Allen & Overy has advised Polenergia on a PLN 300 million financing provided by Santander Bank Polska and Bank Pekao. Clifford Chance advised the banks.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised both mBank Hipoteczny and mBank on spinning off a part of mBank Hipoteczny's business and transferring it to mBank.

DZP has advised the consortium of Centrum Elektronicznych Uslug Platniczych eService, PKO Bank Polski, and TECS Telecommunication & E-Commerce Solutions on a procedure conducted by the Ministry of Finance for the implementation of a 24/7 service for handling non-cash payments made by road toll system users in Poland.

Former DWF Partner Rafal Morek has joined CMS's dispute resolution team in Poland as Partner, along with Jan Markiewicz as Counsel and Andrzej Girdwoyn as Associate.

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka has successfully represented PORR in two appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber concerning the outcome of tenders for the expansion of Ore Quay III and Bytom Quay at the Port of Gdansk.

B2RLaw has advised UK-based construction equipment supplier CMT Group on the supply contract and the separate donation contract with the Polish Government Agency for Strategic Reserves for humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the form of power generators. The EUR 27 million contract was financed under the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism.

Clifford Chance has advised organizer and exclusive dealer Ipopema Securities on Echo Investment's issuance of five-year unsecured bonds with a total value of PLN 140 million.

Katowice-based GFKK Grzybczyk Kaminski Gawlik has advised Alicja Kubicka and Borja Martinez – of the Interplay Architects studio – on striking an agreement with the Polish Investment and Trade Agency for the design of Poland's Pavilion at the EXPO 2025 World Exhibition in Osaka.

Deloitte Legal has advised Airex on its execution of a call option for the acquisition of shares in JMB.

On June 7, 2023, the Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe – ArbCEE – was officially launched in Bratislava.

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A building permit, according to Polish construction law, is the administrative decision authorizing the commencement and the carrying out of construction or the execution of building work other than construction of a building structure.

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Clifford Chance has successfully represented Mostostal Zabrze in an arbitration dispute before the Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris against Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions concerning the construction of the AEGIS Ashore system base in Redzikowo, Poland.

MFW Fialek has advised the Play Group on the full acquisition of internet, digital TV, and telecommunications company Syrion. MJH Moskwa, Jarmul, Haladyj and ITB Legal Bazanski Grabiec advised the owners and management board of Syrion.

DLA Piper has advised Inter-Turbo's shareholders on their full sale of the company to BBB Industries subsidiary Budweg Caliper. Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka and Simmons & Simmons reportedly advised BBB Industries.

White & Case has advised the Impel Group and minority shareholders on their full sale of digital transformation company SI-Consulting to Deutsche Beteiligungs' IT services company Akquinet. JP Weber advised the buyers. 

Kochanski & Partners, working with Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, has advised the Japan Bank for International Cooperation on securing Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego's JPY 93 billion issuance of aid bonds for Ukraine. CMS reportedly advised BGK.