Clifford Chance has advised a consortium of Bank Pekao, PKO BP, Santander Bank Polska, and BNP Paribas Bank Polska on LPP S.A.'s bond issue program of up to PLN 300 million, including registration with the Central Securities Depository of Poland and introduction to the Alternative Trading System of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Michal Tarka and Marcin Trupkiewicz, and the entire team from their Tarka Trupkiewicz and Partner law firm in Poznan, have joined SMM Legal, where Tarka will co-head the firm’s Energy department alongside Partner Pawel Lacki.

The Lithuanian office of Deloitte Legal has participated in a multi-jurisdictional team advising Enva, a provider of recycling and specialist resource recovery solutions in the UK and Ireland, on its acquisition of SAR Recycling Ltd.

Act BSWW has advised the Buma Group on the construction of the Wadowicka 3 real estate project in Krakow.

Gide Loyrette Nouel has advised KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. on a December 20, 2019 credit facility agreement in the amount of USD 1.5 billion with a consortium of banks including Bank Polska Kasa Opieki, Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Santander Bank Polska. The banks were advised by Allen & Overy.

Linklaters has advised Resi4Rent on the acquisition of an apartment building in Wroclaw, Poland from Echo Investment. The financing of the building's construction was provided by a consortium led by Bank Pekao.

Linklaters has advised Glamox AS, a Triton portfolio company, on its successful public tender offer to acquire 98.21% of the shares of the Polish lighting solution provider ES-System.

Linklaters has advised UBM Development AG, an Austrian hotel developer listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, on the forward sale of hotel properties in Krakow and Katowice toUnion Investment Institutional Property GmbH, and the properties will be owned by the fiduciary open-ended real estate fund UII EuropeanM.

Bird & Bird has advised Bank of China Luxembourg S.A, Poland and Luxembourg branches, on financing worth over EUR 120 million provided to two unnamed entities. 

Former Bird & Bird Head of White Collar Crime Arkadiusz Matusiak has joined Wolf Theiss in Warsaw to launch the firm's new White Collar Crime practice.

BCGL Balicki Czekanski Gryglewski Lewczuk has advised mBank on financing provided to Maced. WBW Weremczuk, Bobel & Wspolnicy reportedly advised Maced on the deal.

Katarzyna Paczuska-Tokarska, Katarzyna Randzio-Sajkowska, and Jacek Myszko have joined the Soltysinski Kawcki & Szlezak partnership in Poland.

Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland Partners Marta Gadomska-Golab and Aleksandra Kunkiel-Krynska, the joint heads of the firm's Commercial practice, have joined Ewa Szlachetka, Ewa Lachowska-Brol, and Krzysztof Wierzbowski in the firm's equity partnership.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. and Reddev Investments Limited on the acquisition of a 22% stake in Asseco Poland S.A. The total value of the transaction amounted to almost PLN 1.2 billion.

Why would anyone knowingly become a law firm marketing specialist – a role that is demanding, complicated, challenging, and stressful? To explore this mystery, we went to the source. Accordingly, this time around we asked the law firm marketing specialists of CEE to complete the following question: “I went into Law Firm Marketing/BD as a career because ____________.“

Deloitte Legal has helped Iglotex S.A., which is co-owned by Penta Investments, negotiate with a banking consortium for a facilities agreement totaling PLN 160 million.

The Penteris Law Firm — the 50-strong team previously operating as the Warsaw office of Magnusson — has opened for business on the Polish market.

Soltysinski Kawecki i Szlezak have successfully represented the interests of Cinkciarz.pl in protecting its "Cikciarz" trademark against the claim by competitor Currency One that the trademark is not distinctive.