Dentons Poland has advised DNB Bank Polska on its PLN 155 million financing package for Wilko 5, a special purpose vehicle of the Helios Energy Investments Fund, for the construction of five wind farms in Poland’s Wielkopolskie region. Clifford Chance reportedly advised the borrowers on the deal.

Real estate is undoubtedly one of the sectors affected by the COVID-19 health crisis.  The full economic impact of the pandemic is still unclear, but all real estate stakeholders are anticipating that by end of this year of the first quarter of 2021, they will have a better grasp on the effects and sufficient data in order to be able to discuss mitigating factors and make some predictions. Strong real estate players will begin, or continue to look for, opportunities to expand or diversify their portfolios, while investors on the verge of implementing exit strategies may need to revisit the exit terms and structure.

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.

Dentons has assisted the Austrian insurance group UNIQA and CherryHUB, its Hungarian InsurTech subsidiary, enter the German market. 

Sorainen’s Lithuanian office has advised the state-owned Ignitis Group on its initial public offering and admission to the Vilnius and London stock exchanges. Walless and Dentons advised bookrunners Bank of America, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Swedbank, and UBS on the offering. Linklaters and Ashurst also reportedly advised the Ignitis Group.

Dentons has advised CPI Property Group on a successful tender offer and the issue of EUR 525 million 4.875% undated subordinated notes callable in November 2026. 

DLA Piper in Poland has advised Elite Partners Capital on the acquisition of a warehouse in the Polish town of Mszczonow from P3 Logistic Parks. Dentons reportedly advised P3 Logistic Parks on the deal.

Aequo has advised Novus Ukraine on the acquisition of the Billa supermarket chain in Ukraine from the REWE Group. Dentons in Kyiv advised the seller on the deal, which remains subject to approval by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Greenberg Traurig has 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 S.A. and the refinancing of the existing bank debt of Cavatina Office sp. z o.o. Dentons reportedly advised Cavatina Holding S.A. on the deal.

Dentons Bucharest Managing Partner Perry Zizzi has been appointed Head of M&A in Romania.

Dentons has advised TC Capital on its EUR 20 million acquisition of a grain and oilseed farm located in the Romanian town of Buzias from France's Gespie SAS.

Dentons has advised MaForm Holding Luxembourg S.A R.L. on its tender offer to purchase 66% of shares in WSE-listed Fabryki Mebli Forte S.A.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Invesco Real Estate on the sale of a logistics center in Lodz to Savills Investment Management, acting on behalf of Savills IM European Logistics Fund 2. Dentons advised the buyer on the deal.

An interview with Simon Dayes, Partner at Dentons in Bucharest, about his path from the UK to Romania.

Russia's Rodin & Partners has been appointed to PAO Sberbank's legal panel for administrative disputes and litigation, as well as public-private partnership projects.

SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised BoomBit on its sale of a part of its shareholding in SuperScale to British venture capital fund Level-Up. Dentons advised Level-Up on the deal while B2RLaw, working with London's Fieldfisher and Bratislava's Dagital Legal law firms, advised SuperScale and its founder Ivan Trancik.

Former Allen & Overy Counsel Tomasz Trocki has joined Dentons’s Warsaw office as Partner and Head of the Consensual Restructuring team.

Greenberg Traurig has advised the Metropol Group on the acquisition of regional shopping centers in the Polish cities of Gdynia, Olkusz, Radom, Swietochlowice, and Siemianowice from subsidiaries of the Atrium group. Dentons advised the Atrium Group on the deal.