DLA Piper has advised education technology company Promethean on its acquisition of Explain Everything. Cytowski & Partners advised Explain Everything.

Clifford Chance has advised Waterland Private Equity portfolio company United Petfood on its acquisition of Cargill's production facilities in Krzepice, Poland, and Karcag, Hungary. Lakatos Koves and Partners reportedly advised the buyer as well.

Baker McKenzie has advised the Polindus-Laktopol Capital Group on its acquisition of a production plant in Bielsk Podlaski from the bankruptcy trustee of the Bielmlek Dairy Cooperative. Sole practitioner Kazimierz Mordaszewski reportedly advised the bankruptcy trustee.

Clifford Chance has advised Hillwood Polska on a EUR 54.4 million financing from Bank Pekao for the construction of a logistics park in Lodz Chocianowice. CMS reportedly advised the lender.

Eversheds Sutherland has advised EWMAJ on the sale of assets used for FMCG retail – forming a chain of more than a dozen shops – to Stokrotka. Path Law Hatylak Kielian and Partners reportedly advised Stokrotka.

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SSK&W has advised CofounderZone, business angels, and Ciech Ventures on their investment in coffee waste processing company Ecobean. Sole practitioner Marta Malasiewicz reportedly advised Ecobean.

On December 1, 2022, SMM Legal announced that MOL's acquisition of Lotos Paliwa (reported by CEE Legal Matters on February 2, 2022) had closed. Subsequently, Baker McKenzie announced that Orlen Unipetrol's acquisition of Hungarian petrol stations from MOL (reported by CEE Legal Matters on February 1, 2022) had closed as well. 

SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised Jeronimo Martins on a long-term power purchase agreement with GoldenPeaks Capital.

On November 30, 2022, the BLS-CEE Law Firm announced that Wirtualna Polska’s acquisition of the Szallas Group from Portfolion Capital Partners and private individuals (reported by CEE Legal Matters on September 16, 2022) had closed.

DLA Piper has advised DHL on the sale of a real estate portfolio including ten sites across Poland and five other European markets.

Former Hogan Lovells Senior Associate Mateusz Dereszynski has joined Eversheds Sutherland's Polish office as a Partner and Head of the firm's Banking & Finance practice effective December 1, 2022.

White & Case has advised MidEuropa on its acquisition of a majority stake in Optegra. Eversheds Sutherland reportedly advised the seller.

Rymarz Zdort and Maruta Wachta have announced they will merge into Rymarz Zdort Maruta.

Former BDO Legal-affiliated firm BDO Legal Latala i Wspolnicy has spun off to launch Forton Legal in Poland with Wieslaw Latala and Katarzyna Zajan-Aydogan as Partners.

Greenberg Traurig’s Warsaw office has launched its new Environmental, Social, and Governance practice led by Senior Associate Joanna Kuc.

SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised the Photon Energy Group on the increase of its stake in Lerta from 24.27% to 56.75% through an acquisition from PGE Ventures, Newberg, and the ASI Valuetech Seed Fund for approximately EUR 6.9 million.

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