On November 4, 2024, CEE Legal Matters reported that Greenberg Traurig's Warsaw office has launched a new Project and Structured Finance Practice with the arrival of Partner Piotr Nerwinski and his team, aiming to expand their services across Poland and the CEE region. Nerwinski spoke with CEE Legal Matters about his move as well as the new practice launch.

CMS has advised Scope Fluidics on an agreement with Bio-Rad Laboratories under which it received USD 30 million in settlement of conditional payments related to the sale of the Curiosity Diagnostics SPV.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Mutares on the acquisition of Natura from Pelion. CMS advised Pelion on the deal.

BCGL and Dotlaw have advised Symfonia on its acquisition of Nefeni. WBW Weremczuk Bobel and Partners advised the sellers. Nowakowska Muzal reportedly advised Symfonia as well.

Deloitte Legal has advised Bank Pekao on financing to an MCI Capital portfolio company for the acquisition of a 55% stake in NTFY - Nice To Fit You. Baker McKenzie advised the founders of Nice to Fit You Sebastian Rabiej and Radoslaw Jezak. Dubinski Jelenski Masiarz i Wspolnicy reportedly advised MCI Capital.

Allen & Overy Shearman & Sterling has advised the Republic of Poland on its issuance of EUR 3 billion in dual-tranche notes.

Kondracki Celej has advised FibriTech on an investment from the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency fund. Wolf Theiss reportedly advised EIC.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised EWE on the sale of EWE Polska and its group companies EWE Przesyl and EWE Energia to Eesti Gaas for a total value of EUR 120 million. CMS and Ellex advised Eesti Gaas.

Schoenherr has advised Electrum Concreo on up to PLN 400 million financing via bilateral multi-product lines and a refinancing facility from PKO Bank Polski, mBank, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Credit Agricole Bank Polska, and Santander Bank Polska. Clyde & Co advised the banks.

WKB has advised the InPost Group on a power purchase agreement with Polenergia.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised PragmaGO on its EUR 5 million D1EUR bonds issuance with a 30.13% subscription reduction.

CMS has advised Axpo Polska on the acquisition of a biogas plant producing green energy primarily from agricultural waste.

Linklaters has advised Tauron Polska Energia on obtaining financing through two credit agreements with a total value of PLN 2.9 billion with BGK, PKO Bank Polski, and ICBC. Taylor Wessing advised PKO Bank Polski and ICBC. Deloitte Legal reportedly advised BGK.

Schoenherr has promoted Vienna-based Stefanie Aichhorn-Woess, Alfred Amann, Johannes Frank, Ayla Ilicali, Christoph Jirak, Sara Khalil, Sebastian Lukic, Johannes Stalzer, and Stefanie Stegbauer, Zagreb-based Kresimira Kruslin, Warsaw-based Daniel Radwanski, and Bucharest-based Nora Olah to Partner (already announced in August this year).

Kondracki Celej has advised vLayer Labs on its USD 10 million pre-seed round with the participation of a16z crypto CSX, Credo Ventures, Blocktower VC, and others. Latham & Watkins reportedly advised a16z.

Eversheds Sutherland has advised Quad/Graphics on the sale of its European operations to Capmont.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised the bankruptcy trustee of Getin Noble Bank on the sale of Noble Securities to Skarbiec Holding.

Former CMS Partner Piotr Ciolkowski has joined Dentons as Partner and Co-Head of the Energy Sector Group in Poland.