Former CMS Warsaw Partner Anna Brzoza-Ostrowska has joined SKJ Szybkowski Kuzma Jelen, transforming the firm into SKJB Szybkowski Kuzma Jelen Brzoza-Ostrowska.

Based on available data, 2019 saw a significant drop in Chinese investment in Europe. The latest estimates by Rhodium Group show that Chinese investments in Poland for 2020 amounted to $1 billion, which is significantly more when compared to 2019’s $338 million. However, this extraordinary outcome was made possible mostly due to the investments of GLP in CEE. As estimated by Rhodium, the value of GLP investments in Poland in 2020 amounted to approximately $800 million and covers 48 industrial buildings and warehouses acquired in Poland.

The Ozog Tomczykowski Law Firm has advised the Warsaw Equity Group on its sale of a 64% stake in Zaklady Przemyslu Cukierniczego Otmuchow S.A. and a minority stake in Przedsiebiorstwo Wyrobow Cukierniczych Odra S.A to Kervan Gıda Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi. KPMG Legal advised the buyer.

WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr has advised E&W Spolka z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia ZOL Spslka Komandytowa, a company belonging to Denmark's Eurowind Energy A/S and Windbud Sp. z o.o., on the construction of the Zolkiewka wind farm.

DWF Poland Partner Joanna Wojnarowska has been appointed Deputy Global Head of Real Estate at the firm.

The Warsaw office of Wolf Theiss has advised Burda Media Polska on its acquisition of Edipresse Polska from the Edipresse Group, a Swiss newspaper and magazine publisher. The Ozog Tomczykowski Law Firm advised the seller.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. on financing granted to five SPVs managing photovoltaic installations in Poland. 

Wladek Rzycki has joined CMS as a Partner in the Infrastructure and Projects Group.

Former Rymarz Zdort Co-Head of Real Estate Agnieszka Koniewicz has joined Penteris as a Partner.

Bird & Bird Warsaw has advised Polish Enterprise Fund VI, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors, on the sale of companies from the Wento group to international energy concern Equinor, which was advised by CMS. The transaction value stands at EUR 100 million.

It is symptomatic of the importance of the real estate market that Generation Y – members of which are often referred to as “millennials” – is also, sometimes, described as “Generation Rent,” because so many young adults have been priced out of the housing market.

Bird & Bird Partner Marta Koremba has become an Equity Partner in Bird & Bird's international network, and Bird & Bird Warsaw Head of Employment Karolina Stawicka and Head of Financing Transactions Maciej Georg have been promoted to Partner. 

Greenberg Traurig has advised private equity fund Gilde Healthcare on its acquisition of Acti-Med AG.

Allen & Overy has advised Ghelamco on the sale of the Woloska 24 office building in Warsaw to ZFP Investments, a subsidiary of Slovakia's IAD Investments. Squire Patton Boggs advised ZFP on the deal.

Warsaw's Monika Macura and Krakow's Konieczny Wierzbicki law firms have merged, and will operate going forward in both markets under the Konieczny Wierzbicki brand.

Penteris has advised Huuuge on its USD 38.9 million acquisition of Traffic Puzzle from Wroclaw-based gaming studio Picadilla Games. Olesinski & Wspolnicy reportedly advised Picadilla on the deal.

Anna Gorska, former Head of Legal at Idea Bank, returns to private practice by joining Clifford Chance as a Legal Adviser in Warsaw.

Kochanski & Partners has advised Inovo Venture Partners VC fund on the acquisition of shares in technology company SunRoof as part of a seed round extension in which Inovo was lead investor. Other investors participating in the round included SMOK Ventures, LT Capital, EIT InnoEnergy, FD Growth Capital, and KnowledgeHub, as well as other local and international business angels.