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DLA Piper has advised FIZAN Foreign Expansion Fund on its entrance into a joint venture with Poland's Elemental Holding to acquire a majority stake in PGM, a Texas company specializing in the treatment of used automotive and industrial catalytic converters. The firm also advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on financing for the acquisition.
Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland has advised ELMO on the sale of an organized part of its enterprise to Solutions 30 Holding.
On December 18, 2019, CEE Legal Matters reported that Scandinavia's Flugger group A/S acquired a 60% shareholding in Unicell, a paint manufacturer based in Poland. We reached out to Flugger’s Group General Counsel and Vice President, Torben Schwaner Dehlholm, for more details.
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.
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