Corporate/M&A

Poland’s Family Foundation Act: Celebrating its First Anniversary

For many years it has been clear for Polish entrepreneurs that there is no simple legal answer to their strong need to secure their family assets, and above all their family businesses, for future succession. Due to the lack of appropriate instruments in the Polish legal system, many national entrepreneurs were forced to use the legal institutions of other jurisdictions. This solution was highly uncomfortable because of the differences in legal regimes and foreign legal requirements that did not entirely meet the needs of domestic entrepreneurs.

NKO Partners Advises Dr. Max on Acquisition of Pet-Sar Farm

NKO Partners has advised the Dr. Max pharmacy chain on its acquisition of the Pet-Sar Farm pharmacy chain in Serbia from Natasa Stanojkovic.

CK Legal and Rapala Advise on Investment into Poland's Omni Running

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised Omni Running on its partnership with an external individual investor. The Rapala law firm advised the investor.

Stratulat Albulescu Advises Tobii on Acquisition of AutoSense and Imaging Businesses from Xperi

Stratulat Albulescu has advised Tobii on the acquisition of the AutoSense and Imaging businesses from Xperi.

SK&S and Loewen Advise on Velocity Clinical Research Acquisition of ClinMedica Research

SK&S Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has advised Velocity Clinical Research on its acquisition of ClinMedica Research. Loewen Kaczmarek Zawadowski advised Deo Family Fundacja Rodzinna on the sale.

Wardynski & Partners Advises EDP on Buyback of 49% Stake in EDPR's Wind Energy Assets

Wardynski & Partners, working with Portugal's Morais Leitao, has advised EDP and its subsidiary EDP Renovaveis on the repurchase of a 49% stake in EDPR’s wind energy assets in Portugal, Poland, and Italy from subsidiaries of China Three Gorges for a total of EUR 570 million.

Taylor Wessing Advises on Sale of Sunday Natural Stake to CVC

Taylor Wessing has advised Sunday Natural and founder Joerg Schweikart on the sale of a stake in Sunday Natural to private equity investor CVC Capital Partners VIII. Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak, working with Germany's Lubberger Lehment, ZENK, and Clifford Chance, reportedly advised CVC.