DLA Piper has advised Respect Energy on the construction of a photovoltaic power plant in Zwartow, Poland. GNZ Legal advised Germany’s Goldbeck Solar, which cooperated with Respect Energy on the project.

Michalina Jusik and Piotr Pawlowski have made Partner at Sobczynscy i Partnerzy.

Tomasz Jaranowski has been promoted to Partner at SMM Legal.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised agent, security agent, and original lender Raiffeisen Bank International AG on two facility agreements totaling EUR 41 million with closed-end fund MCI.PrivateVentures FIZ, which is managed by MCI Capital Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

Orrick’s London office has advised Dogmates, which trades under the Butternut Box brand, on an investment into Polish dog food manufacturer PsiBufet as part of PsiBufet's pre-seed round. The Kulicki Law Firm advised PsiBufet on the deal. Kondracki Celej reportedly also advised Dogmates on the deal. 

Agnieszka Chwialkowska, Dorota Karczewska, and Lukasz Czekanski have made Partner at WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr in Poland.

Orrick’s London office and SSW Pragmatic Solutions have advised CMC Poland on its entry into a ten-year synthetic power purchase agreement with Norwegian renewable energy producer Statkraft. Pinsent Masons reportedly advised Statkraft on the deal. 

Milosz Tomasik and Maciej Antoniak have been promoted to Local Partner at DWF Poland.

Former Counsel Wojciech Bazan has been promoted to Partner at JDP Drapala & Partners.

DWF has advised Corum XL investment fund on the acquisition of the Astris office building in Krakow from Astris sp. z o.o. sp.k., which was advised by Crido.

Gessel has advised the Black Forest fund on its investment in Corab.

B2RLaw, working along Sidley Austin, has advised founders Pawel Malon and Marek Jakubow on the formation of Stability Capital, a Warsaw-based search fund.

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka has advised ERG Poland Holding on the acquisition of all of the shares in EW Piotrkow Kujawski from Vortex Energy. The value of the transaction and construction of the 24.5 MW wind farm that EW Piotrkow Kujawski is slotted to complete by March of 2022 is EUR 36.5 million (PLN 167 million).

Triniti has advised Estonian national airline Nordica on the acquisition of the remaining 49% of Regional Jet OU (Xfly), a joint venture between it and Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT. 

Former Senior Lawyers Jan Furtas and Lukasz Koscijanczuk have been promoted to partner at Crido.

Businesses who are perpetual usufructuaries of Polish State Treasury properties may be able to apply for discounts on annual fees for 2020 to help ease the impact of the pandemic.

On August 25, 2020, CEE Legal Matters reported that Rymarz Zdort and Prica & Partners had advised Innova Capital on the sale of 100% of the shares of subsidiary Trimo d.o.o. to the Kingspan Group. CEEIHM spoke with Andrzej Bartos, Senior Partner at Innova Capital, to learn more about the deal.

Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that newly-made Partner Agnieszka Braciszewska will lead the firm's Corporate and M&A practice in Warsaw.