Rymarz Zdort has advised a company controlled by a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments on the refinancing of one of its photovoltaic portfolios with an aggregate capacity of 55 MW, located in Poland.

On 22 May 2020 the Government of Poland published a proposal for a new law on the screening of foreign investments in Poland. The new screening tool aims to protect public security, order and health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and will introduce a new notification obligation for investments into Polish companies.

On April 14, 2020, CEE Legal Matters reported that Dentons had advised Savills Investment Management, acting on behalf of Korean institutional investors managed by Vestas Investment Management, on its acquisition of the Leroy Merlin distribution center near Lodz from Invesco Real Estate. We spoke to Alistair Ennever, Transaction Manager at Savills Investment Management, about the deal.

White & Case has advised Kenbourne Invest II and Tollerton Investments Limited on the PLN 700 million sale of shares in Play Communications. BofA Securities and Santander Bank Polska S.A. - Santander Biuro Maklerskie acted as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners.

DWF has advised Solaque Holding Ltd. on the sale of two wind farms in Poland to Fonnes sp. z o.o., a subsidiary of Taaleri Plc. Clifford Chance reportedly advised the buyers on the deal.

Act BSWW has advised AFI Europe on a lease of 900 square meters of office space in the V.Offices complex in Krakow to BrainShare IT. 

The new Covid-19 Act still forces businesses to file registry applications and pleadings in paper form with handwritten signatures, using a universal postal service provider.

Dentons has advised Patrizia Frankfurt Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft, a German entity managing real estate investment funds in Europe, on the sale of the Mlodziejowski Palace in Warsaw to Midolux 2 SA. Linklaters advised Midolux 2 SA – a subsidiary of Lebanon's FFA Real Estate – on the deal.

Bird & Bird has successfully won the right to advise the Solidarity Transport Hub on its selection of key consultants for a new airport in Poland.

Gessel has advised Systexan SARL, a fund managed by Enterprise Investors, on its exit from X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski S.A., including its conducting a public offer in the form of accelerated book-building worth PLN 111.2 million. Global coordinators were PKO BP and Ipopema Securities.

Allen & Overy has advised the Polish Development Fund on the implementation of Poland's "PFR Financial Shield for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" program that is designed to provide financial support for enterprises following the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Kwasnicki Wrobel & Partners has advised Lorentz Tech Limited on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Cube ID, a Polish company specializing in identity management products.

SMM Legal has helped the Polish National Center for Research and Development launch the "Grand Challenge: Energy" project.

Former Penteris Partner and Chief Marketing Officer Mariusz Kowalksi has left the Polish firm to launch a new management consulting business: Waterwalk Partners.

Greenberg Traurig has advised CCC and its main shareholder on issuing and offering 13.7 million new shares, valued at more than PLN 500 million.

Noerr has advised environmental service provider PreZero on its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Komart, a Polish provider of municipal and industrial waste management services. Marekwia & Plawny reportedly advised the unidentified sellers on the deal.

Dentons has advised the CPI Property Group on its acquisition of a 50.3% share in the ownership of the Chalubinskiego 8 office building in Warsaw from First Property Group. Wozniak Legal advised the sellers on the deal.

Rymarz Zdort has advised Griffin Real Estate and European Logistics Investment BV on the acquisition of land and the construction of warehouses in the Polish communities of Ruda Slaska, Czeladz, and Torun, from Panattoni Development Europe. Financial details were not disclosed.