Anna Matusiak-Wekiera has joined JDP as Head of Data Protection/Compliance.

SMM Legal has advised Miedzynarodowe Targi Poznanski on its sale of a 5.5 hectare plot in the center of Poznan, Poland. The plot, worth PLN 114.5 million, was sold on September 29.

JDP has assisted the Greenpack Group with the establishment of the company’s legal and tax presence in Poland.

Gessel has advised the founders of R2G Polska Sp. z o.o. on the sale of a block of shares to a subsidiary of the Abris CEE Mid-Market III LP fund, managed by Abris Capital Partners Ltd.

Baker McKenzie’s Warsaw office has launched a Restructuring & Insolvency Practice, co-led by Counsels Karol Czepukojc and Pawel Dlugoborski.

JDP has advised Trei Real Estate GmbH on its obtaining of EUR 51 million in financing for its Polish subsidiaries from pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, a German specialist lender for commercial real estate finance.

JDP has advised Free Now, the owner and operator of a ride sharing app, on compliance matters related to the new set of regulations in Poland applicable to the ever-growing ride share market.

Jaroslaw Grzywinski, the former President of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Management Board, has joined Kochanski & Partners to take charge of the firm’s Capital Markets practice.

SPCG has advised the Vafo Group on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Carry Pet Food. Grant Thornton reportedly advised the seller on the deal.

“The construction business suffered from COVID-19, but so far less than others," says Agnieszka Dziegielewska-Jonczyk, GC of Skanska Central Europe. "We may see the impact in the coming months. As we are fully dedicated to our customers, Skanska construction sites in Central Europe are open."

Eversheds Sutherland has advised Cogito Capital Partners on its EUR 3.7 million Series A investment in digital healthcare provider HomeDoctor. Malecki Legal, Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak, and the Netherlands' Benvalor law firm advised HomeDoctor and its founders on the deal.

Bird & Bird has helped Santander Bank Polska implement the Salesforce CRM cloud-based system in Poland.

On September 21, CEE Legal Matters reported that Greenberg Traurig had advised Madison International Realty on its acquisition of an unspecified stake in Cavatina Office sp. z o.o., the owner of the Chmielna 89 office building in Warsaw, from Cavatina Holding S.A., as well as on its entry into a joint venture agreement with Cavatina Holding and the refinancing of the existing bank debt of Cavatina Office sp. z o.o. CEEIHM spoke with Madison International Realty Managing Director, Matthias Cordier, about the deal.

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has advised Britain's Smart Pension Ltd on the takeover of an IT team from Smart Pension's contractor, Code & Pepper. The Ozog Tomczykowski law firm reportedly advised Code & Pepper on the deal.

GNZ Legal has advised WPM Mosty on a successful financing and refinancing deal with mBank for the construction of a 10 megawatt portfolio of photovoltaic projects. Dentons’ Warsaw advised mBank on the deal.

SMM Legal has advised PKN Orlen S.A. on its tender offer, announced on September 21, 2020, to buy the remaining shares in Energa S.A.

Lawyers from Greenberg Traurig's Warsaw office have joined the firm's multi-office team helping OTB Ventures launch a dedicated investment vehicle to support Europe’s space technologies – the OTB Space Program I – backed by the European Investment Fund and the European Commission through the InnovFin for Equity program.

On 19 September 2020, an important amendment to the Polish Building Act came into force introducing some interesting changes to the construction process, as briefly described below.