Dentons has advised sponsor Yevulei Shemesh Renewable Energy Group the PLN 335 million financing extended by mBank and the EBRD for the construction and operation of a 48-megawatt onshore wind farm in south-eastern Poland.

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and amending Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009, (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 600/2014, (EU) No 909/2014 and (EU) 2016/1011 (“DORA”) contains a number of requirements for ICT service providers, which will become binding on January 17, 2025. Therefore, 2024 will be a year of intensive work on the part of service providers to ensure compliance with the new, demanding regulation.

Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners has announced it is launching a new Digital Services practice.

DLA Piper, working with Slaughter and May, has advised Corsair Capital on the acquisition of MJM Holdings and the related financing. Marszalek & Partnerzy, working with sole practitioner Szymon Skiendzielewski, advised the MJM Holdings shareholders.

Wolf Theiss and Balicki Czekanski Gryglewski Lewczuk have advised MidEuropa Partners and Accel-KKR portfolio company Symfonia on its acquisition of Softeh Plus. PwC Legal Romanian affiliate D&B David and Baias advised the shareholders of the Romanian software company.

Former Maruta Wachta Partners Daniel Jastrun and Slawomir Kowalski have teamed up to launch their new boutique law firm specializing in the digital sector in Warsaw: JustLaw Jastrun Kowalski.

MFW Fialek has advised the Play Group on its acquisition of the Phobos Grupa Taurus IT&C company.

SKJB Szybkowski Kuzma Jelen Brzoza-Ostrowska has advised a Polish HB Reavis subsidiary on the 1,500-square-meter lease agreement with tenant Atlas Ward Polska for space in the Varso Tower in Warsaw. Greenberg Traurig advised Atlas Ward.

MFW Fialek has advised a franchisee of the Bulgari brand on the lease agreement with the administrator and the owner of the building where the first Bulgari brand store in Poland was opened.

Crido has advised Duna Aszfalt on its acquisition of Mota Engil Central Europe. DLA Piper advised the sellers. Cerha Hempel reportedly advised Duna Aszfalt as well.

Dentons has advised P Capital Partners on a euro-denominated senior debt package to project companies controlled by Susi Partners, acting on behalf of the Susi Energy Transition Fund, for a 167-megawatt portfolio of photovoltaic and wind power projects in Poland. Norton Rose Fulbright advised Susi.

Noerr has advised Bauer Media on its sale of the Semergy Group to the WeNet Group. Baker McKenzie advised WeNet.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised the founders of the Akademeia Educational Group on its sale to the International Schools Partnership.

On January 4, 2024, Boyanov & Co announced that the EUR 1.4 billion sale of Cargo-Partner subsidiaries to Nippon Express (reported by CEE Legal Matters on May 17, 2023) had closed.

Former Attorney at Law Jacek Blachut and former Counsels Jacek Budzik and Bartlomiej Jarco have been promoted to Partner positions with SPCG in Krakow.

Taylor Wessing, working with Gowling WLG, has advised Germany's MWB Fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank investment bank on the launch of LM Pay on the Duesseldorf Stock Exchange.

KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki and Partners has advised Ailleron on an agreement to implement its LiveBank system in a cloud model with Santander Leasing and cloud services provider OChK.

DLA Piper has advised OX2 on the construction of the Juniewicze, Grajewo, and Sulmierzyce wind farms with a total capacity of over 100 megawatts.