Former DZP Senior Associate Anna Hlebicka-Jozefowicz has become a Partner and will lead the Regulatory, Legislation, and Compliance Advisory team at the firm.

Taylor Wessing has advised Da Gama ASI on its investment in Ready Bathroom. Zydek Pliszka Korcik advised Ready Bathroom.

Balicki Czekanski Gryglewski Lewczuk and, reportedly, Dotlaw have advised Symfonia on its full acquisition of eDokumenty and acquisition of a 51% stake in MoreBIT.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium including PKO Bank Polski, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, mBank, and Santander Bank Polska on their PLN 800 million financing for the construction of a 72.6-megawatt wind farm. Greenberg Traurig advised the project's sponsor, the Polsat Plus Group.

White & Case has advised dealers Bank Polska Kasa Opieki, BNP Paribas, BofA Securities Europe, Citigroup Global Markets Europe, and JP Morgan on the establishment of Bank Pekao's EUR 5 billion program for the issuance of medium-term eurobonds and first EUR 500 million issuance of 5.5% fixed-to-floating green bonds maturing in November 2027. Baker McKenzie advised Bank Pekao.

White & Case has advised SigmaRoc on the acquisition of CRH's European lime businesses for a total deal value of approximately EUR 1 billion. SSW Pragmatic Solutions reportedly advised the lenders.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised an MCI Capital fund on the acquisition of Webcon. Gessel advised the sellers.

MJH Moskwa Jarmul Halady has advised Best Capital Fizan on its EUR 4.2 million issuance of bonds maturing October 2027, to be listed on the Catalyst alternative trading system of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

DWF has advised Polish private airline Enter Air on the establishment of a joint venture with TUI to provide aircraft rental and charter flight services to commercial customers.

WKB Lawyers has advised SAS Groupe Positive on its acquisition of User.com. Gessel advised founder Grzegorz Warzecha and investor Vercom on the sale.

Schoenherr has announced it is expanding its Warsaw office with the addition of a team of 23 lawyers, including seven partners, as of February 2024. The move includes Partners Szymon Okon, Pawel Chyb, Ilona Fedurek, Tomasz Kwasniewski, Katarzyna Solarz, Katarzyna Szczudlik, and Marcin Czaprowski from SSW Pragmatic Solutions.

Wolf Theiss has advised the INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund and Eco Baltia on the financing from mBank for the acquisition of a 70% stake in the Polish PVC window recycler Metal-Plast.

DWF has advised Elawan Energy on the sale of an 18-megawatt portfolio of photovoltaic projects in Poland to R.Power.

Dentons has advised Globalworth on the EUR 145 million financing from Germany's Aareal Bank AG to refinance its obligations regarding the Skylight and Lumen office complex and the Hala Koszyki multifunctional facility in Warsaw. DLA Piper advised Aareal Bank.

Allen & Overy has advised Bank Pekao and Berlin Hyp on a EUR 125 million financing to G City Europe for the Promenada shopping center in Warsaw. CMS advised G City Europe.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on amendments to the documentation regarding a CRR-compliant counter-guarantee between Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen in favor of Alior Bank.

Due to Polish regulations on takeover offers for publicly traded companies, public to private transactions now carry a heavier risk of failure, understood as the inability to delist the company from the exchange. The bid for shares of TIM S.A., recently extended until 6 December 2023, may be a case in point. Any investor who gets involved in a tender for shares of a listed company needs to ponder the risk that, once the transaction is finalised, they will acquire a controlling stock in a listed company, which may still be subject to a restricted trading regime applicable to public companies for quite some time.

Wolf Theiss has advised Deutsche Hypo-NORD/LB Real Estate Finance on the financing for Rysy Properties Limited's EUR 46 million acquisition of the Mokotow Nova office building in Warsaw from CCP III Netherlands Holding.