Rymarz Zdort Maruta advises Empol on waste-to-energy project

We are pleased to announce that our law firm is advising PUK Empol Sp. z o.o., one of Poland’s leading municipal waste collection, management and treatment companies, on a project to construct a 100,000 Mg/year facility for the energetic use of combustible fractions obtained from waste treatment in Gorlice.

The waste-to-energy installation (WtE Installation) will be used to incinerate combustible waste generated from the mechanical and mechanical-biological treatment of municipal waste (RDF, pre-RDF) for the combined production of electricity and heat. It is an innovative project that aims to address the demand for the management of such waste.

“We welcome the opportunity to support our client in a project which, on the one hand, will affect Empol’s effective use of its waste energy potential – the production of electricity and heat – and, on the other hand, will contribute to the modernisation of the energy generation infrastructure in the City of Gorlice. This project also demonstrates the potential of our law firm when it comes to providing comprehensive support for investment projects from the perspective of project development, energy, environmental and financing matters” – says Agnieszka Skorupińska, a partner at Rymarz Zdort Maruta and the head of the Environmental Law and ESG practice.

The design and environmental aspects of the project are being supervised by Agnieszka Skorupińska. Jakub Rachwol (partner co-heading the banking and finance practice), Adrian Więsław (senior associate) and Augustyna Porzucek (associate) from the banking and finance practice are advising in respect of the financing of the project. The due diligence process for the project was overseen by Agnieszka Skorupińska with the participation of Marta Szczepkowska (associate), who were supported by Weronika Iskierska (associate), Urszula Zawadzka (associate), Augustyna Porzucek (associate) and Agnieszka Jabłońska – Zachwieja (associate).

We would like to thank PUK Empol Sp. z o.o., in particular Marcin Maurer – CEO, Marek Ćwiklik and Piotr Orzeł, for giving us the opportunity to advise on this very exciting project.