KWKR has advised BidFinance, as well as its founders and existing shareholders, on financing amounting to PLN 7 million raised from venture capital funds including 4growth VC, FundingBox Deep Tech Fund, and a group of individual investors. LSW reportedly advised 4growth VC.

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SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised Magdalena Wozniak on the sale of a 51% stake in Eurodiagnostic to Diagnostyka.

Wardynski & Partners, working with Gianni & Origoni, has advised Heliaca Investments Cooperatief on the acquisition of Westport Fuel Systems' interest in Westport Fuel Systems Italia which includes the Light-Duty segment.

KWKR has advised the Luxembourg-based investment fund Radix Ventures on its investment in Fresh Inset. 

Gide has advised Inovo Fund III SCSp on its participation in a EUR 9 million seed investment round for Ingenix that also saw the OTB Ventures and the International Finance Corporation invest. DLA Piper advised Ingenix.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Aegon Growth Capital Fund on the sale of a 44% share stake in Phinance. BAB Legal reportedly advised the buyers. GWK Legal reportedly advised the non-selling shareholders.

Baker McKenzie has advised Argan Capital and Polon-Alfa on the financing required for a new continuation fund for Polon-Alfa managed by Argan Capital as well as on the full refinancing of Polon-Alfa’s existing debt secured through P Capital Partners. Clifford Chance reportedly advised on the matter as well.

Dorota Mazurek-Zaprawa was appointed to International Legal Team Manager at Orlen.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Erste Group Bank as the sole bookrunner and Erste Securities Polska as the Polish offering agent on the accelerated book-building process for shares in Vercom. 

CMS has advised PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna on over PLN 12 billion in financing from Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego under the National Recovery Plan. Deloitte Legal advised BGK.

Piotr Gogol has joined Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka as a Partner and will serve as the firm's new head of the competition law practice.

DLA Piper has advised arrangers and lenders Erste Group Bank and Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederiesterreich-Wien on the amendment and extension of an originally EUR 130 million term loan facility provided to GTC Galeria CTWA.

CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska has advised PragmaGO on PLN 50 million public bond issuance.

Former Crido Partner Jakub Ziolek has joined EY Law as a Partner.

Dentones Partner Emeritus Tomasz Dabrowski has become the new Managing Partner of Cornerstone Investment Management.

Partners at Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters have voted in favor of the transfer of Linklaters' Warsaw office to Addleshaw Goddard.