Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised the founders of the Akademeia Educational Group on its sale to the International Schools Partnership.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Bogdan and Elzbieta Kaczmarek and the Innova Capital private equity fund on their full acquisition of Pfleiderer Polska and related financing, in a corporate carve-out transaction from the Strategic Value Partners-owned Pfleiderer Group. Rymarz Zdort Maruta and Kirkland & Ellis reportedly advised the seller. Allen & Overy reportedly advised the lenders.

It was another strong year for the leading law firms in Central and Eastern Europe, which, combined, worked on over a thousand deals and other client matters across the region reported on by CEE Legal Matters this year. According to the Activity Rankings function of the CEELMDirect website, Clifford Chance, which worked on an impressive 95 CEELM-reported CEE client matters in 2023, led the international firms in the region, with Schoenherr, which worked on 90, close behind. Dentons (82), CMS (71), Wolf Theiss (65), Cobalt (66), Kinstellar (50), White & Case (45), and Allen & Overy (42) took notable places on the leaderboard as well.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Capital Park majority shareholder Madison International Realty on the sale of certain assets of the group as part of a management buy-out.

Kondracki Celej has advised Telemedi founder Pawel Sieczkiewicz and the company’s investors on its sale to Mavie Next. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Mavie Next. Balicki Czekanski Gryglewski Lewczuk advised Telemedi investor Adamed Pharma on the sale.

Greenberg Traurig and Rymarz Zdort Maruta have advised Ghelamco on the sale of the Warsaw Hub complex building housing the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express hotels to Corum XL. Hogan Lovells reportedly advised Corum XL.

White & Case has advised the managers on Murapol's initial public offering and the admission to trading of its shares on the regulated market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Murapol and AEREF V PL Investment as the selling shareholder. Freshfields reportedly advised Murapol as well.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised multi-functional industrial and logistics facility developer CL Property on the lease agreement and related documents for its Citylink-branded Technological Research and Development Center to be located in Wroclaw.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised an MCI Capital fund on the acquisition of Webcon. Gessel advised the sellers.

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

Former Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka Partners Michal Czarnuch, Anna Partyka-Opiela, Marcin Pieklak, and Tomasz Kaczynski have joined Rymarz Zdort Maruta as Partners.

Gessel has advised WSE-listed company Creotech Instruments on a non-brokered public offering conducted under an accelerated book-building procedure worth approximately PLN 60 million.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta, working with Weil Gotshal & Manges, has advised TCV on the accelerated bookbuilding process for Grupa Pracuj shares.

Baker McKenzie has advised Echo Investment Group companies Grupa Archicom, Echo Investment, and DKR Echo Investment on offering 10 million new shares in Archicom and DKR's sale of 6.1 million existing shares. The PLN 220 million transaction was managed by the PKO BP Brokerage Office.

Clifford Chance has advised AHP Investments on the sale of a majority stake in the American Heart of Poland medical network to Gruppo San Donato in partnership with GKSD. Dentons advised the target. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised the buyers.

Linklaters has advised NREP on its acquisition of an 80% stake in Polish logistics developer 7R, with the buyer aiming to invest approximately EUR 200 million into the company. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised 7R. Kinstellar reportedly advised NREP. Kancelaria Kurek Wojcik i Partnerzy reportedly advised 7R.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Polski Fundusz Rozwoju on its PLN 128 million construction financing for 26 photovoltaic farms in Poland with a total capacity of 43 megawatts, sponsored by Projekt Solartechnik. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Projekt Solartechnik and its subsidiaries.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta, working with Moncey Avocats, has advised the Market Pay Group and its private equity backer AnaCap on the acquisition of Polish financial technology company Novelpay, including its PAX France Novelpay subsidiary.