Former BDO Legal-affiliated firm BDO Legal Latala i Wspolnicy has spun off to launch Forton Legal in Poland with Wieslaw Latala and Katarzyna Zajan-Aydogan as Partners.

Greenberg Traurig’s Warsaw office has launched its new Environmental, Social, and Governance practice led by Senior Associate Joanna Kuc.

SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised the Photon Energy Group on the increase of its stake in Lerta from 24.27% to 56.75% through an acquisition from PGE Ventures, Newberg, and the ASI Valuetech Seed Fund for approximately EUR 6.9 million.

History shows that the last bastion of freedom of speech, which guarantees these values, is the free press. But it’s no secret that since 2015, key constitutional values have been in crisis. Over the past three years, there have been repeated legal actions by state institutions, state-owned companies, businessmen and other lobbying organizations aimed at stifling the work of journalists, publishers and NGOs.

Clifford Chance has advised Baltic Hub on the expansion and refinancing of its existing debt and the construction of the third deep-water sea container terminal in Gdansk.

Former Counsel Katarzyna Czwartosz-Liber and former Associate Monika Duzynska have been promoted to Local Partners with White & Case's Warsaw office, effective January 1, 2023, as part of the firm's global promotion round. 

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has advised Altiplano on the construction agreement for a 137-megawatt wind farm with a consortium of ONDE and P&Q.

Ellex and Wardynski & Partners, working with Thommessen, have advised Hampidjan on its acquisition of the Morenot Group from FSN Capital Partners. Norway's Haavind and Iceland's BBA Fjeldco advised FSN Capital.

Hogan Lovells and PRK Partners have advised Polish-Czech RGW Express Group owner Hartmut Luetz on the sale of all shares in the company to French Groupe BBL.

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has advised Sea/ by Maritech company Maritech Holdings Limited on its acquisition of Setapp. Lukasz Lenartowicz reportedly advised the seller.

Deloitte Legal has advised LKN Wealth Capital Investors on the sale of its stake in Media Pop to Grupa Wirtualna Polska. Brzozowska & Barwinska reportedly advised Grupa Wirtualna Polska.

Taylor Wessing has advised Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych PZU on the intra-group merger with Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Energia.

Warsaw, 25 November 2022 – HR departments located outside our country, acting on behalf of their employer, are nowadays a fairly common practice, especially in multinational corporations. What does the liability of these individuals look like? The risk of penal liability for minor offences committed by employees operating outside Poland against employees operating in Poland is low, but it can happen. This occurs in cases where the perpetrator acted outside Poland, but the consequences belonging to the elements of a minor offence ensued in Poland.

MFW Fialek has advised the shareholders of Grupa Nowy Szpital Holding on the sale of the company to PHPL, part of the Penta Hospitals International group.

Gessel has advised Cavatina Holding on its PLN 16.5 million public offering of series P2022D bonds.

On November 21, 2022, Allen & Overy announced that Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited’s acquisition of Emitel (reported by CEE Legal Matters on January 28, 2022) had closed.

Former Raben Ukraine General Counsel Iryna Kravtsova has joined Stephenson Harwood in London as a Legal Analyst.

Rymarz Zdort has advised VH Invest on its sale of Vortex Energy to the Vitol Group. Clifford Chance advised the buyer.