Allen & Overy has advised Bank Pekao and Berlin Hyp on a EUR 125 million financing to G City Europe for the Promenada shopping center in Warsaw. CMS advised G City Europe.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on amendments to the documentation regarding a CRR-compliant counter-guarantee between Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen in favor of Alior Bank.

Due to Polish regulations on takeover offers for publicly traded companies, public to private transactions now carry a heavier risk of failure, understood as the inability to delist the company from the exchange. The bid for shares of TIM S.A., recently extended until 6 December 2023, may be a case in point. Any investor who gets involved in a tender for shares of a listed company needs to ponder the risk that, once the transaction is finalised, they will acquire a controlling stock in a listed company, which may still be subject to a restricted trading regime applicable to public companies for quite some time.

Wolf Theiss has advised Deutsche Hypo-NORD/LB Real Estate Finance on the financing for Rysy Properties Limited's EUR 46 million acquisition of the Mokotow Nova office building in Warsaw from CCP III Netherlands Holding.

Gessel has advised the Orthos Multidisciplinary Hospital – part of the Lux Med network – on the acquisition of a 1.1-hectare agricultural property bordering its premises.

Reed Smith has advised Wind Point Partners on its acquisition of Assisi Pet Care. Czabanski & Galuszynski, working with Addleshaw Goddard, advised the Crescent Capital Group on providing financing for the acquisition.

Schoenherr has advised Joachim Exner – the insolvency administrator of Dr. Schneider's Group – on the sale of its business to the Samvardhana Motherson Group for EUR 118.3 million. Friedrich Graf von Westphalen advised Motherson. DZP and Ashurst reportedly advised the sellers.

Herbst Kinsky and WKB Lawyers have advised TX Logistik in the merger control proceedings before the Austrian and Polish competition authorities for its acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding, with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe reportedly advising on the proceedings in Germany.

MFW Fialek has advised the Scanmed medical group on the acquisition of Med-Lux. EY Law advised Med-Lux.

Schoenherr has advised ABC Technologies Holdings subsidiary ABC Automotive Poland on the sale of its business to a subsidiary of ETM International. GetSix and Ashurst reportedly advised ETM in Poland and Germany.

Dentons has advised DNB Bank and mBank on extending a revolving credit facility to Greenvolt Power. Reportedly, Osborne Clarke advised Greenvolt Power.

Wolf Theiss has advised the Erste Group on the up to EUR 48 million financing to Cavatina Holding for the Quorum Building Complex in Wroclaw.

Baker McKenzie has advised Blank and its founders on an investment from Neowiz. SSW Pragmatic Solutions reportedly advised Neowiz on the deal.

Gessel has advised PayPo on the sale of its receivables portfolio to Aion Bank.

A glimpse at legal challenges in mergers and acquisitions within an uncertain business environment.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Stokado on its acquisition of self-storage rental company Top Box. 

Gide has advised Inovo VC on its PLN 14 million investment in LiveKid. Reportedly, MJH Moskwa, Jarmul, Haladyj and Partners advised LiveKid.

White & Case has advised Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust on a conditional agreement to sell the Krzecin and Kuslin onshore wind farms in Poland to Orlen Wind 3 and refinance the existing indebtedness of the project companies.