2023) had closed.

Polish lawyer Ewa Dziuban has rejoined Swiss Life Global Solutions as its Chief Compliance Officer in Luxembourg.