25 February 2020
Pursuing its intensive development strategy following its spin-off from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Rymarz Zdort increased the number of its partners by twelve lawyers. As a result of the 2020 promotions, the following persons have become new partners of the firm: Karina Aust-Niewiadomska, Ewa Bober, Marek Durski, Piotr Fedorowicz, Zofia Frydrychowicz, Mo...
17 February 2020
Rymarz Zdort advised a joint venture between a fund managed by the Real Estate Group of Ares Management Corporation and Griffin Real Estate in connection with the acquisition of 98.04% of the shares in Murapol. Murapol is one of Poland’s largest residential property developers, having sold nearly 3,700 apartments in 2019. The transactional team was hea...
13 February 2020
The recent issue of the Chambers and Partners Global 2020 ranking again recognised Rymarz Zdort as one of the top law firms for Capital Markets: Equity and Corporate/M&A. In addition, the firm was placed in Band 3 for Banking & Finance. Our attorneys received individual recognitions in the following categories: Corporate/M&A Pawel Ryma...
12 February 2020
A recent issue of the Polish edition of Forbes magazine published its annual top-ten list of the most high-profile and largest M&A transactions in Poland in 2019. Rymarz Zdort advised on five out of the ten largest deals, including four out of the top five. The firm advised on two transactions with a value exceeding PLN 5 billion, i.e. in connection with...
7 February 2020
The law firm of Rymarz Zdort provided legal advisory services to the selling shareholders, Maciej Popowicz and Arkadiusz Pernal, in connection with the public offering of shares in Ten Square Games S.A. conducted by way of an accelerated bookbuilding. As a result of the transaction, the founders and major shareholders of Ten Square Games sold 963,574 exis...
6 February 2020
The law firm Rymarz Zdort advised the Active Ownership Capital fund in connection with its investment in Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych (the Polish Stem Cell Bank). The firm’s support included advising the client on optimising the transaction structure, increasing the share capital of PBKM through the issue of shares for the benefit of an entity from A...
5 February 2020
Rymarz Zdort provided comprehensive legal services to the Vectra group in connection with the takeover of Multimedia Polska S.A. The services provided by Rymarz Zdort included advice on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Multimedia, the procurement of financing for the acquisition of the shares in Multimedia, which financing was extended by a consor...
27 January 2020
Rymarz Zdort, formerly Weil, Gotshal & Manges – Pawel Rymarz sp.k., advised Redefine Properties Limited, Griffin Real Estate, and European Logistics Investments (“ELI”) on the sale of shares in ELI to Madison International Realty. Redefine, a South African investment trust and a majority shareholder of European Logistics Investments, sold to Madison I...
21 January 2020
Rymarz Zdort, formerly Weil, Gotshal & Manges – Pawel Rymarz sp.k., advised Santander Bank Polska S.A. on the PLN 5.3 billion financing in connection with the tender offer launched by AccorInvest for 100% of the shares in Orbis. The Rymarz Zdort core transaction team consisted of Marcin Iwaniszyn (Partner and Co-Head of the Banking & Finance pract...
13 January 2020
Rymarz Zdort advised borrowers controlled by a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments on the prime financing of one of its photovoltaic portfolios located in Poland. This long-term financing was provided by a consortium of Polish and international banks. The banking team of Rymarz Zdort was led by Dr Jakub Rachwol (attorney-at-law, counsel) and ...