We are pleased to announce that B2RLaw law firm has been recognized for another consecutive year in The Legal 500 Green Guide 2024 for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region! Only 10 Polish law firms were included in the list.
The Legal 500’s Global Green Guide is the first worldwide guide to the top law firms advising on issues around climate change, governance, and sustainability, with the editorial highlighting the leading practices and individuals in each jurisdiction, recognizing a firm’s contribution to ‘Green Change’ and ESG.
In 2023, the EMEA region has continued its role as the vanguard of the global green transition, building further upon its significant developments across clean energy, sustainable finance and investment, and ESG requirements. Through the combination of EU-level developments with national legislation our lawyers are increasingly providing clients with sustainability-related advice. They are engage in green projects and transactions, supporting clients remain at the head of market, regulatory, and policy developments. To meet the pace of global decarbonisation and help show clients that they truly walk the walk, we continue to develop green internal initiatives and set positive net-zero targets.
The Legal 500 Green Guide Editors (Anna Bauböck, Harry Hyde, Maya Sainani) advise, ”We are proud to share the engagement of both those leading global players acting in pioneering projects and those boutique sustainability specialists in the decarbonisation of their particular focus areas, and we hope this edition of the EMEA Green Guide proves an inspiring insight into the positive work and commitments of firms across the region”.
B2RLaw was recognized for its significant achievements and notable expertise in the renewable energy sector, where it recently hanlded a number of innovative acquisitions and transactions. Including, among others, legal advice for Vestas, one of Denmark’s leading wind turbine operators, the team advised on the acquisition of the ST3 Offshore plant in Szczecin for over PLN 170m. This new site is intended to meet national and global demand for offshore wind energy, thus playing a key role in achieving Poland’s energy transition goals.
Sustainability and circular economy ambitions increasingly become reality!
We are pleased to share that we have been part of a project recognized in the Europe Datacentre Deal of the Year by TMT Finance!
B2RLaw supported Simmons & Simmons at Polish aspects of the acquisition of a group of Data4 Group by Brookfield Asset Management, including at the legal due diligence process and Polish aspects of financing of the acquisition, which has been provided by a large consortium of banks.
B2RLaw team was represented by Rafał Stroinski, Roman Iwański, Magdalena Kalińska, Konrad Czernecki and Danyila Zubach. We worked closely with the wonderful team from Simmons & Simmons: Gideon Sharp, Kirsty Barnes, Isabella Roberts, Peter O’Donnell, Yannis Gavriel, Ed Robson, Oliver Gingell.
We would also like to thank the legal advisors to the lenders, Linklaters Warsaw, for their efficient and pleasant cooperation: Patryk Figiel, Katarzyna Lesinska, Michał de Białynia Woycikiewicz, Przemyslaw Sanka.
Huge congratulations to all parties involved in this transaction!
We are delighted to announce the great success of our B2RLaw Padel Team consisting of Bartłomiej Jankowski and Konrad Czernecki, who took 1st place at the REassurance Padel Cup beating 15 teams! We are extremely proud of you!
Thank you REassurance for organizing a great tournament filled with good energy! Special thanks to all the teams involved with whom we had the opportunity to compete! Congratulations to the other winners:
2nd. Greenberg Traurig Poland (Karol Lewandowski & Filip Widuch)
3rd. LemonTree (Lukasz Jachna & Karol Górnicki)
B2RLaw is joining REassurance’s “let’s do more in 2024” initiative and will participate in the #REassurancePadelCup2024 this Thursday!
We have been great fans of padel for a long time, and we are more than happy seeing it is becoming more and more popular. Now, we are looking forward to the upcoming tournament in Padlovnia to face other participants on the padel courts!
The B2RLaw team is represented by the reliable Bartłomiej Jankowski (Advocate, Managing Partner) and Konrad Czernecki (Attorney-at-law Trainee, Associate). They will be supported by Magdalena Kalińska (Advocate, Counsel) and Andrzej Zając (Advocate, Partner), who will also be on site.
Bartek & Konrad – we are keeping our fingers crossed for you, do your best!
This Christmas, we wish all our Friends many reasons for joy and spiritual growth, inner strength and peace!
On Friday, December 1, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Wortham Leah at B2RLaw as part of our collaboration with The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in organizing a summer internship for American law students.
This year we hosted Sarah E. Smith in our Krakow office, who supported the activities of our lawyers, and had a chance to see the functioning of our office and take an active part in daily legal work. Sarah had the opportunity to work closely with Agnieszka Hajos-Iwańska, Partner and Konrad Czernecki, Associate at B2RLaw. We hope it was an interesting and inspiring time for Sarah!
Thank you for the received certificate and we look forward to continuing our cooperation with CUA! We will be hosting one of the interns again this coming summer as part of The International Business and Trade Summer Law Program.
We are already looking forward to it!
Our Managing Partner, Bartłomiej Jankowski among the distinguished TOP 10 Standout White-Collar Crime Lawyers in Poland 2023!
Congratulations to all the nominees.
The full list of nominations prepared by Business Today can be found HERE.
WEB3: Impact the Economy was a discussion about the realities and opportunities of WEB3economy.
It gathered policymakers, founders, CEOs of technology companies and fast-growing startups, experts and tech geeks.
+ Is WEB3 economy shrinking its potential amid hostility from policymakers and weakening business outlook?
+ Is WEB3 becoming a resilient alternative amid global recession and cooling of traditional economy?
– checked Danyila Zubach by sharing insights and connect with industry leaders, who were capable of harnessing the energy of uncertainty of chaos.
More about the conference HERE.
Vilnius is the 1st largest fintech hub in the EU in terms of licensed companies and is ranked the 10 best country in the world for fintech. Lithuania is the leading country in the world by number of registered virtual assets service providers.
Here we go again on our US roadshow! Meet us in the Bay and Area Silicon Valley on 24th October – 1st November: Rafał Stroiński, Roman Iwański, Julia Stroińska.
For over 30 years, Poland has been attracting foreign investment capital, because of it’s business location in CEE, receptive market and large employee resources. According to the latest report of American Chamber of Commerce in Poland and SGH Warsaw School of Economics, the value of investments by US companies in Poland corresponds to 4.1%. Polish GDP. Let’s develop this potential with people with a growth mindset.
Everfield is an international IT group that invests in companies with specialized software that solves operational problems for businesses. They provide capital support, assistance in developing offerings, and opportunities for international expansion.
Everfield’s portfolio includes Germany-based SoCom, which has been operating for three decades and offers an ERP system for the textile industry, and Latvia-based AGroup, which provides HR software for corporate payroll. Everfield has recently made its inaugural investment in the Polish market, taking full control of Grafik Optymalny, and acquiring 100% of its shares, thus expanding its portfolio with another HR product.
Grafik Optymalny is a start-up founded in 2014, offering a system that automates work time scheduling using artificial intelligence (AI). The platform optimizes HR costs and simplifies scheduling through a cloud-based solution offered in a SaaS model. Grafik Optymalny streamlines and digitizes the full range of HR processes, such as time and attendance, leave management, and remote work coordination. The platform is utilized by hundreds of companies across various industries.
The company’s founders, Karolina Dolaś and Grzegorz Galos, will retain their current roles and continue to lead the company’s development, leveraging Everfield’s support, resources, and know-how.
B2RLaw’s advice included conducting due diligence on the acquired company, followed by negotiating an agreement covering the purchase of 100% of its share capital, and drafting all other transaction documents.
Everfield UK Limited was represented by a transaction team led by Rafał Stroiński (Advocate, Managing Partner) in close cooperation with Bogdan Duda (Attorney-at-law, Partner). The team consisted of Paulina Wyrostek (Attorney-at-law, Counsel), Magdalena Borychowska (Advocate Trainee, Junior Associate) and Magdalena Kułakowska (Junior Associate).
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