Lagercrantz Group has acquired CWL Group AB, with subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway and Poland. In conjunction with the Vinge law firm, we advised on acquisition of the Polish subsidiary CW Lundberg sp. z o.o.

The Supreme Court of Poland has upheld the judgment of the Poznań Court of Appeal acquitting the “blogger from Mosina” of criminal libel. The case was reopened based on a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights. The Supreme Court judgment is legally final.

We have advised AddLife AB in its indirect acquisition of Polymed Polska sp. z o.o., a distributor of medical devices with applications in ophthalmology, laryngology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and dental surgery. The Polish company was acquired as part of the acquisition by AddLife AB of shares in Vision Ophthalmology Group for EUR 165 million.

Wardyński & Partners, acting as Polish counsel, together with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (as lead counsel), advised the members of an ad hoc committee of lenders on the financial restructuring of AccorInvest Group, including Orbis S.A., in the total amount of EUR 4.5 billion.

Wardyński & Partners is advising the German group Brose in a planned joint venture with Volkswagen to establish a key global system supplier for vehicle seats and interior concepts.

We are pleased to present an update to our guide to minimum terms of employment of posted workers across 22 European countries. We are happy to continue this project with the invaluable involvement of our fellow lawyers from firms across Europe, who shared contributions on their jurisdictions.

In this brief guide for all concerned, we outline the rules for corporate criminal liability under the current law.

The firm’s limited partners have been joined by Łukasz Lasek and Dr Antoni Bolecki. Dr Kinga Ziemnicka, Igor Hanas and Maciej Szewczyk have become contract partners.