B2RLaw has advised DocPlanner on its acquisition of MyDr. LSW Lesnodorski Slusarek & Partners advised the sellers.

On 1 January 2023, an amendment to the Act on Significant Market Power in the Sale of Agricultural and Food Products and Its Abuse (the “Act”) comes into effect. The amendment significantly expands the Act’s scope both in terms of who is affected as well as the obligations it imposes.

Poland is experiencing a lot of regulatory and legislative changes, primarily driven by (new) EU directives. The energy, commercial, employment, and consumer protection sectors are all in flux, according to Cezary Zelaznicki, PwC Legal Poland Managing Partner and PwC EMEA Legal Business Solutions Leader.

Former Squire Patton Boggs Of Counsel Michal Smolny has joined the Polish office of Eversheds Sutherland as a Partner and the Head of the firm's Real Estate practice as of January 2, 2023.

Linklaters has advised NEPI Rockcastle on its acquisition of the Atrium Copernicus Shopping Center in Torun from G City Europe. Dentons advised the seller.

Linklaters has advised Echo Investment on the sale of the Face2Face Business Campus office complex in Katowice to a joint venture of Investika and Bud Holdings for over EUR 100 million. Dentons and, reportedly, Crido advised the buyers.

CMS has advised Robyg, Bank Pekao, and mBank on the company's PLN 110 million bond issuance.

Former Counsel Wojciech Marchwicki has been appointed as a Partner with the Hogan Lovells Warsaw office as of January 1, 2023.

Former Hoogells Lawyer Michal Wojciechowski has joined Eversheds Sutherland as a Counsel and the firm’s new Head of Public Contracts.

Clifford Chance has advised Airbus Defence and Space on the sale of two observation satellites and related systems and services to the Polish Armament Agency.

Greenberg Traurig has advised Allianz on the mergers of the respective companies within the Allianz Group and Aviva Group in Poland.

As a rule, medical device advertising can be conducted by economic operators, i.e. manufacturers, distributors, authorized representatives and importers (Article 56 (1) of the Polish Medical Devices Act of 7 April 2022 (the MDA)). Other entities can conduct advertising only after approval of the advertisement in writing by the economic operators.

Kozlowski Tomasik Oszczak has advised Columbus Energy on its sale of a 102.5-megawatt photovoltaic farms portfolio to Engie Zielona Energia. Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka reportedly advised the buyer.

Wardynski & Partners has advised the Bucher Group on its acquisition of B&P Engineering. CMS advised B&P Engineering's shareholders.

As in the case of EU Regulations 2017/745 on medical devices (the MDR) and 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (the IVDR), the Polish Medical Devices Act of 7 April 2022 (the MDA) does not provide any definition of advertising. It can therefore be difficult for the industry to understand in practice which activities are likely to be treated as advertising by the regulatory authorities. Whilst the new legislation provides for stricter rules for advertising addressed to the general public, the MDA fails to provide guidance on what the advertising to the general public in fact is and determine a clear distinction between such activities and the advertising directed to non-laymen.

1 January 2023 brought a major change to medical device advertising in Poland. From this date, the new national regime for medical device advertising applies. Therefore, all promotional activities associated with medical devices in Poland need to comply not only with the European Union regulations, but also with the new national requirements.

Clifford Chance has advised Polish apartment rental company Resi4Rent on obtaining EUR 50 million in financing from the EBRD. DLA Piper reportedly advised the lender.

Gessel has advised Pure Biologics on its public offering of shares carried out under an accelerated book-building program and the private offering of new company shares. Jonak i Partnerzy advised the managers.