Wladek Rzycki has joined CMS as a Partner in the Infrastructure and Projects Group.

Former Rymarz Zdort Co-Head of Real Estate Agnieszka Koniewicz has joined Penteris as a Partner.

Bird & Bird Warsaw has advised Polish Enterprise Fund VI, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors, on the sale of companies from the Wento group to international energy concern Equinor, which was advised by CMS. The transaction value stands at EUR 100 million.

It is symptomatic of the importance of the real estate market that Generation Y – members of which are often referred to as “millennials” – is also, sometimes, described as “Generation Rent,” because so many young adults have been priced out of the housing market.

Bird & Bird Partner Marta Koremba has become an Equity Partner in Bird & Bird's international network, and Bird & Bird Warsaw Head of Employment Karolina Stawicka and Head of Financing Transactions Maciej Georg have been promoted to Partner. 

Greenberg Traurig has advised private equity fund Gilde Healthcare on its acquisition of Acti-Med AG.

Allen & Overy has advised Ghelamco on the sale of the Woloska 24 office building in Warsaw to ZFP Investments, a subsidiary of Slovakia's IAD Investments. Squire Patton Boggs advised ZFP on the deal.

Warsaw's Monika Macura and Krakow's Konieczny Wierzbicki law firms have merged, and will operate going forward in both markets under the Konieczny Wierzbicki brand.

Penteris has advised Huuuge on its USD 38.9 million acquisition of Traffic Puzzle from Wroclaw-based gaming studio Picadilla Games. Olesinski & Wspolnicy reportedly advised Picadilla on the deal.

Anna Gorska, former Head of Legal at Idea Bank, returns to private practice by joining Clifford Chance as a Legal Adviser in Warsaw.

Kochanski & Partners has advised Inovo Venture Partners VC fund on the acquisition of shares in technology company SunRoof as part of a seed round extension in which Inovo was lead investor. Other investors participating in the round included SMOK Ventures, LT Capital, EIT InnoEnergy, FD Growth Capital, and KnowledgeHub, as well as other local and international business angels.

Wardynski & Partners, working with lead counsel Vinge, has advised the Lagercrantz Group on its acquisition of CW Lundberg, a Poland-based subsidiary of the CWL Group AB.

Baker McKenzie has advised People Can Fly on its acquisition of Canada-based Game On Creative, Inc. The transaction provides for a share swap with PCF shares and the reinvestment of Game On's founder in PCF. DWF Poland advised Game On Creative on Polish legal matters and Miller Thomson advised the company on Canadian aspects.

Wardynski & Partners has provided Polish advice to AddLife AB on its EUR 165 million acquisition of an unspecified number of shares in the Vision Ophthalmology Group and its subsidiary Polymed Polska sp. z o.o from SSCP Vision Parent S.C.A.

DWF has advised Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income on its EUR 28 million acquisition of the Panattoni Lodz City VIII logistics and distribution center from Panattoni. Miller Canfield advised the seller.

The Warsaw office of Hogan Lovells has provided pro bono legal representation to Piotr Wawrzecki in a dispute over the seizure of his decedent father’s assets by the Polish State Treasury. The case was brought before the Warsaw Court of Appeals.

B2RLaw has advised PGNiG Group’s corporate venture capital fund on its PLN 2.53 million investment in Enelion, a provider of electro-mobility solutions.

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka has helped Polregio sp. z o.o. obtain approval from the European Commission for the over-PLN 6 billion in state aid it received for its restructuring.