The COVID-19 crisis continues to plague much of Europe. To get an overview of its effects across CEE – both on investment in the region and on the legal industry itself – we reached out to the members of Pontes the CEE Lawyers legal alliance, a Regional Sponsor at the upcoming Dealer’s Choice International Law Firm Summit.

Noerr has advised the shareholders of Adaptive Vision Sp. z o.o. on the sale of 100% of the shares in the company to a UK-based subsidiary of Zebra Technologies. Baker McKenzie advised the buyers on the deal.

While reading an article from the Nov/Dec 2020 issue of the Harvard Business Review, I had the distinct impression that someone had read my mind. The article dealt with a study conducted by Christine Exley and Judd Kessler on the subject of self-promotion among men and women, which the researchers believed to be an understudied behavior that could have important implications for labor market outcomes.

Orrick and Kondracki Celej have advised lead investor FF Ventures on the EUR 5 million in financing obtained by SpaceOS. Mason Hayes & Curran advised SpaceOS on the financing.

JDP Drapala & Partners, representing Madrid's Acciona Construccion S.A. and Mostostal Warszawa S.A., has obtained a partial judgment from the Appellate Court in Warsaw amending the judgment of the first instance court and ordering public employer GDDKiA to pay the firm's clients a total of over PLN 23 million (including interest).

Interview with Kamil Lewandowski, Head of Legal Poland – Asset Management at the CPI Property Group about his background and best practices.

Clifford Chance has advised Trinseo S.A. on the sale of its synthetic rubber business in Schkopau, Germany, to Poland-based Synthos S.A. for an enterprise value of USD 491 million. White & Case advised the buyers on the deal.

Rymarz Zdort has advised Pepco Group N.V. on Polish law matters related to its IPO and the admission and introduction of its shares to trading on the regulated market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Clifford Chance reportedly advised joint global coordinators Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and J.P. Morgan A.G. 

The Ozog Tomczykowski law firm has helped Placeme.pl on a PLN 2 million investment into the company by he BValue fund. Olesinski & Wspolnicy advised the investor on the deal.

DLK Legal has helped Kardynal&Kardynal obtain a license from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority to provide payment initiation services and account information services as a payment institution. 

After spending three years as an independent legal consultant, Kamil Jankielewicz has returned to Allen & Overy as Head of the Polish Energy and Environmental practice in Warsaw and Counsel in the firm’s Projects, Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Group.

DLK Legal has helped Mytaxi Polska sp. z o.o., which does business as Free Now, register with the Polish Financial Supervision Authority as an entity benefiting from the limited network exemption under the Polish Act on Payment Services. 

Gessel has advised Resource Partners on an unspecified investment in playground producer Buglo. The Law Office of Brzezinski and Gregorczyk advised Buglo on the deal. Financing was provided by ING Bank.

The following Q&A is an extract of the May 2021 edition of the Private Equity Trends Monitor, which provides you with an up-to-date overview of the latest and anticipated trends across the European private equity sector. This extract covers private equity deal activity in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Warsaw office of Dentons has advised Reino IO Logistics on the acquisition by its investment vehicle Polish Logistics of logistics parks in Lodz, Poznan, Sosnowiec, Bielsko-Biala, and Rzeszow, from AEW Europe. Allen & Overy advised the seller.

On April 21, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that the RKKW law firm had helped the Historical Museum of Sanok, in Poland, respond to an offer to sell it a counterfeit version of a painting by Zdzislaw Beksinski by an American auction website. CEE In-House Matters spoke with Jaroslaw Serafin, Director at the Historical Museum of Sanok, to learn more about the matter.

Former Crido Legal Partner Mateusz Rogozinski has joined the M&A practice of SSW Pragmatic Solutions in Warsaw.

SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised Wave Properties Polska on the sale of the Adama Asynka 9 office property in Krakow to the Paref Group. Dentons reportedly advised the buyer on the deal.