Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Santander Bank Polska on financing to 7R for the construction of a warehouse in Gdansk.

MGS has advised EDP Energia Polska on the financing and construction of photovoltaic farms with Columbus Energy, with a total installed capacity of approximately 61 megawatts.

Schoenherr, working with Jones Day, has advised HES International on its EUR 1 billion debt capital raise. Wardynski and Partners, working with Latham & Watkins, advised the National Westminster Bank and Kroll Trustee Services Limited on the raise.

Wardynski & Partners, working alongside E+H, has advised Coveris Group, backed by Sun Capital Partners on the acquisition of Hadepol Flexo. Grant Thornton reportedly advised the sellers.

Nowadays, climate and environmental issues are increasingly important to many consumers. Being “eco” has become fashionable nowadays. Environmental issues are now recognized as an important market factor that allows a given company to improve its market position.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Eastnine on the acquisition of the Nowy Rynek E office and service building in Poznan from Skanska. Dentons advised the seller.

Gessel has advised Inplus on its sale of Smart Factor to Cyclomedia.

Soltysinski, Kawecki & Szlezak, working with Houthoff, has advised DataExpert on the acquisition of Polish companies Media and Safesqr. Slazak, Zapior and Partners reportedly advised the sellers: Sebastian Malych, Przemyslaw Krejza, Tomasz Tatar, Pawel Kulpa, and Grzegorz Kowalczyk.

Wolf Theiss has advised the German bank NORD/LB on financing the purchase of the Format office building in Gdansk by Greenstone Format.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised PCC Exol on the issuance of series D1 bonds with a total nominal value of PLN 20 million.

Dentons has advised Patrizia on the sale of the R34 office building in Warsaw to A&A Majsterek Holding.

Linklaters has advised Nrep on the acquisition of the Lett Markowska residential estate located on Markowska Street in Warsaw. Kaplanowski Krstulovic reportedly advised Markowska Holding Wawel Development on the sell side.

Baker McKenzie has advised Worthington Enterprises on the USD 10 million sale of 49% of Worthington’s Sustainability Energy Solutions business segment to Hexagon Composites forming a joint venture with Hexagon Composites. Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner reportedly advised Hexagon.

Michal Bernat and Stanislaw Soltysik have been promoted to Partner at Dentons' Warsaw office as part of the firm's latest promotions round for Europe and Central Asia.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised the founders of Znajdz Gabinet on the sale of the company to Booksy International. DLA Piper reportedly advised Booksy International.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

The bill on the protection of whistleblowers in Poland is at the final stage of the legislative process and the core provisions have been set.

Poland stands out as an EU member state with extremely high reliance on power generated from coal and lignite. In 2023, 63% of its electricity was produced from these resources. Still, this marks the lowest-ever share of coal and lignite-fired electricity in Poland’s annual production thanks to the rapid growth of wind and solar plants.