Izabela Wisniewska has left private practice to join Euro Net as Chief Legal Officer.
Deal 5: AEW Associate Director Xavier Aubrun on Acquisition of Logistics Project near Warsaw
On February 5, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Greenberg Traurig had advised AEW on its acquisition of a logistics project near Warsaw from an unspecified seller. CEEIHM spoke with Xavier Aubrun, Associate Director at AEW, to learn more about the acquisition.
Deal 5: Van der Vorm Vastgoed's Margreet van der Vorm and Rene Voortmeijer on La Praga Acquisition in Warsaw
On December 20, 2020, CEE Legal Matters reported that Konieczny Wierzbicki had advised Dutch fund Van der Vorm Vastgoed on the acquisition of the La Praga residential project in Warsaw from Nexity Polska. CEEIHM spoke with Margreet van der Vorm, Director of International Investments and Rene Voortmeijer, Managing director at Van der Vorm Poland, to learn more about the deal.
Deal 5: Apollo-Rida CEO Rafal Nowicki on Sale of Jerozolimskie Business Park
On February 5, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Penteris had advised a joint venture formed by Rida Development Corp and Mack Real Estate Group on its acquisition of the Jerozolimskie Business Park in Warsaw from A&T Holdings. CEEIHM spoke with Rafal Nowicki, CEO at Apollo-Rida, to learn more about the deal.
Huuuge Games Hires CCC's Anna Atanasow As Head of Legal
Anna Atanasow, the former General Counsel at CCC, has joined Huuge Games as Head of Legal.
Lukasz Machalski Becomes Deputy Director of Legal at Polish Financial Supervision Authority
Lukasz Machalski has been promoted to Deputy Director of Legal Department at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.
Deal 5: Marvipol Development Head of Legal Maria Brzozowska on Sale of Three Residential Projects in Warsaw
On February 2, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Greenberg Traurig had advised companies in the Marvipol group on the sale of residential and commercial units in three built-to-rent residential projects in Warsaw to Swedish company Heimstaden Bostad. CEEIHM spoke with Maria Brzozowska, Head of Legal Department at Marvipol Development, to learn more about the sale.
Deal 5: Yareal' Eric Dapoigny on Sale of Buildings in LIXA Project
On January 8, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Gide Loyrette Nouel had advised Yareal on the sale of buildings A and B in its LIXA project to Commerz Real, acting on behalf of South-Korean investor Hana Financial Investment. CEEIHM spoke with Eric Dapoigny, Managing Director of Yareal International N.V. and President of Yareal Polska, to learn more about the deal.
Radoslaw Matusiak Joins Orpea Polska as Head of Legal
Former Gide Loyrette Nouel Attorney-at-Law Radoslaw Matusiak has joined Orpea Polska as Head of Legal.
Deal 5: Justyna Sliwowska-Mroz On Rights Claim Against Law And Justice Party in Poland
On December 22, 2020, CEE Legal Matters reported that Lesnodorski, Slusarek i Wspolnicy, working pro bono, had successfully represented journalist Polish Justyna Sliwowska-Mroz in her claims that an advertisement by Poland's Law and Justice party had violated her rights. CEEIHM spoke with Sliwowska-Mroz to learn more.
Deal 5: Pawel Malon and Marek Jakubow on the formation of Stability Capital
On January 13, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that B2RLaw, working alongside Sidley Austin, had advised founders Pawel Malon and Marek Jakubow on the formation of Stability Capital, a Warsaw-based search fund. CEEIHM spoke with Malon and Jakubow, Managing Directors at Stability Capital, to learn more.
Reflecting on Mr Wolf: The GC Soft Skills That Get Things Done
Artur Chrzanowski, Head of Legal at Eiffage Polska, shares his thoughts on the development of soft skills critical for a General Counsel.
Recruiting During COVID-19: Expanding the Legal Team During the Pandemic
Barbara Chocholowska, Country Head of Legal Poland at HB Reavis, talks about the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak in terms of hiring and inducting new colleagues into the in-house legal team.
A Story of a Complete Compliance System Revamp
Jakub Staskiewicz, Legal & Compliance Director, Company's Proxy, and DPO at Vision Express Polska, talks to CEE In-House Matters about his experience in revamping his company’s compliance system and lessons learned from the exercise.
Harmonizing Bayer’s Compliance Regionally
When he was promoted this May to Regional Legal & Compliance Operations Europe, Middle East, Africa at Bayer, Krzysztof Mazurek told CEE Legal Matters that his key objectives in his new position would be ensuring efficient support for the business “using above-country expertise and working with HQ and local legal & compliance colleagues so that the global solutions and service delivery models fit local markets and business needs.
Business Integrity: What's It All About
Lukasz Szymanski, General Counsel and Business Integrity Officer at Unilever Poland, Baltics & CEE, describes for CEE In-House Matters how a values-based approach leads to Business Integrity.
Editorial: Enough with the Pandemic-Induced Self-Delusion
Everyone has gone through, or more likely, still is going through particularly difficult times. That includes us, in-house lawyers, who have a perhaps more intimate relationship with their employers than others do. Thankfully, according to the more professional part of the Internet, quite a few of us managed to become better versions of ourselves.
Robert Makowski Promoted to Executive Director and Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs
Robert Makowski has been promoted to Executive Director and Senior Counsel in Goldman Sachs’s Legal Department in Warsaw.